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AutoView have put seven summer tyres from the upper middle of the market head to head in 225/45 R18. This is the class Michelin created with the Pilot Sport 4 and that everyone has since piled into: tyres pitched below t...
Top Tire Review has put three of the most talked-about ultra-high-performance summer tyres head to head in its 2026 UUHP test, fitting each in 255/35 R19 to an Audi TT and running them through a full wet, dry, noise and...
AutoView has tested four of the mid-range sport summer tyres that have quietly taken over the performance market in Korea. As the old budget sport tyres have been retired, makers have pushed this middle tier much closer...
AutoView's 2025 summer sports tyre comparison pitched five Ultra High Performance tyres against each other on a BMW M3 xDrive (G80) in a square 275/35R19 fitment. The starting point was the M3's OE-developed Michelin Pil...
Motor magazine tested 9 summer tyres in size 225/45 R17, a fitment used on popular models such as the VW Golf, BMW 3 Series, Audi A4, and Skoda Octavia. The test covered wet braking, dry braking, longitudinal and lateral...
Auto Bild Allrad tested nine summer tyres in size 255/45 R 19, a popular fitment for AWD SUVs such as the VW Tiguan, Audi Q3, Seat Tarraco, Tesla Model Y, and Volvo XC40. Wet and dry tests were carried out at the Goodyea...
Auto Bild Sportscars tested eight summer tyres in 255/35 R19 and 275/35 R19 - a staggered fitment used on cars like the BMW Z4, BMW Supra, and F series BMW M3/M4 models. Testing took place at the Wachauring circuit in Au...
Auto Bild's 2026 summer tyre 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 tyres through an initial qualifying round befo...
For the first of three tyre review summer tyre tests this year, I've tested 12 sets of tyres in 225/45/17 using a Volkswagen Golf GTI. All 12 sets of tyres were purchased in the open market anonymously. As always, they h...
The ADAC tyre tests are always my favourite tyre tests, while they don't release all the data they generate; they do provide excellent notes with their tests, and most importantly they are the most independent tyre testi...
While technically this is the second tyre test of the 2026 summer tyre testing season, I always think of the AutoBild mega test as the true start to the summer tyre test season. It's our first opportunity to see how 50 t...
The ACE Auto Club Europa has published the first summer tyre test of 2026, kicking off this year's test season. Ten tyres in the 225/40 R18 size were tested across wet and dry braking, aquaplaning resistance, handling on...
ADAC are one of the most respected sources of tyres tests for a good reason, they are fully independent, and do things most others cannot do such as wear tests, real world fuel usage tests instead of a machine measuremen...
Below is the data from the Die-Reifen summer performance tyre test which tested eight popular summer tyres in 225/40 R18 using a VW Golf GTI.
It's the second test for the new Pirelli P Zero PZ5, and the second win! This years Auto Express summer tyre test has tested nine popular summer tyres in 225/40 R18, with some rather interesting results.
Tire Rack are on a mission this year to test more tyres than anyone has before, which is very exciting. Their summer performance tyre test has tested eleven of the most popular tyres in 275/35 R19 using their new BMW M2...
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