The team at 4x4galore.com love reading 4×4 product reviews, so we were very pleased to see that the Kumho Road Venture MT KL71 was joint winner of 4×4 Magazine’s (UK) ‘ultimate tyre test’ to establish the best mud-terrain tyre on the UK market.

It shared top honours with a BF Goodrich, beating offerings from Goodyear, Wildcat, Maxxis, Cooper, INSA and Pirelli by a significant margin. All eight makes of 235/85 R16 tyres were subjected to six challenging, real-world tests such as mud climb, bog run, side slope, rock crawl, gravel and tarmac braking. One test vehicle was involved – a 2007 Land Rover Defender 110.

4×4 Magazine found the Kumho KL71 radically different in appearance from all its competitors and, in fact, to be the best looking as well as the joint best performer. The Kumho was awarded top marks on the rock crawl and gravel braking tests and performed with credit on the mud climb and bog run. In summary, 4×4 Magazine said, “The Kumho MT KL71 is a great tyre and a deserving all-round winner. Give it a try.”

Said Kumho’s Managing Director Steve Tidmarsh, “Naturally we are delighted with the result. 4×4 Magazine’s test is very much in line with our own research and reinforces the confidence we have had in the KL71 from the outset. I can also reveal that the new 18in rally raid tyre we have developed for the Bowler Nemesis is based on the KL71 and that is surely the ultimate test for an MT tyre.”

For further information on Kumho and its products, log onto www.kumhotyre.co.uk or contact 4 SITE on 0870 112 9404 for details of your nearest stockist.

To take a closer look at 4×4 Magazine, check out www.4×4i.com.

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