Tyre tests

2013 European Summer Touring Tyre Test

2013 European Summer Sports Tyre Test

We don't usually analyse the European tyre test, carried out by the excellent German ADAC organisation, but this one was too good to ignore. Not only is it the first year they've used a tyre larger than 16", there's seve...

2013 ACE Summer Touring Tyre Test

2012 EVO Winter Tyre Test

2012 Auto Bild SUV and 4x4 Winter Tyre Test

While it's true that SUVs, 4x4s and four wheel drive vehicles can offer improved traction in the snow over their two wheel drive counterparts, they sadly don't offer any advantages under braking and steering, mean if you...

2012 Auto Bild Sports Winter Tyre Test

Just because your car runs wide, low profile wheels and tyres, it doesn't mean it shouldn't work in the snow. Modern winter tyres are now made in extremely wide sizes, and can totally transform RWD cars such as a BMW 3 S...

2012 Auto Bild Top 15 Winter Tyre Test

Continuing on from the 42 tyre winter tyres shootout, Auto Bild carried the top 15 tyres across to the more in-depth group tests. Qualifying for this ultimate winter shoot out were tyres from each of the six premium manu...

2012 Auto Express Winter Tyre Test

2012 Auto Bild All Season Tyre Test

A modern all season tyres can offer 95% of the snow ability of a dedicated winter tyre, but with the promise to be able to run it year round. They could be the perfect tyre for the UK climate, but which tyre works best?...

2012 European Tyre Test - 205/55 R16

2012 Auto Bild Performance Winter Tyre Test

Winter tyres shouldn't mean limited performance, and many modern winter tyres are rated up to V which means they're safe to run at 149mph for extended periods. To test nine of the best, Auto Bild equipped a Golf GTI with...

2012 Auto Zeitung Winter Tyre Test

The 2012 winter tyre test season is upon us, and the usually excellent Auto Zeitung have just realised their latest winter tyre test. Focusing on the popular 205/55 R16 tyre size, Auto Zeitung have tested 8 tyres - one f...

2012 Auto Bild 42 Winter Tyre Braking Test

By their very nature, cold weather, or winter tyres have more of a compromise built in than another other type of tyre on the market, due to the wide range of conditions they need to perform in. Developing a tyre to perf...

2012 EVO Summer Tyre Test

In EVO Magazines second tyre test of the year, they're testing 10 of the best tyres ultra high performance summer tyres in 225/45 R17 on an Audi A3. Read on!

2012 Auto Express Summer Tyre Test

This years Auto Express summer tyre test is probably the closest test we've seen, and with all 8 tyres within 2% of each other overall even a slight change in the weighting of the test categories would dramatically chang...

2012 Autoreview Touring Tyre Test

While German tyre tests are great at putting raw figures together, they often miss out on some of the subjective feel of the tyre. This is where the Russian magazine Auto Review comes into its own, combining great data a...