Apollo gains winter kudos from German TV
Last year, Apollo Tyres introduced its range into Europe, including several winter tyres. As such, it is the first and to-date only Indian tyre maker to market winter tyres in our region. The brand recently received a boost when its winter tyres were favourably reviewed by VOX TV, a national television network in Germany, Europe’s most significant winter tyre market.
VOX tested five winter tyre brands – Apollo, Dunlop, Nokian, Pirelli and stable-mate Vredestein – on its “Auto Mobil” programme and concluded that “despite being a new kid on the block in the European market, Apollo, and its Acelere Winter tyre more than held its own among the big names in the tyre industry…in areas that mainly face rain and cold in winter, people should choose Apollo.”
Apollo Vredestein notes that the results from all the tyres tested for acceleration in snow and braking on snowy road surfaces were “very close”, adding that the Apollo Acelere “did well despite the stiff competition, including in slushy snow conditions.” The newcomer was certified as being “very safe” and was ranked third for acceleration and braking on snow.
Testing on wet and dry surfaces was also carried out. On dry roads, Apollo comments that its Acelere Winter’s braking distance was the shortest in the test “by a fair margin.” On wet surfaces the Acelere Winter was ranked first for braking, and Apollo says the tyre “also performed well” during the wet surface handling test and “maintained excellent traction” on wet surfaces at high speeds.
“The performance of the Apollo Acelere is sensational,” said VOX. With a third place in the overall rankings, the tyre was declared as ‘Empfehlenswert’, or recommended. The overall winner in the five-tyre test was the Nokian WR D3.
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