Comments on: Hankook Enfren Low Rolling Resistance Tyre Launch

By: FrugalOne

FrugalOne — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:52:59 +0000

Its Hankook K406 tyre days all over!!

Yeap, Hankook have had this type of tyre before, and they did work…a little.

But still only 5% gain, nothing new, so have not really moved foward after 10 years have they?

Cheers

F-0

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:45:54 +0000

Hey Aussie.
I retail Hankook tyres in the Hornsby area and no they don’t do just truck tyres. Hankook do tyres for all types of vehicles, you name it they make it. Also we sold our first set of LRR Enfren tyres last week, to a Astra in the size of 195/60r15 and the cost was less than $5 more per tyre compared to a conventional Hankook tyre.

By: Roadie

Roadie — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:50:28 +0000

To anyone who has ever raced bicycles this is old news. Traditionally racers use “heavy” tyres for training and lightweight tyres for racing. These have the benefit of being sooo much easier to pedal (i.e. roll easier), grip way more in corners and accelerate much better. They can also usually be inflated to a higher pressure.

Bike tyres manufacturers achieve this by using a higher tpi (threads-per-inch) in the casing (hence thinner thread) and softer rubber.

The easy way to get an idea of a (bike) tyre’s rolling resistance is to see how easily an unmounted tyre twists or rolls up. Good tyres are more flexible, and hence roll better. In principle, low rolling resistance car tyres should be the same.

By: Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

Bavarian Missile (.)(.) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:00:12 +0000

God yeah B-Man,I had P-Zeros Rosso’s on my car before I got the Evo’s.They werent worn out just gone hard and became useless and dangerous . Originally my car came out with Pilots on it but were almost $600 a pop and didnt rate that much better ,Hankook Evos came in at $380 each around the same as the Adrenalins {also meant to be pretty good}.

Seems every inch you go up they increase by a $100.

By: B-Man

B-Man — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:35:32 +0000

BM,
I don’t think it will surprise many people that have used pirelli tyres. Way over priced and over rated. I’d take a michelin any day of the week over pirelli.

By: JEKYL & HYDE

JEKYL & HYDE — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:02:27 +0000

the look real similar to the old brigestone donut tyre a few years back.hankook is pretty much standard on all the korean holdens,much to everyone’s dismay(cheap/nasty)…

By: Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

Bavarian Missile (.)(.) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:25:17 +0000

Yeah Matt,may shock some of the people on how good they will be against the Pirelli . Some people can be tyre snobs !

Ive had Evos on my car for a few years now , I looked at the Adrenalin’s and some Pilots for it but after reading up on several tyre tests and speaking to the guys at Bob Jane they said they were all pretty close {including price} . In the end I got the Evos to try on the back and have been “REAL” happy with them.Very sticky {better than the Pirelli’s that came off it}and quieter than the Dunlop 9000 that were on the BF GT. They look real trick but like most performance tyres have a life span of about 15,000ks.

By: Maneesh

Maneesh — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:12:27 +0000

Sweet bro!

Korean Tyres on a Korean Car. Good to know the Koreans are continuously improving their technology. How much do these tyres cost?

And how do they compare to high PERFORMANCE tyres?

By: Iz

Iz — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:46:26 +0000

Hankook may produce decent tires, but all the good I can say about the DynaPro HP line of tires (damn that accountant waving the wand over the replacement set of tires on one of our cars) is that its quieter, and hasn’t worn in near enough to 50,000km’s.

Shame about its performance otherwise over that car’s previous Michelins though. (TBH I may just be being a little nitpicky, but I liked the previous set of tires more over the current Hankooks =p)

By: SamR

SamR — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:20:01 +0000

These types of tyres are part of the trick to the Toyota Prius.

If they produced a normal car with these tyres and most of the technology of the hybrids without the hybrid engine you would get 50% of the fuel saving at 5% of the additional cost of the hybrid.

Seems the way to go to me for most people but no, cars are getting heavier and larger and full of junk

By: :-) Aussie

:-) Aussie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:51:36 +0000

Tack i suggest u do a google search….
I think Hankook mainly make truck tyres ??
Also how much are these worth ?? not cheap I bet..

By: Tack

Tack — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:22:37 +0000

Hummm…Hankook?
What does it ?
Who are they?
Have you even used them before?
Are they any good, expect for price?
I never used them, someone please tell me.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:20:14 +0000

Would be good to get a proper comparison with other tyres, rather than just a marketing brochure. Actually compare and measure stopping distances, max lateral g, etc with a couple of mainstream tyres, and then compare fuel economy. Until then I’ll stick to my Adrenalines.

By: Casey

Casey — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:32:35 +0000

Didn’t another brand bring these things out a few years back? I vaguely remember a TV commercial. Always wondered if they were any good.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:30:11 +0000

Hi CW,

They’re said to be the same or quieter, but in our tests – being mainly performance orientated – it was a little hard to tell.

Perhaps when I wrangle a long term set we’ll have some conclusive answers.

By: coconut wireless

coconut wireless — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:05:38 +0000

could some information be provided about road/tire noise generated by these tires :)

By: Realcars

Realcars — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:18:16 +0000

BTW Driveaway on the Sonata Diesel is a bargain IMO.

By: Realcars

Realcars — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:16:46 +0000

Proof of the pudding will be when they are fitted as ex factory on anything other than Korean makes.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:06:32 +0000

The good news is BM that they’ll also be making a high performance tyre to challenge Pirelli later this year. Can’t wait for that one.

By: Bavarian Missile (.)(.)

Bavarian Missile (.)(.) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:04:25 +0000

Interesting……………Hankook make some good tyres although, they dont get praise like the bigger makes do.