Sumitomo
Quality/Premium
- 3D zig zag sipes: Boost block stabiity and reduce irregular wear, while creating more biting edges and improving winter performance
- Optimized contact patch: Distributes road surface pressure evenly to provide extended tire life
- Cross-designed chamfer: Boosts traction and grip for better winter and wet-surface performance
- Bending sipe technology: Creates rigidity in center block to maintain stability, while providing crisp highway response and driving characteristics
- Outside Shoulder blocks: Enhanced with integral lateral grooves to provide better wet handling and reduce road noise
Features
- Optimized tread design reduces profile deformation while cornering, providing better handling and stability.
- Water evacuation channels new ‘fin’ design reduces hydroplaning risk, while water evacuation channels provide better water drainage for enhanced wet-weather performance.
- Multi-sipe technology ‘Miura-Ori’ sipes create less distortion, improving all-weather handling and winter-traction performance.
- Crossed-design grooves and sipes enhance road contact to maximize optimal grip in wintry conditions.
- Significantly enhanced wet braking, tread life, and ride comfort, while maintaining outstanding dry braking and reduced road noise.
- 3D sipes provide more contact with road surface for improved bite versus standard sipes.
- Silica-enhanced tread compound provides superior wet traction and extended wear performance.
Discover the new standard of all-season drivability and all-terrain durability with the Sumitomo Encounter AT – the go-anywhere, do-anything all-terrain tire for CUVs, SUVs and Pickups.
Features
- 60,000-Mile Treadwear Rating
- Increased Mud & Snow performance
- Non-directional 5-rib tread design to optimize ride stability and reduce irregular wear
- Built-to-last construction technology: jointless nylon cap ply promotes equal load distribution and smooth handling. Wide and stiff steel belts enhance stiffness and promote responsive handling. High-tension casing ply balance stability and comfort during high speed travel.