Despite a decades-long head start by European and American tire, Toyo Tires is one of the top 10 largest tire brands in the U.S. since its arrival in 1966 and its founding in Japan in August 1945. It has manufactured many of its tires in Georgia since the 1980s, supplies original equipment tires for many popular new vehicles and continues to grow its American market share.
Toyo offers a tire for most types of vehicles, weather and road conditions. Here we’ll look at a range of tires that suit most driving needs. All are available in different sizes, so check the manufacturer’s recommendations for tire size, load capacity and speed rating for your vehicle before buying.
- Toyo A23 All-Season Radial : Best Toyo Crossover/SUV Tire
- Toyo EXTENSA HPII All-Season Radial : Best Toyo Passenger Car Tire
- Toyo Open Country AT3 : Best Toyo Off-Road Tire
- Toyo Observe GSi-5 : Best Toyo Winter Tire
- Toyo Proxes Sport : Best Toyo High Performance Tire
The Toyo A23 is an all-season radial intended for CUV, SUV and light truck use. There are no performance, off-road or extreme weather pretenses here. Its strengths are a reasonable price, a quiet, comfortable ride and long wear under typical city street and highway driving.
- Reasonable price
- Comfortable ride
- Reasonable tread life for a softer compound tire
- More spirited drivers report quicker wear
- Some buyers report slow shipping
- Some owners complain of a short warranty period
The Toyo EXTENSA HPII All-Season Radial is a solid choice for passenger cars. It offers a comfortable ride, durability and a tread design that improves performance in wet weather and traction in light snow at a low price point.
- Reasonable price
- Quiet
- Smooth ride
- Some owners say the tire is not as good as expected in wet weather
- A few buyers complain of receiving defective tires
- Some owners complain of a quietness/durability tradeoff
Trucks and SUVs that frequently leave the pavement for off-road adventures need tires specific to the job. The Toyo Open Country AT3 is an all-terrain tire with deeper lateral grooves for enhanced traction on dirt, mud and snow. There are blocks built into the tread to keep stones from lodging in the tire, maximizing tread depth and traction. Toyo acknowledges that these tires are not intended to excel in terms of ride comfort or fuel economy.
- Reasonable price
- Tread designed to maximize traction on unpaved surfaces
- Rated for extreme winter weather, including snow
- Some owners complain of shipping issues
- Some buyers say the traction is poor on wet pavement
- Lower tread life
Drivers in severe cold climates know there’s a very good reason for owning a set of winter tires rather than sticking with all-seasons. True winter tires are engineered to handle the worst winter conditions. The Toyo Observe series comes in both studless and studded models.
- Can make even a passenger car surefooted in snow
- Studs can make a difference on ice
- Designed to absorb thin film of moisture on winter roads
- Hassle of switching tires every few months
- Storage issues for the tires that are not in use
- Cost of having two sets of tires
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The Proxes series is Toyo’s performance tire line, ranging from all-season radials designed to enhance the handling of sportier passenger cars to actual racing tires and drag slicks. For summer performance tires, the Proxes Sport is designed to maximize contact pressure with the road, enhancing grip and stability
- Designed to improve handling
- Excellent traction on dry pavement
- Has rim protector to guard against wheel scrapes on curbs
- Should not be used in winter weather
- Tread life can be short, especially when driven aggressively
- Noisier than all-season tires
METHODOLOGY
In order to determine the best Toyo tires, we considered the products most accessible to the widest swath of consumers in the U.S., which also includes performance, price and value. We also considered a broad range of end-user ratings and evaluations by multiple testers.