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Testing Extreme Performance Summer Tires: How Well Can They Handle the Extreme?

Today's Extreme Performance Summer tires may be just the thing to coax the potential to thrill out of your sports car, coupe or sedan. To keep pace with competitors and the ever-moving performance target for the category, we're seeing some brands make tweaks to existing products.

How well do the newest evolutions from Hankook and Dunlop handle the extreme?

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How Well Do Extreme Performance Tires Handle the Extreme?

Length: (07:12)

Tires Tested
BFGoodrich g-Force Rival (Extreme Performance Summer)
Dunlop Direzza ZII Star Spec (Extreme Performance Summer)
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08 R (Extreme Performance Summer)
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