GUTE
FARHT
Rates Toyo T1-S As Best Overall Performer.
It
was not too long ago that 16" tires were considered a choice
among sport car or racing enthusiasts. With more and more production
vehicles on the market carrying the 16" sizes the German
automotive magazine decided to rate the ten most popular brands
who supply this ever increasing common tire.
Using
a Volkswagen Golf GTI and Audi A3 as the test vehicles the main
characteristics compared was dry dandling, wet handling, wet
braking, aquaplaning (longitudinal and transverse), rolling resistance,
noise and comfort characteristics. The tire used as their medium
point was the Michelin
Pilot HX MXM as it was standard OE on both vehicles.
The Toyo T1-S proved itself over and over ranking at the top of
many of the requirements set by Gute Fahrt. The strongest points
of the Toyo product was the Wet Braking and aquaplaning characteristics
proving that you can have a performance tire and not compromise
on wet weather handling.
The
final verdict from Gute Fahrt ... "Overall Winner of our
test is the Toyo Proxes T1-S which can also be purchased at a
reasonable price and looks good to boot."
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