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Auto Bild has published the full results of its 2026 all-season tire test in 225/45 R17, a size fitted to compact cars such as the VW Golf, Audi A3, Seat Leon, Skoda Octavia and Hyundai i30. Thirty tires started in a wet...
Auto Bild has opened its 2026 all-season tire test with a braking qualifier. Thirty all-season tires in 225/45 R17, a size fitted to compact cars such as the VW Golf, Audi A3, BMW 1 Series and Mercedes A-Class, were brak...
Auto Bild Sportscars has tested twelve winter tires in 225/45 R18, the size the two test cars, a BMW M235i xDrive Gran Coupé and a BMW M240i, wear from the factory, and one also found on cars such as the Alfa Romeo Giuli...
Auto Bild Allrad has tested twelve all-season tires in 225/55 R18, a size used on many compact and mid-size SUVs such as the BMW X1 and X2, Dacia Bigster, Jeep Compass and Volvo EX30, on a third-generation Mini Countryma...
Swedish magazine Teknikens Värld has published its 2026 winter tire test, with 18 tires in size 235/45 R18 covering all three types of winter tire sold in the Nordic countries: seven studded, five Nordic friction (studle...
ADAC has tested 16 winter tires in 225/50 R17, a size fitted to mid-size cars such as the Audi A4, BMW 3 Series and Mercedes C-Class. Each tire was scored for safety on dry, wet and winter roads, and for tread life, wear...
Auto Express has returned to 205/55 R16 for its 2026 winter tire test, the size it last used for winter tires in 2024 and still the biggest seller in the UK. Eleven tires were bought on the open market through an indepen...
Every tire in this test is sold on the same promise: an enormous treadwear warranty. These are five premium all season tires built for the North American touring market, and with warranties running from 70,000 to 85,000...
ADAC has tested 16 all-season tires in the popular 185/65 R15 small-car size, scoring each one for dry, wet and winter safety alongside running costs and environmental impact. Only a single tire earned an overall "good"...
Auto motor und sport tested eight summer tires in size 195/55 R 16, a common fitment for small cars such as the VW Polo, Hyundai i20, Fiat 500, and Renault Clio, including several electric models like the Hyundai Inster...
Auto Bild's 2026 summer tire test covers the 245/45 R19 size - a common fitment on upper-mid-size cars including the BMW 5 Series, Audi A6 and Mercedes S-Class - and puts 50 tires through an initial qualifying round befo...
While technically this is the second tire test of the 2026 summer tire testing season, I always think of the AutoBild mega test as the true start to the summer tire test season. It's our first opportunity to see how 50 t...
Moving on from the 51 set braking test, the full Auto Bild winter tire test is once again, excellent. Testing 225/40 R18 using an AWD BMW M135i (but also fitted to the Audi S3, VW Golf GTI and R, Mercedes-AMG A35, and Hy...
We look forward to the big Autobild braking tests in every season, and this year Autobild have tested 51 winter tires in wet braking (plus a summer tire), with the best 31 moving onto a snow braking test.The top 20 combi...
Auto Express ran its 2025 all-season tire test in 225/45 R17, with six tires bought on the open market. The snow tests took place at Goodyear's Arctic Center at Saariselkä in northern Finland, and the wet and dry tests a...
AUTO BILD has completed their comprehensive 2025 all-season tire test in the popular 225/40 R18 size, evaluating 30 models with the top 15 advancing to full testing. In a surprising turn of events, the Pirelli Cinturato...
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