Interstate Tires: The Ultimate Test
Where would you go for the ultimate in winter tyre testing? Somewhere that is hard to beat must be Kiruna, the northernmost city in Swedish Lapland, where temperatures of -35ºC are the norm. Kiruna is used for testing by car manufacturers such as Mercedes, SAAB and Volvo and it was the venue chosen by Interstate Tires for a week-long evaluation by selected dealers of its new winter tyre, the Arctic Claw. This was a trip with a difference; after a two-hour journey from Stockholm by dog sledge, the distributors arrived at their destination, the world-famous Icehotel in Jukkasjárvi, where the inside temperature was a comparatively balmy -6ºC!