Tyre News

News from Australia. Continental has picked up another tyre test win, with its PremiumContact 6 named victor in Wheels magazine’s ten-tyre comparative evaluation.

All-season tyres offer safety in a wide range of weather conditions and have gained a lot of traction within the passenger car segment. But what about campervans - is all-season a good choice of tyre for those hoping to squeeze in a belated post-lockdown holiday? Auto Bild Reisemobil fitted eight sets of all-season campervan tyres to a VW Crafter and put them through their paces.

Hot hatches don’t really get much more sizzling at the moment than the Mercedes-AMG A 45 S, whose turbocharged four-cylinder engine produces a hearty 416bhp. As usual, four rubbery rings take on responsibility for transferring all this power to the road - but what’s the best tyre for this job? That depends upon the sort of driving you have planned.

Tyre choice is a “decisive factor” determining a vehicle’s dynamic qualities, comments Auto Bild Sportscars in the preamble to its latest comparative test. The performance motoring publication stresses that this is particularly the case when choosing the right rubber for performance cars. For its 2020 summer tyre test, Auto Bild Sportscars thus looks at ten size 245/35 R19 (front axle) and 265/35 R 19 (rear) tyres that cover a range of prices and performance levels.

Halfords Autocentres is offering free MOTs with every interim, full or major service booked, to ensure “vehicles that still need to be on the road are safe to drive during this challenging period”, according to the company.

To find the best tyres for the “dynamic mid-range segment”, German motoring publication auto motor und sport (ams) has taken a look at 11 products in size 225/45 R18Y. While the usual premium suspects claimed the victors’ podium, the ams test also confirms what Auto Zeitung recently found - that Maxxis is making some great value for money tyres at the moment.