2019 ADAC 185/65 R15 Winter Tire Test
This year the German motoring organization ADAC have tested sixteen winter tires in the popular 185/65 R15.
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This year the German motoring organization ADAC have tested sixteen winter tires in the popular 185/65 R15.
Highway terrain (HT) tires are the best choice for an SUV or pickup that spends most of its life on the road, mud terrain (MT) tires are the only real choice if you regularly drive in mud, and all terrain (AT) tires sit...
With summer sadly coming to an end, now is a great time to start thinking about switching to all season or winter tire options. To help this purchase decision, the excellent German publication Auto Bild publish the resul...
Earlier this year Auto Bild published their 2019 SUV all season tire test, using an Audi Q3 wearing the popular 235/55 R19 all season tire size. As usual, all seven tire patterns were tested in the dry, wet and snow, and...
The excellent UK automotive magazine EVO always seems to publish their summer tire test late in the season, but it shouldn't be ignored as it's one of the best in Europe if you care as much about steering feel and feedba...
For their 2019 summer tire test, Auto Express have tested eight SUV tires in the popular 235/50 R18 size.
The Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 used to be the very top of Goodyear's ultra high performance summer tire range, but this year Goodyear have launched the Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport, SuperSport R and SuperSport RS. Th...
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSportGoodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport R
Track day tire tests are always a welcome read, as those of us who use our cars on track are often super switched on to the differences the tires can make. This year AutoMail.Ru have tested four track day tires in 225/45...
It's never a bad thing when a magazine goes to the effort of testing summer AND all season tires in the same test, as it gives the motorist a good idea of the different balance of performances each tire type has, so it's...
The Norwegian AutoMobile Federation (NAF) has tested seven summer tire patterns in 205/55 R16, and included a premium winter tire for comparison. The winter tire performed surprisingly well during the wet braking testing...
The Swedish news paper Aftonbladet have tested thirteen 205/55 R16 touring summer tires using a VW Passat. Sadly the data is a little lacking in this test, but as the driving was done by the experts at Test World, you ca...
The ACE / GTU tire test is always a funny one, as they go to a lot of effort to test the tires, but then provide no data at all, only the overview scores. For this reason, we always keep the commentary low, but it's impo...
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...
Auto Bild's second summer tire test of 2019 has tested eleven 245/45 R18 tire patterns using a BMW 5 Series. This tire and vehicle combination isn't an often tested setup, and has yielded some interesting results! The Pi...
As the new Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 is now available for purchase, I've tested it against the much loved, previous generation Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3, and a leading competitor, the Continental PremiumContact...
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