The very first in the history of the tire appeared to create a car! In 1845, Englishman Thompson patented an amazing invention - the leather covers on wheels for mitigating the shaking of the crew. Inside, they jammed flexible rubber belts and fastened to the rim with 70 zavyazok each.
Thompson Tires have been shown and tested in action at the London Industrial Exhibition 1846 - Tested invention have found that driving on a cobblestone street became a much more comfortable.
The very first pneumatic in the car - a Michelin, installed on the Peugeot 1984 and a motor 4 hp This car took part in the race Paris - Bordeaux, during which had to be changed 22 times. Nevertheless, the Peugeot on the "pneumatics" of 19 participants took 9 th place.
The biggest in the world - the 1959 Bridgestone / 80 R63 V-Steel E-Lug S and Michelin 59/80 R63 XDR, designed for dump trucks with capacity of 380-400 tons. Tyre dimensions are impressive - so every bridzhstounovsky giant reaches 2.4 meters in height, 1.47 meters in diameter, and weighs 5.1 tons.
Smallest a microcosm of the "Nippondenso" - serving up a sedan Toyota AA 1936. Equipped with a tiny electric machine has a length of about 4.8 mm, the diameter of the wheel baby - about 0.8 mm.
The most expensive serial - Pirelli Scorpion Zero 345/60R17 size-speed category V (up to 240 km / h), they were originally designed for an SUV Lamborghini LM002. Their estimated price - about $ 900 per tire. Among the more massive tires for ordinary cars occupy the first line of the Price Michelin Pilot Sport tires sized 225/45R18 high-speed category Y (up to 300 km / h), which cost about $ 600.
Most high-speed bus, certified for movement on public roads - a Continental ContiSport Contact 2Vmax, intended for driving at speeds up to 360 km / h. Base for the production of this crown of modern technology was already proven model ContiSport Contact 2, improving the speed capabilities of a Continental engineers and created a racing marvel.
The most quiet tires, according to specialists, and show the various measurements and testing - a series of Yokohama AVS. Also, high levels of acoustic comfort are different tires Pirelli P6 and Goodyear Eagle NCT-5.
The most eco-friendly produces Nokian Tyres. As part of its rubber compound tire company has completely ruled out such a typical "bus" chemical element, such as polyaromatic compounds found to be harmful to the environment.
Instead, Nokian uses a mixture of non-detrimental to the nature of rapeseed oil. However, environmental friendliness does not lower the driving performance tires, but instead - thanks to new formula achieved a lower rolling resistance and better grip.
Most low-profile demonstrated Dunlop, stocked Opel Astra Coupe OPC X-treme 305/25-ZR20 tires on the rear axle and 265/30-ZR20 on the front wheels. Continental to argue with him with his "atomic" 2Vmax, whose tires having size 235/30 ZR 20 and 305/25 ZR 20, Techart tuning studio equipped its charged Porsche Boxster. Not inferior, and Pirelli, offering a range of models Pzero Direzionale and Pirelli Pzero Assimetrico sizes such as 355/25 R19 and 345/25 R20.
Most individual offers a place for your car company Matador. This manufacturer offers Europeans an unusual service - on the sidewalls of the industrial way of any inscriptions on request: the name of the corporation, the name of the owner of the machine, the name of his wife (Tiffany), a wise aphorism - in short anything that will fit, except for foul language. In this inscription is put in place their own matadorovskogo title.
So you can easily play buddy: to show his name on the tires, saying that now, they say, "opened here a small bus zavodik" ...
The most futuristic suggested Michelin. Named Tweel these conceptual wheel of the future have nothing in common with conventional tires. In profile, they resemble bicycle wheels and represent the spatial structure, entirely made of rubber, in which the flexible "spokes" are connected with a flexible "rim". Designers have already experimented with Tweel to cars Audi A4, and found that the tests have given very promising results.
