In accordance with James Hinchcliffe's recommendation, I've been shopping for winter tires. One of the dealers I've approached has given me what seems to be a reasonable price, but he's also ...

Why does everybody with winter tires have ugly black steel rims? Why not just put winter tires on your existing wheels and change them back in the fall? If they're on their own rims, they're just a ...

Winter may seem one-third done by the calendar. Yet thanks to the variabilities in weather in many parts of the country, we've only just begun. Here's a quick primer on how tire technology has changed ...

The number of drivers using dedicated winter tires for their rides through our somewhat unpredictable winters continues to climb. According to a recent report by Leger for the Tire and Rubber ...

At the dealer, new vehicles are equipped with their original equipment wheels and tires. Unfortunately, these vehicles are rarely sold with a second set of rims. However, given our country’s harsh ...

The next time you’re driving in the snow (or you’re visiting somewhere it snows), have a look at the vehicles you see in the ditch: Odds are a lot of them have all-wheel drive. What’s behind this ...

Rewind back to 1988. If you wanted an all-wheel drive BMW, you had one choice: the 325xi. Today, every BMW model outside of a handful of M cars and the i3 offer the distribution of power to all four ...

Snow tires are now “winter tires,” so-named because they are designed to handle snow, ice and extremely low temps. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

Winter is coming, something that makes many a Canadian cringe. It’s not just the thought of endless hours of darkness, chill and snow-shovelling. Switching tires is another unloved — and expensive — ...