First of all, Chinese tyre manufacturers tempt car owners with affordable prices for tyres, due to the cheapness of production, and the variety of assortment. At the same time, quite natural questions arise: how justified will the savings be and whether it will not be necessary to sacrifice safety indicators?

First, let's dive into history a little. Until 2000, the share of Chinese tyres even in its market was very meager. The rapid development of the tyre industry in China occurred in the zero years of this century. It was from those times that the stereotype of the unfair quality of Chinese rubber was born. She was scolded for everything: for technological backwardness, and for different weight distribution, and for an inefficient tread pattern, and for a high percentage of manufacturing defects, and for a tendency to premature wear.

Interesting fact. The well-known tyre company Maxxis has existed since 1967. The production of automobile rubber has been established at its facilities only since the 2000s. Before that, the brand made a name on bicycle and motorcycle tyres.

The first steps were not easy for tyre workers from China. They didn't have much of their own developments, so they didn't hesitate to copy the technologies of other strong players in the tyre arena. There is nothing to be surprised at — almost the entire Chinese industry sinned like this at the turn of the XX and XXI centuries. All kinds of fakes in the manner of Nokla phones (read "Nokla") or BDDS clothes (a parody of the Hugo BOSS brand) are a vivid confirmation of this.

A miracle of Chinese engineering a decade ago is a parody of an iPhone with a retractable antenna for receiving terrestrial TV signals.

Theft and subsequent attempts to copy the production technologies of car tyres usually did not lead to anything good. After all, guessing with the same recipe of a rubber "cocktail" will not come out on the eye.

The next step towards the success of Chinese tyres was the purchase of technologies from the world's leading manufacturers of automotive "shoes". For example, after a couple of seasons after the end of tyre production and the sale of its remnants from warehouses, the conditional Continental company sells the already outdated technology to the side. As a result, the Germans put a higher class of rubber on the conveyor and are happy with the financial side of the issue, and the Chinese are mastering the production of tyres without unnecessary hassle.

With quality control of Chinese tyres, things are still so-so.
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In the tenth years of the XXI century, the Chinese tyre industry has made a huge step forward. She managed to get rid of most of the children's sores, find original character traits and keep the main thing — a tasty price. In the current generation of car tyres from China , the following pros and cons can be distinguished:

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Positive qualities:

  • price is the strongest trump card in the sleeve of all Chinese tyres;
  • high dynamics of quality growth — tyres from China have turned in recent years from always lagging behind to catching up; they are still far from the level of top tyre brands, but the competition in the initial and medium-low-cost segments of car tyres "the Chinese" are able to impose a decent;
  • a diverse assortment — there are solutions for every taste and colour in the shelf of Chinese tyre offers, whether it is a summer "shoe" for cars or serious "sneakers" for powerful construction equipment;
  • balanced driving qualities — the current generation of Chinese tyres provides a high level of driving comfort and handles well with weather adversities;
  • the absence of fakes and interruptions — there is not much point in making fakes for "Chinese", as well as interrupting the date of tyre production, which is the sin of some unscrupulous suppliers of stale branded tyres.

Interruptions of the release date of tyres from China, fortunately, no one really suffers. In general, with due care, it will not be difficult to see the broken date.
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Izyany:

  • technological backwardness — the latest developments in the tyre industry still remain the prerogative of the world's leading manufacturers of automotive rubber; tyres from China often copy successful versions of such "shoes", and models of not the first freshness are taken as a role model;
  • the percentage of manufacturing defects — the probability of landing on defective Chinese rubber is much higher in comparison with the products of famous tyre brands;
  • lack of informative tests — guests from the Middle Kingdom rarely become participants in reputable car tyres tests, so it is not easy to compare their qualities with analogues;
  • low wear resistance and noise — despite the increase in quality in general and the improvement of driving properties, for the most part Chinese tyres are noisier than their peers and wear out faster; the reason for this is the notorious savings for the sake of maintaining affordable cost.
Many Chinese tyres "go bald" much faster in comparison with representatives of the branded rubber squad.

You don't need to trust the first Chinese tyres that come along. China's tyre market has its own leaders, middle-class and outsiders, just like any other. In the table below, we have tried to collect a list of current brands of Chinese rubber with reference to manufacturers and a breakdown by common brands. The brand names in the table are roughly sorted by popularity — from the most famous to the "dark horses".

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Guide to the leading Chinese manufacturers of car tyres

Table of popular Chinese rubber manufacturers
Manufacturer Brands
Triangle Tyres Triangle
Maxxis International Maxxis (joint Taiwanese-Chinese brand)
Sailun Jinyu Group Sailun, Blacklion, Evergreen, Jinyu, Rovelo
Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Goodride, Arisun, Chaoyang, Trazano, Westlake
Doublestar Group Doublestar
Guangzhou South China Rubber Sunny, Wanli, Aptany
Aeolus Tyres Aelous
Zeta Tyres Zeta, Toledo
Hengfeng Tyres Mirage, Cachland, Hengfeng, Hifly, Ovation, Ushield, Sunfull
Shandong Huasheng Rubber Kapsen, Habilead, Huasheng, Taitong, Terraking
Trendsetter Torque Tyres Torque
Shandong Fengyuan Tyre Farroad, Saferich, Yeada
Qingdao Fullrun Tyre Fullrun, Antyre, Autogrip, Carbon Series, Fullway, Turnpike
Shandong New Continent Tyre Comforcer, Roadcruza
Shandong Guofeng Rubber Plastics Goform
Qingdao Sunwide Tyre Sunwide
Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Joyroad
Shandong Haohua Tyre Lanvigator, Aplus, Compasal, Royal Black
Shandong Linglong Tyre Linglong, Leao
Windforce Tyre Windforce
Shandong Yongtai Chemical Group Durun, Banners, Bennaf, Goldway
Sentury Tyre Delinte, Landsail, Pantera, GrandSpeed
Best Choice International Trade Mazzini, Autogreen, Delmax, Gowind, Sunew
Prinx Chengshan Fortune, Austone, ChengShan, Prinx

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