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With the introduction of affordable mass-market models like the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the Chevrolet Bolt EUV, and the Hyundai Ioniq EV, electric vehicles have officially broken into the mainstream.

It has been awhile since Sailun last introduced an all-new winter tire.

Sailun’s Terramax A/T has always been a shockingly good performer from a relatively unknown brand. Now, there’s a new winter-rated version of the Terramax A/T that’s putting the whole industry on notice.

A good set of winter tires engineered to provide dependable, solid performance no matter the conditions is hard to come by – unless you’re willing to spend an arm and a leg. But with the Blackhawk Iceprey HW06, developed specifically for SUVs and light trucks, you don’t have to.

Sailun’s Iceblazer has always been a shockingly good performer from a relatively unknown brand. The  WST2 is putting the whole industry on notice.

Generally, when the words “budget-friendly tire” come up, it’s hard to not assume that there’s some compromise on the horizon. Will they be loud? Will they have poor grip? Will they wear out faster than their competition? Historically speaking these are all fair questions, so when the time came to start reviewing the  Sailun Terramax HLT—the brand’s top-selling all-season crossover, SUV and Light Truck tire—the initial wonder was where any obvious shortcomings would be found. Of course, we’re looking at something geared toward daily drivers and not an Ultra High Performance tire (they make those too), so I didn’t hit a skidpad or a slalom course. If you’re curious as to what kind of lateral Gs your Tacoma can pull, you’ve definitely got different priorities than the drivers that Sailun is targeting with this rubber.

Good press for Chinese manufacturing is hard to come by these days. American consumers have faced numerous issues with products imported from the country. Lead-laced toys, melamine-tainted toothpaste and pet-food recalls are a few incidents that come to mind. But what about tires? Should you trust your life to bargain rubber?

Sailun Tires has been around for 12 years, but you can be forgiven if you haven’t heard of them.

We’ve attended a lot of tire events over the years. It’s always the same old thing when a manufacturer wants to show off the latest and greatest rubber. Three things are guaranteed at an event like this. First, there is a presentation highlighting the advanced design and technology of the new tire. Second, there will be supervised track time. And finally, a known inferior (and usually out of date) competitor’s tire is brought along to highlight how great this new tire is.