Winter weather driving can be dangerous, especially if you don’t have the right set of tires. The tires you use in winter, on ice- and snow-covered roads, must have first-rate road grip and traction to avoid the hazards of slippery conditions.
Priority Tire has a wide variety of winter tires and one of our best selling models is Cooper’s Evolution Winter. This model combines winter weather traction with exceptional handling and a longer lasting tread life to cover all your needs from a winter tire set.
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Winter Weather Performance
Winter tires need to perform on different fronts. They must have exceptional ice and snow traction, withstand weather damage all the while keeping the tire’s excellent controllability.
The Evolution Winter features a directional tread design molded from a high silica tread compound that work together to maintain a firm grip on ice and snow, as well as other winter conditions. The tread design, with the high siping density, finds firm grip on the road surface, while the tire compound maintains the tire’s flexibility, actively preventing weather damage from shortening the tire’s tread life. Furthermore, the tire is pinned for studs. In other words, studs can be added to the tire to increase its ice and snow gripping capability.
The tread’s circumferential grooves also prevent hydroplaning. Hydroplaning is a dangerous road hazard that cuts off the tire’s contact with the road surface and causes the vehicle to skid. The tire’s wide grooves eliminate water and slush from below the tire’s footprint and, in this manner, keep the model’s road contact at all times to ensure a secure winter weather performance.
Handling and Maneuvering
Tires must maintain their road contact at all times. They are the only link between the vehicle and the road, and as such, they must provide exceptional road feedback and controllability. This is even more true for winter tires, as they are meant to be driven in harsh, cold weather when the roads are covered in ice or snow. They must firmly grip the road surface and allow the driver to confidently control the vehicle.
First of all, the Evolution Winter keeps its optimal shape at all times under the severe winter weather driving pressure affecting it. Its polyester casing optimizes the internal structure and stabilizes it during the drive. As a result, the tire does not deform under the pressure, but withstands the driving forces.
Secondly, the tread design features a sawtooth center rib that closely follows the road surface at all times. In this manner, the tire increases the steering response time and accuracy to the driver’s commands. The quick and precise steering response improves the road feedback offered by the tires. The better controllability ensures a safer driving experience in all winter weather.
Lengthened Tread Life
Most manufacturers strive to lengthen the tread life of their models. Customers tend to seek out tires with longer lasting tread lives, as it is more cost efficient in the long run. Different methods and designs are used all over the world to ensure an increased usability.
The Evolution Winter also offers a lengthened tread life. The model’s optimal footprint and tread design, and the constantly maintained optimal shape work together to evenly distribute the driving pressure affecting the tires. The optimum road contact equally spreads out the forces of acceleration, cornering and braking across the tread area and effectively prevents the formation of irregular wear across the tread area. The longer lasting tread life guarantees the tire’s extended usability.
If you are interested in buying Cooper Evolution Winter tires, you can find them in our current stock.
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