Michelin Showcases Winter SUV Tyres at Eurotunnel

A set of Michelin’s Latitude Alpin cold weather tyres was on display at the Eurotunnel Terminal at Folkestone, Kent recently as part of Eurotunnel’s ski tour promotions programme. A set of 255/55 R18 Michelin Latitude Alpin HP Extra Load cold weather tyres was fitted to an Audi Q7 3.6 FSI Quattro SE and displayed inside the terminal for just under a week. The display was completed by top of the range Salomon skis and snowboards mounted on a Thule Ski & Snowboard Xtender carrier.

Michelin’s Latitude Alpin HP cold weather tyres are designed for high performance 4×4 vehicles and are recommended by several of the main vehicle manufacturers.

Michelin advocates cold weather tyres as being important for both ski-drive travellers and the everyday motorist in the UK. The manufacturer’s specific advice is: “When the temperature outside drops below seven degrees centigrade, wet braking distances are reduced by up to six metres at 50mph compared with an equivalent summer tyre.”

The Latitude Alpin HP is constructed with a special “auto-adapting” rubber compound for optimum performance at low temperatures on all wintry road surfaces including wet, dry, snow and ice. When the weather turns dry, Michelin’s Variable Thickness Sipes (VTS) reportedly help to lock the tread blocks together to resists distortion and along with rounded shoulder profile give positive handling response.