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Highest praise for 5 finalists in Auto Bild summer tyre test
24 Mar 2026
After sending 30 tyres packing following the preliminary round of its 2026 summer test, Auto Bild got down to the business of comprehensively evaluating the 20 finalists. The test team again fitted the 245/45 R19 tyres to a BMW 5 Series and put each of the 20 models through its paces in wet and dry conditions, additionally examining all protagonists’ mileage, rolling resistance and overall value for money. No less than five of the finalists gained Auto Bild’s top ‘exemplary’ rating.
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Yokohama 20” tyres for Mercedes-AMG CLE 53 4MATIC+
23 Jul 2025
For more than a year, Mercedes-AMG has equipped versions of its CLE 53 4MATIC+ Coupé riding on 19-inch rims with the Yokohama Advan Sport V107 as an original equipment tyre. In June 2025 it expanded Yokohama Rubber’s supply to this model and is now additionally fitting the Advan Sport V107 on cars with 20-inch rims. The CLE 53 4MATIC+ wears the Yokohama tyre in size 265/35ZR20 (99Y) on the front axle and 295/30ZR20 (101Y) at the rear.
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Hankook Dynapro AT2 Xtreme provides on-/off-road option
16 Jul 2025
It took a while to get here, having debuted in the USA back in 2021, but Hankook suggests it’s been worth the wait. The tyre maker tells us that its new – in our part of the world, anyway – Dynapro AT2 Xtreme is an all-season product that “combines reliable traction with driving comfort and durability, no matter the surface or season.”
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Nankang the Official Tyre of Santa Pod Raceway
16 Jul 2025
Santa Pod Raceway calls itself home to the “fastest and loudest motorsport on Earth” thanks to its hosting of the FIA European Drag Racing Championships, but the circuit isn’t just about dragsters and funny cars. Fans flock to Podington in Bedfordshire to participate in huge festivals and public track days – events that require tyres aplenty. This is where Nankang enters the picture.
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Pirelli highlights new P Zero with horsepower-heavy Goodwood parade
15 Jul 2025
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is now behind us for another year, and Pirelli is looking back over a spectacular 2025 event. The tyre maker marked the opening of proceedings with a parade of supercars boasting a combined output of over 10,000 horsepower. Guest of honour at this outing was the new, fifth-generation Pirelli P Zero tyre, but the event also held high a family of tyres that have been heavy hitters in the ultra-high performance (UHP) segment for the past 40 years.
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Test win underscores all-season commitment, says Goodyear
10 Jul 2025
The recent ADAC all-season tyre test highlighted the ‘good’ in Goodyear, and the tyre maker is very happy with the result its Vector 4Seasons Gen-3 achieved. A year after becoming the first all-season product to gain a ‘good’ rating in an ADAC comparative evaluation, the Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-3 returned to take joint first in the motoring club’s 2025 all-season tyre test.
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ADAC tyre wear study – Michelin remains the benchmark
9 Jul 2025
Whenever a vehicle travels along the road, minute amounts of tyre material wear away. So far nobody has found a way to prevent this, but some tyre makers have invested considerable effort and expense into minimising pollution from tyre abrasion. German motoring club ADAC has investigated how major tyre brands perform in regard to tyre wear.
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