The world's safest tires! They are installed there ...

Recently updated on December 26, 2022 at 09:00 am

The safest tires can be found on armored vehicles! Rich and particularly important people, such as business people, ministers, the Pope, presidents, high-ranking state officials, stars from show business, state dignitaries and others often need exceptional tires because they have increased requirements for their safety. They use cars that offer them special protection, but that also includes tires, of course. Come annually about one thousand armored vehicles on the civil market. Mainly off-road vehicles, sedans and SUVs are armored. But also inconspicuous "Normal vehicles" as a Toyota Camry or athletes like a Ferrari Speciale 458 can be armored.

What is an armored vehicle?

The engine and the tank are different Armor plates protected. The windows are made of multilayer and bulletproof Tempered glass. The ground the vehicle is reinforced and usually withstands an explosion approx. 7 kg TNT the end. An armored door can weigh as much as 200 kg and can even be blown from the inside. This could be necessary if the door has jammed and the passengers need to be evacuated. But these are only a few points where vehicles can be reinforced.

A vehicle as a mobile fortress!

An armored vehicle is kind of like a mobile fortress. However, it is difficult to protect the tires from danger. Therefore, tire manufacturers offer armored tires at. The vehicles usually come from special manufacturers (there is also armor ex works. Example: BMW X5 (G05) Protection VR6, Mercedes-Benz S 680 Guard etc.) but the tires are rarely made by these suppliers themselves. Production is still the domain of the tire companies. The tire manufacturers use the latest scientific knowledge and experience with previous models to always be the best armored tires to manufacture.

The development of armored tires!

Run-flat tires probably everyone knows. These are tires with which you can continue to drive despite damage when normal tires have long since been flat. And these are tires for normal cars. So you can imagine that much more advanced technology can be found on the armored vehicles. Incidentally, the first armored vehicles were already around in the 1920s. One of the first models was that Nürnburg 460 from Mercedes. However, it wasn't until a decade later that these vehicles began to be used more often. When John F. Kennedy was shot dead in 1963, there was a requirement that the presidents only drive in secured vehicles.

The first safe tires.

The first tire to be used as a semi bullet proof, So partially bulletproof was advertised. Michelin released its first own version in 1934. A special development for military vehicles and special vehicles, like armored trucks for carrying money. The tires had a safety ring, which absorbed the load and thus gave the chance to get the vehicle out of the danger zone. the LifeGuard technology by Goodyear appeared in the same year. There was an additional nylon tube here, which should enable the journey to continue until there is a chance to change the defective tire.

The history of run-flat tires:

Goodyear intensified the development of run-flat tires after the war. The plastic insert, called Captive Air Shield originated in 1955. The invention came in Double Eagle model used, which were advertised as tires with built-in replacement tires. If the tires are punctured, the car can still about 160 km at a speed of up to 80 km / h be driven. In the 70s there was an improvement in the form of stiffened side walls. These sidewalls prevent the defective tire from bending sharply in the event of a loss of pressure. This type of tire is now available from many manufacturers, such as Dunlop, Goodyear or Michelin. Those have been the most important developments in this type of tire to date.

Barack Obama's Cadillac One, the Beast.

The car is not called for nothing the beast. It is the safest limousine in the world. The vehicle weighs more than eight tons. The body is 20 cm thick. It takes more than 60 liters of fuel to cover 100 kilometers. There is even one just in case Oxygen supply and the possibility of one Blood transfusion. Some claim that this vehicle would even survive a nuclear attack. It is, of course, the American President's vehicle. The Beast has Goodyear tires. It is the regional RHS model.

They are truck tires in size 285/70 R19,5. It is not surprising that a car of this size and weight has truck tires. The tires are reinforced with Kevlar so that they cannot be punctured so quickly. You have a Run-flat systemwhich were created together with the company Hutchinson Industries. In addition, the tires have a steel belt. Thanks to the steel belt, the car can be moved at normal speed even if the tires are completely lost. Current vehicle is however a stretch version of the Cadillac CT6. He too gets up again bulletproof Good Year tires.

Italian tires for the British Queen.

The Queen uses a Bentley State limousine. This vehicle only exists twice. The price will be on 10 million pounds estimated for one copy. As tires are Pirelli Scorpion Zero raised. They are reinforced with Kevlar and equipped with a run-flat system.

The Pope's mobile phone.

The Pope was in the so-called popemobile, drove a Jeep Wrangler. He stood up Dueler A / T tires by Bridgestone. Pope Francis used the vehicle on his travels. Currently, however, is a modified one Toyota Mirai in use and soon it should be a Fisker Ocean SUV will. Other government or presidential vehicles often get up Michelin PAX tireslike Angela Merkel's (still) German Chancellor on the Audi A8. Former French President Francoise Hollande had driven these tires on his Citroen C6 and DS5. A Mercedes S600 Pullman Guard is also on Michelin tires, Vladimir Putin's vehicle. Currently, however, he is relying on the Russian one Nami Aurus Senate from Aurus Motors.

Breakdown brought Michelin PAX into the headlines!

The PAX fits on the BMW 7 High Security. In the version for the summer Pilot Primacy and in the version for the winter alpine. The homologated model is used by Andrzej Duda, the Polish President. In March 2017, however, such a tire broke down, which made it into the headlines.

A look at history.

The 600 series tires were developed and designed in the Czech Mitas factories in the 1950s. You should be back then VOS limousines from Skoda weighing more than four tons. The car was intended for Czechoslovak dignitaries and their guests. The tires were considered tough and resistant to any kind of damage. Then came the day when such a tire burst while the car was on a one-way trip but with a government dignitary. The matter was even investigated by the security service. The directors of the plant could have ended up in jail, but in the end there were only dismissals.

Bulletproof tires also for series vehicles?

Safety tires are usually a system of rims and tires. The combination allows certain emergency running properties even after an impact (foreign bodies) and after a loss of air pressure. The manufacturer Mercedes-Benz offered this safety technology in the early 1990s with the type "CTS tires from Continental“For a while also for series vehicles. There are currently special tires ex works for vehicles such as the X5 mentioned above with run-flat properties due to reinforced tire sidewalls. Even if there is no more air on the tire, the X5 can continue to drive.

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