Tyre Studio Reviews

Cooper AT3 XLT Studio Review

We take a look in the studio at the brand new Cooper AT3 XLT in the studio, looking at the differences between it and its new sibling tyres, as well as the design features that Cooper have worked into the tyre. Full Transcript: - G'day, welcome back to tyre review. Today we've got the brand new Cooper AT3 tyre, in the warehouse. Now you might be thinking, hey there's already an AT3, that's been on the market for however long, and it's a well respected tyre, and people in the outback using that sort of stuff. But, this is actually a brand new one they've just released. And, they've split the old one into three different patterns. So, there's the AT3 4S, it's got a little sort of super score sort of thing. And the 4S is now an AT3 tyre that's for the highway, so more for highway driving but still has some off-road chops. And the AT3 XL and AT3 XLT are sort of the bigger brothers, the off-road. Apparently the only difference really is that the XL is smaller sizes and the XLT is larger sizes. But we did notice when we looked at it, the XLT does have larger sort of side biters or what are you gonna call these things. So there is some small differences in the tyre but that's probably because it's smaller tyres vs larger tyres. So this is the Cooper AT3 XLT which we'll be testing. And probably some of the biggest features that you'll notice in the tread is actually they've got these new sort of rugged shoulders. And then, on top of that, they've also got this little scarlet bit here and there, so you see how every second tread lug is actually recessed a little bit, and then they say they've got these amazing Aqua Vac Channels, so we'll see what they reckon about that but we'll see how that actually goes in real life, but these are supposed to get more water out of the tread than you might otherwise. So if you can see down in there. And then they've got the stone ledges, these bits here. Which are supposed to help to get stones out of the tread, which means that they're less likely to actually drill into the tread. And then finally, in terms of interesting stuff, right in here, they've got these little whisper groove shields, which they reckon make this tyre 20 percent quieter. Which is a bit crazy but anyway we'll see how it goes as well. So one of the things I did work on with this all-terrain tyre is making sure that it stays quieter over the whole tread life, rather than just being quiet to start off with. So one of the other things I've just noticed is that these tyres are actually M and S rated, so mud and snow rated, but they're not the new three peak, snow rating. So that means they won't be as good at sub-zero temperatures or you know, really close to sub-zero. So just keep that in mind if you're gonna be doing some snow driving when you're choosing your tyres next. So the other thing about these Coopers is they do come with an 80,000 k warranty and like all warranties in the tyre industry I encourage you to check the fine print and see what they actually cover, but they do have some warranty not just no warranty. So, again depending on what you're actually in to, that's worth checking. These tyres are going to go onto my personal Ranger, I've been working away through as many different all terrain patterns as I can with these long term tests. Each long term test is 10,000 k's and at the end of it we see how I feel about them or with the other tyres, how the other drivers feel about them, how they've performed day-to-day life as well as for some trips. So I'm actually excited to see how the Coopers go on my Ford Ranger, and I'll be reporting back to you in about 10,000 k's.

