You get a flat, and under the carpet in the trunk is one of those “donut” (or “temporary”) spare tires – skinnier than the tires on your car, with a prominent warning about maximum speed on the side.

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An increasing number of new cars are sold without a full-size spare tire. A surprising number don’t even come with “run-flats” or a temporary “donut” spare tire. It’s not that the manufacturers are ...

Spare tires are going the way of oldies radio. A standard feature as recently as 2015, the temporary spare beneath the Prius’ cargo floor disappeared in half the trim levels when Toyota redesigned the ...

Whether you suffer a puncture, a blowout, or a pothole strike that opens your sidewall like a can of tuna (I call these the ‘Sudbury Special’), what happens next depends on a number of different ...

More and more cars and SUVs no longer include a spare. Some now don't even have a small donut tire. What you can do to ...

Inside product planning meetings, the spare tire has become an easy target for engineers chasing weight and cost reductions.