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 ...

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 ...

AKRON (June 7, 2004) — After growing steadily for the past 20 years, the number of recognized diameters and aspect ratios of radial car tires available to U.S. consumers has shrunk. According to the ...

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 ...

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 ...