The Arctic Claw Winter WXI is a highway terrain, winter tire made for SUVs and light trucks. It has some touring, passenger vehicle sizes as well.
The tire promotes exceptional winter weather performance. The detailed asymmetric tread design and the winter compound keep the winter weather, ice and snow traction. The tread's high-density siping placement upgrades the grip with additional biting edges gripping the road surface, even when driving on ice and snow. The winter compound keeps the rubber flexibility in freezing, winter weather conditions. The tread's circumferential grooves disperse water and slush from the footprint, avoiding hydroplaning in the process and promoting a safer driving experience.
The ideal tread design with the flat footprint also allows the tire's surface contact throughout the drive. The better footprint maintains the road contact in order to boost the steering responsiveness and the driving stability. In other words, the tire is quicker and more precise in its response to the driver's commands, while the structure is secured against the driving pressure affecting the tire. The angled groove and the high-density siping placement work together to generate friction between the tire and the road surface at the moment of braking. As a result, the tire is able to reduce the braking distance, even on ice- and snow-covered surfaces. Additionally, the SUV and light truck sizes of this model feature a strengthened load durability by utilizing the stronger steel belt construction.
The Arctic Claw Winter WXI also promotes a comfortable drive. The tread design's close surface contact allows the tire to lower the road vibrations. This enables the tire to absorb the shock of driving while the tires are in motion, which minimizes the road vibrations felt by the passengers. This allows the tire to prevent road disturbances from ruining the passengers' driving enjoyment, which results in a comfortable driving experience.