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[Teknomage]

May 6, 2005

For Immediate Release KUMHO Tire USA

 

KUMHO debuts red smoke tire for drifting competition

 

FONTANA, CA…In the last few years, KUMHO Tire has achieved a number of firsts: the first company to make a 26-inch light truck tire; the first company to produce a 28-inch light truck tire; a class win in the company’s first race in the American Le Mans Series. And now, KUMHO has another first: a tire that produces red smoke. This special version of KUMHO’s ECSTA MX ultra high performance street tire--dubbed the ECSTA MX-C--will make its public debut with Enjuku Racing at the Formula Drift event at Road Atlanta on May 6 and 7.

 

Enjuku tested the MX-C for the first time the week of April 18, and it literally left the team’s members speechless. “When we saw the red smoke boiling off the rear tires, we just stood there and stared in awe,” said Enjuku lead driver and team captain Matt Vassallo. “I think people will be blown away when they see this.”

 

The ECSTA MX-C was developed at the KUMHO Technical Center in Akron, OH. “At a product meeting here late last summer, several people were talking about the sport of drifting,” said Guy Edington, manager of the Technical Center. “While watching a drifting video, someone opined that it would be cool if the tire smoke coming off the cars was colored.”

 

From there the idea blossomed, and Jim Palombo, KUMHO’s senior product chemist, and Gary Bradnick, lead lab technologist, set about looking for a way to make colored smoke. They developed the right mix of chemicals and now have a patent pending for their colorful compound (they’ve also developed a compound that produces blue tire smoke). Following successful testing, KUMHO produced a limited number of the tires.

 

“We don’t intend to sell the ECSTA MX-C to the general public,” said KUMHO brand director Rick Brennan. “We built them to demonstrate our forward thinking, technical capabilities and ability to respond quickly to the market. Like our race-winning ALMS tire, the MX-C was developed in a very short time—about six months. And like our 26-inch and 28-inch light truck tires, the MX-C gets attention by charting new territory that no other tire company even thought about entering.”

 

Enjuku’s Vassallo agrees. “With the car show market and drifting scene ever-expanding in the U.S., the constant effort to make your vehicle stand out in the crowd is the ultimate goal,” he said. “KUMHO has upped the ante with the ECSTA MX-C.”

 

Established in 1960, KUMHO TIRE CO., INC., of Seoul, South Korea, had 2004 sales of $1.6 billion. KUMHO manufactures and distributes a complete line of tires for passenger cars, light trucks and heavy duty trucks. KUMHO has manufacturing facilities in Korea and China and operates technical centers in Birmingham, England, and Akron, Ohio. For more information, visit the KUMHO TIRE USA Web site at http://www.kumhotireusa.com

 

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http://www.l8apex.com/MX-C%20Test.wmv

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CarFreak!]

Tøft! Kan de ikke lage dekk som farger KNÆSJ gult eller noe sånt, hadde vært enda tøffere :D

[Volvo-Lars]

ohhhh....sånne vil jeg ha:D:D

 

 

pris på disse? er vel svindyre... :rolleyes:

[vagen]

ohhhh....sånne vil jeg ha:D:D

 

 

pris på disse? er vel svindyre... :rolleyes:

 

“We don’t intend to sell the ECSTA MX-C to the general public,” said KUMHO brand director Rick Brennan.

 

Kan vel bli vanskelige å få tak på.

[Volvo-Lars]

“We don’t intend to sell the ECSTA MX-C to the general public,” said KUMHO brand director Rick Brennan.

 

Kan vel bli vanskelige å få tak på.

suxx... doh

[Teknomage]

suxx... doh

 

Bør vel gå å skaffe hvis man på en eller annen måte hadde klart å få spons av disse da ;) Men da må man vel fort være i ett drifte team og gjøre det bra der det er stort.

[Kebab gud]

måtte bare komme...

de er ikke de første som lager drift dekk .. men faen så kult .:P

[Håkon A]

tipper vi ser dette i norge snart.

[B230ft]

“We don’t intend to sell the ECSTA MX-C to the general public,” said KUMHO brand director Rick Brennan.

 

Kan vel bli vanskelige å få tak på.

 

evt. bli bestekamerat med en dekk forhandler..!?!? alt kan jo ordnes me de rette kontaktene..å en del høvdinger på konto...;)

[Skidracer]

Tøft! Kan de ikke lage dekk som farger KNÆSJ gult eller noe sånt, hadde vært enda tøffere :D

 

Vil ha sånne! Tenk en mørk blå ae86 komme ut av en knall gul sky! feeett! happyhappy

[CarFreak!]

Vil ha sånne! Tenk en mørk blå ae86 komme ut av en knall gul sky! feeett! happyhappy

 

Sweeeeet :D

[Laaars]

Hm, jeg satt og tenkte på dette for ikke så mange dagene siden faktisk. Men visste ikke at det fantes... gøy.

Får håpe noen skaffer seg sånne da :D

[momo]

Hva blir det neste? Rød røyk med jorbærsmak..?

 

Det faller sikkert godt i smak hos alle fjortisser dette her.

[Skidracer]

Hva blir det neste? Rød røyk med jorbærsmak..?

 

Det faller sikkert godt i smak hos alle fjortisser dette her.

 

 

jeg likte det jeg :o

[Aleksander]

Dette synes jeg blir litt vel harry, men det er jo bare min smak. ;)