Autozeitung

Drivers of cars with 17- and 18-inch rims now have more options within the Vredestein Ultrac range. The introduction of 18 new dimension for these rim diameters boosts the Ultrac portfolio to a total of 63 sizes for 15- to 18-inch rims.

Just as chefs tweak their recipes to improve flavour, manufacturers update tyres during the production cycle to gain better performance. Such a tweak has helped Bridgestone: When motoring magazine Autozeitung tested the Turanza T005 in 2020 it found the tyre imperfect on wet roads. Bridgestone adjusted the tread rubber compound last year, and the result is a safer “wet specialist” – and an Autozeitung test win for the T005.

Parky mornings and evenings are one sign that summer is on the wane. The appearance of all-season and winter tyre tests is another. The first out this year is from German motoring magazine Autozeitung, which looked at the commonly-fitted small car size 205/55 R16. Autozeitung evaluated nine brands of all-season tyre on a VW Golf Mk7 for their performance in wet, dry and snowy conditions, as well as comfort, noise and rolling resistance.

Ten premium and mid-range brands of tyre show us their strengths and weaknesses in Autozeitung’s 2021 summer tyre test. This year the German motoring publication looks at size 225/40 R18, a dimension suitable for around 60 vehicle models – including the new Seat Leon, which served as test vehicle.

When evaluating tyres for the coming summer season, German motoring magazine Autozeitung looked at ten brands of 235/45 R18 rubber, a size commonly found on large family saloons and estates. Testing was conducted using a Skoda Superb and the results yielded a surprise or two: While we weren’t especially astonished to see the Continental PremiumContact 6 (runner-up in last year’s Autozeitung test) in first place and the Michelin Primacy 4 in second, the Maxxis Premitra HP5 entered unfamiliar territory by securing space on the podium – as far as WhatTyre is aware, this is the first time the Premitra HP5 has achieved a podium finish.