Dunlop Sport BluResponse: The Ultimate Summer Tire for Passenger Cars
Fuel Efficiency and Superior Wet Grip
Experience the new Dunlop Sport BluResponse, a summer tire designed to deliver exceptional wet grip and top-notch efficiency. Its innovative fuel-saving design ensures reduced fuel consumption, making it an economical choice for your vehicle.
Outstanding Wet Performance
The Sport BluResponse features a special polymer compound that enhances grip and handling on wet roads. With wide central grooves, this tire efficiently channels water away from the contact patch, providing high resistance against aquaplaning.
Shorter Braking Distances
Equipped with Dunlop's innovative "Short Braking Blocks," the Sport BluResponse reduces braking distances on both wet and dry surfaces. These specially designed tread blocks maintain a larger contact area with the road, even under high load, ensuring shorter stopping distances from high speeds.
Optimized Construction for Fuel Savings
The tire's optimized construction and shape contribute to excellent rolling resistance, helping you save on fuel costs. Its improved molecular cohesion minimizes heat build-up inside the tire, enhancing overall efficiency.
Advanced Stability and Protection Features
The Jointless Belt (JLB) technology minimizes tire deformation at high speeds, offering superior stability, a smooth ride, and even wear. The Maximum Flange Shield (MFS) provides a protective buffer zone to safeguard expensive alloy wheels against curb damage, available in selected sizes.
Asymmetric Tread Design for Enhanced Handling
The asymmetric tread design with a variable positive-negative ratio offers improved aquaplaning resistance. The robust outer shoulder block quickly expels water, ensuring exceptional cornering stability and steering precision. The continuous center rib enhances stability and accuracy, while the asymmetric groove arrangement improves grip on both wet and dry roads.
Flatter Tread Profile for Better Road Feedback
Dunlop's latest generation tires feature a flatter tread profile with a 4 to 8% larger contact area, depending on tire size and type. This larger footprint provides increased stability and improved road feedback, allowing for quicker and more precise responses.
Multi Radius Tread (MRT) for Precise Control
The MRT design utilizes ten different radii, offering enhanced precision and effective pressure distribution across the tire's contact patch. This results in a smoother transition from straight-line to cornering, delivering precise, progressive responses. MRT also provides exceptional dry and wet handling, offering greater control during cornering.
Sport BluResponse
ALL GRIP. NO COMPROMISE
Strong grip, without compromise
2.8 metres shorter braking distance in wet conditions*
3 metres shorter braking distance in dry conditions*
30% better fuel-saving design**
Closed shoulder grooves mean less noise
Design that saves fuel
The aerodynamic shape and low-heat compound of the Sport BluResponse reduces rolling resistance by 30% compared to its forerunner.* That’s €100 per year in fuel costs**.
Great performance on wet roads
The risk of aquaplaning is reduced, thanks to the large grooves in the centre of the tread. This Dunlop tyre also uses a polymer compound to provide a fantastic grip on wet roads.
Less noise
The closed shoulder grooves help keep the noise down, allowing you a comfier, quieter journey.
Shorter braking distance
The innovative Short Braking blocks of this Dunlop tyre are designed to reduce braking distance in both wet and dry conditions. The extra-stiff blocks increase road contact under braking force, and are perfect for high performance driving.
* Tested by TÜV SÜD Automotive in September 2012 by order of Goodyear Dunlop. Tyre Size: 205/55 R16 91V; Test Car: VW Golf; Test Locations: Mireval (FR), Papenburg (D) and Garching (D); Report No. 76249744
The Tire Labeling Ordinance specifies the information requirements on fuel efficiency, wet grip and external rolling noise from tires. In addition, reference is made to the winter properties of the product.
The EU 1222/2009 regulation that has been in force since November 1st, 2012 has been revised and will be replaced by regulation EU 2020/740 from May 1st, 2021; From this point on, new requirements apply. The rating classes for fuel efficiency, wet grip and exterior noise have been changed and the layout of the EU label has been adjusted. The manufacturer's product data sheets stored in the EU database can be downloaded via a QR code integrated into the label. Information on snow grip and ice grip is also newly included for tires that meet these criteria.
