The new Chrono matches the new demands of the commercial vehicle such as robustness, wear resistance and load capacity, together with the performance characteristics of summer car tyres like good road grip and high comfort levels.
The Chrono excells for the integrity and the resistance to fatigue at high speed throughout its entire lifetime. The road grip level is remarkable both on dry and wet asphalt conditions, while the acoustic comfort is good in any condition.
The new PIRELLI CHRONO allows users to drive at higher speed, for a longer time, with maximum peace of mind.
EU Tyre Label and Efficiency Classes
The European Union, under CE 1222/2009, has mandated that all tyres manufactured after the date of July 1 2012 for cars and commercial vehicles include standard EU Tyre Labels classifying them by three performance characteristics:fuel efficiency classified from A to G,wet grip classified from A to G, and noise emission in decibels.
Categories of tyres unaffected by this regulation include: retreaded tyres, professional off-road tyres, racing/sports car tyres, as well as certain types of tyres designed to improve traction such as studded tyres, T-type temporary spare tyres, tyres for cars built before 1990, tyres with a maximum allowed speed of 80km/h, tyres for rims with a diameter less or equal to 254 mm or greater or equal to 635 mm. This label is intended on one hand to promote economic and ecological efficiency in traffic, as well as increase road safety, and on the other hand to help consumers select appropriate tyres by ensuring a certain degree of product transparency.
Nevertheless, the label has been criticized for only showing a very limited number of characteristics. Professionals argue that tyres have many more features that are important and relevant to road safety, including but not limited to aquaplaning properties, driving stability, service life, product properties on wet and dry roads other than wet grip, properties on snow. Tyre manufacturers suggest that the test results from various institutions and industry magazines should remain a very important source of information for the end consumer, because they focus on and rate a wide variety of tyre properties and features.
Pirelli CHRONO tyre review
Average based on 2 test results
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13.03.2010fromSammer Stærke og stabile dæk. De bedste jeg har prøvet på en Fiat Ducato
18.05.2009fromJim Rockford Hi truckers - I just bought the pirelli chrono, so cant say much about life span yet, plus we dont have snow, however the grip in the wet and dry is excellent, very quite on the road, seems solid, no steering tension, truck drives like a hovercraft:)well priced if you compare it with other brands here in SA. In my view, great product to buy and very good quality, pls chono folks share your opinion with me: rockford66@yahoo.com