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ALWAYS ABOUT THE BALANCE

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June 2024

The Vredestein Pinza HT and Ultrac Vorti Experience

- AKAASH BHAURA

ALWAYS ABOUT THE BALANCE

SUVs have never been my favourite kind of transportation. They are big, bulky, and quite frankly a little useless if you ask me. But that is not what the rest of the world thinks. SUVs are having their golden era and the sales chart shows SUV sales are going through the roof! So who am I to hate them then? So, for the rising SUV population in India, Vredestein has taken it upon itself to bring some of its best tyres from the global market, all the way to India. The names are quirky and as follows: The Pinza HT and the Ultrac Vorti tyres. To test them out, I was taken to an offroad section in Ooty and then went to CoASTT!! It was really exciting, apart from the fact that they were SUVs. Oh god! But long story short, the tyres really worked.

It was a little astounding at first… Why I was chosen to go on this trip? But then I got to thinking… I am the right person to go and do this test. I am an average driver who doesn’t drive an SUV till it is not armageddon and if I can’t understand the difference that the Vredestien tyres produce, then it may not be felt by the rest of the audience. So with that said, the first tyre we tested was the Pinza HTs.

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