Cooper AT3 XLT Studio Review

Pirelli scorpion AT+ Studio Overview

We take a look at the new Pirelli Scorpion AT+ in our studio. Pirelli reckons this tyre is bigger and badder than the previous Scorpion ATR, but what makes it better? Take a look as we give it a once over. Full Transcript: Gudday, and welcome back to Tyre Review. Today in the warehouse, we have got the new Pirelli Scorpion AT Plus. Now this is the update from their previous all-terrain tyre, which was the Pirelli Scorpion ATR. So ATR is the old one, AT Plus is the new one. The ATR was actually a reasonably well-rated tyre on Tyre Review. It's actually got 4.1 out of 5 stars last time I checked. So this tyre has got to do pretty well to actually get better than that. Pirelli's pretty stoked with it obviously. It's a brand new tyre, so they're talking it up. But they're saying that it's really good off road, so good for rocky, sand, and general sort of off road terrain that's not full mud terrain sort of stuff. But they're also saying that it's really good for on road as well. But taking a closer look at the tyre, Pirelli's says they've designed this tyre to actually eject everything out the sides, so mud, rocks, water, the lot. They've designed it to be a more aggressive tyre that's actually going to clear itself out much better than the previous tyre. They also point out that it's got a newly reinforced carcass on the side here. The tread blocks here on the upper side will make a really aggressive ... or more aggressive. So I actually quite like the look the those, because they look great when you're in the mall, but they also might be more likely to bite into the terrain if, say, you're stuck in a rut or whatever off road. These tyres are also a three-peak mountain snowflake rated, which means that they're certified for conditions beyond what normal mud and snow tyres would be able to handle. So they're supposed to provide better traction on snow than most other tyres would do. And maybe this is actually something to look out for because, hey, I live in Tasmania and we get snow here every now and then. Even snow on the beaches. So if I get stuck in snow, then I want a tyre that's three-peak mountain snowflake rated, because it means that I'm more likely to not get stuck. I also really like the look of the tread pattern on this tyre. You can see that it's obviously quite widely spaced, so they've got good space here for ejecting rocks, mud, snow, etc. But they've also got a good continuous tread pattern. Whichever cross-section of the tyre you take, there is always a lot of tread on the road, which means that they're going to be nice and quiet. They're also going to offer a lot of on-road grip. And these sipes here are also supposed to give you extra grip when you're on the road as well, because they're supposed to lock together and provide really solid tread blocks. But also off road, help it to conform around rocks and that sort of stuff. So Pirelli says this is a really good tyre in off-road situations. It says it's a really good tyre in on-road situations. So have they been successful in making the unicorn of all-terrain tyres that's perfect in all worlds? We're going to find that out. This is actually going in on the Ford Ranger, Tyre Review Ford Ranger as our long-term test tyre, which means we're going to be running for more than 10,000 Ks. It's also one of the tyres that's participating in our Tyre Review winter adventure, which is going to be on the west coast of Tasmania this year, which we're really, really excited about. So we'll give it a hell of a thrashing during that and then report back to you about exactly what we thought about the tyre during that time. So again, 10,000 Ks, longterm test, but also the winter adventure. So stay tuned. We'll update you on how we went. See our full long term review over here: https://www.tyrereview.com.au/pirelli-scorpion-at-long-term-review

Yokohama Neova AD08R Studio Review

We take a look in the studio at the Yokohama Neova AD08R semi slick tyre - what sets it apart from other tyres, and what's the marketing guff from Yokohama about it. It'll then be equipped to our Tyre Review Subaru WRX STI for a long term test over at least 10,000km. Full Transcript Welcome to Tyre Review. Today we've got some new tyres in the workshop to go on our test Subaru STI. These are the Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08 Rs. These tyres are basically semi-slicks. They're as close as you can get to a race tyre, but for a road going type car. This means that you can use your car during the week when you want to go to work, but then you can also use it on the weekend it when you want to use it on the track. Normal race tyres they can only go through one heat cycle, which means that they can get hot, and they're really good, but they can only do that once. Whereas, semi-slicks like these ones are able to go through lots of heat cycles, which means that you can take them out to the track on lots of different occasions. They work really well for both situations. They're a good cost saving measure for those who want to get the maximum performance out of their car, but not pay for race specific tyres every time they go out to the track. These tyres have a single uni block outside edge, which means you can see here there is always some sort of outside edge of the tread pattern on the road. There's no grooves in here, which means they're gonna have much better roads sticking capability. It also features a new R compound, which has much better initial grip, and better handling, and much better lap times. This tyre has more carbon for dry traction, more silicone for wet traction, but it also has Yokohama's trademark Orange Oil technology. What they've done is they've squeezed a whole bunch of these things, or some sort of citrus, and they've injected Orange Oil into their tyres, which means that they're actually much better for in the wet, but they also maintain some longevity as well. They actually get more miles out of tyres that have Orange Oil in them. We're really excited to get these tyres onto our Subaru STI both for day to day life because that would [inaudible 00:01:46] driven about 40ks to work and back, but also on the track. We'll be taking them out to Baskerville to actually see if we can better our lap time as we got on our previous tyres, and see exactly how they feel on the track as well. We'll be using them day to day in our long term test.

