Our guide on aging tires may have showed you how dangerous driving on old rubber is, but you should also know new tires doesn’t necessarily guarantee you total safety. Quality is also an important factor when choosing your tires and you will see the differences in this small test conducted by Michelin with advertising purposes.
Yeah, the video will try selling you Michelin tires, but if you get past that, you can actually see how different the same car behaves on what has to be the most common accident cause - slippery roads.
Structurally, they might look almost the same, but the difference between premium and budget tires lies in the chemical composition of the rubber, which can simply be translated into how sticky is it under different conditions.
The most common edifying test is emergency braking on wet asphalt, one of the most common road condition that can lead to an accident, and is covered in the video below along with an additional cornering test, all performed by Top Gear’s ex-Stig Ben Collins.
The test doesn’t reveal the brand of the other tires, so it could be their own entry-level products. Whatever the case, if you want to be safe, just buy some quality tires. They’ll be more expensive, but they’ll last longer and could save you some fuel as well.
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