2011 Auto Express Winter Tyre Test
Auto Express, the pillar of the UK automotive magazine scene, has just released its second ever winter tyre test. Read on for the full winter test!
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Auto Express, the pillar of the UK automotive magazine scene, has just released its second ever winter tyre test. Read on for the full winter test!
Auto Bild, well known for their excellent tyre tests, have recently tested 11 premium winter tyres and 1 premium all season tyre in the popular 225/45 R17 to create their 2011 winter tyre test. Read on for the full resul...
With many of the major big brands introducing new winter tyres for the 2011 season, winter tyre tests have never seen so interesting. This year, Automobile Club Europe [ACE] tested 8 winter tyres in the popular 205/55 R1...
Due to two unusually harsh winters, interest in winter, or cold weather tyres has never been higher in the UK. The benefits are now being understood - while winter tyres naturally work wonders in snow, they also work ext...
In 2011, the excellent German Auto Zeitung have tested 14 winter tyres throughout Europe. Running the popular 205/55 R16, fitted to a BMW 3 Series, the tyres have been thoroughly tested on snow, wet roads and in dry cond...
It's always nice to have British magazines covering tyre tests, and no magazine does a more thorough job than Auto Express. This years "total tyre guide" covers 10 tyres across 10 disciplines giving a total of 100 data p...
Tyre Reviews presents possibly the least scientific tyre test in the world - our first "long term subjective touring shootout."
In 2011, Auto Motor Und Sport tested 11 tyres on a VW Golf GTD in the popular size of 225/45 R17. As with previous years, AMS subjected the tyres to the usual mix of wet, dry and rolling resistance tests.
The amazing American tyre retailer tirerack.com has just published it's latest tyre test, "Clash of the Titans: Testing Two New Max Performance Summer Heavy Hitters". On test are 4 of the leading brands. Bridgestone is r...
Finnish magazine Engineering World have tested 15 of the latest tyres in 205/55 r16. The test includes all the latest ECO tyres and regular touring tyres from premium, mid range and budget manufacturers.
Sport Auto have tested seven 245/40 R18 Max Performance Summer Tyres on an Audi TT RS, but which will dominate in this dry bias test? To ensure conditions were suitable for a summer tyre test, Sport Auto visited a Bridge...
If a broken car is a sign of a good tyre test, breaking a Focus RS twice, then giving up and using a Sirocco R means the latest Max performance tyre test from Russian magazine Auto Review should be the best tyre test yet...
The excellent German magazine Auto Bild have just published their 2011 max performance summer tyre test covering 10 tyres. Auto Bild decided to use the the popular 225/40 r18 tyre size, fitted to vehicles such as the Gol...
With Spring in the air, ADAC have just published their massive 2011 Summer tyre test covering 33 tyres! This year they've chosen to test two smaller sizes of tyres, 195/65 R 15 V and 175/65 14 T. While these tyre sizes a...
Auto Zeitung always put on a good tyre test, and this year they’ve tested 14 different 225/45 r17 tyres on an Audi A3, including new tyres from Goodyear, Pirelli, Sava, Nexen and Firestone. The results are closer than...
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