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Avon Releases New High-Performance Tires

British tire manufacturer, Avon Tyres is ready to launch on the market a new set of extreme bottom line road legal performance tires. The ZZR performance tires in question were developed in partnership with Caterham Cars.

The two British motoring brands have a collaboration history of almost 18 years. Avon's ZZR tire coupled with the Caterham Superlight range promises excellent performance, grip and handling since it is intended for lightweight sport cars and has been developed alongside the Caterham sports car.

The company owned by fellow British tire firm Cooper Tire & Rubber says the ZZR offers maximum dry weather grip. Proving to be a track-day enthusiast's choice, the ZZR convinced Avon they should debut it as a road-legal performance tire that can offer petrol-heads a predictable and progressive car handling.

The challenge was to take our most extreme tyre and tune it to compliment the specific characteristics that are inherent to Superlight Sevens. A two-tonne Nissan GTR is an altogether different prospect to a half-tonne Caterham”, said James Weekley, Avon Tyres’ Operations and UK Sales Manager.

Using all the data and expertise we’ve collected over the years, we’ve tweaked the ZZR with a lighter overall construction, using less stiff sidewalls, reduced reinforcement and a softer compound of rubber, making it ideally suited to the new application”, added James Weekley.

The cooperation between the two British companies comes after a very successful partnership in developing the Avon CR500 series which is now featured as standard equipment across the present-day Caterham Superlight line up. The high-performance ZZR series are offered by Caterham as extra option.
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