Tyre News

Continental’s SportContact 7 had been set a high bar to clear by both its predecessor and highly rated competitor tyres ahead of its launch in the second half of 2021. Following the publication of its first round of tyre test results in the first quarter of 2022, it’s fair to say the manufacturer had jumped it with room to spare. As well as winning the major UK accolades and gaining top marks from Auto Bild and Sporttyre, the tyre made an impact with car manufacturers, winning original fitment deals with Maserati and tuning brands like AMG and Brabus. The tyre even won major product design awards in 2022, with the Red Dot Award for Product design and the iF Design Award.

Thanks to a range of legislative changes, demand from consumers, and the desire to boost sustainability in all aspects of the business, tyres have never been as eco-friendly. While tyre manufacturers are continuing to push the limits of what they can achieve, tyre buyers can be assured that the products making WhatTyre’s list of the best eco tyres in 2022 offer the best in sustainable motoring. These tyres are all made by manufacturers that have proven the sustainability of their operations via independent accreditation of their environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) responsibility. In service, they offer low running costs and are designed to last.

The next few years will see an explosion in the replacement tyre fitment options available to electric car drivers. Sales of electric cars (EVs) in the UK and Europe are set to continue to accelerate up to deadlines dictating the end of new internal combustion engine-powered (ICE) cars into the next decade. For the replacement tyre market – the tyres bought at garages to replace the tyres originally fitted to the car from new – the effects of this will gradually become more important over the next five years.

WhatTyre’s Winter Tyre of the Year shortlist gives you the top ten best options to get the optimum cold weather driving experience. The ten tyres selected represent the best the winter tyre market has to offer, according to our newest independent algorithm, Tyrescore 2.1 “Bentley”. The latest iteration of our dynamic tyre rating gives an indicative mark out of 10 to every tyre available in the UK market. Its special formula takes into account tyre labelling grades for safety, fuel economy and noise, and more than 7,000 independent tyre test results.

Everton and Davanti Tyres have used their partnership to help a local grassroots football club which lost all its sporting and fitness equipment in an arson attack. MSB Woolton FC, which hosts 151 teams at its Camp Hill base in south Liverpool, was devastated after storage units packed with all their goalposts, balls, cones, boots and bibs, was set ablaze last month. Club volunteers quickly reacted by fundraising; Everton Global Tyre Partner Davanti Tyres, which has Merseyside roots and is based near the city, have made a generous £3,000 donation to help the fund on its way.

You may not know it, but the chances are good that you have travelled in a car fitted with Landsail tyres. The brand is hugely popular in the UK. It is estimated that one in every 25 car tyres on UK roads is a Landsail product. To boost consumer awareness, Landsail has appointed its first ever brand ambassador, the motoring journalist, Car SOS TV personality and Pop Will Eat Itself percussionist, Fuzz Townshend.