The tire treadwear rating is based on a standard that uses a control tire with a score of 100. Most tires' ratings are 200 to ...

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Consumer Reports explains the Uniform Tire Quality Grading system, aka UTQG, information found on tire sidewalls.

Every tire manufactured since 1979 needs to feature Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTQG) markings that provide the treadwear, traction, and temperature ratings. Treadwear corresponds to how long a ...

Uniform Tire Quality Grade (or UTQG) ratings, which are marked on the side of tires, give us details about tires and how they should be used. UTQG includes treadwear rating, traction grading and ...

WASHINGTON (Feb. 13, 2004) — Twenty-two tire models have treadwear grades of 700, the current top treadwear rating, according to the latest list of comparative Uniform Tire Quality Grading ratings for ...

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This is called the Uniform Tire Quality Grade treadwear rating. It’s mostly an outdated distraction, based on a short road test after which the tire’s wear is compared to that of a reference tire.

For the all-season tires tested, manufacturers’ tread-wear ratings (the Uniform Tire Quality Grades found on a tire’s sidewall) range from 520 to 740.

Not really, because although there’s a standardized Uniform Tire Quality Grade test to measure treadwear on specific roads in West Texas, the test is so easy that most tires get crazy-high scores.