By using different compounds to create a softer, more malleable rubber, winter tyres tread patterns can move more in cold conditions than a summer tyre’s. Extra grooves in the tread, called ‘sipes’, ...

Tire-tread patterns can tell you a lot about a car's overall performance. You may be familiar with palmistry, a category of fortune-telling based on interpreting the creases and lines on the inner ...

Additionally, winter tires have different tread patterns and sipes that allow them ... tires to be effective on icy roads. The softer tire compound allows the tires to grip when temperatures ...

As rubber hardens at low temperatures, limiting its grip, winter tyres use specialized rubber compounds and customized tread ...

Meanwhile, winter tires are made from softer rubber with tread patterns that are better in ... Picking a right tire requires a lot of effort, especially because there are so many tires out there.

Nexen Tire Corp. is establishing a new testing center in Finland dedicated to winter tire performance and R&D. The new center ...

The full winter tyre maintained momentum best up the hill ... The tyre’s distinctive tread pattern features V-shaped blocks and self-blocking 3D sipes. The Vs optimise grip on snow, while ...

Nexen Tire has announced the establishment of a dedicated winter tire testing center at UTAC proving ground in Ivalo, Finland ...

Looks the same, yet it isn’t. Firestone has unveiled a new winter van tyre, the Firestone Vanhawk 2 Winter EVO. As the name suggests, the tyre is an evolution of the Vanhawk 2 Winter, and even the ...