I recently bought this rubber in the size 195 \ 60 R15 on the Polo liftback, I’ll immediately say that it’s made in 2022, not Japan, the spikes sit in their “nests”, that is, they don’t look like cheap tires, but stick out a little, so the loss of spikes is unlikely in the first two seasons, there is rutting, I didn’t notice aquaplaning, I drove at the speed of a puddle - everything is fine, but there is noise, very intrusive on smooth asphalt on the front axle, oddly enough silence behind, it’sSee full review