ILLYA VERPRAET
Testing, testing
Tyres that are best at wet stopping might give up some response in the dry
Here’s a little hypothetical for you to ponder. Two cars are cruising along on the motorway at 70mph, a Lamborghini Revuelto and a Cupra Tavascan. Some calamity is unfolding up ahead and the drivers need to lay into the anchors. Which one comes to a stop first? The 1960kg supercar, with its 410mm carbon-ceramics, or the 2129kg family crossover, with its 358mm discs on the front and drums on the rear?
If the road is dry, then yes, it will be the Revuelto, if not by the margin you might be expecting. In our road tests of the two cars, it stopped in 45.9m, the Tavascan in 46.3m.
But what happens if it’s raining, and there’s standing water? The Cupra would be largely unbothered, taking only a few metres more (51.9m) than in the dry. The Lambo would sail past, requiring a slightly distressing 70.5m.