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Vi Bilagare has published its 2026 studded tire test, an eight-tire comparison in 215/65 R17 measured over 13 separate tests. The ice and snow work was carried out on tracks outside Alvsbyn in northern Sweden in late Feb...
Swedish automotive magazine Vi Bilägare has conducted a test of eight Nordic friction tires (studless winter tires) in dimension 235/60 R18, a popular size for vehicles like the Volvo XC60 which served as the test vehicl...
Every year there's a tire test that makes me stop and wonder how they got to their conclusion, and this year that award goes to the UTAC / Aftonbladet summer tire test.As a bit of scene setting, Aftonbladet is a Scandina...
The excellent magazine Vi Bilagare tested seven studded tires and one friction (non-studded) winter tire - the Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5. Testing was conducted in various locations across Finland and Sweden, using a Volksw...
Sadly here at Tire Reviews we've not had time to do a studded tire test for 2022, but fortunately the excellent testers at the Nordic publication Vibilagare have tested eight sets of studded winter tires to show us which...
We're a little late posting this so there won't be much commentary, but hopefully someone will find it useful in 2022! In 2021, Moottori performed an excellent studded tire test, and included 8 of the best studded winter...
For the 2020 Vi Bilägare Winter studded tire test, the Swedish magazine has tested 8 of the most extreme studded winter tires in 205/60 R16. As this is a studded winter tire test, the testers placed much more emphasis on...
Finnish magazine Moottori have recently compared eight 205/55 R16 tire patterns that sit in the midrange price category! While midrange tires are cheaper than their premium rivals, they're not the cheapest tires availabl...
Following on from the 255/40 R19 tire test, the Russian magazine Auto Review have tested 16 tires in the far more common 205/55 R16. The twist this year is the inclusion of what Auto Review call "second line tires", whic...
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