2019 UK car tyre stagnation, but strong all-season and SUV tyre growth

Vredestein VW Touareg all-season The VW Touareg can be ordered with 18-inch Vredestein summer or all-season tyres as standard

The combination of political disruption and Brexit uncertainty made 2019 a tough year for the UK economy in general, so it is not surprising to learn that this was reflected in the overall passenger car tyre replacement market. According to the latest sell-out UK tyre replacement market data collated by analysts at GfK, the headline news is that both the value and the volume of the decreased in 2019. But there are reasons for hope, with signs of growth remaining in the value-rich SUV tyre sub-segment and with evidence of strong growth in sales of all-season tyres.

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