Tires FEDERAL or Kormoran

I buy Kormoran tyres for our Mini, Made in Romania or Poland and owned by Michelin.

Kormoran. Kommt aus Polen wurde aber von Michelin aufgekauft. Bin zufrieden

Meti 4 Kormoran UHP (com o devido alinhamento e calibração) por 328€ e outros 4 Barum Bravuris por 352€.

Os Kormoran, uso diaramente, e estou bem contente pelo preço. Mesmo em chuva portam-se bem, mas não são pneus para te armares em Ayrton Senna nessas condições climatéricas :D

O ponto negativo que dou, mas isso é ser picuinhas, é o desenho do pneu que é diferente do habitual e acho feio.

Federal 595 RS RR

Wear earplugs. They're great.

I have Federal Himalaya Inverno K1 on my Highlander and they are boss. Never gotten stuck. Never had traction issues and I can go 120 in a blizzard

Chinese snow tires are hit or miss. I had a set of federals for a short while that handled snow great for what they were.

We ran them on our champ car endurance race car. They were ok for what they are. Beware they will get greasy after around 10-15 laps at full pace and grip goes immediately. Caused significant understeer at the limit when this happened.

Federal tires are cheap and good. I use Michelin PS4 but on wet paint they're almost useless.

In size 225/40 (r18), their thread width is comparable to other makers ~205. Well, does it matter? Yes, in the sense that when you install them onto an 8.5 wide rim, you'll notice that you're stretching the fit, and the sweating starts. Installing a tire alone with a basic tire machine is no longer possible.

I got federals once because bills were coming all at once. Worst tires i ever had, so noisy, rough on the road and just didn’t feel great. Snow they were actually great surprisingly.