The best tire manufacturers - rating of brands in Russia and around the world

Every year, a wide variety of ratings are compiled in the world, many of which you can see on our vodi.su portal: the best winter tires, the most powerful cars, and so on. Almost every driver is very interested in the question of choosing winter or summer tires. Therefore, we decided to deal with the ratings of tire manufacturers.

Such ratings are published by numerous publications based on data from manufacturers and sellers. Any store in Russia or in another country can make its own sales rating for a particular product. However, you need to understand what evaluation criteria they use.

The rating below was compiled based on the following criteria:

• sales volumes worldwide;
• customer reviews;
• participation of the brand in the creation of tires for Formula 1 sports.

In addition, such data were also analyzed - whether the company produces tires for heavy special equipment that has to work in difficult conditions and the safety of people and the safety of cargo depend on the quality of rubber.

In a word, we present the rating of manufacturers for the middle-end of 2014

Bridgestone

This Japanese company has been ranked first among the leaders since 2007. She excelled in the production of a variety of tires. For example, among the successful summer models, the Dueler H/P Sport and Turanza T001 can be distinguished. The Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V1 stands out in the winter series. In principle, most drivers speak well of this rubber.

Michelin

Michelin is a famous French manufacturer. It ranks second in the world in terms of sales. But in terms of quality - one can argue, especially after the appearance on the market of the products of the Russian Michelin plant in Davydovo (Moscow region).

According to the internal rating of one of the well-known tire stores, Michelin's best offer today is the Michelin Latitude Tour HP summer tire, which ranked only 19th in terms of sales. But from winter tires, Michelin X-Ice North can be distinguished (it did not reach the top twenty). But despite this, the products are popular because of their fame and publicity.

Goodyear

The German brand deserves third place as a manufacturer of high-quality summer, winter and all-season tires. In 2010, the Goodyear Ultra Grip Ice + winter tire model appeared, which is still popular with Russian drivers.

Of the summer, Goodyear EfficientGrip can be distinguished - a 10% lighter tire with good environmental performance, it performs very well on wet pavement.

Continental

Words are redundant here. Premium quality speaks for itself. Continental Premium Contact 2 and ContiPremium Contact 5 are two brands of summer tires that are at the peak of their popularity today. Of the winter can be noted: ContiIce Contact HD and WinterContact.

By the way, the great popularity of our domestic Nizhnekamsk tire can be explained by the fact that in the production of the KAMA Euro series, developments of Continental are used.

Pirelli

The Italian company originally specialized in the production of tires for racing. Today you can buy tires for ordinary cars. Although, frankly, despite the loud name, rubber is in many ways inferior in quality to other manufacturers. The company also succeeded in the production of rubber for vans, light and heavy trucks.

Hankook

The Korean manufacturer is quite familiar to the Russian consumer. Hankook OPTIMO K415 summer tires can be distinguished from the products - many popular Korean cars are equipped with it. It behaves well on a dry track, on wet pavement it is better to slow down, especially before turning.

Of the winter lit up on the stands of stores in recent years: Hankook i-Pike, Hankook Zovac, Ice Bear, Winter Radial. Quite budget and affordable rubber, which should leave at least three seasons, if not more.

Sumitomo

Not a very well-known brand in Russia, but if we say that Sumitomo Corporation is the manufacturer and owner Dunlop, then everything will immediately fall into place. Dunlop rubber does not need a special introduction, although based on our own experience we can say that it is harsh (but maybe it's just that we were so unlucky).

Dunlop GrandTrek is a good winter tire for SUVs and crossovers.

If you have a sedan, station wagon or hatchback with an engine capacity of 150 horsepower, then pay attention to the Dunlop SP Winter Sport 3D.

From summer tires, we would recommend paying attention to the novelty of the Ultra High Performance (that is, very cool) class of the season - Dunlop SP Sport Maxx - according to the reviews of colleagues, an ideal tire for active driving.

Yokohama

Again, a well-known Japanese brand with a very wide range. It is very popular both in Russia and in general in the world. A lot of warm words can be said about Yokohama A.Drive AA01 summer tires - there are almost no flaws, it was worn out in 5 years, not a single crack, not a single bump popped up during the entire period of operation. And the Yokohama IG35 has already firmly held its place in the TOP5 since 2010 among winter studded tires. True, we would recommend doing the break-in correctly, otherwise half of the spikes will be lost in the first days.

Two more not very well-known brands entered the top ten: Maxxis и Giti Tires.

And here is our popular Nokian Tires in this ranking took only 18th place, losing Kumho, Cooper Tires, Toyo, Chinese Hangzhou Zhongce and some others.

Although in the quality ratings such tires as Nokian Nordman, Hakkapeliitta, Hakka SUV, always occupy the highest positions.

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