Studs ready
A variety of tyres (usually winter tyres) that are not equipped with studs, but have slots for their installation. The meaning of this decision is that, firstly, such tyres are typically cheaper than similar models with pre-installed factory studding, and secondly, the owner is given certain freedom of choice — to stud or not to stud the tyre. In fact, it should be noticed that tyres created
for a stud are initially designed for operation with studs, respectively, without them, they will behave worse than ordinary non-studded ones. In addition, studs made after purchase take hold much worse than factory ones — with more or less intensive use, studs tend to fall out, especially if the tyre does not stud right away, but after some run.
Rating (top list position)
The position that tyre model took in the rating based on test results. The sources of such information are major automotive magazines, car clubs, expert organizations, etc. (see "Rating Source”). Of course, tyres with similar properties are usually compared with each other — for example, winter studded tyres, summer tyres for compact cars (golf class), off-road tyres of a certain size, etc. In our catalogue, you can choose tyres of
Top 3,
Top 5 or
Top 7 different ratings.
Rating info can be very useful given that there are a wide variety of tyres on the market with similar performance. This can mislead even a specialist, not to mention ordinary motorists. And the place in the test allows you to determine the quality of tyres with a certain degree of accuracy without delving into unnecessary subtleties — and the quality is not only “on paper”, according to official info, but also in fact. However, it should be noted that the rating is given for a specific year (usually the year of manufacture of the tyre or the next one after it), and over time, the place of a certain model in the test may change — usually, it shifts down as new, more advanced tyres appear.
Rating Source
The source where the data of the tyre test results are taken (see "Rating (top list position)"). As such sources, mainly well-known and authoritative publications and organizations are used, however, each user can decide for himself how much he trusts this or that source.
