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Performance Tire Ratings
Grand Touring Summer
Tires
The Categories:
Max Performance Summer
Ultra High Performance Summer
Ultra High Performance All-Season
High Performance Summer
Extreme
Performance Summer
High Performance All-Season
Highway All Season
Performance All-Season
Grand Touring Summer
Grand Touring All-Season
Standard Touring All-Season
Passenger All-Season
Winter
Competition
SUV-Light Truck Tire Comparisons And Ratings
Street/Sport Truck All-Season
Street/Sport Truck Summer
Highway Rib Summer
Highway All Season
Off-Road All Terrain
Off-Road Maximum Traction
Winter
The tire rankings are based
on overall rating score for 14 different performance
factors.
Ratings provided by
Tire Rack
Note:
The overall ranking of a tire
may not be the best judge of it's performance capabilities
for you.
Look at how each tire performed in the individual
performance factors and decide which is the most important
for your driving style and needs.
Example:
The number one ranked tire may
rate low for tread wear which is your most important
consideration when choosing a new tire. But...the number 3
ranked tire may have a better customer rating for tread wear
which might make this your better choice. To
see all of the individual tire scores for all of the 14 performance factors
that were involved in the
reviews and ratings click here
The Number 1 Rated Tire
The
ECSTA KH11 is Kumho's Grand Touring Summer tire designed
for the drivers of sports coupes and sporty sedans. It was
developed to provide a unique blend of ride comfort, noise
qualities and responsive handling while providing very good
traction on wet and dry roads.
On the outside, the ECSTA KH11 features a racing-inspired,
silica-enhanced tread compound molded into an asymmetric
tread design. Large outer tread blocks and a continuous
center rib help provide stable cornering, responsive
steering and high speed stability.
Three wide circumferential tread grooves and multiple
lateral tread grooves evacuate water from under the tire's
footprint to resist hydroplaning and enhance wet traction.
Internally, the ECSTA KH11 features twin steel belts
reinforced by spiral-wrapped nylon cord to stabilize the
tread area, enhancing treadwear, handling and high-speed
capability while maximizing ride uniformity.
The
ECSTA KH11 is refined through the use of Kumho's ESCOT
Technology that optimizes the tire's shape, internal tension
and footprint contact pressure. |
