BFGoodrich Launches New Mud-Terrain 4×4 Tyre

Manufacturer of premium brand four-wheel drive tyres, BFGoodrich has officially launched its new tyre for “serious off-road enthusiasts” in the UK, the Mud-Terrain T/A KM2. Aimed mostly at the specific mud-terrain market – which the company estimates is between 60 and 70 thousand strong – the tyre is designed for a ratio of 20:80 (on-road:off-road) usage and replaces BFGoodrich’s previous Mud-Terrain T/A tyre, the veteran of many tyre test successes according to company representatives speaking at the launch event in Warwickshire. It is already available (since July 2009) in a wide range of 15-17" sizes, with more planned for 2010 and many conversion options.

According to Steve Dolby, product marketing manager, the new tyre improves around 5 per cent on its predecessor in mud traction, wet handling, dry braking and snow traction, while proportional performance gains register 10 per cent or more higher on stone surface traction and, perhaps most significantly, in sidewall strength. The company has, Dolby continued, used technology from its extreme off-road motorsport Krawler KX TEK American competition tyres, specifically in its stronger sidewall cords and aggressive sidewall lugs, a feature that also provides increased traction for exiting ruts.

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