Continental launches two new products for vans

Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Continental Tyres launched two new products for vans at the CV Show at Birmingham's NEC.

The ContivanContact 100 is designed for rugged use on hard working panel vans while the ContivanContact 200 is targeted at passenger carrying LCVs, like minibuses, and for use on better road surfaces where it has been designed to improve safety.

Continental’s brand manager Peter Robb said the new tyres improved upon the firm’s existing Vanco2 products, which he claimed were fitted to 40% of new vans in the UK.

He said the use of optimised silica compound had improved grip in wet conditions while also reducing rolling resistance to boost fuel economy.

Robb said: “The 200 produces more car-like handling and performance while the 100 is more durable.”

He added that the 100’s tread was shaped to improve stone rejection and so reduce potential damage to the tyre. He said the tyre had a 15% longer mileage lifespan than its predecessor and would typically be put to use on panel vans such as the Mercedes Sprinter and Ford Transit.

Robb said The ContivanContact 100 has European tyre labeling values of B for fuel economy and B for wet grip performance while the 200 achieved a class leading score of B and A for the respective criteria.

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