245/45 R18 - Best lowcost summer tyres 2025 | TheTireLab.com

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245/45 R18 lowcost tyre test

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Wet

Wet braking, Wet handling, Wet circle cornering, …

1. Uniroyal RainSport 5 86%

2. Falken Azenis FK510 83%

3. Nokian Powerproof 82%

4. Kumho Ecsta PS71 81%

5. Maxxis Premitra HP5 81%

6. Kumho Ecsta HS52 79%

7. Maxxis Victra Sport 5 79%

8. Fulda SportControl 2 78%

9. Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun 75%

10. Falken Azenis FK520 73%

11. Toyo Proxes T1 Sport 73%

12. Firestone Roadhawk 73%

13. Nexen N fera Sport 71%

14. Toyo Proxes Comfort 65%

15. BFGoodrich Advantage 63%

Aquaplaning

Best anti-aquaplaning tyres

1. Uniroyal RainSport 5 93%

2. Kumho Ecsta PS71 89%

3. Maxxis Premitra HP5 88%

4. Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun 86%

5. Toyo Proxes T1 Sport 84%

6. Fulda SportControl 2 84%

7. Falken Azenis FK510 78%

8. Falken Azenis FK520 78%

9. Nokian Powerproof 77%

10. Firestone Roadhawk 77%

11. Maxxis Victra Sport 5 72%

12. Nexen N fera Sport 71%

13. Toyo Proxes Comfort 71%

14. Kumho Ecsta HS52 71%

15. BFGoodrich Advantage 58%

Dry

Dry braking, Dry handling, Dry steering response, …

1. Kumho Ecsta HS52 88%

2. Firestone Roadhawk 87%

3. Nokian Powerproof 85%

4. Maxxis Premitra HP5 85%

5. Falken Azenis FK520 81%

6. Fulda SportControl 2 80%

7. Toyo Proxes Comfort 80%

8. Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun 79%

9. Maxxis Victra Sport 5 77%

10. Toyo Proxes T1 Sport 77%

11. Falken Azenis FK510 76%

12. BFGoodrich Advantage 74%

13. Kumho Ecsta PS71 74%

14. Nexen N fera Sport 74%

15. Uniroyal RainSport 5 70%

Noise

Interior noise, Exterior noise

1. Falken Azenis FK520 91%

2. Uniroyal RainSport 5 82%

3. Toyo Proxes T1 Sport 80%

4. Maxxis Victra Sport 5 80%

5. Nexen N fera Sport 78%

6. Maxxis Premitra HP5 76%

7. BFGoodrich Advantage 76%

8. Falken Azenis FK510 75%

9. Fulda SportControl 2 75%

10. Toyo Proxes Comfort 75%

11. Nokian Powerproof 73%

12. Kumho Ecsta HS52 73%

13. Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun 71%

14. Firestone Roadhawk 71%

15. Kumho Ecsta PS71 65%

Costs

1. Kumho Ecsta HS52 78%

2. Falken Azenis FK520 75%

3. Fulda SportControl 2 73%

4. Kumho Ecsta PS71 73%

5. Firestone Roadhawk 72%

6. Uniroyal RainSport 5 71%

7. Falken Azenis FK510 71%

8. BFGoodrich Advantage 70%

9. Toyo Proxes Comfort 68%

10. Nokian Powerproof 67%

11. Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun 66%

12. Nexen N fera Sport 66%

13. Maxxis Victra Sport 5 65%

14. Maxxis Premitra HP5 61%

15. Toyo Proxes T1 Sport 59%

Price

245/45 R18 tyre ranking based on test results

Tests usually don't cover the whole market - here is our selection what not to miss when shopping for tyres in this size.

#	Name		Our rating	Tested in this dimension	Tested in same width dimension	Segment	Price
1.	Linglong Sport Master		70.5% 67.2% 80.7%			Lowcost
2.	Fulda SportControl 2		77.8% 80.2% 75.1%	Autobild 2020		Lowcost	£100 100 Y + 1
3.	Sava Intensa UHP 2		78.1% 86.7% 73.9%	Autobild 2020		Lowcost	£101 100 Y + 2
4.	Maxxis Premitra HP5		80.9% 84.5% 77.5%	Autobild 2019		Lowcost	£118 100 W
5.	Debica Presto UHP 2		62.1%			Lowcost	£96 100 Y + 1
6.	Semperit Speed-Life 3		80.5% 67.2% 75.4%			Lowcost	£126 100 Y
7.	Debica Presto UHP2		82.6% 83.7%			Lowcost
8.	Matador MP47 Hectorra 3		62.7% 70.3%	Autobild 2020		Lowcost
9.	Barum Bravuris 5 HM! Newer model available: Barum Bravuris 6		61.7% 62.5%	Autobild 2020		Lowcost
10.	Matador Hectorra 5		74.3%			Lowcost

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