The last thing any driver should do is overlook the importance of their tires — after all, your vehicle is literally riding on them. Car tires require more than just the occasional top off from your ...

Tire pressure, tread pattern and depth, and the size and weight of your tires will all affect your gas mileage. Bigger tires ...

Tires do a lot more than just stand between the road and your 2-ton car, SUV, or pickup truck. These four rings of grooved rubber are integral to a car’s performance, affecting braking, handling, ride ...

Having the right tire on your pickup can improve performance and be one of the best safety strategies you can employ; having the wrong tire on a pickup truck can ruin a good day. Not to overstate it, ...

Motorcycle tires are the critical connection between the bike and the road to ensure safety, stability, and optimal performance. Selecting the right tires is essential for getting the most out of your ...

Along with cooler temperatures, the arrival of autumn has many people thinking of the holidays, ski vacations, and building snowmen. But for the gearheads among us, cloudy skies and cooler ...

Tread design subtleties, such as the complex zig-zag shape of the blocks as seen on this Michelin XDA Hypersipe retread, can improve traction by doing a better job of expelling water, mud, snow or ...

Maximizing tread life is all about the contact patch — literally where the rubber meets the road. Pavement is abrasive by design. That’s how you get friction between the tire and the road surface — in ...

Selecting the right tread pattern for tires used on the often-hostile road surface of a construction site, as shown here on this dump truck, can help resist "chipping and chunking" caused by stones ...

We could speak volumes about tires, the technology behind their construction, tread design, and how design affects on- and off-highway performance. We can't possibly detail every aspect of the modern ...

Tires are round and black-what else do you really need to know? That depends on what you want from your tires. If your only concern is to roll down the road, you're pretty much done. But we're betting ...