Michelin Primacy LTX 245/70R17, All Season, Highway tires.

Features and Benefits: Improved handling; Better tread life; All season traction; Eco friendly drive; Michelin Primacy LTX TiresThe Michelin Primacy LTX is a highway terrain, all season tire manufactured for SUVs. This model offers excellent all season performance thanks to the durable compound materials and ideal tread elements. The tread's detailed siping design and groove pattern work together to provide excellent traction in all conditions. The tire is able to perform great on dry, wet, and snow-covered road surfaces, while strong compound maintains rubber flexibility in both summer and winter weather conditions. The circumferential grooves eliminate water and slush from the footprint, preventing them from blocking the road contact. This optimizes the year round traction. The tire also offers excellent steering responsiveness and driving stability thanks to the Total Performance Technology. This optimizes the footprint, improving the overall durability. The tire is able to maintain consistent contact with the road surface, which improves controllability and allows the driver to maintain excellent control over the vehicle. The shoulder elements provide additional biting edges to improve cornering and braking ability, ensuring safer performance throughout the year. The Michelin Primacy LTX's tread promotes better usability and a cost efficient performance. The tread design is able to evenly distribute load and driving pressure across the tread area, avoiding irregular and premature wear formations, while durable elements slow down the tread wear rate. This greatly improves the tire's service life. The tire also manages to lower the rolling resistance, which decreases fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, promoting a fuel efficient and environmentally friendly driving experience. This tire model was manufactured as the original equipment tire of select Ford vehicles. Manufacturers recommend changing tires every 10 years. As long as tires are properly stored before they are sold, the year of their manufacture will not shorten their service life.