Hankook Tyre UK sponsors Auto Express New Car Awards 2022

Hankook Tyre UK was the headline sponsor of the Auto Express New Car Awards 2022, presented in London on 5 July. Car manufacturers competed across 27 categories to be nominated as best in class, while the electric Nissan Ariya was made the overall winner. Hankook has launched a new brand for electric car tyres, iON, with a Ventus iON summer tyre and a Winter i*cept iON winter tyre already announced. The tyre maker was also presented with three Auto Express Product of the Year Awards in May, winning the summer (Ventus S1 evo 3) and all-season (Kinergy 4S 2) categories.

Chang Yool Han, managing director of Hankook Tyre UK commented: “The sponsorship of the Auto Express New Car Awards is very important to strengthen our partnerships with various premium car manufacturers operating in the UK. We congratulate Nissan for being rewarded for their model Ariya. This shows once more the importance of tyre solutions for EV’s which Hankook has been working on for many years already.”

Auto Express’s Car of the Year honourees range from city cars and superminis through to SUVs and estates to hybrids and electric cars. Overall, seventeen different vehicle manufacturers received awards. The overall victor, the Nissan Ariya was described as “a brilliant EV that combines a comfortable ride and superb refinement with surprising agility for what is a relatively large car.” Hankook said its association with the Auto Express Car of the Year 2022 awards reflects its commitment to innovation and improvement, demonstrated by its own ongoing research and development investments.

The Hankook Ventus iON S is the first summer tyre in a new product range that has been specifically designed for electric vehicles. It is the first in the new, global iON tyre series, designed for premium electric vehicles, which will include the Hankook Winter i*cept iON in the upcoming autumn 2022. The company wants to make a decisive contribution from a tyre choice perspective to advancing the mobility transition towards zero-emission vehicles.