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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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Yokohama shows classic car tyres at Autosport
21 Jan 2020
Interest in classic cars has boomed over the past decade and with it demand for authentic-looking tyres. Yokohama is increasing its activities here and presented several ranges at Autosport International. Rally legend Paddy Hopkirk even stopped by to lend a hand.
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Hankook Tire continuing as Real Madrid sponsor to 2022/23
21 Jan 2020
Real Madrid CF has extended its sponsorship agreement with Hankook Tire until the end of the 2022/23 season. This continued collaboration between Spanish La Liga football club and tyre maker was sealed during a ceremony at Santiago Bernabéu stadium. Florentino Pérez, president of Real Madrid, and Sang Hoon Lee, Hankook Tire’s president in Europe, signed the deal.
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Linglong tyres for China’s most expensive car
15 Jan 2020
Consumers are more likely to favour brands of tyre factory-fitted on performance or prestige cars. It’s no wonder then that all leading tyre makers strive to gain original equipment approvals. Linglong Tire recently scored a coup when FAW Group chose its tyres for what’s said to be China’s most expensive car, the Hongqi L5.
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Hankook tyres approved for Audi SQ8
13 Dec 2019
The performance version of Audi’s Q8 SUV coupe is available with several brands of factory-fitted tyres. Hankook says it is one of these brands. Audi has approved the Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV as an original equipment tyre for its SQ8 TDI in sizes 285/45 R21 113 Y XL and V XL. Customers specifying winter tyres can receive the Hankook Winter i*cept evo 2 SUV in the same dimensions.
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Winter is coming, but Britons ‘clueless’ on snow-covered roads
20 Dec 2019
The UK is preparing for one of the coldest winters in almost a decade, but new data shows many drivers are dangerously unprepared to drive in icy conditions and could be putting themselves and others at risk as a result.
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F1 teams reject proposed 2020 Pirelli tyre
10 Dec 2019
The Formula 1 teams have delivered a firm "no thanks" to exclusive tyre supplier Pirelli. They unanimously rejected Pirelli’s 2020 tyre specification in an FIA vote today. As a result, F1 will continue to use the 2019 tyres next season.
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