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Better alternative – Auto Bild Sportscars tests all-season tyres
7 Nov 2025
Auto Bild Sportscars argues there is no alternative to “genuine summer tyres” for those wanting “to get the best possible performance out of a sports car on the asphalt,” at least in the warmer months of the year. But UK summers are a fleeting phenomenon, and tyres that deliver top performance in warm weather can struggle on winter roads. All-season tyres offer a practical alternative; the performance motoring publication has tested ten products in 225/45 R18.
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‘New excellence in sports performance’ – Bridgestone Potenza Sport
13 Jan 2021
New year, new flagship ultra-high-performance tyre. As 2021 begins, the Bridgestone Potenza S001 passes the baton to the Potenza Sport. Bridgestone says the newcomer possesses “excellent capabilities in both the dry and wet” as well as higher mileage potential than its predecessor. All 96 dimensions in the Potenza Sport range have an EU label rating of ‘A’ for wet grip.
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Bridgestone – more than 80 new OE tyre fitments in 2020
13 Jan 2021
Over 80 fitments, more than 30 vehicle models, 13 car manufacturers – this is Bridgestone’s tally of new original equipment deals for 2020. The tyre maker has summarised its OE achievements in an 80-second-long video.
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Garages remain open during lockdown 3.0
5 Jan 2021
Garages will remain open despite the UK’s third national lockdown. As in the previous two lockdowns, the UK tyre business is increasingly pragmatic about support drivers that need to keep mobile.
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Snow and Ice? Five myths about road gritting, busted
8 Jan 2021
The onset of winter weather sees the return of gritting lorries on roads across the UK. These vehicles play a major part in keeping the UK road system open during wintry weather and ensure that the thousands of HGVs and emergency service vehicles continue to deliver goods and services throughout the winter. In addition to clearing snow and ice, specialist operators The Gritting Company are keen to dispel five myths about road gritting.
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Auto Express finds stiff competition in its 2020 all-season tyre test
2 Dec 2020
At the end of November Auto Express published its latest test comparing the performance of leading year-round tyres. Continental’s AllSeasonContact won but Goodyear’s Vector 4Seasons Gen-3 and Hankook Kinergy 4S2 were hot on its heels in second and third place respectively.
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5 excellent tyres in Auto Bild Allrad’s SUV all-season test
6 Nov 2020
Introducing its 2020 test, Auto Bild Allrad comments that all-season tyres weren’t always highly regarded. Their reputation was one of compromise, of products best suited to drivers who demanded little from their tyres. In the words of the specialist 4x4 and SUV magazine, an all-season tyre “used to be a bad summer tyre and then, in the second half of the year, a bad winter tyre.” But its latest test shows that the story is a very different one these days.
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