I have a friend in the car industry and he told me that
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk is where to check if you want decent tyres. Believe me, I was wondering whether to take the leap with the Nokian tyres, but they're reviews are good on there, better than most premium marques, and I had a look at other forums for volvo, beemers, etc.... And nokian name kept popping up overall with good reviews. Plus Nokian are from Finland and thus European. I think I made a good choice and hence why I felt to mention on here, although I guess time will tell.