What goes into making the best winter tires on the planet?

Here are some tips for making sure you're squared away for winter driving

The Nokian Tyres Hakkapeliitta 10 represents the next generation of winter safety, the latest step in a legacy we've spent nearly nine decades building.

The same fiber that reinforces armored vests and spacecraft landing cushions is now being used to protect drivers of passenger cars from potholes. And Nokian Tyres is behind the innovation.

The executive producer of the nationally syndicated Dan Patrick Show lives in snowy Connecticut, and he uses Nokian Tyres winter tires to get to work in the snow.

The Nokian Tyres Hakkapeliitta R5 and 10 will be produced with the symbol this winter season

Calling winter tires "snow tires" is like calling Wayne Gretzky a professional skater. It's technically true, but it massively undersells their abilities.

In fact, we'll take it a step further: We don't make snow tires. We make winter tires.

Just a difference of semantics, you say? We politely disagree. Here's…

Most drivers have no idea that there are three kinds of tires — and what they don’t know might be hurting them.