NatRoad partner, Bridgestone, continues to lead the industry for wear life, capability, and versatility. The secret to the success of the brand’s products remains the extensive real-world testing conducted in Australia ahead of the introduction of a new tyre into our market.
When the flagship M866 drive tyre was introduced, it had already undertaken extensive 13-million kilometres of local testing – resetting the benchmark for operating life with the new tyre providing a benefit of up to 10 per cent wear life over the already renowned M766 drive tyre, and 20 per cent more life than its nearest competitor.
The development focus of the M866 was to champion the strengths of the M766 and M722 to simplify Bridgestone’s drive tyre line up – benefiting customers through an even more durable and versatile product.
To achieve the ambitious target for Australia’s most long-lasting and versatile drive tyre, Bridgestone rejected two prototypes in the process, only signing off on the development once it had met strict off-road criteria: traction, stone ejection, and durability, as well as the on-road wear-life target.
After proving its off-road capabilities, M866 also had to demonstrate class-leading performance on-road. The results of wear-life testing even astounded Bridgestone’s own engineers, with multiple instances of M866 pairs surpassing 300,000km, still with usable tread remaining.
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