The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has launched sales of a new ultra high performance winter tyre, the ADVAN WINTER V907, as an after parts tyre for the Mercedes-AMG E-Class luxury sedan. Sales initially are mainly through Mercedes-AMG dealerships in Europe. The initially available tyre sizes are 245/45R19 102V for front tyres and 275/40R19 105V for rear tyres. Yokohama Rubber also plans to develop an ADVAN WINTER V907 replacement tyre based on the new after parts tyre in a wider range of sizes, with sales to be launched sequentially at tyre dealers mainly in Europe from 2025.
The ADVAN WINTER V907 is the new winter tyre to be added to Yokohama Rubber’s global flagship ADVAN brand in 17 years. The newly developed ADVAN WINTER V907 combines the technologies that have made Yokohama Rubber’s ADVAN Sport series of ultra-high performance tyres popular as original equipment (OE) on premium cars of several leading automakers, including Mercedes-AMG, with the technologies accumulated during Yokohama Rubber’s many years of developing winter tyres. The result is a winter tyre that achieves an unusual combination of high performance on snow as well as in dry conditions. In addition to excellent performance when driving on snow, the new ADVAN WINTER V907 delivers excellent comfort and handling stability when driving on dry roads at the high speeds typical for high-power premium cars.
The new tyre’s specially designed tread pattern features the V-shaped grooves and 3D sipes that contribute to the excellent snow performance of Yokohama Rubber’s previously developed winter tyres as well as a centre rib that enhances handling stability on dry roads. The tyre’s tread compound also contributes to its dual performance by combining a cap compound (upper layer of rubber in the tyre tread) that provides excellent snow performance with an under tread compound (rubber layer in tyre’s core) that contributes to handling stability on dry roads.
The two sizes to be launched as after parts were jointly developed with Mercedes-AMG, and the tyres’ sides bear the “MO1A” mark that indicates Mercedes-AMG’s approval. Yokohama Rubber has a strong track record of providing OE tyres for numerous Mercedes-AMG models, including the use of ADVAN Sport V107 tyres on Mercedes-AMG GLB 35 4MATIC and Mercedes-AMG CLE 53 4MATIC+ Coupé in recent years.
Source: Tyretradenews
