How fast is the fastest tire?

Tires are like "wearing" a pair of good shoes for a car - a car must have a pair of good shoes if it wants to run faster and at the same time accurately execute steering commands.

Speed level

For reference, the concept of "speed rating" appeared-creating a standard, in order to be able to more simply and clearly mark the maximum speed of the tires, in order to prevent the car from causing danger due to unrestricted acceleration on the highway.

Due to technical limitations at the time, only three tire speed ratings existed: S, H and V. With the continuous improvement of tire manufacturing technology, the speed rating of tires is constantly improving. Today, the standard for tire speed ratings includes the full alphabet. In this standard, the lower the letter usually represents the higher the maximum speed of the tire and the higher the performance. However, there is one exception, which is level H.

Although in the 26 English alphabets, H ranks higher, but in the speed rating table, its position is between U and V, which is "high performance", which is the abbreviation of high performance, so the corresponding tire's maximum speed It is 210km/h.

most common speed class

Although the Chinese speed grades of the tires we can see on the market are between S and Y (the maximum withstand speed is between 180-300 km/h), but with the upgrading of car performance, car owners have more requirements for tires. The preference for "fast speed" is also becoming higher and higher. In fact, in today's market or e-commerce website, there are more products for sale in V, W, Y, and H. From the statistical data of a well-known e-commerce platform, it can be seen that there are more than 15,000 products available for sale in the above four speed levels. Therefore, we can also see from the side that products with higher speed levels are becoming a market sales trend.

High speed level also has these advantages

A pair of "good shoes" can not only help car owners experience a faster "driving experience", of course, it will also more effectively protect the driving safety of car owners. It can be seen that tire manufacturers tend to enhance the shoulder design for tires with higher speed ratings, and have unique pattern designs to improve the comprehensive performance advantages of the tires and enhance the precise response of the tires to commands such as steering and braking.