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Every tire manufactured since 1979 needs to feature Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTQG ... has a rating of 88T; T means the tire is safe at up to 118 mph. On the bottom end of the chart, an ...

Uniform Treadwear Quality Grades are what separate a tire from being legal for series such as the 24 Hours of LeMons (190-treadwear minimum) or not. Lower UTQG ratings generally wear faster ...

It's probably a safe bet that-even for a tire retailer-the letters UTQG don't exactly roll off the tongue ... The regulation states that ``the treadwear grade is a comparative rating based on the wear ...

to get rid of Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTQG) if it wants its proposed tire fuel-efficiency ratings to be fully effective with tire buyers. The treadwear and wet traction ratings in the projected ...