Uniroyal MS plus 77 - The special tyre for cold and wet winters

Highlights

Handling

The MS plus 77 uses a new silica compound developed specifically for wet winter conditions. It enables the tyre to interlock more efficiently with the road surface, giving you greater grip as you drive.

The highly adhesive compound supports the rigid shoulder blocks as you corner, leading to precise handling on wet roads.

Aquaplaning

In many European regions it is more likely to encounter rainy than snowy days during winter season. Hence it’s important that your winter tyres offer excellent performance in both wet and icy conditions.

The MS plus 77 has a special V-shaped pattern with wide, open channels. This unique design allows surface rain water to be easily displaced, giving you a safer drive in wet conditions. With the tyre maintaining its direct contact with the road, you stay in control of your vehicle and reduce the risk of aquaplaning.

Grip

If you look closely, you will see that the MS plus 77 has an increased amount of thin grooves along its tread pattern. These sipes act as snowploughs while braking, accelerating and cornering on snow, breaking the surface snow powder and making it considerably less slippery.

Look even closer and you’ll notice that every sipe has a tiny bumper inside. Those bumpers ensure that the cavity is opened at any time, supporting the dissipation of water when driving on wet roads - giving you improved grip.

Test Reports: Uniroyal tested by independent tyre experts

‘The Uniroyal MS plus 77 tyre is the king of the road in winter and impresses with well balanced and safe driving characteristics on ice and snow. The tyre also offers safety in aquaplaning scenarios, precise steering responses and offers great value-for-money.’

AutoBild also tested winter tyres again in 2015. Fifty winter tyres from various manufacturers took part in the test. The capabilities of the winter tyres were evaluated in four categories: snow, wet, dry and cost. The Uniroyal MS plus 77 was rated highly for its excellent value-for-money.

‘Wet and snow present no problems at all for the Uniroyal MS plus 77…’

The ADAC winter tyre test is generally seen as the most exhaustive and advanced tyre testing programme. In collaboration with Stiftung Warentest and other consumer organisations, Germany’s largest automobile club (Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Verband – ADAC) tests winter tyres according to numerous relevant criteria. The Uniroyal MS plus 77 regularly passed the tests with top marks for performance on snow and wet roads.

EU tyre label

1. Wet grip

The wet grip rating indicates how well the tyre will perform in wet conditions, with performance graded from class A down to E. A high grade means short braking distances on wet roads.

2. Fuel efficiency

Reduced rolling resistance saves fuel and cuts CO2 emissions. Class A tyres deliver the best fuel efficiency, with fuel consumption increasing all the way down to class E.

3. Noise level

This is the external rolling noise generated by the tyre, measured in decibels. The label shows the noise level rated in classes from A down to C.

Additional pictograms for snow and icy conditions

In addition to these three label values, there are also pictograms − if applicable − relating to performance in severe snow conditions (3PMSF) and/or grip in icy conditions (the latter applies to passenger car tyres only).

With the EU label generator, you can access the specific label values for your tyres.

For further details on the new EU Tyre Label (2020/740) please click here.

MS plus 77

The special tyre for wet and cold winters.

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