Ever wondered what it was like to live with a set of the new Dunlop RoadSmart II tyres? How about trying to convert a die hard Michelin fan? We've done exactly that by providing a set to Jaime, a hardcore 24/7 biker and devoted Michelin fan, letting him live with them for nearly 10,000 miles and getting his feedback.

Read on for what is a very interesting experience!

With every new generation of cars being fitted with larger wheels, tyres are having to follow suit. While 20 inch wheels and tyre were unheard of a few years ago, they are now becoming commonplace enough for the excellent German publication Auto Bild Sports Cars to investigate the options.

While some tyre tests end up testing a seemingly random selection of both new and old tyres, Sport Auto seem to have hit the sweet spot with their latest summer ultra high performance tyre test.

Using a VW Golf GTI, and testing 235/35 R19 tyres Sport Auto took a no-nonsense approach and tested 9 of the newest, and greatest tyres on the market, only omitting the brand new Dunlop Sport Maxx RT in favour of its higher performance brother, the Dunlop Sport Maxx GT.

It's not often a new tyre is launched with not one, but two first place awards in magazine group tests, but that's exactly what has happened with the new Continental Premium Contact 5.

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Traditionally, German based Auto Bild put together some of the best tyre tests in the world, and in 2012 they've set a new benchmark.

Not content with picking 15 of the top tyres to test, Auto Bild started with 50 of the leading tyres in 225/45 R17, and subjected them to wet and dry braking, only putting through the top 15 to this test to ensure the tyres on test really are the best of the best.

Subjecting just the top 15 tyres from the braking tests to the usual array of handling tests have left the results closer than ever, but with some surprise tyres included. Of course, with only 15 of 50 going through there's some surprise ommisions, with the Falken FK453, Yokohama Advan Sport, Vredestein Ultra Cento and Avon ZV5 not even making it to the top 25 of the knockout test.

So by now, you've probably read a bit about the new Dunlop Sport Maxx RT. Whether it was the initial launch report, our subjective shootout where we put the RT against the might of the Continental Sport Contact 5 or a magazine group test, the new Dunlop Sport Maxx RT has been getting great feedback all round.

It's not often you get the chance to test different tyres on identical vehicles, and even rarer that the tyres in question are two of the newest, most exciting max performance summer tyres on the market, but this is exactly what we found ourselves presented with recently at Ascari race circuit.

The tyres in question are the latest offerings from Continental and Dunlop, with each of the four cars being fitted with a set of Continental Sport Contact 5s, and a set of the brand new Dunlop SportMaxx RT, all in 245/40 R18. Two of the vehicles comprised of the high performance coupe from Audi, the TT S, and the other two were the the high powered Audi S4 saloon.

In probably the largest tyre test of its type, the German magazine Auto Bild have tested 50 leading tyres in both dry and wet braking.

Designed to allow Autobild to take the best 15 tyres through to their 2012 max performance summer tyre test, the entire table makes for a very interesting overview of the tyre market.

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With the the new EU tyre labelling law due for introduction in 2012, we thought it would be a good idea to get up to speed with exactly what the labels mean.

In this first part of our tyre labelling series, we get a broad video overview of what the labels mean with "Ms Tina Tyre". Keep an eye on Tyre Reviews over the coming weeks for a more indepth analysis of how the labels will affect tyre buying, and exactly what each grade means to real world driving.

Touring tyres, designed for family cars and vehicles which spend most of their time on the motorway might not be the most exciting of tyres, but they do make up a large percentage of tyres sold in the UK.

ACE have started the year off with their annual touring tyre test, covering 15 tyres in the popular 205/55 R16 size. The test covers a wide range of tyres, including a yet unreleased tyre and a number of budget options.

When Dunlop, a brand primarily associated with motorsport, launch a new tyre it's always worth sitting up and taking note. Dunlop tyres are engineered to offer the highest levels of sporty performance and road holding for those who love driving.

Today is a good day, as Dunlop are launching not one, but two new tyres - the Dunlop Sport Maxx RT and the Dunlop Sport Maxx Race.

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With the increase in trackday popularity, semi slicks have been getting a lot more attention. The Toyo R888 is arguably the leader in the market, featuring as the OEM tyre on a number of extreme high performance Japanese Sports Saloons, but it isn't the only semi slick worth considering. The Michelin Pilot Sport Cups comes fitted to the Porsche 911 GT3 RS by default, the Kumho V70a was the winner of the Autobild group test, and the Yokohama Advan A048 is the Lotus tyre of choice. The market has progressed from only a handful of options 5 years ago, to now over 20 different semi slick trackday tyres available.

With all this new interest comes a lot of confusion, and there are a few basic questions that come up fairly frequently. "Should I put trackday tyres on my car?", "How much faster is a semi slick over a road tyre", "Will I crash on a trackday tyre at the first sign of rain?". All good questions, but no one seems to have answered them particularly well.

To answer the above we got ourselves a set of road tyres, a set of semi slicks and decided to head to Donington Park on a warm summers morning.

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2012 has started with a bang with EVO, the UKs leading high performance car magazine, publishing its 2012 summer tyre test.

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As proven in many a video, buying a 4x4 doesn't necessarily mean good winter performance. A good all wheel drive system can offer better traction than a 2wd car, however once moving if the 4x4 is on standard summer tyres it will only be able to steer and brake as well as any other vehicle on the road.

