Thread: What's the performance difference between 15 inch, 16 inch and 17 inch tires (all else equal)?
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Default What's the performance difference between 15 inch, 16 inch and 17inch tires (all else equal)?
On 07/19/2017 01:12 PM, Bob F wrote:

Prius cars are using low profile tires. Do you suppose they have a
reason for that? They aren't necessarily larger tires.

https://www.toyota.com/prius/features/tires/

That shows P195/65R15. Those are low rolling resistance tires, not low
profile. P215/45R17 would be low profile but that is showing as not
available. LRR and low profile are two different things.
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