Not all winter tires are created equal. Here’s what to know about the new Ice Grip Symbol Mark Richardson Special to The Globe and Mail Published December 10, 2024 Updated December 11, 2024 ...

In fact, some all-season truck tires with aggressive treads can wear the Three-Peak Mountain Snowflake symbol even if their compound will not keep cold-weather tires’ flexibility when the ...

There are tires rated as all-season, all-weather, or winter; then there are tire markings such as M&S, and the peak and snowflake symbol.

All tires have markings on their sides which dictate the type of tire they are (summer, all-season or winter). Winter tires, also called snow tires, are marked with a three-peaked mountain symbol with ...

The familiar 3-Peak Mountain Snowflake (right), originally intended to denote a winter tire, has lost some of its relevance as even some all-season tires can pass the ASTM test to earn the label ...

Most all-season tires say M+S on the side. It stands for mud and snow, but that doesn’t mean they’re winter tires. The biggest difference between winter tires and all-seasons is the rubber.

Here are two All-Weather tires that performed better than the rest in the APA’s tire testing for winter 2020: Nokian WR G4 SUV The WR G4 All-Weather tire outperformed many winter tires in snow.

I recently had an opportunity to test out a set of Nokian WR G3 SUV tires, which are designed specifically for SUVs and crossovers. Fortunately we had a dump of snow all over Vancouver this winter ...

Winter tires are softer than all-seasons, enabling far better traction as they adapt to ice and snow. The superior stopping distances alone could be the only reason you invest in them.