Motomaster Winter Edge II Tires Review: We Test the New Tire on Snow and Ice

•    We tested the new Winter Edge II tire from Motomaster.

•    The tire will be available next fall.

Mirabel, QC - When tire manufacturers want to launch a new winter product, they invite journalists from around the world to special test events, with one overriding criteria: it must be cold and have snow and ice. 

For example, about 15 years ago, the Italian giant Pirelli took us all the way to Argentina for its first-generation Sottozero. It was July and the tire was launching on the market that autumn. Argentina made sense then because in the South American country, it’s winter in July; there was snow aplenty in the famed municipality of Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world! 

On occasion, Nokian has invited us to their home country of Finland. Michelin organized an event in China, Yokohama in Japan (on the island of Hokkaido in February) and Goodyear in Switzerland, as well as on in… Florida! 

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