Originally Posted By: stephen9666
The PureContact, P7 and TA71 are also all in the performance all season category for CR, so you and them agree, but you would like to call the category something else.
The RS3-A is in CR's ultra high performance all season category.
CR breaks down car tires into four categories:
-All season
-Performance all season
-Ultra high performance all season
-Ultra high performance summer only
Those seem like pretty reasonable category breakdowns.
You may want to tell Cooper your opinion so they can change the name of the CS5 Grand Touring, since you say the CS5 Ultra Touring is really their grand touring tire.
Thanks for clearing it up! I don't know too much about CR. I was using Tire Rack's categories.
TR calls the CS5 Grand a "standard touring" tire, but they seem to separate T-rated touring tires (standard touring) from H/V-rated (grand touring)
Even though TR doesn't carry Cooper, they still made this
helpful guide about Cooper's lineup. They also have a page for Nitto, and they used to have one for Falken before they started selling the RT615K.
Consumer Reports should rename their Performance all-season category "touring"
And CR's first group, just "all-season", is most likely TR's "passenger all-season" category. (Goodyear Fuel Max and TripleTred, for example)