Toyo Open Country R/T Studio Review

We take a look at the new Toyo Open Country R/T tyre in the Tyre Review studio. The Toyo Open Country R/T (or Rough/Rugged Terrain) tyre was designed to sit between all-terrain and mud-terrain tyres. Join us for a closer look into this tyre and find out what this tyre has on offer. Full Transcript: Hey, and welcome to Tyre Review. Today, we're looking at a tyre that I'm actually really excited about. It's this tyre, as we film this video, isn't even on sale yet in Australia. This type of tyre has taken America by storm and this is one of the first ones down here, but it's the Toyo Open Country R/T. The R/T stands for rugged terrain, which means it's actually in between all-terrain and mud-terrain. They call it this because it's actually got both tread patterns on it. We've got the open spaced mud-terrain tread blocks on the outside here, where you've got heaps of space for it to bite into the dirt and to shed mud out and that sort of thing, and then we've got the more closely spaced all-terrain tread blocks here. These are going to be tight and gripped together on the road, which means it's not going to be as noisy as your traditional mud-terrain, but these wider spaced blocks on the outside here mean that they're going to be much better off the road. The other thing about these tyres is they've got two different sidewalls. They've got a smoother finish and they've also got a ribbed finish on the other side as well, so when you're getting the tyres mounted, you can actually choose whether you want to have a more aggressive-looking sidewall or a less aggressive-looking sidewall. These tyres will actually be going on our Tyre Review Land Cruiser, which is a fairly heavy sort of vehicle, and the driver is a fairly aggressive driver. He's going to be doing a trip, which is going to take him over about 10,000 kilometres worth of gravel roads and trails and that sort of thing. So, we're really interested to see how these tyres hold up. They're loving them in the States, so let's see how they put up with Australian territory. We've now done a long term review of the Toyo Open Country R/T tyres, which you can see here https://youtu.be/_eAGp9hidkA

Falken Wildpeak AT3W Studio Review

Join us in the studio as we take a look at the brand new Falken Wildpeak AT3W All Terrain tyre, which will be equipped to our Ford Ranger as a long term test vehicle. The Falken Wildpeak AT3W is an upgrade from the Falken Wildpeak AT with the added benefit of having an increased wear, winter and wet weather performance. Hence the 3w! Check out the long term review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7wOgv3S2XE Don't forget to subscribe & hit the bell to stay up to date with any new reviews and information coming out. Full Transcript: Hey, welcome to Tyre Review. We've got a new tyre in the warehouse today and it's the Falken AT3W which is a brand new, all terrain tread pattern from these guys. So it's not the old Falken AT. The new version has all sorts of new technology built into it but I'm really excited to get this one because they say it's the AT3W because it's built for wear, winter, and wet weather performance. So there's three W's in there. So this tyre has sipes that really lock the tread together and provide solid blocks that really resist high torque wear and provide that handling but also, when you are going slower, the tyre is actually more conformable so it can go over those rocky, rough terrain when you are forward driving. So an interesting thing about this tyre is, make sure you looking at this when you are getting them mounted, is they actually have different lettering on each side so one side has raised lettering and other side has lower lettering. This is to give one side a more aggressive and the other side less aggressive tread pattern or look from the side of the car. So these are also a snow rated tyre. We've got this little snow symbol down here next to the AT3W which means that it is actually meant for snow and ice. So I'm really excited because these actually are going on my personal Ford Ranger. We're going to be testing them for the next 10,000K's over a variety of different terrains but I like them because they are such an aggressive looking tyre. And one of the reasons why people buy mud tyres these days, is because of that aggressive look whereas on the car these are going to look great and I'll be putting them through lots of different water, snow, hopefully, off road, we'll be going down to Pelverata Falls. So we'll report back in about 10,000K since we'll have put through their paces.

