The CS4 Touring™ is Cooper´s premium luxury touring tire designed for drivers who want optimum ride comfort, sporty handling, all-season traction and attractive styling and performance in a touring tire that will appeal to any tire buyer and drivers of all ages. The CS4 Toring™ size coverage accommodates a wide range of vehicles from sport models and sedans to SUVs and CUVs Variable Density Nylon Technology. Nylon is strategically placed in a manner to resist flat spotting for improved ride quality and balanced, even tread wear for long life. Innovative 5-Rib (H/V-Rated) and 4-Rib (T-Rated) All-Season Tread Design. The innovative tread design incorporates numerous features to provide for excellent stability, traction and tread wear. Coupled Silica Tread Compound. The chemically coupled silica and carbon black compound allows for superior wet traction without sacrificing tread wear. An optimized polymer matrix allows the compound to remain pliable at lower temperatures while contributing to lower rolling resistance.

Tapered Circumferential Sipes Rib (H/V-Rated). The tapered circumferential sipes allow for increased capillary action to remove water from the tread area to reduce wet stop distances and provide extra grip in rain and snow. Open Shoulder Design (T-Rated). The open shoulder design utilizes lateral slots and strategic siping to create biting edges for all-season traction, improved wet cornering performance and excellent handling in snow. These replaced the OEM Michelin Energy MXV4's on my car that were extremely noisy and unusable by 50k miles. For the first 30k miles or so these CS4's were quiet and smooth. I did experience the common problem where each tire began slowly leaking around the rim. My tire dealer fixed these leaks for free so it was only a minor inconvenience on my part. They said the leaks were due to corrosion that formed between the tire and the rim. Since 30k the tires have been becoming noisier and a rougher ride. Right now I'm at 54k and they are incredibly noisy and not staying in balance.

Tread wear seems consistent and had not hit the wear bars yet but I had my tires rotated every 10k miles. I was hoping to get past 60k miles with these but I'm getting tired of the noise and may replace them soon. Overall they have been an ok tire... I will probably buy something different for my next set. Vehicle: 2011 Toyota Camry 4 Dr Sedan SE with 86886 KM of Tire Wear made this review on 7/12/2016 and is aGoldendoodle Pups For Sale In Kentucky I have CS4 touring for my toyota highlander and honda civic. Moving Company DebrecenNo complaint when tires are new - but after 15-20K both tire sets cause noises, unbalance. Bluetick Coonhound Puppies For Sale In UtahI have Sears to balance my tires multiple times but the vibration has not been eliminate.

Both of my cars have the same road noise and vibration. Can't wait until these tires wear out so I can put new tires set on. Vehicle: 2005 Toyota Highlander 4 Dr Sport Utility Limited with 43 KM of Tire Wear made this review on 7/11/2016 and is a Had a set of 4 installed on my Honda Accord. Tires were great at first. As time went on these tires became louder and louder. The tire shop said the silica compounds harden over time along with tread design make it up the noise. Good mid range price point replacement tire. Vehicle: 2009 Honda Accord 4 Dr Sedan LX-P with 104585 KM of Tire Wear made this review on 4/23/2016 and is aSnow and ice traction is poor but water and rain traction is quite good. made this review on 4/17/2016 and is a I got about 20K out of them before two developed bulges making them un-drivable. Replaced them but left the other two on. They are at about 3/4 to 1/2 tread and are getting very noisy. Likely going to have to replace them immediately as well.

I won't be buying Cooper again. By far the worst tires I have ever owned. Vehicle: 2007 Honda Accord 4 Dr Sedan Value Package with 32180 KM of Tire Wear made this review on 2/19/2016 and is a8 9 10 11 12 13  »Being a successful, profitable company in today’s challenging global marketplace is not easy. In an industry as competitive as the tire business, that is especially true. Despite a failed merger and ever increasing onslaught from competitors, Cooper Tires is still holding on strong and this year, is celebrating a century in the tire business. The reason for Cooper’s success stems from its ability to create products consumers want. The CS4 Touring tire was wildly successful and became the company’s all-time top-seller. But the CS4 has been around for a quite a while now and most competitors have introduced newer, better tires. In response, Cooper just released the all-new CS5 Touring series. Like the CS4, the new CS5 will be the pillar of all future products at Cooper.

