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When Dunlop set out to turn its ‘three season’ Sport 3000 into it’s ‘all-season’ Sport 5000, it added sipes (good for winter traction but bad for wear under hard cornering) and changed the hardness of the rubber (ditto).

(Little known fact: to be called an all season, tires don’t have to demonstrate competence in winter conditions but rather have less than 75% of their tread area be rubber. If you’re concerned with winter traction, click here).

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 10th, 2006 at 8:02 pm and is filed under technical, tires, winter driving.