Ummm... Sorry. Maybe I have a different perspective; having sold, repaired, installed and raced tires from pretty much all the major manufacturers out there. I've seen them all literally inside & out, and in may cases, in cross-section as well.
Would rather have a nice sticky set of Kumhos or better yet, Yokohamas if I were going to go Asian-produced. In the northern US ice & snow, Goodyear All-Weather radials are still almost impossible to beat no matter which product line you choose, plus all but the cheapest lines are produced in the US. They're heavy-walled, which is good, but tend to need more weight to balance.
Michelins are still my 2nd choice for northern climate and first for summer; their hydroplaning-resistance is legendary for a reason. Their production standards and uniformity are second to none;
the ONLY brand I've EVER seen a full set of tires that didn't need ANY weight to balance.
And I've seen it more than once with them.
Down here in the Tejas suck, cheap takes priority for a daily driver; any tire will sun-rot in a couple-three years, so trying to get 50-60K from a set is idiotic. Get what's cheap, run them till they peel off the rims, replace them and pocket the difference.
On my trucks I used to run 31.5-10.50/15 8-ply radials retreads from Bandag, who also manufactured in New York state. Their utility tread was simply unbeatable for on/off road mixed use, and I NEVER had one peel, even when I was hauling ten tons of steel doing erection work. They sometimes took 1/4 pound of lead to balance, though.
If Manny Esquerra could beat them from one end of the Baja desert to the other, they had to have something going for them.
mnem
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