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Last season’s engagement with ‘domestic treble’ winner Manchester City F.C. gave Nexen Tire abundant exposure. The brand returns again in 2019/20 as an Official Partner, its fifth season with the club and third as Sleeve Partner. The current season got underway with a 5-0 win against West Ham last Saturday.

Over the years football has become an important part of tyre marketing. For example, Falken is partnering with 18 clubs in Germany, England, France, Italy, Poland, Spain and - for the first time – Belgium for the 2019-2020 season.

Rubber is malleable and absorbs sound well. Road builders in the USA have long seen its advantages, but here its use in roads here has been limited. This may soon change. Highways England is currently trialling a new road surface made from a mix of asphalt and rubber from recycled tyres.

Like two Ps in a pod – Pirelli and Pagani have become all but inseparable over the past decade. It's thus no surprise to see the two firms pair up again on the new Huayra Roadster BC. This time Pirelli’s whipped up something extra special, developing a version of its most performance-focused road tyre specifically for the Pagani. The car wears the P Zero Trofeo R in sizes 265/30 R20 (front) and 355/25 R21 (rear).

This year the Mini celebrates its 60th anniversary. To bring things up to date, we have pitted the best tyres in our 100,000 item+ database against each other to find the best five Mini tyres.

Today Mini celebrates the iconic marque's 60th anniversary. We wanted to join in with the celebrations by sharing a few fun facts about how the Mini's tyres have evolved over the last 60 years. In short, it’s not just the car that's grown.