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With every new generation of cars being fitted with larger wheels, tires are having to follow suit. While 20 inch wheels and tire were unheard of a few years ago, they are now becoming commonplace enough for the excellen...
While some tire tests end up testing a seemingly random selection of both new and old tires, Sport Auto seem to have hit the sweet spot with their latest summer ultra high performance tire test. Using a VW Golf GTI, and...
Traditionally, German based Auto Bild put together some of the best tire tests in the world, and in 2012 they've set a new benchmark. Not content with picking 15 of the top tires to test, Auto Bild started with 50 of the...
It's not often you get the chance to test different tires on identical vehicles, and even rarer that the tires in question are two of the newest, most exciting max performance summer tires on the market, but this is exac...
In probably the largest tire test of its type, the German magazine Auto Bild have tested 50 leading tires in both dry and wet braking. Designed to allow Autobild to take the best 15 tires through to their 2012 max perfor...
Touring tires, designed for family cars and vehicles which spend most of their time on the motorway might not be the most exciting of tires, but they do make up a large percentage of tires sold in the UK. ACE have starte...
2012 has started with a bang with EVO, the UKs leading high performance car magazine, publishing its 2012 summer tire test. Read on!
As proven in many a video, buying a 4x4 doesn't necessarily mean good winter performance. A good all wheel drive system can offer better traction than a 2wd car, however once moving if the 4x4 is on standard summer tires...
We might be well into the winter tire season, but this excellent winter tire test from Auto Motor und Sport was too good to ignore. Covering 14 of the leading winter tires in 205/55 R16, AMS puts them through their paces...
With the UK being a true "all season" climate, people often ask if a single tire can be made to work across temperatures ranging from below freezing to 30 degree summer days. To help answer this, Auto Bild put 10 of the...
With wheel sizes steadily increasing, 225/45 R17 is fast becoming the most popular tire size for the average car. With this in mind, Sport Auto have tested 5 high performance winter tires in 225/45 R17 on a rear wheel dr...
Auto Bild Performance, the German version of EVO magazine have put together the tire test EVO should have. 7 wide 225/40 R18 tires on a 260bhp Mazda 3 MPS. On test are the usual premium brands, with only Bridgestone miss...
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