Conflicitng info as I researched prior to accepting and had different info. The ones we have a ROmanian manufactured. Not much of a recommendation in my experience. You may well be right, I wouldnt argue, but I put them on daughters car and after Ajerons comments took teh car out and really caned it in wet roads around Manchetser and in the Peaks. I wouldnt race on the things but for the plodding about she does Im fully satisfied they are safe. On a sports car. or for wider tyres I would probably avoid them. Having said all of this they were VERY cheap and available when she had two wrecked tyres.
Would I pick them over something else in the future? NO absolutely not, but the two on the Seat are definitely acceptable.
Anything made in teh far east is amde for totally different cliamtic and roiad conditions and I would never use them. We had Malaysian Goodyears on mothers Perodua. Same tread as the european ones, but the level of grip was uttely appalling and once I took the car over they were binned immediately. That car did a good impersonation of a drunk on an ice rink in a Tesco car park at less tha 20mph. Itbwas really dangerous. On Michelon all seasons it was transformed into a decent little motor. We would still have it except it seemd to be suffering sever tin worm at just a handful of yeasr old.