Kumho Tires is a South Korea-based tire manufacturer founded in 1960 and is wholly owned by a Chinese tire company called Doublestar. The brand offers a range of tires for coupes, sedans, CUVs, SUVs, light trucks, minivans, and commercial trucks. The brand offers a range of tire families all catering to the needs of different drivers.

Kumho’s Ecsta series is designed for passenger vehicles and the Kumho Ecsta LX Platinum KU27 is a UHP all-season tire designed for use on luxury performance sedans, and sport coupes. The tire offers reliable high-speed performance with year-round traction, and enhanced stability on dry roads. In this Kumho Ecsta LX Platinum KU27 tire review, we will take a look at some of the features and benefits of the tire, its pros and cons, and SimpleTire’s views on the tire to help you make an informed decision.

Features and Benefits

UHP All-season tires offers drivers the best of both worlds. These tires are designed to offer high-speed performance while ensuring that they can be used throughout the year in dry, wet, or light winter weather conditions. These tires bring out the best in your vehicle while ensuring you get a long tread life with superior driving comfort.

The Kumho Ecsta LX Platinum KU27 is a UHP all-season tire that offers high-speed performance thanks to its unique design, asymmetric tread pattern, waffle sipes, and various other tire elements. Let’s dive in a little deeper to understand the features and benefits of the Kumho Ecsta LX Platinum KU27.

• All-season performance: The unique rubber formulation of the tire helps drivers enjoy all-season performance
• Improved traction: The asymmetric tread pattern with waffle sipes maintains block stiffness under pressure to ensure consistent traction
• Enhanced durability: The internal structure of the tire is built using twin steel belts and is reinforced with spirally wrapped nylon cord above a polyester casing for enhanced durability
• Comfortable ride: The dynamically engineered tread block design improves ride comfort by reducing road noise and vibrations

The Kumho Ecsta LX Platinum KU27 is a great UHP all-season tire available in different sizes ranging from 16 to 18 inches and is backed by a 50,000 miles limited manufacturer tread life warranty.

Pros and Cons

Now that we know more about the internal construction of the tire and its features and benefits, let’s note down a few pros and cons of the tire to help you make a simpler decision.

PROS:

• Ultra-high-performance tire with all-season tread
• Offers high-speed performance with consistent traction and responsive handling
• Durable build to ensure longevity and durability with 50,000 miles limited manufacturer tread life warranty
• Offers a quiet, comfortable ride to drivers and passengers alike

While these pros look good on paper, also consider these cons.

CONS:

• Should not be used in moderate to severe winter weather conditions
• The tread can wear off quickly
• The wet traction could have been better

SimpleTire’s view on Kumho Ecsta LX Platinum KU27

Kumho is renowned for its affordability and reliability and delivers the same performance in its Kumho Ecsta LX Platinum KU27 tire. This tire is designed for drivers of performance-oriented vehicles who want to bring out the high-speed performance of their vehicles without having to change the tires as the weather changes. Designed to be used throughout the year, the Ecsta LX Platinum KU27 tire delivers in all avenues and receives an average SimpleScore of 8.3 out of 10. The tire truly excels in longevity with a score of 9.2, followed by 8.6 in handling and 8.4 in traction.

Also, take a look at the Hankook Ventus V2 Concept2 (H457) if you want a set of tires that offers better handling (8.7 v 8.6) and traction (8.8 v 8.4). However, the Kumho tire does offer much better longevity (9.2 v 8.1) and mileage warranty (50,000 vs 45,000 miles).

Vehicles the Kumho Ecsta LX Platinum KU27 is a good replacement tire for

As Kumho Ecsta LX Platinum KU27 is available in a range of tire sizes it can be used as a good replacement tire for different vehicles, including Audi A6, Dodge Stratus, Fiat Strada, Jaguar XE, Mazda Mazda3, Porsche Cayman, Volvo V60, and so on.