For decades, the Volkswagen Group fit 195/65R15 tires on many of its cars. Almost all of them, until 15-inch wheels went out of fashion, even in lower-spec cars. As with many quirky engineering traits ...

For years, the 15-inch-diameter wheel was the standard for us 'wheelers. It didn't matter whether we were running 31-inch- or 44-inch-diameter tires on our rigs-most of us used 15-inch wheels. Five ...

Hub of 16-inch wire wheel removed from rim with aid of bolt cutter. Bolt hub in jig and trim spokes. A marker, held stationary while hub is rotated, will indicate amount to be trimmed. The finished 15 ...

Old-school car; new-tech suspension, tires, and wheels: Powered by an old-school 454 big-block, Michael Erickson's 3,543-poundfour-door1967 Chevelle took fourth place overall in the 2017 Super Chevy ...

A nine-month experiment reveals what happens when you swap factory tires for 35s—and then switch back.

"We went from a 15-inch tire to an 18-inch wheel, and that is the first time that anyone has run an 18-inch wheel diameter in this kind of environment," Stucker said.

Goodyear has been working with NASCAR on plans to introduce a new tire in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in 2021. Instead of the 15-inch tires currently used, the targeted size of the new tire ...