Another article:
PREVIEW: Michelin Defender LTX | The Star
"The Defender LTX, the successor to Michelin’s LTX, features the company’s EverTread compound, which is stronger and designed to stand up better to the vagaries of off-road use, while delivering better gravel wear, improved fuel efficiency and better all-round performance.
Although it is designed to handle off-roading, Michelin claims the Defender LTX is primarily an on-road tire. As such, it also delivers things like improved treadlife, better wet grip and shorter stopping distances (up to 10 metres shorter in some instances) than the competition.
Through channels of knee-deep mud, rocky uphill ascents (even a ski hill) and a variety of very uneven surfaces, the Defender LTX took it all on and kept right on chugging."