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<\/p>\nHankook is returning to the super-sport tyre segment with the Ventus evo Z, a high-performance summer tyre with a sporty design, offering greater tread depth and durability than a semi-slick, while still delivering excellent grip and handling for track use.<\/p>\n
After an absence from the segment of more than a decade, Hankook says it is once again offering drivers of sporty vehicles a tyre designed specifically for both track and everyday road use.<\/p>\n
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The Hankook Ventus evo Z (Z001) is said to be a particularly sporty summer tyre with an ECE approval number, meeting all statutory requirements, including having a minimum tread depth of greater than 1.6mm.<\/p>\n
It is intended for drivers of sports cars, the tuning community, motorsport enthusiasts and competitors in junior racing series \u2013 target groups for whom Hankook is already a household name thanks to its numerous involvements in international motorsport as well as long-standing partnerships with brands like AMG, BMW M and Porsche. Hankook has already developed a road-legal track tyre: the Ventus TD for the MINI John Cooper Works.<\/p>\n
The development of the new Ventus evo Z benefits from Hankook\u2019s extensive motorsport expertise. The tyre successfully passed its test runs on the HWA EVO \u2013 a reinterpretation of the legendary Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II racing car from the 90s.<\/p>\n
Lessons learned from the tests were incorporated directly into the standard design, so that drivers can benefit from precise handling and high performance on the race track \u2013 without the characteristics of the summer tyre having to take a back seat.<\/p>\n
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Technical specification and design:<\/strong><\/p>\n Hankook is returning to the super-sport tyre segment with the Ventus evo Z, a high-performance summer tyre with a sporty design, offering greater tread depth and durability than a semi-slick, while still delivering excellent grip and handling for track use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":41712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,1046,1],"tags":[789],"class_list":["post-41709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hankook","category-most-read","category-news","tag-hankook"],"yoast_head":"\n\n