Your Guide to Tire Speed Rating. When it comes to selecting new tires for your car, truck, or SUV, the tires' speed rating is just one of many factors you should consider.

Each letter in the tire speed rating chart corresponds to a maximum speed limit. The chart is arranged alphabetically from A to Z, except for H which is unconventionally placed between T and V.

This speed rating is expressed as a letter in the alpha-numeric code that immediately follows the tire size. Letters range from L to Y, and cover maximum speed ranges from 75 mph to more than 186 mph.

The codes on tires at the faster end of the scale can appear with some variations. Michelin and General Tire place a Z in front of the R in the size code for tires with speed ratings of W or Y ...

Load Rating, Load Capacity, And Speed Rating Almost all diesel trucks come with E-load-rated tires from the factory. These tires are usually rated at a capacity of more than 3,000 pounds per tire.

Most people in Calgary worry about whether their tires will get them through the winter unscathed but many don’t know that the wrong speed rating can be just as hazardous as a slippery street.

Tire sidewalls are a jumble of numbers and letters. Let us help you decode the tire size, age, speed rating, and other important data that is found on a tire.

The ratings run from M for 130 km/h to Y for 300 km/h. In North America, where the maximum legal limit is 75 mph or 122 km/h in some U.S. states, virtually every passenger car tire sold exceeds ...

If you scored a Valentine’s Day reservation at a swanky Michelin-starred restaurant this year, you might wonder why an elite restaurant rating guide has the same name as a company that makes tires.

If you scored a Valentine’s Day reservation at a swanky Michelin-starred restaurant this year, you might wonder why an elite restaurant rating guide has the same name as a company that makes tires.

Naturally, exceeding the tyre’s speed limit will put you and your car in hazardous straits, owing to the possibility of bursting or the tread peeling off. Drive according to the speed rating of ...