Don't know if this is for real, decided to post anyway. Bizarre. Why would they bother?
These tires are made in South Carolina , USA .

SEE THROUGH TIRES a radical new tire design by Michelin.
The next generation of tires.
They had a pair at the Philadelphia car show.

These tires are airless and are scheduled to be out on the market very soon.

The bad news for Police and other law enforcement is that stinger spikes will not work on these.

Just think of the impact on existing technology:

A. No more air valves ...
B. No more air compressors at Petrol stations ...
C. No more repair kits ...
D. No more flat tires ...
E.. Less expensive and more money in the drivers pocket.


These are actual pictures taken in the South Carolina plant of Michelin.

 

for some reason, the tires give me the chills. somethin about it looks gruesome.

 

They will never be readily available to the general public. These have been around for a long time. The technology for tires that last forever has been available for some time but if they were mas produced they would put themselves out of business. Or they would cost more than the car is worth.

 

Similar tires have been around for bicycles. Usually a solid tire though. Although I think the overall look needs to be worked on(easiest fix would be cover the damn sides) it would be nice to know that you cant get your tires slashed or run over a nail or glass and need to pay $250 for a new tire.

Compared to a regular tire, how long do they last?

 

so can they be used on tracks or anything fun???

 

^they currently use those on military vehicles.... seen it on SPIKE TV once.....they can only be run for so many miles though....its old news to me...

 

oh yeah they can only be taken up to like 80 mph i believe

 

thats nasty looking i mean jesus look at that i can tell you one thing no one is gonna wanna style their adavans with those on so most likely cops are still gonna catch us especially if you have the new models with on starr

 

those tires seem like they would be an epic fail!

 

They would be good on ATV's, not a sports car

 

Welcome to 2006


http://www.autoblog.com/2006/05/16/v...eel-in-motion/
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ighlight=tires

 

good idea, bad execution..

 

yes this is way old news....

 

i live in '05 so it's new to me..

 

yeah its old and they look gross!

 

Total queer

 

RXeckless put these on his car. Just look at his sig.... enough said

 

^lol RYAN

 

It's gonna be the next big fashion statement for civics, cavaliers, neons, etc.

 

^ CIVICS ... oh noESS!!!! hide the women and children!!!!

 

I remember seeing these on discovery channel a few years ago.

They called them "tweels" (tire/wheel combo)

 

huh... looks ridonculous

 

I'm stuck in the 70's, At least I'm told that all the time. so it really new to me, 8-tracks anyone

Can I make back to twenty's (Posts) today Jedi54

 

Most of the things you see on Spike are experimental... we still use regular air-filled tires and tracks but yea.

 

Come on guy, it been a bad week.... lost all my posts and the only 8 to show-up at the track. lolz


zoom, I guess this forum don't either 19,19,19