The iLine from Nokian won the award for the best summer tire in 2013 in Germany in a competition organized by the automotive magazines Auto Test and Auto Bild. Its strengths: it adapts to all types of climates while maintaining the highest quality grip and ensuring driving comfort for the driver. Its low fuel consumption and the fact that it is quiet make this tire a must-have product.
The major grooves of the tire are smoothed, which gives it, in addition to its elegance, a great capacity to efficiently evacuate the water present on the road. The grooves of the ribs leading to these main sliding grooves increase the overall volume of the tire's grooves and help to counteract the possibility of aquaplaning.
At Nokian Tyres, every tire uses only purified oils and the manufacturing process does not incorporate any toxic or carcinogenic chemical products at any point. A leader in ecological terms among tire manufacturers, Nokian is a pioneer in the use of low aromatic content purified oil. Nevertheless, its performance in terms of safety and particularly tire grip on wet surfaces is excellent regardless of the season.
The flow of water is made faster by the grooves separating the shoulder blocks, particularly where they narrow, which greatly improves the efficiency of draining water trapped between the tire and the road.
The tire features a wear indicator (DSI) that allows you to know the residual depth of its grooves. This indicator consists of a series of numbers in millimeters inscribed on the tread. The more the tread wears over the kilometers, the more these numbers fade. The tire has a second indicator, which informs about the risks of aquaplaning. A drop is placed on the central block 4 mm from the bottom of the grooves. When this drop is erased by the wear of the rubber, then it is time to proceed with the tire change because the risk of aquaplaning is high.
The Info area on the sidewall of a Nokian tire enhances safety by displaying location and pressure indicators. Thus, one can mark the location during mounting during tire changes as well as the correct inflation pressure. New information can even be recorded in this area, which is the torque of the bolts on alloy rims. The majority of UHP sports tires are mounted on aluminum rims for which the tightening of the bolts requires increased attention. This is enhanced safety for the user as the bolts must be tightened to the correct torque and they must be retightened every 100 or 200 kilometers.
