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Alloy Wheels Help Improve Car Performance
Carazoo India
Alloy wheels are the latest trend in the car industry. These are
wheels made of aluminium or magnesium metals and are mainly used
because of their lighter weight and stylish appeal.
Age old history of automobiles had the secrets of steel wheels but gradually as advancements and innovations entered the market innovative ways of making wheels more effective and appealing were also introduced. Aluminium is believed to be a prime metal in the formation of alloy wheels. The use of this metal is mainly attributed to its light weight as compared to steel.
The use of alloy wheels has increased over the period of time both in Indian car market as well as international markets. Today, many sizes, models, and shapes of alloy wheels are available for almost all types of car models. These can also be customized or personalized based on personal choices and requirements. The most frequent endorsers of these wheels are luxury car manufacturers because of their stylish looks as well as pack of benefits. Alongwith, many car owners are also customizing their new cars with alloy wheels and even car manufacturers are also fitting them in top end variants of their car models. This is majorly contributed to the increasing demand of performance and fuel efficiency.
Here are some of the advantages and disadvantages of alloy wheels:
Advantages of Alloy Wheels
Alloy wheels have greater advantage over the traditional types of wheels made of steel. Some of the key advantages are as follows:
• The key advantage of alloy wheels is their light weight. Being lighter than steel, these wheels deliver better performance and fuel efficiency.
• Alloy wheels help offer better maneuvering of the car.
• Weight plays a vital role in achieving greater car speed. As these are lighter than steel, it increases possibilities of the car to reach higher speed.
• These are better heat conductors and thereby improve heat dissipation from brakes. This further helps to minimize the chances of brake failure.
• These also help improve steering and provide greater braking.
• Alloy wheels are comparatively wider and hence improve the traction between the wheel and the road. Even in case of demanding driving conditions, these wheels help improve stability.
• These are also easy to clean and maintain.
Disadvantages of Alloy Wheels
Despite of the fact that alloy wheels have become popular and successful in the present scenario, they have couple of disadvantages. These are listed below:
• Alloy wheels are expensive than traditional steel wheels.
• These are easy to clean and maintain but they can corrode faster if not maintained properly.
Alloy wheels have a number of advantages over the age-old wheel types and therefore these are making their position in the car industry.
This news arrived on: 11/24/2008
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Posted Comments:
12-02-2008 08:42
Peter Hofer wrote:
Alloy Wheels
Most of the points made in this article are valid. A few are debatable and one is definitely wrong. Weight of a car (and thus its wheels), does not measurably affect its top speed. Air resistance grows with the square of the speed. Because of this law of Physics, the "advantage" of lighter wheels are out-weight many hundred-folds by the increase in air resistance. The time it takes to reach its top speed IS affected by weight (accelleration), but its top speed is governed by its air-resistance. The actual, real-world top speed depends upon its engine power which is needed to overcome ever exponentially increased air-resistance.
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