Aight, I really don't care to write this out, so I hope this copy/paste job works out okay:
Brand &
model Price Overall score Braking Emergency
handling Hydro-
planing Snow
traction Comfort Noise,
coarse
surface Recommendations
& notes
Dry Wet Ice
PREMIUM TIRES Tread-wear warranties range from 80,000 to 100,000 miles.
Michelin
X-One
Note: Discontinued. $75 Top all-around performer. Excellent dry and wet cornering. T speed rating.
Kelly
Navigator
Platinum TE 55 Excellent dry cornering, fair wet cornering. T speed rating.
Yokohama
Avid Touring 50 A very good tire. Very good dry cornering, good wet cornering. S speed rating.
Pirelli
P3000
Cinturato 77 A very good sporty tire for mild winters. Excellent dry cornering, very good wet cornering. T speed rating.
Goodyear
Aquatred 3 60 A fine choice where winters are mild, though wet cornering is poor. Very good dry cornering. T speed rating.
Hankook
Mileage
Plus 845 50 Very good dry cornering, fair wet cornering. Stiff ride. S speed rating.
Kumho
Power Prima
II 792 42 A very good all-weather choice. Very good dry cornering, fair wet cornering. S speed rating.
Cooper
Lifeliner STE 50 Very good. Excellent dry and good wet cornering. Poor in snow. T speed rating.
Uniroyal
Tiger Paw AWP 45 Good overall, with good dry cornering, but only fair wet cornering. S speed rating.
Bridgestone
Turanza T QL20
Note: Discontinued. 60 Good overall, with very good dry cornering, fair wet cornering. T speed rating.
Eh, turned out not so good...The site for ConsumerReports used to have ratings for all brands/styles, for some reason I'm having trouble finding it. I got some Dunlop A2 Sports thanks to their review for my old Firebird (handles awsome now). If you have never owned a RWD car, then let me give you some advice...DON'T GO CHEAP ON TIRES EVER. I don't care what idoit tries to tell you that tires are tires...They must own a FWD or AWD car, because I should know. I've lived in Buffalo, NY (home of 90 inches snow in only a matter of hours), Louisville, KY and St.Louis, MO. My experience, you buy cheap tires and don't pay attention to the tread styling on a RWD, your gonna find your car losing control easily and possibly spinning out doing a simple left hand turn (it happened to me 3 times and I was going 10 MPH or lower) in rain, yes RAIN. Yes I realize that cars now have all these traction control helpers, but that doesn't matter as much as you think. Tires are extremely important, so be smart. Pick something that has a tread styling that pushes water away from the car, and that has lines that meet up together, not working against each other like some models. I can not stress the importance of good tires enough, do you really want screw up your nice new ride because you wanted to save a few bucks? I didn't think so.
P.S.The tire pic for the above mentioned tire, looks good as far as tread, so keep that kind of tread pattern in mind when looking for new tires.