Volvo Winter Tire Packages

Embrace the Grip of Winter

At 7 degrees Celcius everything changes - roads become unpredictable and your summer tires start to lose their grip. For improved safety change to Winter wheels. Ask us about the best winter wheels for your Volvo after all, we know your Volvo best.

Winter tire and rim package prices starting at $2800. Includes installation, no charge storage for one season, 24 month Road hazard Tire Protection and on qualifying Michelin Winter Tires get a $70 mail-in rebate. Rebate valid until December 18.

Why Winter Tires?

Newer generations of winter tires are designed with a more flexible rubber compound that is less prone to stiffen in colder temperatures.
Their tread is also designed to provide improved traction on wet, slushy, snowy, icy and dry cold surfaces. (Rubber Association of Canada 2007a).

A summary of tire types.
Here is a simple rating system for tire types commonly used in Canada:

• Winter tires: Best in winter, fair in spring and fall (but tread wear
  increases), poor in summer
• Summer tires: Best for summer, fair in spring and fall,
  poor in winter
• All-season tires: Fair in spring, summer and fall, less satisfactory in
  colder conditions (7°C or colder) (Russell 2011)

Recognizing winter tires: A three-peaked mountain snowflake symbol is placed on all winter tires that achieve performance-based
standards. This symbol is used and recognized globally.

Winter Tires Vs. All-Season Tires

What is the difference between winter tires and all-season tires? On dry pavement, with temperatures just below freezing, the stopping distance for vehicles equipped with all-season tires is 30% longer than for vehicles equipped with winter tires.

Winter tires also have better traction on a snowy surface at temperatures of -40°C than all-season tires have at +4°C (Mahler 2008a).