Nankang Ar1
225/45R17 · compared across 1 retailer
Understand this tyre
The Nankang AR-1 is a street-legal semi-slick designed for track days and competitive driving. It prioritises extreme dry grip and fast warm-up over everyday usability. If you're heading to Hampton Downs or Pukekohe and want a tyre that gets up to temperature quickly, this is built for that purpose — not for the Monday commute.
- Do track days or competitive driving events
- Want extreme dry grip with fast warm-up
- Need a street-legal semi-slick for the circuit
- Everyday commuting or regular motorway driving
- Wet-weather use — grip is optimised for dry conditions only
- Long tread life — track-focused compounds typically wear fast
Which retailer suits you?
Compare prices at 1 retailer- Monday
- 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday
- 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday
- 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday
- 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday
- 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday
- 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Sunday
- Closed
- RDRoevan Dacanaya month ago
Huge thanks to TK once again from Hyper Drive for always looking after me whenever I need wheels or tires. He’s helped me out a lot with my Evo, and now with the Eclipse as well. He always provides great customer service, is easy to communicate with, and makes the whole process simple and stress-free. I really appreciate how he always sorts me out and takes the time to help properly. Definitely a 10/10 experience every time — highly recommend!
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- NTNeta Tomokino5 months ago
Happy new Tyres for our “Larry” Thanks to this amazing team, safety first, knowledge and care received when we walked in to the Penrose store. Acknowledging the awesome Philip M🙌 for getting through my OCD inexperienced questions, he definitely made our experience memorable.Thank you so much Philip! So whānau if it’s that time to give some love to your cars, make this whānau your first stop, a professional team of amazing humans!!
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- STSantana Taia2 weeks ago
Had Jay come out and fit and balance a new set of tyres for me. Top bloke, turned up on time, got straight into it, and had everything sorted in no time. Did a great job and the wheels feel spot on. Really easy process from start to finish. Would definitely recommend Hyper Drive, and Jay especially. Cheers Team!
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- JJoashantia month ago
Awesome experience with Hyper Drive Mobile this morning. Steve was super friendly and easy to deal with, and made the whole thing really straightforward. He turned up earlier than expected and had the one new tyre fitted in under 30 minutes. Was also stoked to see he’d polished the tyres and topped up the air in all the others too. I didn’t even realise that was part of the service. Such a nice extra touch. Really good customer service and just an all-round great experience. Thank you!
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- SWSally Wallace3 weeks ago
I used the chatbot as was so confused what battery I needed. Was so helpful and found the right one. Great service, shipping to my work address, which is an added bonus. Great price for the battery, didn’t know I needed a new one till mechanic flattened my battery.
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About Nankang
Taiwan · Founded 1940
Nankang Rubber Tire Corp is a Taiwanese manufacturer founded in 1940 and headquartered in Taipei, with plants in Taiwan and China. It produces a wide range of passenger, performance, SUV and motorsport tyres and is generally regarded as a budget-to-entry-level brand, though it also makes dedicated racing tyres (e.g. AR-1).
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