More and more motorists seem to be driving around in cars sitting atop what look like rubber bands: low-profile tires on giant alloy wheels. Those "rubber bands" are actually high performance or ...

Sam, aspect ratio (A/R) is yet one more measurement of a tire. I say one more because there is a lot of information necessary to classify tires. When you have nothing better to do - and I mean nothing ...

After growing steadily for the past 20 years, the number of recognized diameters and aspect ratios of radial car tires available to U.S. consumers has shrunk. According to the Tire & Rim Association ...

The string of letters and numbers wrapped around your tire sidewall is not decoration. It is a compact spec sheet that tells ...

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In short, tires are precisely-engineered pieces of rubber, chemicals, fabric and metal that are designed to provide traction, cushion road shock and carry a specified load under all kinds of ...

Seven years ago, I bought a rough-looking-but-good-running 1992 Honda Civic DX hatchback, for use as a gas-sipping alternative to my daily-driver P71 Crown Victoria. These days, it's the car I drive ...