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Tyres play a crucial role in determining the ride and handling properties of a vehicle. Multi-body simulation softwares are being used extensively to understand vehicle ride and handling properties using detailed vehicle models. Models need a set of characteristics and parameters to represent the tyre as close as possible to the actual tyre. Tyre properties are generally grouped into vertical, lateral and longitudinal stiffness characteristics. Various test facilities are currently present in educational institutions and commercial organizations. They are prohibitively expensive to use during product development stage where a number of design iterations are carried out before finalizing for mass production. This paper highlights the work done in creating innovative and simplified test facilities for measuring lateral force characteristics, static vertical, lateral and longitudinal stiffness and dynamic vertical stiffness and damping.