Cooper Tire Europe launched their latest high performance SUV tyre, the new Cooper Zeon 4XS Sport last October 7. Designed for medium and large SUV fitments, the new 4XS Sport offers outstanding grip and handling.
Replacing the popular Cooper Zeon 4XS and XSTa, the 4XS Sport has been developed with a new asymmetric tread pattern which is specifically designed to cope with the weight of large SUVs.
The Cooper Zeon 4XS Sport’s brand ambassador David Coulthard tested development variants of the tyre at the Vallelunga circuit. Coulthard’s feedback provided direction for the final construction and compound selected for the tyre.
Introduced as part of Cooper’s new high performance product range, the tread pattern of the 4XS Sport now features 3D sipes which have interlocking three dimensional points inside the sipe. These 3D sipes provide the same benefits of a traditional sipe, including helping the tyre warm up and providing enhanced wet grip, but limit the amount of flex in the tread block which helps control the amount of heat generation in the dry and keeps the tread block stable.
Derek Carruthers, Sales and Marketing Director, Cooper Tire Europe, said, “Our new high performance sport utility vehicle (SUV) tyre brings together a wide range of new technologies to offer a winning tyre in this market segment. We are proud to now have a number of tyre ranges which offer ‘A’ grade for wet grip.
“With sales of SUVs continuing to be strong within Europe, customers have increasing needs for a versatile high performance SUV tyre that delivers high levels of grip and fuel efficiency.”