Category: Kumho

Kumho is set to launch a new high performance tyre, sitting just above its crowd-pleaser, the Ecsta Le Sport KU39. Developed for the ultimate supercar enthusiast, the Ecsta PS91 delivers a high level of wet and dry handling performance at high speeds on and off the track. The new tyre, is Y-rated and offered in

In addition to its current range of tyres for passenger cars, SUVs, off-road vehicles, sports cars, vans and trucks, Kumho’s eye-catching 300 square metre stand at Reifen, Essen, Germany this week featured numerous new products for a variety of tyre segments, including one for electric and hybrid vehicles; all of which are likely to be

In addition to its current range of tyres for passenger cars, SUVs, off-road vehicles, sports cars, vans and trucks, Kumho’s eye-catching 300 square metre stand at the upcoming reifen exhibition at Essen, Germany will feature numerous new products for a variety of tyre segments, including one for electric and hybrid vehicles; all of which are

Kumho-shod drivers have won the first two rounds of Ireland’s eight-round Triton Showers National Rally Championship.

For the fifth year in succession Kumho has been honoured with a prestigious Red Dot Design Award, a feat that’s unmatched by its fellow Korean tyre manufacturers and further endorses the company’s renowned design capabilities. Kumho’s winning entries within the product design category were the K-Silent Tyre and Road Venture MT51.

For many years, Kumho has been a supporter of projects organised by the ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club), Europe’s largest motor club; not least the road safety-themed ones run by the body’s foundation, ‘Gelber Engel’. This fruitful partnership has now been extended ahead of this year’s ADAC Verkehrswelt, a travelling show that focuses on road safety

Kumho, already the tyre manufacturer of choice for many rally teams, has been appointed a key partner and official tyre supplier to Britain’s premier rallying series, the MSA British Rally Championship (BRC).

Garry Jennings achieved a memorable overall victory on the recent Corrib Oil Galway International Rally (February 5-7), using his Kumho-shod Subaru Impreza to beat three-times British Rally Champion Keith Cronin’s Citroën DS3 into second place by almost 3.5 minutes.

Kumho Tire has appointed 61-year-old Han-Seob Lee to be its new CEO – he will head up the Korean tyre manufacturer‘s global business with immediate effect.

Kumho, has received two 2016 iF Design Awards in the ‘transport device’ discipline – they were accorded to the Kumho Ecsta HS81 and the Kumho Solus HA31. The prestigious annual iF accolade is organised by the International Forum Design of Germany and, along with the Red Dot Design Award and IDEA Design Award, the iF

Kumho enjoyed a strong presence at the recent Tokyo Auto Salon 2016, one of the world’s foremost exhibitions for modified and tuned cars.