The following tires are exempt from the regulation: - tires that are designed exclusively for installation on vehicles that were first registered before October 1, 1990 - retreaded tires (until a corresponding extension of EU VO 2020/740 has taken place) - professional off - Road tires - Racing tires - Tires with additional devices to improve traction, eg studded tires - T-type emergency tires - Tires with a permissible speed below 80 km/h - Tires for rims with a nominal diameter ≤ 254 mm or ≥ 635 mm
The criteria and evaluation classes at a glance
fuel efficiency
The fuel consumption depends on the rolling resistance of the tyres, the vehicle itself, the driving conditions and the driving style of the driver. The measured rolling resistance (rolling resistance coefficient) of the tire is divided into classes A (highest efficiency) to E (lowest efficiency).
If a vehicle is completely equipped with class A tires, a consumption reduction of up to 7.5%* is possible compared to class E tyres. In the case of commercial vehicles, it can even be higher. (Source: European Commission Impact Assessment * when measured according to the test methods set out in Regulation (EU) 2020/740)
Please note: Fuel consumption depends to a large extent on your own driving style and can be significantly reduced by driving in an environmentally friendly manner. Tire pressure should be checked regularly to improve fuel efficiency.
wet grip
Wet grip is divided into classes A (shortest braking distance) - E (longest braking distance).
If a car is equipped with class A tires, compared to class E tires, a braking distance of up to 18 m can be reduced when braking from 80 km/h (on a road surface with average grip).* *Source: wdk Economic Association of the German Rubber Industry eV
Please note: Traffic safety depends to a large extent on your own driving style. The stopping distances must always be observed. Tire pressure should be checked regularly to improve wet grip.
External rolling noise
The noise emitted by a tire affects the overall volume of the vehicle and affects not only your own driving comfort, but also the noise pollution of the environment. In the EU tire label, the external rolling noise is divided into 3 classes from A (lowest rolling noise) - C (highest rolling noise), measured in decibels (dB) and compared with the European noise emission limit values for external tire rolling noise.
A The pictogram with the classification "A" indicates that the tire's external rolling noise is more than 3 dB below the EU limit value in force until 2016. B The "B" classification means that the tyre's external rolling noise is up to 3 dB below or equal to the EU limit value in force until 2016. C The classification "C" indicates that the specified limit value is exceeded.
Business Reviews
Profile:Sport BluResponse
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10/2014
Auto Express
205/55 R16 91V
Highly recommended Verdict: Winning performances in all conditions make this brilliant new tyre our 16-inch champion.
07/2014
auto motor und sport
205/55 R16 91V
Recommendable Stärken : Ausgeglichenes Fahrverhalten auf nasser und trockener Bahn, sehr gutes Trockenbremsen, sehr niedriger Rollwiderstand . Schwächen : Schwach bei Nassbremsen und Aquaplaning .
03/2013
AUTOStraßenverkehr
205/55 R16 91V
Highly recommended
03/2013
GUTE FAHRT
205/55 R16 91V
Recommendable Der brandneue BluResponse ist ein waschechter Öko-Pneu, also sehr gut in Sachen Rowi. Klasse zudem auf trockener Bahn, top ist auch die Aquaplaningvorsorge und das Bremsen auf trockenem Asphalt. Auch das Nasshandling meistert er gelassen, bleibt immer gutmütig, kennt keine Lastwechselreaktionen. Aber beim Nassbremsen leistet sich der A-gelabelt Pneu nur ein "Befriedigend".
03/2013
auto motor und sport
205/55 R16 91V
Highly recommended Stärken:top Handlinghohe Lenkpräzisionausgeglichenes Fahrverhaltensehr gute Bremsleistungsehr niedriger RollwiderstandSchwächen:Einbußen bei Geräusch und Aquaplaning
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* The list prices, if available, are a net calculation basis for determining sales prices between tire manufacturers and their dealers. In no case are the selling prices paid or usually paid.
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