Nankang Winter Activa SV-3: Superior Winter Performance for Passenger Cars

Enhanced Water Drainage and Traction

The Nankang Winter Activa SV-3 is engineered with a directional tread pattern and transverse grooves extending from the central rib to the tire shoulder. This design effectively channels water away from the tire, ensuring optimal performance on wet roads. The grooves guide water from the center to the sides, enhancing drainage and reducing the risk of hydroplaning. Additionally, these features improve traction on icy and snowy surfaces, as ice and snow are efficiently expelled from the grooves.

Noise Reduction and Grip

The unique transverse groove that connects the irregularly arranged longitudinal grooves, varying from narrow to wide, helps to minimize noise during driving. The wave-like pattern on the bottom of the broader grooves further enhances water drainage, while also providing space for retaining ice and snow, thereby improving grip in winter conditions. The interconnected longitudinal grooves ensure superior water expulsion, enhancing safety and stability on wet roads.

Advanced Traction and Stability

The wave pattern on the groove base ensures excellent grip on ice and snow, generating the necessary friction with the road surface. The triangular block on the inner wall of the longitudinal groove boosts water drainage and traction on wet roads. Meanwhile, the sawtooth-shaped lateral grooves on the tire shoulder not only increase friction but also enhance grip during cornering. These shoulder grooves improve water drainage and traction on snowy roads, akin to the design of off-road tires with large, textured grooves.

Innovative Siping Design

The Nankang Winter Activa SV-3 features a three-dimensional sipe design with deep, medium, and shallow sipes strategically placed across the block pattern. The central rib is equipped with the deepest sipes, providing excellent traction on ice and snow. Conversely, the sidewall has the shallowest sipes, enhancing strength and improving cornering stability. This sophisticated sipe arrangement ensures that the tire maintains robust performance in diverse winter conditions, making it an ideal choice for passenger vehicles navigating challenging winter environments.

Directional pattern design and lateral grooves from the centre rib to the tyre shoulder improve water drainage when driving on wet roads by moving water at the centre to both sides of the tyre through these lateral grooves. It also features improved traction on ice/snow roads by containing ice and snow in grooves and easier ice/snow removal.

The lateral groove connecting irregular longitudinal groove pattern (from narrow to wide) can reduce noise generated. The wave pattern on the bottom of wider groove improves water drainage and space for ice/snow retention.

Interlaced longitudinal grooves for improved water drainage on wet roads. The wave pattern at the groove bottom adds ice/snow grip and ground friction. The triangular block located on the inner wall of the longitudinal groove improves water drainage and traction on wet roads.

The sawtooth shape lateral grooves of tyre shoulder not only adds initial tyre friction but also extra traction for cornering stability. The grooves on the tyre shoulder improve water drainage and tyre's snow traction performance.

Similar to off-road tyre sidewall design with largely patterned grooves improves extra ice/snow contact patch and shovelling performance as well as traction performance on snow roads.

Adopted 3D SIPE design and offer deep, medium, and shallow sipe at a different location of pattern blocks. The centre rib with deepest sipes for improved ice/snow traction while the sidewall with the shallowest sipes for better rigidity and cornering performance.