Customized Production Tires For Concept Vehicles

If you’ve ever visited a car show or even taken a close look at concept vehicles in pictures you might have noticed that most prototypes wear custom-made tires that make your car’s “footwear” look as intriguing as a pair of flip-flops from K-Mart. Apparently, most of the well-known tire manufacturers have developed at some point unique “rubbers” for concept vehicles. However, since Continental came up with a press release, we can’t but get the details from them. So, according to the German tire-maker, a new special production tire takes three to five months to develop, depending on what the car manufacture wants. -Continued after the jump

Sports car tires require aggressive tread patterns which give the feeling of speed. These also often have colour to highlight the tread or the tyre sidewalls. For SUVs, the manufacturer expects prominent tread blocks for maximum off-road traction. The smaller the wheel arch and the broader the tire, the more prominent the sidewall design. If more space is available for the tire, the tread design is more important.

Via: Continental