Kumho IZen KW27

When I first saw that these tyres are made in China my heart sank. However they have far exceeded my expectations.

The first thing to note is that these tyres need at least 300 miles or 500 kms to bed in. The other point to note is not to mix these tyres with summer tyres. You need a full set.

As yet the winter in Western Europe has been very mild and I have not had the opportunity to test these tyres on snow. Compared to the Toyo TR1 Proxes that came off my Mondeo, these tyres out-perform the Toyos in wet and greasy conditions. They are also beeter on very wet motorways/autoroutes with standing water. They have a very high aquaplaning resistance no doubt due to the deep sipes in the tread design.

Full power acceleration on a wet road in third gear will not provoke any slippage, even thought the car has been remapped to 175 bhp. The tyres encourage a sharp turn-in during cornering and are quiet at all speeds. Ride confort is also excellent with a good absorbance of small ridges and tarmac strips.

As yet after two months of motoring tyre wear seems to be negligible on the fronts and as new on the rear. I paid £120 a tyre fitted and therefore they represent excellent value for money. Go ahead and pay twice as much for Michelin or Continental winter tyres. For those in the know, these Kumhos are just as good.

Excellent Winter tyres, On all 4 corners of my 4x4 through the winter then taken off and stored until October time again....cant fault em.KW

Bought these after having a terrible time in winter on my summer tyres (Conti SC3). They transformed the car. Grip in the wet when it's warmer (above 10 deg C) is less than the Contis and there's less feedback and a less precise turn-in, but on ice, snow, and in general cold conditions they're many times better: There were several times I couldn't believe the car kept going, down closed roads where others were in the ditch. Obvoiously, any winter tyre will outperform a summer one in those conditions, but I'd reccomend these on cost against performance.

I have these on the front of an S2000, I use the KW17s on the rear in a slightly bigger size. These tyres are amazing, not only in the snow (where they excel) but also in any wintry conditions. The S2k has a famously twitchy rear end especially in the wet and these winter tyres go a long way to eliminating that. They are excellent and have transformed my car in the winter and snowy conditions from a unusable very expensive chunk of metal to something which can outperform a 4x4 on snow tyres on a hill.

These tyres are reasonably priced and transform the car. They are worth every penny.

I have only driven on these tyres for about 1500 miles in the last 2 months so no idea on the wear characteristics of the tyre.

I have driven and ralllied for 50 years, these tyres are the very best. We have 50cm snow and my Volvo S 80 drives in it although it was not there.

Great tyre ata great price!!