Hankook Tyre, a global tyre leader, announced that it would supply ultra-high performance (UHP) racing tyres to Audi Korea's Audi Sport Driving Experience, the German automotive brand's large-scale driving experience event for consumers, which will take place from May 28 to June 6 at Inje Speedium in Gangwon Province, South Korea.
Hankook Tyre has maintained a healthy strategic relationship with Audi and expects this agreement to reinforce relations. Audi A3 and A4 sedans, luxury sport utility (SUV) vehicles such as Audi Q3, Q5, Q7, SQ7, Q8 and SQ8, and Audi RS lineups such as Audi RS Q8, RS7 Sportback, RS6 Avant, RS4 Avant, and RS5 Coupe and TT RS have all received OE tyres from the company.
Audi Korea intends to serve over 1,000 consumers at Hankook and Audi Sport Driving Experience and provide the ability to drive Audi's high-performance cars on the racetrack. Audi's signature vehicles, including the fully electric Gran Turismo, Audi e-Tron GT, and its high-end variant Audi RS e-Tron GT, will be available for participants to test drive. Audi RS7, a high-end model from its high-performance lineup RS range, as well as Audi RS Q8 and Audi SQ8 from its high-performance SUV lineup, will also be available for test drives.
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Hankook's flagship race or ultra-high performance tyres will be fitted on both of the cars. Ventus F200, for example, is a dry-surface racing slick tyre with outstanding grip, handling consistency, and longevity. The Ventus S1 evo3 and Ventus S1 evo3 SUV offer a silent ride, a smooth ride, excellent steering, a solid grip, and good braking ability on wet surfaces.
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Hankook's flagship race or ultra-high performance tyres will be fitted on both of the cars. Ventus F200, for example, is a dry-surface racing slick tyre with outstanding grip, handling consistency, and longevity. The Ventus S1 evo3 and Ventus S1 evo3 SUV offer a silent ride, a smooth ride, excellent steering, a solid grip, and good braking ability on wet surfaces.
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Sooil Lee, President and CEO of Hankook Tyre & Technology, says “Hankook has already built a long tradition of supplying original equipment for Audi’s world-famous cars. We are glad to be able to support Audi’s such a large-scale event in Korea. With our tyres, Hankook wants to help customers experience Audi’s performance to the full extent.”
Furthermore, Hankook Tyre intends to showcase Korea's first motorsports trailers designed by Hankook at the event site in order to promote the advancement of motorsports culture. Hankook is using motorsports trailers for logistical meetings of Hankook-sponsored teams at motorsports races in Korea.
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