MICHELIN
Philippines Chief Representative Michael Nunag announced that starting June
2014 all of the new Volvo S60 and V60 Polestar,
will be fitted with 245/35 R 20 MICHELIN Pilot Super Sport ultra-high
performance tires. The new Volvos will be sold on four continents around the
world.
The
Polestar engineered cars are Volvo's fastest production cars ever and with
their 350hp six cylinder turbocharged engines are able to accelerate from 0 to
100km/h in just 4.9 seconds.
“The
MICHELIN Pilot Super Sport tires suit the Volvo S60 and V60 very well and are
capable of delivering the high levels of performance required for our cars.”
Henrick Fries, Volvo S60 and V60 Polestar Project Manager said.
The MICHELIN Pilot Super Sport is
Michelin's ultra-high performance road tire that is fitted to some of the world’s
fastest supercars. The tire was developed using the knowledge and experience that
Michelin has accumulated over many years of racing at the highest levels at
events such as the LeMans 24 hours race – the Company’s tires have carried the
winning cars over the finish line for the past 16 years in a row!
‘The MICHELIN Pilot Super Sport perfectly conveys the MICHELIN Total
Performance strategy by combining excellent wet and dry grip performance along
with high levels of safety and longevity’, says Anders Svensson, Michelin OE Commercial
Account Manager. ‘And it was this combination of performance characteristics
that Volvo was looking for to complement its new cars.’
To be able to offer this level of performance the MICHELIN Pilot Super
Sport features a unique combination of three technologies: the Aramid fibre belt,
the Bi-Compound tread band and the Variable Contact Patch 2.0.
Aramid is a high-tenacity fibre primarily
used in aeronautics and protective military gear, whose key feature is its high
strength and lightness. Strong and light at the same time, aramid is five
times more resistant than steel at equivalent weight. Due to its variable
tension, the belt is tighter in the tread area compared to the shoulders,
centrifugal force is more effectively controlled and pressure is more evenly
distributed.
Originally developed for race tires,
Bi-Compound technology uses different rubber compounds on the left and right
sides of the tread. On the outer shoulder, the tread compound contain a
specific elastomer which ensures
exceptional endurance during cornering, while on the inside, a different
elastomer in the compound combines with a special tread design to enable the tire,
on wet roads, to break through the water’s surface and adhere to even the
slightest irregularities in the road.
The innovative feature of the Variable Contact
Patch 2.0 is that it changes shape depending on actual driving conditions,
thereby guaranteeing total vehicle control. In this way, even as the patch’s
shape changes when cornering, the amount of rubber in contact with the road
remains the same.
The MICHELIN Pilot Super Sport
achieves a unique balance between safety and driving enjoyment that makes it
suitable for everyday road use as well as the racetrack.
As a result the driver of a car equipped with MICHELIN
Pilot Super Sport tires can relax and enjoy the experience, knowing that the
tyres deliver maximum safety even in extreme conditions of use.
For inquiries about
the MICHELIN Pilot Super Sport tires, please contact the local Michelin office
at (02) 7712368.
Michelin, the leading tire company, is
dedicated to sustainably improving the mobility of goods and people by
manufacturing and marketing tires for every type of vehicle, including
airplanes, automobiles, bicycles/motorcycles, earthmovers, farm equipment and
trucks. It also offers electronic mobility support services on Via Michelin.com
and publishes travel guides, hotel and restaurant guides, maps and road
atlases.
Headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Michelin is present in more
than 170 countries, has 111,200 employees and operates 67 production plants in
17 different countries. The Group has a Technology Center in charge of research
and development with operations in Europe, North America and
Asia.(www.michelin.com) Press Release
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