The Korean tire manufacturing company Kumho ("Kumho") has gained great recognition among car enthusiasts who love fast, aggressive driving over its more than fifty years of experience in this field. And it's no wonder, since the company is oriented towards the experience of other companies in the production of racing tires and develops high-quality tires for sports cars. One of such tires in this line is the Kumho Ecsta KU19. This is a summer tire for sports cars, which has been produced by the Kumho plant since 2007, and has two speed indexes - W (up to 270 km/h) and Y (up to 300 km/h).
Thanks to the latest technologies used in the production of this tire, it provides its owner with amazing quality characteristics, comfort, and safety while driving on both dry and wet roads. Good traction with it is achieved due to the use of a unique rubber mixture and silica, silicon in the tire tread composition. Its mass fraction reaches fifty percent. Its presence in the tread composition guarantees good traction characteristics, as well as high resistance to tire wear, so it will serve its owner longer than usual.
Another feature of the Kumho Ecsta KU19 tire is the use of the patented ESCOT technology, which involves the use of a seamless tire design. This made the tire's sidewall more rigid and eliminated vibration from contact with the road surface, which significantly increased the car's handling.
For tires designed for use on sports cars, high-quality water drainage is an extremely important characteristic, which eliminates the risk of aquaplaning. This tire also provides for this and is implemented through wide longitudinal channels and symmetrical grooves. They quickly and efficiently clear the contact area with the road from moisture and eliminate skidding on wet roads.
The tread pattern design is asymmetric. Due to this, the traction with the track increases, as well as the car's handling on a wet surface at high speeds.
Distinctive features of Kumho Ecsta KU19
- Kumho Ecsta KU19 is a summer tire for the highest class of luxury and sports cars, produced with two speed indexes - W and Y, which means the tire can accelerate up to 270 km/h and 300 km/h, respectively.
- The unique tread composition includes silica, which provides stability when driving fast on a wet track, as well as silicon, which provides high-quality traction with any surface.
- The ESCOT technology, which involves the seamless nature of the tire's sidewall, contributes to the absence of vibration from contact with the road surface when moving at very high speeds.
- The tread pattern design is asymmetric.
- A rigid central rib provides directional stability.
- High-quality water drainage is provided by a system of longitudinal channels, as well as symmetrical grooves.
- Silicon in the tire tread composition increases its wear resistance and also increases traction with the road surface.
