New labels for tyres

Leonard Hofstadter

From November all tyres will be rated for safety (braking distance in the wet), noise and CO2 emissions.

All I can say is about bloody time this happened - hopefully this will clear out all the rubbish Sunnys and other dodgy brands! The EU in a doing something good for its citizens shocker:eek:!

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/motoring/tyrerating-labels-to-make-choice-clearer-for-consumers-3070113.html

dr.fuzzenstein

The Chinese will probably just compile "independent" reports that say "Yep, everything excellent, no problems here, 10/10 in all categories"

Leonard Hofstadter

I'm pretty sure that these tests are going to be done by the EU, probably by something equivalent to Euro NCAP, so they can't do that (just as well)!

rcdk1

Any idea why some of the ratings (letters) are being omitted?
e.g.

The fuel-efficiency rating will go from A (low consumption) to G, though D is not used.

CiniO

Funny thing is this:

According to leading German manufacturer Continental, the stopping distance between a class-A tyre and a class-F version can be as much as 18 metres.

What's the point in giving such information, while without mentioning initial speed it's useless.
18 metres difference in braking from 50km/h will be huge difference, while 18 metres difference in braking from 300km/h will be negligible value.


Also I'm wondering will winter tyres get different scales, or will be tested in winter conditions.
F.e good summer tyres would get A rating on wet when tested at 25 degrees, while if tested at -10 they might come way worse.
While winter tyres will come probably to the lowest rating in 25 degrees on wet, while they should do well on wet at -10 degrees.

Nissan doctor

As far as I'm aware, as with all current tyre ratings for wear rate, traction etc, the figures will be declared by the manufacturer, not independently tested.

While this is generally fine for the main/reputable brands, its obviously open to ..shall be say, interpretation, by the economy brands.

As it is, most of the chinese plastic are self rated as A or AA for traction.......the same a most premium brands:rolleyes:

Where To

I volunteer to do the testing;

Car steps out on a wet corner while on Sunny/Triangle/Hifly - "Jesus them tyres are shyte!!"

Step out on Michelin/Continental/Bridgestone - "Jesus them road conditions are shyte!!"

Leonard Hofstadter

Nissan doctor wrote: »

As far as I'm aware, as with all current tyre ratings for wear rate, traction etc, the figures will be declared by the manufacturer, not independently tested.

While this is generally fine for the main/reputable brands, its obviously open to ..shall be say, interpretation, by the economy brands.

As it is, most of the chinese plastic are self rated as A or AA for traction.......the same a most premium brands:rolleyes:

That's surprising for the EU to be honest - I certainly do not favour any system that is open to abuse like that! I was hoping that this new system would get rid of all of that kind of thing!

Nissan doctor

captainspeed wrote: »

That's surprising for the EU to be honest - I certainly do not favour any system that is open to abuse like that! I was hoping that this new system would get rid of all of that kind of thing!

Sure its the same with the current 'E' mark thing with tyres. Once the manufacturer declares that the tyres meet European manufacturing specs then they can be 'E' marked.

Tyres which also have an 'e' mark (lower case e) have actually been tested as being of the declared quality, but even the premium brands don't bother having every size of every model tyre tested.