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.

We might be well into the winter tyre season, but this excellent winter tyre test from Auto Motor und Sport was too good to ignore.

Covering 14 of the leading winter tyres in 205/55 R16, AMS puts them through their paces with the typical thoroughness of a German magazine.

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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While magazine group tests and tyre launches can give you an excellent idea of how a tyre will perform on the road, sometimes they miss what the tyre is like to live with.

This has never been more true than with winter tyres. People now appreciate they give vastly superior grip in the snow, but what are they like during our more normal, wet winter, or on a freak warm dry winters day?

Long time Tyre Reviews friend David Crick fitted winter tyres to two of the vehicles in his household last November and ran them through to March of this year. Below is his excellent and comprehensive real world experiences with his winter tyres.

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.

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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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Auto Bild, well known for their excellent tyre tests, have recently tested 11 premium winter tyres and 1 premium all season tyre in the popular 225/45 R17 to create their 2011 winter tyre test.

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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.

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With many of the major big brands introducing new winter tyres for the 2011 season, winter tyre tests have never seen so interesting. This year, Automobile Club Europe [ACE] tested 8 winter tyres in the popular 205/55 R16 91H size on a VW Golf.

Due to two unusually harsh winters, interest in winter, or cold weather tyres has never been higher in the UK. The benefits are now being understood - while winter tyres naturally work wonders in snow, they also work extremely well any time the average temperature is below 7c, often out performing summer tyres even in the dry. During early morning commutes, where the road temperature is around freezing they can offer noticeable more grip than a summer tyre in the same conditions, allowing you to make progress safely, and can stop over 5 meters shorter than the equivalent summer tyre from 62mph.

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In 2011, the excellent German Auto Zeitung have tested 14 winter tyres throughout Europe. Running the popular 205/55 R16, fitted to a BMW 3 Series, the tyres have been thoroughly tested on snow, wet roads and in dry conditions.

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

The Michelin Pilot Sport range has always represented no a compromise tyre, and with Michelin spending over £1 million a day on research the Pilot Sport almost defines the adage "you get what you pay for."

Recently the Pilot Sport range has gone through a number of updates, with the Pilot Super Sport replacing the Pilot Sport 2, the Pilot Sport 3 replacing the Pilot Exalto and the Pilot Sport Cup+ replacing the Pilot Sport Cup. To help illustrate the changes, Michelin invited us to take part in a Pilot Sport event at Estoril race circuit, Portugal.

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.

Finnish magazine Engineering World have tested 15 of the latest tyres in 205/55 r16.

The test includes all the latest ECO tyres and regular touring tyres from premium, mid range and budget manufacturers.

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.

If a broken car is a sign of a good tyre test, breaking a Focus RS twice, then giving up and using a Sirocco R means the latest Max performance tyre test from Russian magazine Auto Review should be the best tyre test yet. Fortunately, it doesn't disappoint.

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Dunlop have just released their latest ultra high performance winter tyre - the new SP WinterSport 4D.

Designed to be the ultimate high performance winter tyre, the Dunlop SP Winter Sport 4D uses the same 3D sipe system as its sister tyre, the Goodyear Ultra Grip 8, but combines it with a new transversal sipe to create a microblock system to allow a better pressure deployment across the tyres surface.

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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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After a week of snow and ice on UK roads people are finally starting to take winter tyres seriously. A legal requirement in most of northern Europe winter tyres are very misunderstood in the UK. Here are 7 reasons you might want to consider swapping to winter tyres this season.

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