Watch A Chrysler PT Cruiser Dominate An M3 To Prove You Shouldn't Skimp On Tires

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Even a lot of seasoned car enthusiasts don't realize how big of a role tires play in a car's safety and performance. Jason Fenske of Engineering Explained demonstrates this (in a video embedded at the bottom of this article) with the help of Continental Tires using a modern (F80) BMW M3 Competition model and a barn find-level Chrysler PT Cruiser, both on new tires. However, they put the BMW M3 Competition on a cheap set of new summer (performance) tires and the PT Cruiser on Continental's hardest-wearing, long-life tire, the TrueContact 54.