Kumho Wintercraft WP52+

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Designed for passenger cars, the Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ is a winter tyre engineered to deliver consistent performance when temperatures drop. Its tread pattern, combining deep grooves with carefully designed sipes, promotes grip on dry, wet, snowy or icy roads, ensuring reassuring handling even in demanding winter conditions. Versatile, it performs just as well in urban settings as on regional roads: traction is optimised and braking distances are shortened on wet surfaces. Carrying the EV Ready label, it can equip electric or hybrid vehicles without compromise, maintaining a balance between range, ride comfort and stability. Thanks to this blend of safety, versatility and adaptability to new powertrains, the WinterCraft WP52+ stands out as a reliable choice for confident winter driving.

See the technologies of the Wintercraft WP52+

Compatible with electric vehicles

1. Design engineered for heavy loads

The tread is reinforced with high-strength steel plies to increase service life, limit deformation and ensure reliable stability. The reinforced casing improves overall stiffness, reduces deformation and contributes to stable handling, including at high speed.

2. “HL” sizes available for heavier vehicles

Sizes with a high load index are designed to carry heavier vehicles, including electric models, at the same reference pressure. This configuration increases the vehicle’s overall load capacity while maintaining performance suited to this use.

3. Improved energy efficiency and service life for electric vehicles

An advanced-technology rubber compound, combined with an optimised structure, helps improve wear resistance and reduce rolling resistance. This design supports better energy efficiency and helps optimise the range of electric vehicles.

Road holding and braking on wet roads

1. Better protection against aquaplaning

Thanks to wide, steeply angled grooves, water is evacuated more quickly, which reduces the risk of aquaplaning. This design also improves lateral grip on wet and snowy roads.

2. More evenly distributed contact patch

Evenly distributed ground pressure helps limit irregular wear of the tread and shoulder blocks. This optimisation of the contact area helps maintain driving comfort and better control service life.

3. More effective braking

The advanced rubber compound technology enhances grip and braking efficiency on wet and snowy roads, relying on high levels of viscosity and hysteresis.

Driving safety on snowy roads

1. K-Sipe Control (3D sipes)

K-Sipe Control technology is designed to efficiently transfer traction and braking forces to the road. This architecture helps deliver more stable handling and better-controlled braking, including in emergency situations on snow-covered roads.

2. Lower glass transition temperature thanks to a natural oil

The dedicated winter compound, enriched with a natural sunflower oil, has a lower glass transition temperature than a summer compound. The tyre therefore retains greater flexibility in cold weather, which improves traction, stability and safety on snow-covered roads.

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