Hankook Tire Ranks 2nd Overall in Italy Tire Platform's 'Winter Tire Brand Rankings'

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] Hankook Tire & Technology (hereinafter Hankook Tire) announced on the 14th that it ranked 2nd overall in the ‘2020/2021 Winter Tire Brand Ranking’ selected by Italy’s comprehensive tire platform ‘Grip Detective’.

The winter tire brand ranking announced by Grip Detective is based on the results of winter tire tests conducted this year by nine automotive magazines across Europe, including ‘Auto Bild’, ‘Auto Zeitung’, and ‘Auto Express’, and is calculated by converting their own scores out of 5 points.

Hankook Tire’s ultra-high-performance winter tires, ‘Winter i*cept evo3’ and ‘Winter i*cept RS2’, received high scores across all evaluation categories, achieving a total brand score of 4.6 points, securing 2nd place overall with only a 0.1-point difference from 1st place.

Previously, Hankook Tire’s winter tires have proven their global Top Tier technology by receiving top evaluations in winter tire tests conducted by automotive magazines in countries such as Germany and the United Kingdom.

Meanwhile, Hankook Tire operates a winter tire-dedicated performance testing facility, ‘Technotrack’, in Ivalo, a northern city in Finland, actively engaging in winter tire research and development. Through various tests on a total of four tracks, including flat tracks and handling tracks, the company is striving to secure core technologies for developing tires that deliver optimal performance under winter weather and road conditions.

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