The right wheels and tyres for your car
Your tyres are your only contact with the road. Discover information, products and services concerning your wheels and tyres right here – for summer, winter or the whole year.
Summer wheels and tyres
Gives heat the cold shoulder
The wheels of your Volkswagen play an important part in your driving safety – and make a real difference to the whole look of the car. With Volkswagen summer complete wheels, you’ll be well-prepared – as soon as temperatures exceed 7 °C, summer tyres are the clear winner.
Your benefits
- Increased safety on dry and wet summer roads:
Thanks to enhanced traction, greater cornering stability and a shorter braking distance. - Less wear at high temperatures:
The special rubber compound remains more solid, even at high asphalt temperatures. - Lower fuel consumption:
Summer tyres have a low rolling resistance, thereby saving fuel.
Winter wheels and tyres
Wheels for the cold season
Below 7 °C? When the winter weather arrives, you should make sure you have the right winter tyres: specifically developed for colder temperatures, ice and snow. With the complete winter wheels from Volkswagen, you’ll always be well-equipped.
Your benefits
- Increased degree of safety in the cold season:
Grip and shorter braking distance in temperatures below 7 °C – even in the rain and snow. - Strong grip on winter roads:
The tyre tread drains water and ensures better lateral traction. - More grip in ice and snow:
Tread compound, profile and profile blades are ideally adjusted to winter conditions.
Developed for ice and snow
The components of winter tyres are specially constructed for driving on winter roads.
Thanks to the high proportion of natural rubber, the contact surface mix remains soft, even at low temperatures. The tread ensures a strong grip on wintry roads. It drains water, allowing better lateral traction, and snow can press into the wide grooves. The profile blades enable a good grip on icy and snowy surfaces. When setting off, the fine incisions result in a large number of grip edges, which lock into the ground. Since snow sticks best to more snow, the blades are able to pick it up off the road surface.
Winter tyre labelling
M+S labelling
M+S or M/S and MS stands for mud and snow. Given that there are no winter test criteria for tyres that feature this label, every manufacturer can use it. It therefore only provides limited information on the winter properties. Until now, the label provided sufficient proof that the tyre fulfilled the requirement to have appropriate winter tyres in certain weather conditions. However, for tyres produced from 1st January 2018 onwards, this no longer applies: the snowflake symbol is mandatory.
Snowflake symbol
The snowflake symbol, or alpine symbol, or 3PMSF symbol is mandatory for all winter tyres produced from 1st January 2018 onwards. This is because tyres with this symbol have passed a comparative braking test in snowy conditions. But no need to panic – if you already have winter tyres, they don’t need to be replaced immediately. There is a transition phase: M+S tyres that were produced prior to 31st December 2017 can still be used up until 30th September 2024.
All-season wheels and tyres
Your solution for the whole year
Also known as all-weather tyres: They combined balanced properties for both summer and winter weather conditions.
You save yourself the second set of tyres and don’t need to change them – sounds pretty good. All-season tyres are a compromise – they combine features of summer and winter tyres. However, given their qualities, they are generally inferior to summer or winter tyres when it comes to driving performance. The trade-off in design: Either winter performance or wet weather performance is improved at the expense of the other discipline.
On the road with complete wheels
For summer, winter or the whole year
Our wheels are characterised by a tailor-made wheel-tyre combination, which is perfectly matched – both visually and technically – to your vehicle. And by excellent contact with the road – thanks to our collaboration with leading tyre manufacturers.
Your benefits
- Increased safety:
Special testing procedures for alloy rims confirm a high level of safety. - Modern design:
Whether sporty or elegant, from the up! to the Arteon: Choose from a range of colours and designs from our Accessories rims collection. - Checks:
Each individual wheel is given an excellent circular and axial run-out measurement, as well as a residual unbalance check. - Durability:
Protects tyres by way of a simple reconnection procedure.
The degree of safety of our complete wheels is proven by:
- Comprehensive strength tests
- Endurance tests
- Vehicle tests
- Material and surface checks
Tyre bags
Damp cellar air and improper storage cause your tyres to become porous and brittle: Our versatile tyre bag set prevents this from happening. Plus, thanks to the convenient marking on the outside, you know right away which tyre goes where. For further information please contact your Volkswagen Partner.
AirStop®
Passes almost every acid test
Driven over kerbs, nails or glass shards? With the self-sealing AirStop® tyres, you won’t have to worry about any of that anymore – thanks to the sealing technology. The tyre sealant inside covers foreign objects and closes off the puncture without any loss of pressure. That way, you can make your way to the nearest Volkswagen Partner at the same speed without losing a single second. Fewer flat tyres, more mobility.
Your benefits
- More driving comfort:
No pressure loss after a puncture: Driving behaviour remains stable. - Protects against numerous damages:
Full protection, even in the event of several punctures. - Same driving comfort:
In comparison to standard tyres. - Saves space and fuel:
Due to elimination of the spare wheel.