Tires YOKOHAMA or Nokia

Yokohama are best high quality for the $. They cost less than Michelin, continental, etc but perform just as well, imo.

Yokohama is your best bang for the buck on the list. You are never going to be mad about going with the Michelins though.

I just took off a set of Nokians due to getting dry. They were rated for 50k miles, I had 85k on them and they still had 6-7/32 of tread left. Never a traction issue even in snow and ice, even in weather where I had no business being out there with a front wheel drive vehicle. So they checked all the boxes for me. Quiet with good traction, extra load on many models and a great overall tire.

Wife's focus had the yokohoma blue earth gt, they provided good grip wet or dry....managed to outrun essex police with them on when it was stolen as well.

As far as tyres go, I swear by Yokohama’s.

They can be a little soft and they don’t last forever but I’ve never found the limit of grip and I have a highly modified car and drive like I stole it.

Cheap versus branded - branded will be better everytime. In a small car with little brakes you want the best contact possible.

Ending up going with some Yokohama Geolandar CV G058. Had em for 8 days now. I have noticed my fuel economy is slightly better on the G058s

Check out the Nokian Tyre One. It has Aramid sidewalls, low rolling resistance, and 80k mileage warranty.

I have the Yokohama Geolander AT. Great on the road, off road, and in the rain!

Yokohama sucks. There's a reason a lot of cars come with them. Cheap. Don't last.