Rain Tire for Enhanced Safety:
The Uniroyal product range for sports cars and SUVs

Hanover/Geneva, March 2009. Rain tire specialist Uniroyal provides a broad range of summer tire models for cars and SUVs. Two of these have been designed with the specific requirements of sports cars and SUVs in mind. The high-performance sports tire RainSport 2 provides grip right to the limit; the rallye 4x4 street is Uniroyal’s dedicated tire for four-wheel drive SUVs. Both models are available in a wide variety of sizes.

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Uniroyal RainSport 2

Uniroyal's new RainSport 2 has been on the market since last year, following in the brand's successful tradition of sporty rain tires. The combination of safety on wet roads, excellent grip for better handling and short braking distances all go to show that further progress is possible in the development of rain tires. The base and sides of the grooves have been restructured. This, together with the V-shaped tread pattern, sees to it that water is channelled out of the contact patch even faster. Thanks to the tire’s special silica compound, even higher deceleration values are possible than in the past. The new RainSport 2 is now on sale in 51 different sizes, with approvals for speeds of up to 300 km/h (187 mph).

Here you can find the entire size range of the RainSport 2.

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Uniroyal rallye 4x4 street

Developed mainly for on-road use, the Uniroyal rallye 4 x 4 street closely resembles the successful Uniroyal RainSport product line in appearance. A second carcass layer gives the tire an extremely robust construction. The higher load index this allows for caters to the heavier weight of many SUVs. Uniroyal's new 4 x 4 tyre is also a genuine rain tyre. Thanks to its specially designed contour and the double arrowhead tread pattern, it quickly expels water from the contact patch, thereby ensuring excellent aquaplaning resistance. The silica compound was developed specifically for SUV tyres and ensures short braking distances on both wet and dry roads.

Here you can find the entire size range of the rallye 4x4 street.

Here you can download this image of the rallye 4x4 street in high resolution.

Back in 1895, the Belgian rubber goods manufacturer Englebert started producing tyres for Continental AG and other companies. After merging with US Rubber in 1958, the company changed its name to Uniroyal Englebert. Uniroyal, the inventor of the rain tyre, has been a European brand within the portfolio of Continental AG in Hanover, Germany, since 1979.

With targeted annual sales of €25 billion for 2008, the Continental Corporation is one of the top automotive suppliers worldwide. As a supplier of tires, brake systems, systems and components for the powertrain and chassis, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics and technical elastomers, the corporation contributes towards enhanced driving safety and protection of the global climate. Continental is also a competent partner in networked automobile communication. Today, the corporation employs approximately 146,500 at nearly 200 locations in 36 countries.

A quarter of all tires in Europe are manufactured by Continental, the market leader. More than 30 percent of all new European cars leave the factory fitted with Continental tires. The tire divisions are an official sponsor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa. For further details, please go to www.ContiSoccerWorld.com.