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Maxxis Bravo AT771 Studio Review

We take a look in the studio at the Maxxis Bravo AT771, which will be equipped to our Ford Ranger for long term testing. Don't forget to subscribe & hit the bell to stay up to date with any new reviews and information coming out. Full Transcript: Gudday, I'm Jared from Tyre Review, and over the last few months, I've spent about 10,000 Ks with the new Maxxis Bravo 771 tyres, and these are an all terrain tyre, but they're maybe not as aggressive as some of the other all terrains that I've been testing recently, but I've found that's a bit of a good thing, because they're probably more of a comfortable tyre. So, I find that they're better when I've got the family in the car and we're going on trips. So, I've tried them in the mud, and they worked well there. They cleared okay, and we tried them in the sand, where they bagged that really well. But the place that I found that they worked best was actually on gravel roads, which is where we are right now. But we took them up to the Northeast coast of Tasmania, and then on the way back, we came via the forestry roads, which had a lot of potholes, and I found that we could still maintain a really good speed going across those potholes, probably more than I would do a lot of the other tyres, because these tyres soaked up the bumps and the ruts so easily, and we still had good control despite it being a forestry road and being used by big vehicles all the time. So, I'd really recommend these tyres for SUVs or dual cab utes. The modern dual cab ute that spends a lot of its time on the blacktop, but on the weekend they might go elsewhere, might go bush or whatever, because they are a good, comfortable tyre for the family, but they can do off road very, very well. The only thing I would say is if you are getting them mounted, I'd probably get the white lettering mounted on the inside, because I found that I had to clean it every two to three months. Unless you really like the look of the white writing, which some people get into, in which case just clean it every couple of months when you clean the car. And so in short, Maxxis Bravo 771, rate them as a good tyre. To see a full written review and ratings breakdown, visit tyrereview.com.au

