New Winter Tires For 2005

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Its time to start thinking of new snow tires if you live in those parts of the country fortunate enough to be blessed with cold, snowy winter driving conditions.

Here's the newest offerings for you to consider.

Performance Winter Tires

ContiWinterContact TS810

ContiWinterContact TS810 Performance Winter tires were developed by Continental Tire to combine good snow traction and ride comfort with ""European"" high-speed capability. Available in low profile, T-, H-, or V-speed rated sizes.

ContiWinterContact TS810 tires are for the drivers of sport coupes and luxury sedans who require winter driving traction on dry, wet and snow-covered roads. The ContiWinterContact TS810 winter tire features Continental Tire's innovative silica enhanced component compound molded into an asymmetric tread design with broad, rounded outer shoulder blocks to enhance dry road handling.

These are combined with notched or independent intermediate tread blocks separated by wide circumferential grooves (3 grooves in 215 mm and smaller-sized tires with 4 grooves in 225 mm and larger sizes) to enhance snow traction, as well as wet road traction and hydroplaning resistance.

ContiWinterContact TS810 S

ContiWinterContact TS810 S (Sport) Performance Winter tires were developed by Continental Tire to combine good snow traction with responsive handling and ""European"" high-speed capability.

Available in low profile, H-, V-, or W-speed rated sizes, ContiWinterContact TS810 S tires are for the drivers of high performance sport cars, sport coupes and sporty sedans who require winter driving traction on dry, wet and snow-covered roads.

The ContiWinterContact TS810 S Performance Winter tires mold Continental Tire's innovative silica enhanced component compound into an asymmetric tread design with broad, rounded shoulder blocks to enhance dry road handling performance.

These are combined with a continuous contact, notched rib design to provide more precise handling and sportier performance compared to the ContiWinterContact TS810 .

Winter 210 Sottozero

Winter 210 Sottozero tires are Pirelli's ""dual-season"" Performance Winter tires that were developed to be effective as temperatures approach freezing and below from mid-autumn until early spring by offering hot performance compared to summer tires when driven on dry, wet or icy cold surfaces.

Winter Sottozero tires are for the drivers of high performance sport cars, coupes and sedans who don't let their enthusiasm for driving cool off in winter.

The Winter Sottozero tread compound utilizes cap and base technology that combines two different compounds. The upper strata (cap) that comes into contact with the road surface uses Pirelli's latest generation silanes to bind the silica and polymer to provide greater stability during hard driving in both wet and dry conditions.

The sub-strata in contact with the casing (base) uses nano-composites (aluminum silicates) dispersed throughout the polymer to provide the stiffness that enhances stability and driving precision.

Winter 240 Sottozero

Deep diagonal grooves, a distinguishing feature of the Sottozero™ tread pattern that reduce road noise and, assisted by the specially designed blocks, enhance the acoustic comfort and rolling resistance qualities.

The compact lay-out of transversal and diagonal grooves create a network of "voids" to retain the snow, lending the tyre efficient traction and braking qualities on hazardous snow covered surfaces.

Undulating sipes connected by longitudinal notches guarantee high lateral stability on snow covered surfaces.

Broad, deep longitudinal grooves with differentiated profiles allow water to be expelled, even at high speed, thus raising the aquaplaning threshold.

The winter 240 Sottozero robust blocks set between the two longitudinal grooves, to create a single centre rib, guarantee exceptional stability for a winter tire on dry surfaces.

Substantial shoulder blocks confer exceptional lateral rigidity to the tread when under load during cornering, raising the limits of grip and ensuring precise handling through sudden changes in direction.

Studless Ice And Snow

Blizzak REVO 1

This is Bridgestone's Studdless Ice and Snow winter tire developed for the drivers of coupes and sedans that want more winter driving control and confidence than available from any all-season tire.

Blizzak REVO 1 tires are designed to enhance wintertime traction on wet and icy roads, as well as in slush and snow.

The Blizzak REVO 1 tread compound features "bite particles" to enhance traction on ice, slush and packed snow that are imbedded in Bridgestone's Tube Multicell Compound.

The Tube Multicell Compound features small pores to reduce the risk of slipping on the thin surface film of water that makes winter driving so dangerous.

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