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World’s Top 6 Most Expensive Tyres

    Ankit verma
  • By Ankit verma
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  • Updated: May 15th, 2023 at 4:14 pm
Most Expensive Tyres

Most Expensive Tyres

Bold, rough, rugged black rubber, are some of the words that define a tyre. Most of us consider it a cheap resource which is certainly not the case always. Depending on the nature of their usage, they could be heavy, safe and premium, providing durability, safety, swiftness while some are designed to lift heavy loads. Let’s check out some of these pricey tyres on earth, and we bet you will get astonished.

#6 Monster Truck Tyres

Most expensive tyres - Firestone (Monster Truck Tyres)

Manufactured by Firestone and Goodyear, these tyres are hand cut for preciseness. As the name denotes, these tyres are made for Monster Trucks that are usually the main attraction of motocross rallies around the world. These giant tyres carry a height measuring 11 feet and have a width of nearly 12 feet alongside the mass of 4.5 tonnes approx. They are tagged at US$ 2,500 (INR 1,67,500 approx.) per tyre. Shocked over the price? This is at No. 6 spot in the list…way to go.

#5 Space Shuttle Tyres

Michelin most expensive tyres (Space Shuttle Tyres)

Here comes the No. 5. Well, pertaining to their nature, they can be termed as the heaviest tyres on earth. Can you imagine the fact that the main landing gear tyres are prescribed to be good only for single landing. Moreover, the relatively smaller nose tyres can be used twice. Weighing at 56 tonnes, these landing tyres are filled with nitrogen gas and cost as much as US$ 5,500 (INR 3,68,500 approx.) each.

 

#4 Bugatti Veyron Tyres

Bugatti Veyron Tyres

If you are unaware about the car in the sub-heading above, then allow us to tell you that this is one of the most expensive cars in the world as well as one of the fastest cars produced on the planet. So, to sustain at such an incredible speed (406 km/h), a world-class set of premium tyres has to be placed on the foot. Michelin, the French tyre producer had done this magic for this spectacular supercar in the form of Pilot Sport PAX. Bugatti Veyron tyres price for the whole set will cost you US$ 40,000 (INR 26,80,000 approx).

 

#3 Caterpillar 797 Dump Truck Tyres

Caterpillar 797 Dump Truck Tyres

Next up at #3 is the Caterpillar 797. These are tyres made for dump trucks and powertrain hauls and are mostly used in mining and dumping heavy loads. The rubber is so gigantic that you’ll need to unbolt (and bolt) 47 nuts in order to replace a tyre, sounds easy, isn’t it! The tyres are produced by Michelin, and the weight of these tyres are mammoth 5.3 tonnes alongside they possess a well-thought-of price label of US$ 42,500 (INR 28,47,500 approx) each.

 

#2 Letourneau L-2350 Front-loader Tyres

Premium Tyres - Letourneau L-2350 Front-loader Tyres

These are not just one of the most expensive tyres in the world, but also the largest. Measuring 14 feet in height and 4 meter in diameter, Letourneau L-2350 weighs at staggering 12,000 pounds which boils down to 6 tonnes. Though it has acquired the No. 2 slot, but when it comes to pricey contest it won’t embarrass you. And guess what? Just one piece of this massive front loader tyre will cost around a whopping US$ 63,000 that comes to INR 42,21,000 approx. One might ponder why is that mind boggling price? It’s because they are the biggest earthmovers in the universe.

 

#1 Gold Plated Z Tyres

World's Most expensive tyres - Gold Plated Z Tyres

Till now, you have seen that the phenomenon was about larger the tyre, bigger the price. Here, the tradition will move to an altogether different league. So the wait is over, and ultimately the big daddy of all tyres is here. “Gold-plated tyres”, yes, you heard it right. Designed and developed by an NRI-owned company Z Tyres, the four car tyres are embedded with 24-carat gold and cliquey diamonds and were sold at REIFEN Trade Fair in Dubai. What’s more, these ultra-elite tyres have found a place in Guinness Book of World Records for being the most expensive set of car tyres till date. Wanna know the price tag for it? It’s only US$ 150,000 i.e. INR 1 crore. No, not for the set of tyres, but for a single tyre, whilst for the set of 4 tyres you need to fetch-out US$ 600,000, which calculates to a colossal INR 4 crore. And you thought tyres were only monstrous. This unarguably makes it the top contender for our list of the most expensive tyres on the earth.

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Ankit verma

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