Yokohama X-AT Tyre Studio Review - First Look at the unreleased X-AT Tyres

In this video we take a look at the Yokohama Tyre Geolandar X-AT (Extreme All Terrain) tyre. At Tyre Review, we got our hands on this as-yet unreleased Yokohama Geolandar X-AT tyre, and had a squiz at it in the studio 🤘 The Yokohama Geolandar X-AT will also be put on our Tyre Review Ford Ranger for a long term review. We will be testing this all terrain tyre for at least 10.000 km's, so keep your eyes peeled for the long term review, coming soon. In the meantime, enjoy the Yokohama X-AT tyre Studio Overview. Full transcript of the video: Today we've got the new Yokohama X-AT in the warehouse. This tyre isn't even released yet, so stick with me, and we'll have a closer look at it. Good day. Today in the warehouse we've got the Yokohama X-AT, and I'm excited, because this tyre has not even been released yet around the world. It's being released on the 1st of August, and we're probably some of the first people to actually have the tyre here, to have even see the tyre. This is, they call it an X-AT so it's one of those increasing breed of tyres that are becoming available, that is not an all-terrain, it's not a mud terrain, but it's got characteristics of both. So it's got maybe the comfort and low noise of an all-terrain tyre, but it's also got the aggressiveness and maybe the durability of a mud terrain tyre or somewhere in between. I'm actually really interested to see how this tyre goes. Let's just take a quick look at the details of the tyre. The one of the first things you notice with this tyre is that it's actually got two different sidewall patterns. So it's got these ones here which look a little bit like daggers, and they're pretty aggressive, and they say that's gonna help with traction. And then these ones on the other side, are more sort of up and down. So depending on the look you want for your car, you can actually have your choice of sidewall. Let's have a look at the thread face. This is where the X-AT is really quite different from a regular all-terrain, in that it actually has these significantly deeper gaps. And that are gonna help get all that mud and sand crap out from the tyre and help it keep gripping. Significant spacing on the shoulder blocks, and even significant spacing all the way through the actual thread pattern itself. In terms of noise blocking, Yokohama have actually said that this zig-zag groove is actually gonna help with keeping the noise down as well. Because, remember this is a pretty aggressive tyre, so keeping that noise down is a really important thing for both the longevity of the tyre, in terms of how long you actually want to keep it on there, and also for mental, yeah see it's not so freaking noisy. Yokohama also say that basically they built into this tyre improved puncture resistance. So they've build in extra sidewall that you would get in, that you normally get in a regular all-terrain tyre, and they've also got a full nylon cap in here, so it's actually gonna be less likely to get punctures. They build in some stone rejector technology as well, we've also got this varied length blocks which they say are gonna be more likely to be able to cup into the, into the terrain. You're less likely to lose that grip, as you're actually driving off-road. So these are the new Yokohama X-AT, and these next to be going on the tyre of the new test Ford Ranger, for the next 10,000 k's or so. And that's actually me who's gonna be driving that one. So, I'm really interested to see how that go, both on the road off the road, with the family, with the suspension in the Ranger is a bit hard, so we'll see if that the comfort factor's up there, but we'll report back in 10,000 k's. Oh, and before I forget, don't forget to like and subscribe for more videos like this. We're putting them out once every couple of weeks. Oh, and the cameraman is signalling to me, don't forget to hit the little bell button as well so you get notified when a video has come up. Thank you. Our Yokohama Geolandar X-AT website article can be found here: https://www.tyrereview.com.au/yokohama-geolandar-x-at-studio-overview

Yokohama Geolandar X-AT, AT and MT - What's the difference?!

Yokohama has announced the new Geolandar X-AT, but what's the difference between that tyre and the Geolandar AT and Geolandar MT? We took the Yokohama Geolandar X-AT, AT & MT on a snow trip the other day, so decided to make a quick video describing some of the basic differences between these tyres. Yokohama Geolandar Extreme All Terrain Tyre (X-AT) on the left. Yokohama Geolandar Mud Terrain Tyre (MT) in the centre. Yokohama Geolandar All Terrain Tyre (AT) on the right. The Yokohama Geolandar Extreme All Terrain Tyres (X-AT) are on our Ford Ranger Tyre Review test vehicle and we will rack up 10,000km's before we perform a long term review for you. If you enjoy this video, don't forget to subscribe for more! Full Transcript: - Good day. Jared from Tyre Review here, I thought I'd take the opportunity seeing as we've actually got all three of the Yokohama, AT, X-AT, and their MT tyre here, to just show you a bit of the difference. So, the first thing I thought I'd do, is show you the difference in the tread pattern. So you see how the regular on-brand tyre actually got pretty good dense tread pattern. Which means it's going to be better on road, it's going to have better grip on the road, on the regular road, and the tread is not quite as big as perhaps the X-AT, which is the brand new one, which they've just released. The tread pattern is deeper, it's got these bigger blocks with the bigger gaps in between. And then you've the MT, which has got much, much bigger gaps here, all the way through, and there's less actual tread that hits the road. So these are going to be noisier, these are not going to be quite as noisy, these are going to be pretty quiet, these are going to grip better on the road, these are going to be a little bit in between, And these are going to be less grip, but these are obviously going to rip and tear into the off-road more. These are going to be a cross between the all-terrain and the mud-terrain. So these are perhaps the best of both worlds, depending on what sort of driver you are. So, that's the Yokohama AT, X-AT and MT. Our Yokohama Geolandar X-AT website article can be found here: https://www.tyrereview.com.au/yokohama-geolandar-x-at-studio-overview