So, getting a really good feel for a snow tire’s performance takes more time than doing a review of typical street tires. In short: Of all the snow tires that I have tested over the years ...

SEE ALSO: Michelin X-Ice Xi3 Winter Tire Review And when the weather is a bit warmer and extremely wet instead of icy, there are “Micro-Pumps” that absorb water and expel it as the tire rotates.

The Hankook Winter i*cept evo 3 is part of the Tires test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Tires models like the Winter i*cept evo 3 are rated on multiple criteria, such as those ...

Wet-weather braking and snow ... tires began to skim over the water's surface at as slow as 40 mph in our hydroplane test, about 3 to 4 mph slower than the full-tread tires. As the chart in ...