GUINNESS WORLD RECORD Kumho Tyre has helped Volkswagen celebrate 70 years in Australia with a Guinness World Record, for the largest GPS image created by a vehicle, during an epic 32,000km drive around the country. Adventurer Rainer Zeitlow and co-driver Marius Biela completed the seven-week journey in a new Volkswagen ID.4 GTX, equipped with Kumho PS71 EV tyres. Along the way, they traced “70 years of VeeDub” in GPS before circling the continent. Remarkably, the EV completed the trip with only a single, easily repaired puncture, highlighting the durability and performance of Kumho’s OE tyres on the ID.4. The route took in every condition imaginable — sand, snow, gravel, heat, flooding rain, and mud. Zeitlow praised the tyres: “The PS71 EVs were outstanding on every surface. We had no problems at all in 33,000km, they just did a great job.” Kumho Tyre Australia’s David Basha said the record drive proved the brand’s quality. “To cover 33,000km across Australia with just one minor puncture is an impressive performance,” he said. “Volkswagen ID.4 buyers can expect that same reliability with their cars.” The drive concluded in Sydney, where Volkswagen officially launched the ID.4 and ID.5. “I WAS ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMED BY THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EV SPECIFIC PS71 TYRES FROM KUMHO, WHICH PROVED THEY WERE NOT JUST GREAT ON BITUMEN BUT FANTASTIC ON EVERY SURFACE IN AUSTRALIA,” RAINER ZEITLOW.
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