Kumho Tyre has started 2026 with what it is declaring as its best and most comprehensive spread of adventure-ready Road Venture tyres ever, enabling vehicles and drivers to handle anything that the harsh Australian environment and conditions can throw at them.

Kumho Tyre’s updated Road Venture family of tyres is now complete with the recent launch of its new RT ‘Rugged-Terrain’, joining the already established AT52 ‘All-Terrain’ and MT71 Mud-Terrain tyres, to deliver the best range of performance, whether on the tar, dirt roads, rocks, mud or the desert sands.



RT

Kumho Tyre launched its all new ‘Rugged Terrain’ tyre (RT) in late 2025 with its design making it the ideal on and off-road tyre, allowing 4WD, ute and SUV owners to get the best of both worlds in one tyre.

The Kumho Road Venture RT tyre has completed the totally revitalised line up for Kumho in its Adventure Tyre range, and sits between the All-Terrain Road Venture AT52 and the tough maximum traction Road Venture MT71.

The new RT has been developed to answer the enormous and growing demand for a tyre that will deliver great on road performance along with excellent off road capability.

In a series of tests by Kumho Tyre in the USA at the Treadwell Research Park, the RT outperformed tyres from rival brands in wet and dry handling, ride, road noise and both wet and dry braking. 

The testers used both a Ford F250 and a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon for the tests with the tyres also outperforming rival off road brands in areas of mud traction and steering, off road trail performance, cut chip resistance and overall wear.

AT52

The Road Venture AT52 entered the Australian market in early 2023 as the direct replacement for its popular, top selling and highly praised Road Venture AT51 All-Terrain tyre, which earned plaudits and admiration from Ute, SUV and 4WD users over more than a decade on the Aussie market.

The AT52 was the evolution of the AT51 and was awarded one of the most prestigious international design competitions on the planet, winning the 2022 Good Design Award (G-Mark) in Japan.

The AT52 was extensively tested across the globe in a range of harsh environments both here in Australia and in North America, where its combination of strong performance both on and off-road and in rough terrains including in dry, stony conditions, mud and sand, won it favour with both SUV and pick-up/ute drivers. The sawtooth-shaped shoulder block tread design tread has been engineered to improve off-road traction while also delivering a comfortable and quiet ride.

MT71

The Kumho Road Venture MT71 offers premium off road performance that has redefined the 4WD tyre segment and came to market in late 2020 after more than two years of development.

The MT71 is available in an array of sizes that cover the vast majority of the mud-terrain segment. A cornerstone product for Kumho Tyre, it delivers the highest level of performance whether in slippery mud, tackling dry outback gravel tracks or cruising down the highway. 

The MT71 also offers truly competitive pricing and has proved a revered and respected competitor in the serious 4WD tyre market.

David Basha said that most 4WD/UTE/SUV owners spend 80 to 90 per cent of their driving time on tarmac but also want a tyre that will cope with their off road adventures.

“This is a booming sector of the automotive market and Kumho Tyre’s family of adventure tyres satisfies the need for a performance tyre on road, as well as when they hit the gravel, snow or mud,” said Basha.

“No one wants to keep two separate sets of tyres just to cope with the occasional off tarmac excursion, which is why our family of Adventure Tyres is so versatile and confidence inspiring.”

Kumho Tyres engineers have concentrated on designing the Road Venture range as tyres that deliver exceptional off road performance, a quiet and comfortable ride, giving confident wet weather performance and superior wear resistance.

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