Category: Kumho

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.

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

Kumho has taken a look at some of the best tyre concepts and ideas that are set to change how we drive in the future. Some we might be seeing in 2016, others are that bit more futuristic!

Kumho has congratulated Andy Yan winning his third drivers’ title of the China Touring Car Championship (CTCC).

Kumho has made impressive progress since returning to the UK truck tyre market earlier this year, and has now further improved its offering with KXS10 – a versatile new steer tyre suitable for both regional and long distance operations.