- Bridgestone announced a new Dueler A/T Ascent as a successor to the Dueler A/T Revo 3.
- According to Bridgestone, the new Dueler is specifically designed for modern luxury vehicles, particularly 4×4 trucks and SUVs.
- It has a fully redesigned tread pattern with stone rejectors, widened notches to reduce noise, and interlocking sipes for improved traction in the snow, Bridgestone says.
Bridgestone has launched a new all-terrain Dueler tire, a successor to the Dueler A/T Revo 3. The new tire, called the Dueler A/T Ascent, is specifically designed for modern luxury vehicles and 4×4 trucks and SUVs.
According to Bridgestone, the new Dueler has a fully redesigned tread pattern. It’s got a square shoulder design with stone rejectors, widened tread slots, and notches tuned to reduce road noise and tearing.
The new Dueler is also Three-Peak Mountain Snowflake (3PMSF) rated, certifying that it has completed acceleration testing in medium-packed snow and achieved at least 110 percent of the traction of an all-season reference tire. Along with the 3PMSF rating, the new tire is Bridgestone’s first all-terrain tire built with the brand’s environmentally focused Enliten technology, which uses recycled materials to lower each tire’s environmental impact.
Bridgestone engineer Jeremy Norwood described the mission of the new tire as being “to develop a luxury truck tire that could tackle the trails on the weekends without sacrificing the comfort of the daily commute,” said Bridgestone engineer Jeremy Norwood.
The new Dueler is on sale now, with sizes available in 35 fitments. Wheel sizes are focused on trucks and SUVs and come in diameters ranging from 17 to 22 inches. The new all-terrain comes with a 60,000-mile limited warranty. Pricing starts around $250 and varies based on size.
Jack Fitzgerald’s love for cars stems from his as yet unshakable addiction to Formula 1.
After a brief stint as a detailer for a local dealership group in college, he knew he needed a more permanent way to drive all the new cars he couldn’t afford and decided to pursue a career in auto writing. By hounding his college professors at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he was able to travel Wisconsin seeking out stories in the auto world before landing his dream job at Car and Driver. His new goal is to delay the inevitable demise of his 2010 Volkswagen Golf.
Source: Motor - aranddriver.com
