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February 26, 2014 01:00 AM

CR tabs 5 tire makers for best choices in 2014

Miles Moore
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    Jake Fisher (left), Consumer Reports director of automotive testing, and Rik Paul, Consumer Reports automotive editor, address a news conference Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

    WASHINGTON—Michelin, Goodyear, Yokohama, Continental and Pirelli scored the most mentions from Consumer Reports for the best tire choices in 2014, according to CR's annual auto issue.

    Meanwhile, the electric Tesla Model S, with a base price of $89,650, was the magazine's choice for Best Overall Car available to the public this year, CR's top automotive experts announced at a Feb. 25 news conference at the National Press Club in Washington.

    Three luxury makes—Lexus, Acura and Audi—had the best overall scores for 2014 based on CR's testing and surveys of vehicle owners, said Jake Fisher, CR director of automotive testing, and Rik Paul, CR automotive editor.

    All three makes combined innovative designs with impressive reliability, according to Fisher and Paul. Lexus scored 79 out of 100 in testing and consumer surveys, while Acura scored 75 and Audi 74, they said.

    Ford and Jeep scored lowest in CR's report cards, at 50 each.

    "Jeep has some good individual models, such as the Grand Cherokee, but the reliability isn't there," Fisher said.

    Fisher described Ford as "a sad story." After achieving high marks in CR's 2013 ratings, the company scored abysmally low in consumer reliability ratings in 2014 despite making cars with outstanding ride and handling, he said.

    In the tire category, CR chose the Michelin Primacy MXV4 as the best choice among H-rated performance all-season radials for most newer cars, followed by the Continental PureContact and the Nexen CP672. Among V-rated performance all-season radials for newer cars, its choices were the Continental PureContact, the Pirelli P7 Cinturato All Season and the Michelin Primacy MXV4, in that order.

    RPN photo by Miles Moore

    Rik Paul, automotive editor of Consumer Reports, stands beside a poster of the April 2014 issue giving the magazine's annual rankings for cars and tires. The issue will be on newsstands April 4.

    Among T-rated tires for older cars, the Michelin Defender is tops, followed by the Continental ProContact EcoPlus, the Goodyear Assurance TripleTred All Season, the Pirelli P4 Four Seasons, the Michelin Energy Saver AS/S and the Yokohama Avid Ascend, CR said.

    Among ultra high performance all-season tires for sporty tires, the magazine's choices were the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3, the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric All Season, the Continental Extreme Contact DWS, the Hankook Ventus S1 Noble 2, the BF Goodrich g-Force Super Sport A/S, the Pirelli P Zero Nero All Season and the Cooper Zeon RS3-A.

    The Pirelli P Zero is tops among UHP summer tires for sporty cars, CR said. Other excellent choices are the Michelin Pilot Super Sport, the Yokohama Advan Sport V105, the Nokian zLine, the Continental Extreme Contact DW, the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 and the Vredestein Ultrac Vorti.

    Among all-season light truck tires, CR chose the Michelin LTX M/S2, the Michelin X Radial LT2, the Continental CrossContact LX20 EcoPlus, the Michelin Latitude Tour HP and the Michelin Latitude Tour.

    Its choices among all-terrain light truck tires were the Cooper Discoverer A/T3, the Michelin LTX A/T2, the Hankook Dynapro ATM, the Kumho Road Venture AT KL78 and the Kumho Road Venture SAT KL61.

    The April issue of CR is due on newsstands March 4.

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