It offers major performance on snow and dry and more effective braking.
A few years ago before all the drivers required security; today also wanted to enjoy driving. With these words of Dr.Holger Lange, Head of the Development Division of Continental winter tires, we contextualize the launch of the new tire house, Winter Contact TS 850 P.
Winter Contact Continental TS 850 P
This gum will progressively replace starting next fall (until 2016) to two existing products in the range. On the one hand, succeeds Winter Contact TS 830 P, suitable for high performance cars, and secondly, in a version with specific features for SUV (blocks profile largest and most robust housing).
In any case, from Continental claim to have improved the performance of their predecessors in both snowy surfaces and dry. Specifically , the handling on snow is up to 5% greater , by the new design of the tread ( retains its asymmetrical architecture ) in which there is less distance between the strips and larger angles are arranged , thereby a surface is achieved more effective , since these sheets are capable of absorbing more snow and create more friction , key to improving adherence. The braking aspect to consider when driving in winter, another 5% improvement, and dry handling is also indicated 2% higher.
To test these advances we move to the Alps in Austria, a country in which more than 60% of vehicles use winter tires. In Spain we enjoy milder weather and the market is much more minority for this product, but the benefits are the same. Below seven degrees, and not circulated on wet snow or miss, winter tire offers a safe and effective behavior, and can be a good substitute to traditional chains.
In braking tests on compacted , at the wheel of a BMW X1 snow, we obtained significantly better records with WinterContact TS 850 P with a standard low-performance rubber . Also relevant data were obtained in tests of acceleration on slippery ground, in this case with a front wheel drive car like the A4 Avant, footwear with various drawing depths. Once road route with low temperatures and changing area, 850 TS WinterContact P also gave us a good impression of driving.
This new tire complete the wide range of Continental for the winter , with adapted vehicles as diverse as bicycles, scooters, cars, trucks, etc products. The Winter Contact TS 850 P will be available in eighty different measures in the replacement market wheels ( 16 to 20 inches, with widths between 205 and 275 mm , and speed up to 270 km / h ) , and mounted as original equipment on premium brands like Mercedes or Audi, among others.
