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Strong competition, Vredestein victory – Auto Express tests summer tyres

For its 2024 summer tyre test, Auto Express focused on the popular 225/45 R17 size, a dimension it hasn’t looked at for three years. This year’s test features eight tyres, including new models from Michelin, Goodyear, Continental, and Bridgestone. Reigning 225/45 R17 champion Hankook also returns, along with Falken, Pirelli and Vredestein. Auto Express put all eight brands through their paces at Goodyear’s proving ground in Montpellier, France.

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Vredestein summer, winter and all-season tyres OE on new Mini Cooper

BMW Group has selected a range of Vredestein summer, all-season and winter tyres as original equipment (OE) for the Cabrio, three- and five-door variants of the new Mini Cooper.

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Reifentester publishes inaugural tyre test

In addition to tyre tests conducted by motoring publications and associations, in recent times we’ve seen platforms such as Tyrereviews.com presenting their findings in video form. A new player in this field is ‘Die Reifentester’ – the Tyre Testers – an outfit consisting of former Gute Fahrt tyre testers Dirk Vincken and Joachim Fischer, along with Michael Blumenstein from media partner Auto Flotte. Their first test, now available online, examines eight touring summer tyres for compact class cars in size 225/45 R17.

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Nokian Tyres shares TÜV SÜD test results for summer, all-season tyres

Nokian Tyres reports that its latest generation summer and all-season tyres for European markets have passed comparison testing conducted by TÜV SÜD. The tyre maker commissioned TÜV SÜD to carry out independent tests on three key models: Nokian Tyres Seasonproof 1 for all-season use, and the summer variants Nokian Tyres Powerproof 1 and Nokian Tyres Wetproof 1. Each tyre underwent comprehensive assessments against four competitor tyre brands at TÜV SÜD Automotive’s independent wheel and tyre technology centre in Europe.

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Ceat aiming to offer the right product for every driver

Indian tyre maker Ceat asserts its commitment not only to expanding production capacity at its Chennai plant but also to halving its carbon footprint by year-end. Presenting itself as a trailblazer in the adoption of sustainable production processes and products, Ceat highlights its EcoDrive summer car pattern as a “clear statement in terms of environmentally friendly driving.” The company emphasises that the EcoDrive’s low rolling resistance not only ensures heightened fuel efficiency but also underscores its dedication to eco-friendly initiatives.

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Sportauto evaluates sporty 215/40R18 tyres

After subjecting its Hyundai i20 N loan car to all manner of testing, the Sportauto team have finally turned their attention to the tyres. As a crowning finale to its activities with this pocket rocket, the German performance car magazine fitted five brands of size 215/40R18 summer tyre to evaluate how each product influences the Hyundai’s performance and safety characteristics. For good measure, the test team also worked with an all-season tyre, but did not include it in the final results.

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Deceptive appearances – Auto Bild Sportscars tests performance tyres

Tyres are much of a muchness these days, at least to look at. Auto Bild Sportscars laments that tyre brands are no longer easily identifiable by their tread patterns, as the diversity of former times has been replaced by a “yawning boredom in the uniformity of unimaginatively cut longitudinal groove patterns.” But an absence of aesthetic outliers doesn’t mean all tyres offer the same levels of performance or safety.

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AMS test tyres for compact SUVs

This year, auto motor und sport (AMS) examines products from the “eight most popular tyre brands” in its local market. For its 2024 summer tyre test, the German motoring publication thus looks at the Bridgestone Turanza 6, Continental PremiumContact 7, Falken Azenis FK 520, Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 SUV, Hankook Ventus S1 Evo³ SUV, Maxxis Victra Sport 5 SUV, Michelin Primacy 4+ and Vredestein Ultrac.

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Autozeitung summer tyre test backbenches leading brands

Autozeitung recently conducted its summer tyre test for 2024, joining the ranks of evaluations by Auto Bild as well as European motoring clubs ADAC, ÖAMTC and TCS. The German motoring publication looked at nine brands of 225/45 R17 94W/Y XL tyres, mounting them on a BMW 1-Series and subjecting all to a range of tests in wet and dry conditions.

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Premium trio top Auto Bild summer tyre test

Any prospective tyre buyer searching online for 205/55 R16 tyres risks being overwhelmed by a plethora of products. This bread-and-butter tyre size has been an absolute bestseller for many years and is standard equipment on popular compact cars such as the VW Golf, Audi A3, Vauxhall Astra and Seat Leon. The presence of so many tyres in this dimension complicates the process of separating the wheat from the chaff, but Auto Bild helps here with its 2024 summer tyre test.

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Motoring clubs test 215/55 R17 tyres

For their 2024 summer tyre test, European motoring organisations ADAC, ÖAMTC and TCS have shined the spotlight on 215/55 R17, a dimension suitable for mid-size cars and smaller SUVs. The test team put 16 brands of tyre through their paces and was satisfied with overall results, even though some tyres showed “minor weaknesses”.

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Summer test – Auto Bild selects 20 finalists from 55 tyres

Size 205/55 R16 is the most frequently purchased tyre dimension in Europe, primarily due to its fitment on compact class vehicles. Recognising this, Auto Bild has selected this size for its comprehensive 2024 summer tyre test. The motoring publication is examining 55 tyres; it hasn’t finished testing but tells its readers that the preliminary round of braking tests in wet and dry conditions has delivered “noteworthy data” for each evaluated tyre.

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Goodyear expands Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 range

No less than 95 new SKUs will join the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 range in the coming weeks and months. Announcing the new sizes, Goodyear says it will particularly focus on 19-inch and larger rim diameters, catering to growth in the SUV market across Europe.

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Upgraded Nokian Tyres summer line-up

Nokian Tyres has refreshed its summer tyre range with two new products, Powerproof 1 and Wetproof 1. It will offer a total of 99 new products for cars, CUVs and SUVs in 15- to 20-inch rim diameters, with both lines debuting in time for summer 2024.

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Firestone launches ‘EV-ready’ Roadhawk 2 Enliten

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Firestone has launched the new Roadhawk 2 Enliten summer touring tyre. The Bridgestone brand says the new model offers “best-in-class wet grip” as well as longer mileage and a greater than 10 per cent reduction in rolling resistance, optimising fuel or energy consumption, based on internal testing on size 225/55 R17 101W. The integration of Bridgestone’s Enliten technology, which reduces material consumption and tyre weight, as well as using the new NanoPro-Tech high-silica compound for greater wear resistance, ensures the Roadhawk 2 Enliten is an “EV-ready tyre”: a tyre suitable for fitment on vehicles using and electric or conventional combustion engine powertrain. The new tyre will be available from January 2024 in 17-21” sizes to cover 90 per cent of the market. After the addition of 16” sizes in 2025, the range will comprise 112 size variations. The Firestone Roadhawk 2 Enliten is the successor to the Roadhawk summer touring tyre.

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