Much of the technology being introduced with the new tire will find its way into future products. For now there will be two main versions of the CS5 Touring: Grand Touring and the Ultra Touring. Both have a specific tread pattern and are targeted at different demographics. The Grand Touring is a T-rated tire, which means it is designed for vehicles that can achieve speeds upwards of 118 MPH. This tire is designed for minivans and family sedans. For our testing purposes, it’s equipped to a base model 2014 Ford Mustang with an automatic transmission. A minivan tire on a sports coupe? Well, the base Mustang V6 comes with a T-rated P215/65R17 Michelin Energy Saver tire and Cooper said a lot of people were choosing the C4S as a replacement tire when the Michelin product wore out. SEE ALSO: Cooper Zeon RS3-S Ultra High Performance Tire Review The Ultra Touring CS5 is design for slightly more performance-orientated vehicles including top-of-the-line family sedans and entry level luxury cars.

The tire is available in H, V and W speed ratings, the latter meaning the tire is good up to 168 MPH. For evaluation purposes, the Ultra was installed on a 2013 BMW 328i, also with an automatic. Although both of the test cars have some sporty flair, neither is a true sports car. The CS5 is Cooper’s premium mainstream tire positioned above the CS3 Touring and the entry level Starfire tire. Its focus is on performance for everyday driving, but not necessarily enthusiastic driving. Safety is a primary concern with the new CS5 and Cooper has implemented many new features to maximize performance in all weather conditions. Off-set grooves called 3D micro-gauge sipes, have been built into the tire that will lock together for added strength and sidewall stability when strained under cornering force. Giving equal cornering reassurance in the rain is Cooper’s “Stable Edge” technology that incorporates tiny rubber bumpers inserted within the some of the tire’s sipes. This prevents the grooves from closing up under cornering loads and allows water to be channeled away from the tire’s contact patch.

The biggest news for the new CS5 though is the “Wear Square.” On the inside and outside of the tire’s tread, there are squares that change in appearance to show how worn the tires are as the tire wears. It begins as a complete square when the tire is new, then turns into a C-shape at 75 percent, a half square at 50 percent, followed by a single line at 25 percent. Finally, when the tire is worn out at 2/32nds tread depth, an exclamation point (!) is shown indicating it is time to replace the tire.  Aside from just warning consumers the tire is wearing out, the new rubber also includes 85 percent more sipes when worn halfway compared to a CS4 with equal use. On paper these tires sounded great, but how do they perform? To find out we went to the Cooper Tire and Rubber Test Facility in San Antonio, Texas. We’re comparing the Grand Touring tire up against the Hankook Optimo H727 that retail at nearly the same price. The Cooper RS5 rings at $121 apiece while the Hankook retails for $125 a tire for a 215/65R17 tire.

In the wet, we could immediately feel how much more controllable the Mustang equipped with the Cooper tires is. The Hankook Mustang lacks the rear-end grip of the Cooper tire and during moderate speed corners does not expel water nearly as efficiently, giving up lateral grip. The Cooper equipped car can be modulated at its adhesion limits. Unlike the Hankook tire that suddenly loses all traction, there is a linear slope to the Cooper’s grip level can be controlled with careful throttle and steering input. As well, the Cooper Mustang has far better braking ability in the wet as the driver can actually brake and steer with these tires. Although most people won’t be pushing their car’s limits on a wet autocross course, this information is relevant if an emergency situation ever does happen in the rain. The limits and controllability of the CS5 tire lend themselves to better confidence and performance behind the wheel, which is important during split second decisions. SEE ALSO: Cooper Tires Weather-Master S/T 2 Winter Tire Review

On the dry track, the gap between the tires narrows slightly. The Cooper Mustang still has more rear-end grip and when it does get pushed beyond its limit, is more controllable. The Hankook tire feels softer and spongy in the corners and more willing to lose front end grip when a corner is taken with too much speed. Once the thrashing testing of the Grand Touring tire in the Mustangs was over, we climbed into the BMW to test out the CS5 Ultra Touring against the premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 tire. In the wet, the gap between the Pirellis and Coopers was much closer. The Cooper has noticeably more grip and feel in medium speed sweeping corners, but rear end grip and braking felt similar. At speed, the Cooper could sustain grip longer and gave the driver more confidence. When pushed to the limit, the Cooper equipped BMW turned in a faster lap as well. In the dry, there was not a large, noticeable difference. Grip, braking and steering feel were all similar, but the Cooper again was slightly faster, although quicker to emit an audible squeal during cornering.