All year round tires with winter approval

Lessmore wrote:

As far as I know, the Nokian WRG series is being produced and sold. The latest models are the WRG2 and WRG3. Maybe (I'm guessing) the WR was the forerunner to these two current Nokians ?

Les

Yes the WR was the original, directional tread all-weather. I used it, worked great but got quite noisy as it aged. Plowing snow on my Jeep Wrangler, they were noticeably better going forward than backward. The G2 went to an asymmetrical tread on most sizes, which was a bit quieter and worked equally well in each direction, and allowed rotating them to the other side of the car. There is still a directional tread available in some sizes. I had the WRG2 on my old Silverado, again - great in wet, really good in snow. Never towed with them, so I don't know how they handle that duty. Haven't tried the WRG3 on anything yet.

They have a new truck tire, the Rotiiva which is Winter rated,but listed on their website as a Summer Tire. Haven't seen snow around here yet, so I don't know if they're any good. I know the previous Vatiiva wasn't as good in snow as the WR, but it didn't carry the Mountain/Snowflake.

None of their All-Weather tires come in the right size for my Ram, so I'm trying to decide if I should go with dedicated Snows, another brand, wait and see if they expand the product line, or go with a 1" shorter tire.