With the UK being a true "all season" climate, people often ask if a single tyre can be made to work across temperatures ranging from below freezing to 30 degree summer days. To help answer this, Auto Bild put 10 of the latest all season tyres through the usual array of thorough tests!

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With wheel sizes steadily increasing, 225/45 R17 is fast becoming the most popular tyre size for the average car. With this in mind, Sport Auto have tested 5 high performance winter tyres in 225/45 R17 on a rear wheel drive BMW 3 Series to see which tyre combines best snow characteristics, with an all round sporty dry and wet performance.

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Michelin have just launched their new premium touring tyre, the Michelin Primacy 3. Developed to replace the excellent Michelin Primacy HP, the tyre has been developed with safety, wear and comfort in mind.

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What makes a good sports touring tyre? Is it stability, dry grip, wet grip, tread life? The answer of course is all of the above, and it's what Dunlop have aimed to achieve with the new Dunlop Roadsmart 2.

Considered the rebirth of Dunlop motorcycle tyres, the original Roadsmart was the turning point for many riders perception of Dunlop tyres. Previously most peoples experience with Dunlop tyres were as OEM fitment on bikes, which might not have been the best experience for everyone. The Dunlop Roadsmart was extremely well received winning a number of awards and brought Dunlops motorcycle profile firmly up there with Michelin, Bridgestone and Pirelli.

Auto Bild Performance, the German version of EVO magazine have put together the tyre test EVO should have. 7 wide 225/40 R18 tyres on a 260bhp Mazda 3 MPS.

On test are the usual premium brands, with only Bridgestone missing from the "big 6". Also included a midrange Hankook and a budget Rockstone.

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Auto Express, the pillar of the UK automotive magazine scene, has just released its second ever winter tyre test.

Read on for the full winter test!

Fulda, a German tyre brand owned by Goodyear Dunlop, is a largely ignored in the UK. While it has near premium status in Europe, we seem to stick to the mid range brands we know, such as Falken, Toyo, Vredestein and Kumho.

Recently Fulda launched a new tyre - the Fulda SportControl. While the press release (copied below) highlights things such as progressive humps, a light weight carcass, full silica tread featuring aquaflow and many other advanced technologies, a few things not included in the press release caught our eye.

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Budget tyres are controversial topic. UK is known to Europe as the "dumping ground" for cheap tyres, and we have a higher percentage of budget tyres fitted to our cars than anywhere else on the Continent.

What does fitting a budget tyre actually mean for you car? Read on for the full article!

Tyre Reviews presents possibly the least scientific tyre test in the world - our first "long term subjective touring shootout."

Recently Bridgestone have launched the successor to the BT016 - the creatively titled BT016 Pro. Don't let the name fool you though, the Battlax BT016 Pro is more than just an evolution of the BT016, it’s a total redesign and no includes several technologies from Bridgestones race winning Moto GP tyres, and the excellent BT023.

Continental have launched the successor to the award winning Eco Contact 3, the Continental ContiEcoContact 5.

With fuel prices ever rising, ultra low rolling resistance tyres are a hot topic. The tyre accounts for approximately 20% of the total fuel consumption of the car, and just a 10% reduction in rolling resistance can reduce total fuel consumption by 1.6%.

Traditionally ultra low rolling resistance tyres are a compromise during development, with low rolling resistance balancing wet performance. As you decrease rolling resistance you also decrease the wet grip, or the safety of the tyre, while increasing the wet performance leaves the tyre requiring more energy to rotate, using more fuel.

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Continental have just launched the new ContiSportContact 5 and ContiSportContact 5 SUV, which replace the ContiSportContact 3 and sits just below the max performance Sport Contact 5 P in the range.

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Sport Auto have tested seven 245/40 R18 Max Performance Summer Tyres on an Audi TT RS, but which will dominate in this dry bias test?

To ensure conditions were suitable for a summer tyre test, Sport Auto visited a Bridgestone test track in Italy. Taking part in the test are some of the newest tyres to market, including the new Michelin Pilot Super Sport, Pirelli P Zero, Bridgestone Potenza S001 and Toyo T1 Sport, along with the existing Nokian Z G2, Dunlop Sport Maxx GT and Sava Intensa.

It's not often you get the opportunity to try different tyres on identical cars one after the other, so when we were presented with 3 Audi A7's wearing 3 different max performance summer tyres in 255/35 19 there was only one thing on our mind - a subjective handling shootout!

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It's the first tyre launch of 2011, and it's the launch we've all been hoping for - the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2!

The Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric was the successor to the extremely popular Eagle F1 GSD3 and quickly established itself as the tyre to beat. Three years after the launch of the Eagle F1 Asymmetric it still scores extremely well in both magazine tests and user reviews.

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The Michelin Pilot Super Sport has arrived, and if the Michelin press release is to be believed it's everything we hoped for and more.

Developed using "Le Mans" technology, the Pilot Super Sport features dual compound tread, a Twaron belt for extra stability and "Variable Contact Patch 2.0". Looking past the buzz terms, this means one thing - performance.

Michelin claim that compared to the already excellent Pilot Sport PS2, the Pilot Super Sport offers 50% more tread life on track, 1.5 seconds per 2,700 metre dry lap, 2.5 seconds per 4,100 metre wet lap, 1.5 metres shorter stopping from 62mph in the dry and 3 metres shorter stopping distance from 50mph to 6mph in the wet.

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