BMW winter tyres

Winter tyres?? A new phenomena or a growing necessity in the UK? Winter tyres have in fact been around for many years and are hugely popular on the Continent and in the USA, with the majority of car owners switching too them during the harsher months.

Over the last few winters in the UK we have seem conditions getting worse and worse, last year most major airports were closed due to extreme weather, and severe congestion on the roads became the norm.

A winter tyre is not a snow tyre, many people believe that they are not required in the UK because we don't have a great deal of snow, winter tyres however contain a larger percentage of natural rubber and silica compounds, this doesn't harden up as much as synthetic rubber in the cold so performance in temperatures below 7 degrees is much more efficient. Another common misconception is that ABS on modern cars improve stopping distances, this is not the case, ABS merely helps you steer whilst braking. Winter tyres really do work, in a independent test at just 10mph a leading brand winter tyre stopped in 6.4m whilst the summer equivalent took over 14m to come to a halt, imagine that at motorway speeds. Throughout Winter the number of accidents arising from wet/slippery conditions rises by 267%, Winter tyres could stop you becoming one of these statistics.

BMW winter tyres are especially manufactured for BMW, they have a very extensive range, Winter tyres are available for all makes and models, you can view our range by clicking here.