Second Brand tyres

Pirelli license Corsa tyres Michelin license Kormoran

both IIRC

Alt Beer ("Alt Beer" ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

If you're buying second-string tyres, choose them on their qualities, not who their big brother is.

Pirelli's budget brand used to be Courier.

I had a pair on the front of an Escort. For about three weeks, after which I deemed them too dangerous to use.

Chris

Michelin also go under the brand name of Kleber as sold in Lookers Main Dealers. They are OK for grip in the rain and normal road use. They're not designed for racing with. I found they lasted quite a while.

Interesting, my thinking was if second brand are from a major brand manufacturer they will be at least reasonable tyres. Thanks for the info.

S'funny that cos I once had a set of actual Pirellis on a car that I deemed too dangerous to use. So little grip in damp or greasy conditions that I couldn't actually drive safely on normal roads.

Same here. Made in Brazil, mine were. I've never bought Pirellis again.

John

Armstrong (Made by Pirelli) BF Goodrich (Made by Michelin) Icollantes (Made by Michelin mostly for S Americas) Kléber (Made by Michelin) Metzeler (made by Pirelli) Taurus (made by Michelin) Uniroyal (Made by Michelin in USA)

I had some Cinturatos which shed chunks off the shoulder - right down to the carcass.

I had four of them on an Escort RS2000 back in '92. I thought they were ok..

Thanks to all who replied for the info.

Uniroyal are made by Continental and IME are very good. I certainly prefer the Uniroyal Rallye tyres to the Continental Ecocontact range, but then the Contis are low rolling resistance s**te. The uniroyals have fantastic wet grip.

Nor me.

Rob Graham

I spun and crashed my Golf with Pirelli's on the back.

I'm on the third set of Ecocontacts on my E39 - including the originals. And I've got nothing whatsoever to complain about with them. Perhaps it's down to the DSC. but it grips like mad wet or dry. I had Uniroyals on the previous E34 and it didn't grip anything like as well.

On further search, it turned out in fact both answers, from Doki and from me, were not the whole truth.

"Originally the tyre brand of Belgian manufacturer, Englebert, Uniroyal in Europe is now a mid range brand operated by Continental. (In North America, Uniroyal is a Michelin brand)....".