The amount of tread on a tire is critical in determining how well it will vacate water to maintain contact with the road in the rain. If your tires wear out quickly, your safety may be at risk. Our ...

Tire treadwear ratings, also known as Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTQG), were developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

More than 256,000 vehicle miles were logged last year to generate our exclusive treadwear ratings These findings underscore the value of looking at comparative tread life based on testing. We test all ...

Between amateur endurance racing and the Sports Car Club Of America's "Street" autocross classes, there's quite a few series now mandating around 200-treadwear rubber. So, of course, different tire ...

Maintaining the proper inflation pressure in tires is the single most important thing you can do to get the most mileage out of a tire. Everybody says that, but like the weather, everybody talks about ...

We are living in the golden age of tire technology. Today, you can outfit your car in street-legal rubber that would make Dan Gurney jealous, and upgraded suspension and braking components mean that ...

A paired design-of-experiment reduces treadwear test cost by reducing the time, vehicles and tires needed to detect statistically significant treadwear changes. Traditional treadwear test design uses ...

KOBE, Japan — Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) has added treadwear detection to the range of tire performance parameters its "Sensing Core" technology can monitor. SRI disclosed the development ...

How long tires last is a key factor in the overall value. In every category, there is a spectrum of performance, and we often find that more expensive tires last longer and consequently cost less to ...

Tire treadwear is about much more than how frequently the tires need to be replaced. How rapidly tires wear down speaks to how soon they will transition from providing optimal grip to losing their ...

More than 350,000 vehicle miles were logged this year to generate our exclusive treadwear ratings In 2023, eight almost identical Toyota Camrys were used in our treadwear test over a six-month period.