{"id":19413,"date":"2024-02-20T15:47:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T13:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eltrak.gr\/?p=19413"},"modified":"2024-02-20T15:58:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T13:58:16","slug":"h-firestone-parousiazei-to-roadhawk-2-enliten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltrak.gr\/en\/h-firestone-parousiazei-to-roadhawk-2-enliten\/","title":{"rendered":"Firestone Launches Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>The n<strong>ew Touring Tyre that Provides Highest-Rated Wet Grip, Longer Mileage and Optimised Fuel Consumption<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The new Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN summer tyre offers best-in-class wet grip<sup>1<\/sup>, 20 percent longer mileage than the original Firestone Roadhawk<sup>2<\/sup> and a more than 10 percent rolling resistance reduction to optimise fuel\/energy consumption<sup>2<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Significant performance upgrades from the Firestone Roadhawk\u2019s previous generation are made thanks to the integration of ENLITEN technology \u2013 also ensuring that the Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN is an EV-ready tyre.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The latest tyre from Firestone will be available starting 2024 in 19 more sizes than the original Firestone Roadhawk.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firestone is launching the Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN, the successor to its summer touring tyre, Roadhawk. Engineered with the innovative tyre technology platform ENLITEN, the latest tyre from Firestone provides best-in-class wet grip<sup>1<\/sup>, enhanced mileage and improved fuel\/energy consumption compared to its previous generation. The latest Firestone addition is also EV-ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Enhanced performance to meet everyday challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With heavy traffic, sudden braking and motorway speed all part of the daily mix of challenges on the roads, the Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN enables motorists to stay in control of their everyday journeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tyre is engineered with ENLITEN, a combination of cutting-edge technologies providing maximum safety, outstanding tyre performance and improved sustainability characteristics. In the case of the Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN, this is combined with an innovative mixing technology and the integration of NanoPro-Tech, a high silica content compound that provides robust abrasion resistance and longer mileage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result is a tyre with significant performance upgrades from the Firestone Roadhawk\u2019s previous generation. The Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN offers best-in-class wet grip that was awarded the EU label A-grade, alongside 20 percent longer mileage than the original Firestone Roadhawk.<sup>2<\/sup> This is combined with a 12 percent rolling resistance reduction to optimise vehicle fuel\/energy consumption.<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the use of ENLITEN in the latest release from Firestone \u2013 which was developed at Bridgestone\u2019s Rome-based R&amp;D Centre \u2013 the tyre is EV-ready. This means it is capable of meeting both the general performance demands of any vehicle and the specific requirements of electric vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Increased coverage, representing 90% of the MID summer market<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest tyre from Firestone is available from January 2024 in Europe and the Middle East in sizes from 17\u201d to 21\u201d. With 19 additional sizes than the original Roadhawk, the Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN launches with an increased focus on the HRD\/HRD+ segment, and covers 90 percent of the total MID summer market. 16\u201d sizes will be available from January 2025, taking the total available sizes to 112.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryday drivers are demanding safety on the roads and, in this current climate, increased value for money,\u201d says Steven De Bock, Vice President Consumer Replacement and OE at Bridgestone EMIA. \u201cThe Roadhawk has represented the best of Firestone, and now we\u2019ve taken it to another level by introducing the incredible capabilities of ENLITEN with the Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN. And as an EV-ready tyre that\u2019s available in a wider collection of sizes, this tyre\u2019s performance benefits can be brought to many more drivers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>1 <\/sup>The Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN has an EU label A-grade wet grip rating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>2<\/sup> Based on the internal data comparison of Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN vs Firestone Roadhawk, ref. size 225\/55 R17 101W.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Touring Tyre that Provides Highest-Rated Wet Grip, Longer Mileage and Optimised Fuel Consumption The new Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN summer tyre offers best-in-class wet<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltrak.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltrak.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltrak.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltrak.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltrak.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19413"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eltrak.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19419,"href":"https:\/\/eltrak.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19413\/revisions\/19419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltrak.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eltrak.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltrak.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eltrak.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}