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Michelin Primacy XC235/80/17

The Michelin Primacy XC is a highway terrain all season tire manufactured for sport utility vehicles and light trucks. Michelin offers a 40,000 mile treadwear warranty with its SUV models, and a 55,000 mile one with the light truck models. The tire promotes exceptional all weather traction. The all season tire compound and the detailed siping design firmly grip the road surface in dry, wet and winter weather. The compound keeps its flexibility even in colder temperatures to ensure first-rate year round driving security. The tread design's circumferential and lateral grooves prevent hydroplaning and boost the wet weather traction. This is achieved as they disperse water and slush from below the tire's footprint to guarantee first-rate performance. The model is easily controlled. The ribbed tread design improves the driving stability and the steering responsiveness by maintaining constant road contact. The tire is stabilized against the driving pressure affecting it during the drive, while the steering becomes quick and precise in its responsiveness to the driver's commands. The shoulder tread block sequences increases the cornering ability and power by increasing the number of biting edges that grip the road surface. The upgraded controllability ensures a safer performance as well. The ribbed tread block design also manages to lower the rolling resistance. The rolling resistance determines how much energy the vehicle needs to maintain the tire's motion and the lower it is the less fuel the vehicle will consume. With the reduced fuel consumption the vehicle's CO2 emissions decreases as well, making the tire more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly. The reduced rolling resistance also manages to slow the tread wear rate down significantly. It evenly distributes the driving pressure along the symmetric tread design. The equally spread out forces of acceleration, cornering and braking extends the tread life and tire usability significantly. The Primacy XC promotes a comfortable driving experience. The special Comfort Control technology decreases the road vibrations felt and the road noise heard in the vehicle's cabin. The tire closely follows the road surface at all times, which reduces the shock of driving felt by the passengers. The ribbed tread design channels the airwaves through the tire's footprint without letting them come into contact with the tread elements. This negates the road noise while the tires are in motion, guaranteeing an enjoyable and quiet drive.