Tire Reviews Tire Tests
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Tire Reviews Tire Tests
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Summer Tire Tests
85
All Season Tire Tests
340
Winter Tire Tests
Total Tests: 511
Most Tested Brand: Michelin (488 tests)
Most Tested Tire: Dunlop Winter Sport 5 (63 tests)
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This years 2013 Auto Zeitung tire test included twelve 215/55 R16 summer premium touring tires. As ever, read the comments attached to the results for the full story!
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54 tires summer touring tires in 195/65 R15, wet and dry braking, measure the distance. A very simple test gives us a very good overview of the market.
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We don't usually analyse the European tire test, carried out by the excellent German ADAC organisation, but this one was too good to ignore.
Not only is it the first year they've used a tire larger than 16", there's several new tires involved in the 225/45 R17 tire test. It's the first time we've seen the new replacement for the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta in a group test, along side some of it's new mid range stable mates, the Toyo T1 Sport and the Falken FK453, and its the first time we've seen the Continental Sport Contact 5 beat the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2. Interesting!
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235/35 R19. 305/30 R19. A 997 911 Carrera S and 5 sets of the newest track day tires designed to give you the ultimate driving pleasure. It sounds like our dream test, so quite how we missed its publication last year we'll never know.
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While it's true that SUVs, 4x4s and four wheel drive vehicles can offer improved traction in the snow over their two wheel drive counterparts, they sadly don't offer any advantages under braking and steering, mean if you want to keep mobile in all conditions, winter tires can help.
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Just because your car runs wide, low profile wheels and tires, it doesn't mean it shouldn't work in the snow. Modern winter tires are now made in extremely wide sizes, and can totally transform RWD cars such as a BMW 3 Series from an unusable drive way ordainment, to king of the roads in poor conditions.
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Continuing on from the 42 tire winter tires shootout, Auto Bild carried the top 15 tires across to the more in-depth group tests. Qualifying for this ultimate winter shoot out were tires from each of the six premium manufacturers, along with eight midrange brands and one brand we consider a high end budget (Maxxis).
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A modern all season tires can offer 95% of the snow ability of a dedicated winter tire, but with the promise to be able to run it year round. They could be the perfect tire for the UK climate, but which tire works best? To answer this question, Auto Bild have tested ten all season tires in 175/65 R14, and included a winter and summer tire in the group for comparison purposes.
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Winter tires shouldn't mean limited performance, and many modern winter tires are rated up to V which means they're safe to run at 149mph for extended periods.
To test nine of the best, Auto Bild equipped a Golf GTI with the recommended 225/45 R17 winter tire size in V rating, and subjected them to handling, braking and comfort tests in the dry, wet and snowy conditions.
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The 2012 winter tire test season is upon us, and the usually excellent Auto Zeitung have just realised their latest winter tire test.
Focusing on the popular 205/55 R16 tire size, Auto Zeitung have tested 8 tires - one from each of the six premium manufacturers, and a tire each from the two brands known best for their excellent winter offerings, Nokian and Vredestein.
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By their very nature, cold weather, or winter tires have more of a compromise built in than another other type of tire on the market, due to the wide range of conditions they need to perform in.
Developing a tire to perform well in snow conditions is actually relative easy for the tire manufacturers. Lots of edges, a nice wide tread pattern and you have a reasonable snow performance. It's the balance between snow and wet performance which is extremely important to a lot of European countries, where the cold wet conditions far out weigh the snowy or icy driving conditions, and where a lot of cheaper winter tires fail.
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