Cooper Tire Europe has bolstered its winter tyre offering significantly ahead of the cold weather season.

The Weathermaster WSC SUV/4×4 studdable Alpine winter tyre, the newest addition to Cooper’s acclaimed winter range, is now available in an additional 25 new sizes with fitments ranging from 16 to 20-inch rims. The new size range covers all of the most popular 4x4s and SUVs, including Land Rover Discovery 4, Land Rover Freelander, most Range Rover models, VW Tiguan, Audi Q3 and Q5, Nissan Qashqai, Mazda CX-5 and Honda CR-V.

Its high-silica polymer, low-modulus tread compound is designed to provide increased grip on icy, slushy and wet surfaces.

Cooper has also enhanced its Alpine passenger car tyre range with the introduction of the WM-SA2+, which features the latest compound technology developed at Cooper Tire Europe’s Wiltshire-based European Technical Centre.

The WM-SA2+ is available in T and H/V speed ratings. The T-rated product is available in a variety of sizes ranging from 13 to 16-inch, including many extra load fitments. It has Tapered Alternating Groove (TAG) Technology and forward-facing shoulder grooves which greatly enhance braking ability, while its backward-facing centre groove improves traction. The T-rated tyres boast an improved compound that delivers the same uncompromising performance as the new H/V-rated tread pattern.

The WM-SA2+ H and V-rated sizes range from 15 to 18-inch rim sizes, and features Cooper’s latest high-silica tread compound which delivers improved snow, slush and wet traction.

Cooper Tire Europe’s Sales and Marketing Director, Derek Carruthers, said: “We have put a significant amount of resource and energy into ensuring that our winter range is as up-to-date and technologically-advanced as possible.

“The new Weathermaster WSC sizes cover a very extensive list of vehicles, meaning we should have something for the vast majority of 4×4 and SUV drivers out there. Meanwhile, the new WM-SA2+ benefits from our very latest high-silica compound, giving optimum road-holding and handling capabilities for drivers.”

Orders are open now for distributors, with stock expected to be on the shelves for end user customers from October onwards.

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