Nokian tyre is test winner in the 2013 summer tyre test in German car magazine Auto Bild, scoring the top rating of "exemplary"
Top rating "good" awarded to Nokian by the German automobile club ADAC and the consumer protection organisation test Stiftung Warentest
Runner-up with top rating “especially recommended” in auto motor sport
The
Nokian tyre is test winner in the 2013 summer tyre test in German car magazine
Auto Bild, scoring the top rating "exemplary". The top rating
"good" is awarded to Nokian by the German automobile club ADAC and
the consumer protection organisation test Stiftung Warentest. The Finnish tyre
is runner-up in the test of auto motor sport with the top rating “especially
recommended”.
Auto
Bild praises the new Nokian Line: "Strengths: well-balanced premium tyre with outstanding
braking abilities, low rolling noise, good comfort." The key car magazine gives it the
overall rating of 2+ in the test on wet surfaces and on dry surfaces; for price
it scores 2-. In the German school grading system, grade 2 stands for
"good" and 2+ is slightly better than 2 whereas 2- is slightly less
than a 2. Its price: around EUR 276 per set. Consequently, Auto Bild awards the
Nokian tyre with the rating "exemplary".
The
assessment of auto motor sport says: “Very good traction, harmonious driving
behaviour, excellent braking.” Nokian is the best tyre in the most important
test discipline braking on wet surfaces with the shortest braking distance and
also the best regarding handling on wet surfaces.
The
Finnish tyre is "highly recommended" with its ADAC top rating
"good". ADAC writes about the Nokian Line: "Strengths: Very
well-balanced tyre, good on wet surfaces, relatively low fuel
consumption." The biggest automobile club in Europe
did not find any weaknesses in it. Nokian Line is rated "2.0" for
"dry" and "1.8" for low fuel consumption by ADAC and test
Stiftung Warentest.
The
test winner receives outstanding grades by Auto Bild in these test disciplines:
"Wet braking 1", "Dry braking 1-", "rolling resistance
2" and "(fuel) consumption 2". Nokian Line is a "super tyre".
Grade 1 stands for "very good". The assessments by the Austrian
automobile club ÖAMTC and the Touring Club of Switzerland TCS also rated Nokian
"highly recommended".
One
of the biggest summer tyre tests in Europe
In
one of the biggest summer tyre tests in Europe, Auto Bild has now compared 50
summer tyres and four all-season tyres in the dimensions 195/65 R 15, the
standard size for compact cars. ADAC, test Stiftung Warentest, ÖAMTC and TCS
tested 19 tyres sized 195/60 R15 for compact cars. auto motor sport put 13 summer tyres in size 205/55 R
16 V to „the toughest test demands“.
Test
winner, the Nokian Line, is available in 45 sizes from 15 to 17 inches,
custom-made for the different requirements of the T, H, V and W speed
categories. The new Ultra High Performance summer tyre Nokian zLine has been
developed for sporty cars. It offers a precise, outstanding and pleasant
driving experience when driving fast. This range includes 31 sizes from 16 to
20 inches in the speed categories W (270 km/h) and Y (300 km/h).
With
an AA rating for fuel efficiency and grip on wet surfaces on the EU tyre label,
the Nokian eLine summer tyre drives straight to the top and brings technology
of the future to smaller cars. Six sizes in 15 and 16 inches and the speed
categories T (190 km/h) and H (210 km/h) are already available to buy.
The
predecessors to the new summer tyres by Nokian were test winners eight times
over in the 2012 summer tyre tests. In doing so the Finnish premium brand won
more tests than any other brand. The Nokian tyres are now available from local
tyre service outlets at favourable prices, also as complete sets of wheels, on
rims. Nokian Tyres is the world's leading winter tyre specialist and uses this
expertise to develop test winning tyres for summer conditions.
www.nokiantyres.com
