Just as an athlete wouldn't enter a 100m sprint in dress shoes, a car needs the right footwear to realise its potential.

Tyres. They’re black and round – what more do you need to know?

Tyres are the critical link between your car and the road, making their condition critical to your safety. They’re also one of motoring’s key consumables.

There was a time when every car had a spare tyre to help get you out of a jam. Today, however, some cars have them and others don’t.

Teeming rain? By the side of a busy highway? Here's our handy guide to changing a tyre, no matter where you are or what the weather's doing.

Chances are you don’t think much about the air in your tyres. But tyres, being the final link between your car and the road, play an outsized role in acceleration, braking and cornering and need to be in a certain pressure range to do their best work.