Nokian Hakkapeliitta R3 and Nokian Hakkapeliitta R3 SUV Review

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Winter tires offer excellent driving safety levels in winter weather conditions by utilizing the tread design and the winter compound. This ensues their secure winter traction and controllability, guaranteeing the driver’s full control over the vehicle at all times.

Here at Priority Tire, we offer a wide range of versatile winter tires for sale for passenger vehicle and SUVs. Nokian is one of our best selling models and its Hakkapeliitta R3 comes in both passenger vehicle sizes (Hakkapeliitta R3) and SUV sizes (Hakkapeliitta R3 SUV). Both versions of this model promote excellent traction, controllability, high comfort levels and fuel conscious performing ability, while the SUV sizes also provide additional strength.

Winter Weather Performance

Winter tires use their tread design and winter compound to increase their ice and snow traction. Such tires must securely perform in severe winter weather, to guarantee the vehicle’s safer driving experience.

The Hakkapeliitta R3 and Nokian Hakkapeliitta R3 SUV sport a detailed directional tread design. The tread’s high-density siping pattern and special Snow Claws increase the grip on the ice- and snow-covered road surface. The Snow Claws improve the snow-on-snow traction by packing snow between the tread elements for extra friction. The durable winter compound maintains the rubber flexibility in colder temperatures. As a result, it keeps the tire pliable in harsh winter weather situations.

The tread design’s optimal groove pattern avoids hydroplaning. The tread’s wide circumferential and angled lateral grooves manage to disperse water and slush from the footprint. This maintains the tire’s surface contact and actively resists hydroplaning. Hydroplaning is a dangerous road hazard, which happens when water and slush located on the road surface cut off the tire’s surface contact, causing the vehicle to skid and the driver to lose control over it. By preventing hydroplaning, the tire ensures a safer winter weather performance.

HANDLING AND CONTROLLABILITY

A tires controllability depends on its tread design and internal structure. They must maintain the model’s surface contact at all times, to ensure the driver’s full control over the vehicle.

Both the Hakkapeliitta R3 and Hakkapeliitta R3 SUV feature a directional tread design which closely follows the road surface. The better road contact improves the steering responsiveness and the driving stability. This significantly improves the steering response time and accuracy to the driver’s commands, while the structure is stabilized against the driving pressure affecting the model. In other words, the structural stability and better road contact improve the driver’s control over the vehicle in winter weather.

The tread design also features an optional shoulder tread block placement. These tread elements, with their siping detail, boost the cornering and maneuvering capability. The shoulder tread blocks increase the number of biting edges gripping the road surface, which boosts the cornering safety. The better surface contact greatly enhances the winter weather driving safety levels during the vehicle’s maneuvering.

SUV Sizes – Enhanced Durability

SUV tire sizes tend to be more durable than passenger sizes. However, Nokian further reinforced the SUV sizes of the Hakkapeliitta R3. These tires feature a reinforced aramid sidewall construction which maintains the ideal tire shape under the load and driving pressure affecting the model.

The strengthened construction maintains the tire’s ideal tire shape under the pressure, preventing its deformation during the drive. As a result, the tire is able to carry and withstand heavy loads with ease, even during severe winter weather. The stronger construction enhances the load capacity significantly, allowing the tire to improve its driving safety levels.

High Driving Comfort Levels

Touring tires must provide a comfortable and enjoyable drive. Such tires use their tread design and internal structure to minimize the road noise heard and vibrations felt in the vehicle’s cabin throughout their performance.

The Nokian Hakkapeliitta R3 and Hakkapeliitta R3 SUV utilize their detailed tread design and close road contact to provide a comfortable driving experience. The optimal tread design manages to channel airwaves through the footprint, preventing their contact with the tread elements. In this manner, the road and tread pattern noise are not generated and they cannot dampen the passengers’ driving enjoyment while the tires are in motion. The ideal tire shape ensures the model’s closer surface contact. As a result, the tire is able to absorb the shock of driving during its performance, minimizing the road vibrations felt in the vehicle’s cabin. This combination ensures high driving comfort levels throughout the tire’s performance.

Fuel-Efficient Performance

Winter tires usually do not offer a fuel efficient performance, however, Nokian utilized a special tire compound and tread design which significantly increase the winter weather traction. As a result, the better traction lowers the vehicle’s fuel intake throughout the drive.

The tread design and the tire compound enhance Hakkapeliitta R3 and Hakkapeliitta R3 SUV’s traction, which eases the driving pressure off the tire. This greatly lessens the model’s rolling resistance. The rolling resistance is the external driving pressure affecting the tires, which determines the vehicle’s needed fuel intake in order to keep the tires in motion. By reducing the rolling resistance, the tire manages to lessen the vehicle’s fuel consumption and CO2 emission levels, ensuring high driving comfort levels in versatile weather conditions.

If you’re interested in purchasing the Nokian Hakkapeliitta R3 you find the passenger size here, and the R3 SUV here.