More and more motorists seem to be driving around in cars sitting atop what look like rubber bands: low-profile tires on giant alloy wheels. Those "rubber bands" are actually high performance or ...

Sam, aspect ratio (A/R) is yet one more measurement of a tire. I say one more because there is a lot of information necessary to classify tires. When you have nothing better to do - and I mean nothing ...

I bought a used 2007 Nissan Maxima SE last June. I love my car. The problem is the tires. I knew nothing about "low-profile" tires until after I bought the car, and now that they have been brought to ...

Understanding the markings on a tire sidewall is akin to deciphering a “Rosetta of Rubber,” a critical aspect of vehicle ...

I bought a used 2007 Nissan Maxima SE last June. I love my car! The problem is the tires. I knew nothing about "low profile" tires until after I bought the car and, now that they have been brought to ...

Question: I would like to ask about those low- and wide-profile tires that seem to be on many cars these days, including factory issue cars. Are these tires really practical or is it just style making ...

We've explained dozens of times over the years the difference between P-metric and imperial tire sizes so we won't cover a whole lot of the same ground, but we really haven't published a conversion ...