Questions on tire pricing.

[shanzhu1]

I recently was thinking of changing two tires of both my Camry (v6) and my
Toyota Sienna Van.

I supprisingly found that the price of my Camry's tires (205/65/15) is already
higher than that of my Sienna's tires (205/70/15, which is bigger) for same model
of both Michellin and Goodyear.


Does anyone know why it is that way? Is the material of smaller ratio is better?
In general, why are the tires with smaller ratio (normally for sports cars) so
much more expensive? I thought they should be cheaper since they use less
material, eh ?


Thanks,

-SZ

[Cyorke]

Typically lower profile tires will be more expensive in general.

[JMSinMD]

Again and again I will preach my happiness with Yokohama Avid H4s above all other tires for moderate to aggressive driving with all season capabilities. Jon.

[Gen5.5Cam3MZ-FE]

^i go with this guy