Interstate Launches New ECO Tour Plus Passenger Car Tyre

Interstate has announced that it has released its new eco-conscious tyre, the ECO Tour Plus. The tyre, as its name suggests, is particularly concerned with addressing ecological issues, such as lowering CO2 emissions through decreased rolling resistance. The company states that the tyre includes the development of materials technology called I-ECO combined with a new non-directional tread design. I-ECO, Interstate continues, produces a lower rolling resistance coefficient by reducing energy loss in the top compound during rotation. The new non-directional tread design features a connected block and a thin rib with strategically placed noise reducing ovals, which aims to enhance contact pressure and wet braking performance. All tyres are produced with the Interstate Clean-Oil.

Interstate also produces some impressive statistics about the new tyre: “The ECO Tour Plus has a 13.4 per cent improved rolling resistance (versus average competitors products in the same dimensions) which makes it, on average, 2.8 per cent more fuel efficient and achieves a reduction of 2.9 per cent in CO2 output.” The tyre will be introduced as an integrated replacement product during 2010, targeting compacts and mid-sized passenger cars with 14” to 16” rim sizes in 55 to 65 series. The first five sizes will be available in the first quarter of 2010; 185/60R14, 195/60R14, 195/65R15, 195/55R15 and 205/55R16. Seventeen additional sizes will follow in the second quarter of 2010.