Tires: Reviews

ConsumerReports.org: ConsumerReports.org compares the Goodyear Assurance TripleTred with 25 other all-season tires, ranking them based on unbiased tests.

Tire Rack: Editors compare four popular all-season tires -- Goodyear's Assurance TripleTred and ComforTred, and Michelin's Harmony and HydroEdge -- on city, highway and back roads, as well as on wet and dry test tracks.

Tire Rack: The Goodyear Assurance TripleTred is the highest rated all-season tire among customers here, with more than 2,600 ratings posted.

SaferCar.gov: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requires manufacturers to test their tires for tread wear, traction and heat resistance, and to label the tires with these ratings.

1010Tires.com: About 275 owners rate the Goodyear Assurance TripleTred tire at this Canadian retail site.

Epinions.com: About 70 owners review the Goodyear Assurance TripleTred here.

ConsumerReports.org: ConsumerReports.org ranks the Hankook Optimo H727 against 25 other all-season tires based on rigorous testing on all road surfaces -- dry, wet, snowy and icy -- as well as tests of noise, ride comfort and tread life.

SaferCar.gov: Government-mandated tire tread-wear, traction and heat-resistance ratings are listed here by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Tire Rack: With more than 150 reviews posted, the Hankook Optimo H727 rates as owners' favorite standard touring all-season tire here.

1010Tires.com: Twenty-five owners had rated the Hankook Optimo H727 at this Canadian retail site when we checked.

ConsumerReports.org: ConsumerReports.org includes the Continental ExtremeContact DWS in its latest test of 17 ultra-high-performance all-season tires.

Tire Rack: Winter-driving tests at the Arctic Circle show that the Continental ExtremeContact DWS is "a league above" other ultra-high-performance all-season tires.

Tire Rack: TireRack.com experts test the Continental ExtremeContact DWS, this time on regular wet and dry roads.

Tire Rack: For the second straight year, the Continental ExtremeContact DWS tops the ultra-high-performance (UHP) all-season tire category in reviews by TireRack.com customers.

Edmunds Inside Line: Edmunds Inside Line tests the Continental ExtremeContact DWS at a Continental press event against competitors from Bridgestone, Goodyear and Michelin.

About.com: About.com guide Jonathan Lamas attends the same Continental comparison test as Edmunds Inside Line.

Eurotuner magazine: Eurotuner magazine attends the same Continental press event, and testers are just as impressed with the Continental ExtremeContact DWS as other reviewers.

ConsumerReports.org: The Sumitomo HTR A/S P01 (the W speed-rated version) is one of 17 ultra-high-performance all-season tires rated by ConsumerReports.org.

Tire Rack: The H- and V-rated Sumitomo HTR A/S P01 ties for first place in this expert test with the Yokohama Avid Envigor, beating the Michelin Pilot Exalto A/S and Firestone Precision Sport with better grip on both wet and dry roads.

Tire Rack: When editors pit the W-rated Sumitomo HTR A/S P01 against other ultra-high-performance all-season tires, the Sumitomo finishes last.

Tire Rack: Again, the H- and V-rated versions of the Sumitomo HTR A/S P01 fare better against their peers than the higher-performance W-rated version.

SaferCar.gov: The federal government rates traction on wet pavement, heat resistance and tread wear for most tires on the market.

ConsumerReports.org: ConsumerReports.org tests the Continental ExtremeContact DW alongside 20 other ultra-high-performance summer tires.

Tire Rack: The Continental ExtremeContact DW wins this comparison test, beating high-performance tires from Goodyear, Michelin and Kumho.

Tire Rack: The Continental ExtremeContact DW is the top-rated max performance summer tire in user reviews at this retail website, with more than 160 ratings posted.

About.com: Jonathan Lamas, About.com's guide to Mustangs, tests several performance tires on wet and dry pavement, a road course, an oval and public roads.

SaferCar.gov: In National Highway Traffic Safety Administration tests, the Continental ExtremeContact DW earns the highest possible ratings for both traction and heat resistance.