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Find out what summer tires are, how they differ from all season tires, and if you need them for your vehicle.

What are Summer Tires?

Learn more about what summer tires are, how they affect your driving experience, and if you need them.

Summer tires: What are they & do you need them?

# Summer tires
As their name suggests, Summer tires are designed for use in warmer weather conditions as their rubber compounds are not designed to perform in below freezing temperatures. Summer tires are built to excel in dry and wet conditions so that drivers receive consistent traction and performance. 

Summer tires are made by several top tire manufacturers including <a title="Shop for Toyo Summer Tires" href="/brands/toyo-tires/categories/summer">Toyo</a>, <a title="Shop for Pirelli Summer Tires" href="/brands/pirelli-tires/categories/summer">Pirelli</a>, <a title="Shop for Falken Summer Tires" href="/brands/falken-tires/categories/summer">Falken</a>, <a title="Shop for Continental Summer Tires" href="/brands/continental-tires/categories/summer">Continental</a>, <a title="Shop for Yokohama Summer Tires" href="/brands/yokohama-tires/categories/summer">Yokohama</a>, and <a title="Shop for Michelin Summer Tires" href="/brands/michelin-tires/categories/summer">Michelin</a>. 

If you're looking for summer tires for sale then you've come to the right place, as SimpleTire has thousands of summer tires that meet various driving needs and budgets.

[Summer tire reviews](https://simpletire.com/categories/summer-tires/reviews)

Summer tires

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Velozza STX

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Best Rated Summer Tires

Pilot Sport 4 SUV

HD921

Sierra S6

Summer tires are designed for use in warmer weather or in areas where the temperatures does not drop below 40 degrees. These tires are ideal for ue in warm, dry, and wet conditions that are common in the summertime.

Vehicle

This product is not covered by a manufacturer’s treadlife warranty.

Mileage Warranty

The maximum carrying capacity for a tire determined by the manufacturer.

Load Index

Maximum speed capability to safely carry a load for an extended period of time.

Max Speed

The maximum load carrying strength at the specified inflation pressure, also known as ply rating.

Load Range

The side of the tire between the tread and rim, with cosmetic branding as well as information about the tire including manufacturer, model, size, etc.

Sidewall

Standards that measure treadwear, temperature resistance and traction, example: "640 A A".  The 640 is the treadwear test and it lasted 6.4 times longer than the comparison tire tested against.  The first "A" is the traction rating using straight-line wet traction on test surfaces (see information tables tab) and the second "A" is the temperature rating by testing operation at high speeds without heat-related failure (see information tables tab).

UTQG

Wet Traction is a piece of the UTQG for example if  UTQG is: 500 AA A, the wet traction piece is the second piece, the "AA".

Wet Traction

Measured in 32nds of an inch, this metric shows how much tread life is left on a tire, with the tire's traction & stopping capabilities greatly diminished at 4/32nds and less. Tire manufacturers include "tire wear bars" at 2/32nds to indicate when your tire is worn out.

Tread Depth

The highest inflation pressure (measured in pounds of force per square inch, PSI) the tire is designed to contain, and should only be used when called for by the vehicle placard.

Inflation Pressure

An identifier of a particular tire line and size combination assigned by the tire manufacturer.

Part Number

The measurement of width from a tires inner sidewall to the outer sidewall.

Section Width

The range of widths the rim of the vehicle can be for this tire to be safely mounted on.

Vanderbilt Velozza STXReviews

4 reviews

3.6

75%

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