The Gislaved brand Russian drivers appreciated in the nineties. The reputation of the manufacturer of high -class winter tires helps it today. However, this time we will talk about the summer model. We assume that this is one of the best summer tires in the official Russian market, and not only among Russian -made models. But how did she appear?
That’s right, the Gislaved brand is known primarily by winter models. Today in Russia four Gislaved winter lines are produced and sold for cars (not counting one for small commercial transport). We talked about them in a separate material.
Now let’s imagine the summer. But first, we recall the main thing about the brand itself. In Russia, the name “Gislavweba”, and not the original Swedish “Yislavve”, was officially entrenched. This is the name of the city, where the GISLOUS brothers founded their rubber production back in 1893. The first car tires were produced in 1905, which makes Gislaved one of the oldest manufacturers in the world. And already in 1927, he became the supplier of the Volvo conveyor.
Dmitry St. Petersburg/Gislaved
We can say that Gislaved is such a Swedish analogue of Nokian Tyres with a comparable authority in terms of winter tires. However, the company did not become an independent tire giant: in 1992, it became part of the German concern Continental AG. Gislaved today can be called a regional brand, but not in the sense of something town: it works in the markets of Western Europe and Scandinavia.
Dmitry St. Petersburg/Gislaved
In Russia, the new Gislaved career as a brand began after leaving our Continental market. Production continues as part of the Cordiant tire holding, which now owns the former Bridgestone plant in Ulyanovsk and Continental in Kaluga. The latter produces the tires of the German models known to us, but under the Swedish brand Gislaved, to which Cordiant has relevant rights.
Dmitry St. Petersburg/Gislaved
The Gislaved PremiumControl model corresponds to the famous Continental PremiumContact 5. Gislaved Ultracontrol – this is a localized version of the Continental Ultracontact model with increased wear resistance. Also to the summer we attribute formally all -season Gislaved Terracontrol for crossovers, an analogue of Continental CrossContact LX2. Her characteristic drawing is known to many Russians. For example, it was on such tires in Russia that Renault Duster came from the conveyor. Finally, the Gislaved Terra Control Atr off -road model was previously known as Continental CrossContact Atr.
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With the flagship Gislaved Premiumcontrol model, we had to get acquainted with public roads in August last year, and by the season-2025 it is already available on sale. So far, they offer only 13 sizes, and not the largest – from 15 to 17 inches. If you look closely at the table, it will become clear that the dimensions first of all close the needs of compact crossovers.
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Vladimir Vavilov
Channel “Tire Expert”
Vladimir Vavilov, Leading Channel Shine Expert (YouTube, Telegram channel): We have a classic asymmetric design, when the outer and inside of the protector is noticeably different. About 90% of summer tires today have an asymmetric tread pattern. It allows you to save a sufficiently large amount of rubber in the contact spot. “Asymmetric” is well controlled and noisy is noisy – for this it is chosen by tire manufacturers. Gislaved PremiumControl is a touring tire of touring, which implies both trips around the city and a long movement along the highway at high speed. The main requirements for such tires are clutch and controllability on dry and wet coating and comfort.
Vladimir Vavilov: “Gislaved Premiumcontrol is a typical“ asymmetric ”: the outer side is responsible for stability in virabs, the internal works on a terminal stability and fights with aquaplaning.”
Dmitry St. Petersburg/Gislaved 
Vladimir Vavilov: “The outer side of the tread is visible in the photo on the left. Between the blocks, bridge -shaped jumpers are used. At the entrance to the turn, the blocks begin to shift, but the jumpers reduce this mobility of the tread and thereby improve the clutch in the bend “
Dmitry St. Petersburg/Gislaved 
Vladimir Vavilov: “Three supporting ribs stand out in the center – this is a classic solution for any“ asymmetric ”. They provide exchange rate stability with rectilinear movement. There are also excavations and cutouts on the ribs. Some serve in order to reduce the noise level and remove water from the contact spot “
Dmitry St. Petersburg/Gislaved 
Vladimir Vavilov: “The supporting ribs are actually formed by four wide longitudinal channels, which are needed to combat aquaplaning”
Dmitry St. Petersburg/Gislaved 
In this photo, the inside of the tread is visible. Vladimir Vavilov: “The internal shoulder blocks with lamellas help fight aquaplaning. The rounded shoulder zone is used in comfortable tires – this form is better extinguishes bumps ”
Dmitry St. Petersburg/Gislaved
Everything that the expert says is true for the general case. And Gislaved Premiumcontrol also has specific features inherited from PremiumContact 5. For example, shoulder blocks have three -dimensional edges. This means that the grooves between them are more effectively drained. And at the same time, these three -dimensional faces provide blocks of stiffeners, reducing their deformation.
A flexible sidewall (and this is primarily comfort) is combined with an enhanced side of the tire. Most -like jumper in the shoulder zone also play the role of noise -wrappers. They seem to close the sound inside the tread pattern.
Dmitry St. Petersburg/Gislaved
The source tire Continental won many comparative tests in different countries and received stably good reviews. And it is not just about a subjective assessment, but about real tests at closed and safe training grounds. For summer tires in the conditions of the climatic norm, the tread pattern is more important than the composition of the rubber mixture. So, the press form that the PremiumControl models is already a pass to the premium segment, although the prices for Russian Gislaved tires remain very attractive. /m
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