By Bruce Davis, Tire Business staff
AKRON (Aug. 5, 2013) — Keeping true to its "no compromises" pledge, Pirelli Tire North America is adding a GT version to its P Zero Nero UHP line that promises up to 20-percent longer tread life without sacrificing other performance characteristics.
Pirelli is rolling out the P Zero Nero GT is 27 sizes in 17-, 18- and 19-inch rim diameters and expects to have up to 60 fitments available before year-end, the company said during a presentation in Akron recently.
The GT version's tread pattern is in the same asymmetric family as other P Zero Nero versions, according to Steve Carpino, vice president of research and development for PTNA, but Pirelli has re-engineered the tire's structure to yield a larger footprint and reformulated the tread compound to produce a tire with all the performance and handling characteristics common to the Nero line but with longer tread life.