Summer tyre test 245/35 R19 - Autobild 2025

Summer

2025

Year

8

Tyres

Winner

Continental SportContact 7

Best Value

Vredestein Ultrac Pro

Test Vehicle

Audi TT

Tested tyres

8

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Autobild SportsCars tested 8 tires in size 245/35 R19

After many tests focusing on sustainability and EVs, we have an "old-school" test of tires with the main focus on sporty driving and safety. In the starting field, there are the usual sporty premium models as well as some cheaper models and even 2 chinese tires to get the full picture.

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Price vs Quality

See how tyre price relates to test performance at a glance

Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

1

Continental SportContact 7

Rating: Exemplary

£173

93 Y

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

93Y · £235

Wet1-

Dry2+

Wet

Wet Braking#1/8

Wet Handling#1/8

Aquaplaning Cross#3/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/8

Dry

Dry Braking#1/8

Dry Handling#1/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#8/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/8

Summary

2

Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6

Rating: Exemplary

£159

93 Y

mytyres.co.uk

Wet2

Dry2+

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#3/8

Wet Braking#3/8

Wet Handling#3/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/8

Dry

Dry Braking#3/8

Dry Handling#4/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/8

Summary

3

Pirelli P Zero PZ4

Rating: Exemplary

£169

93 Y

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

93Y 93Y 93Y · £169 +2

Wet2+

Dry1-

Wet

Wet Braking#2/8

Wet Handling#2/8

Aquaplaning Cross#6/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/8

Dry

Dry Braking#1/8

Dry Handling#3/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/8

Summary

4

Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S

Rating: Exemplary

£198

89 Y

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

93Y · £210 93Y · £198 93Y · £267 +2

Wet2

Dry2+

Summary

5

Vredestein Ultrac Pro

Rating: Good

£155

93 y

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

93Y · £181

Wet2

Dry2

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/8

Aquaplaning Cross#2/8

Wet Handling#4/8

Wet Braking#5/8

Dry

Dry Handling#5/8

Dry Braking#6/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/8

Summary

6

Firestone Firehawk Sport

Rating: Satisfactory

£131

93 Y

mytyres.co.uk

Wet3-

Dry2

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/8

Aquaplaning Cross#5/8

Wet Braking#6/8

Wet Handling#7/8

Dry

Dry Braking#3/8

Dry Handling#6/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/8

Summary

7

Triangle Effexsport TH202

Rating: Conditionally recommended

Wet3+

Dry3+

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/8

Wet Handling#6/8

Wet Braking#7/8

Dry

Dry Handling#7/8

Dry Braking#8/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/8

Summary

8

Doublecoin DC100

Rating: Not recommended

Wet5

Dry5-

Summary

Same size tyres not featured in the test

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	Segment	Price
1	Premium Pirelli P Zero R 98%	98%	Premium	£327 89 Y
2	Premium Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT EVO 93%	93%	Premium	£180 93 Y
3	Premium Bridgestone Turanza T005 88%	88%	Premium	£187 93 Y +2 More
4	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 5 88%	88%	Premium	£183 93 Y
5	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 86%	86%	Upper-middle	£147 93 Y
6	Premium Bridgestone Potenza Sport 85%	85%	Premium	£174 93 Y +2 More
7	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 2 83%	83%	Upper-middle	£128 93 Y
8	Premium Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 81%	81%	Premium	£144 93 Y

9	Premium Goodyear Eagle F1 Supersport 81%	81%	Premium
10	Premium Bridgestone Turanza 6 81%	81%	Premium	£161 93 Y
11	Premium Hankook Ventus Evo 77%	77%	Premium	£135 93 Y +3 More
12	Budget Linglong Sport Master 77%	77%	Budget
13	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta Sport (PS72) 77%	77%	Upper-middle	£125 93 Y +1 More
14	Budget Sailun Atrezzo ZSR 2 76%	76%	Budget
15	Upper-middle Cooper Summer 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£135 93 Y
16	Budget GT Radial SportActive 2 EVO 75%	75%	Budget

17	Budget Nexen N Fera Sport 72%	72%	Budget	£138 93 Y
18	Upper-middle Uniroyal RainSport 5 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£132 93 Y
19	Upper-middle Nokian PowerProof 1 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£149 93 Y
20	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£139 93 Y
21	Premium Dunlop Sport Maxx RT2 67%	67%	Premium	£157 93 Y
22	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Sport 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£139 +1 More
23	Premium Pirelli P Zero (PZ5) 66%	66%	Premium	£165 93 Y
24	Budget Sava Intensa UHP 2 65%	65%	Budget	£128 93 Y +1 More

25	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 64%	64%	Upper-middle	£151 93 Y
26	Budget Fulda SportControl 2 64%	64%	Budget	£142 93 Y +1 More
27	Premium Hankook Ventus S1 evo Z K129 61%	61%	Premium	£174 93 Y
28	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 60%	60%	Upper-middle	£149 93 Y
29	Upper-middle Yokohama Advan Sport V107 59%	59%	Upper-middle	£144 107
30	B Ceat SportDrive 57%	57%	B
31	Budget Semperit Speed-Life 3 55%	55%	Budget	£137 93 Y
32	Upper-middle Kumho ECSTA Sport S PS72 55%	55%	Upper-middle	£140 93 Y +1 More

33	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 49%	49%	Premium	£227 93 Y +5 More
34	Budget Petlas Velox Sport PT 741 48%	48%	Budget
35	Budget Delinte DS2 46%	46%	Budget
36	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 44%	44%	Budget	£144 93 Y
37	B Landspider Sportraxx UHP 42%	42%	B
38	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS91 36%	36%	Upper-middle
39	Budget Avon ZV7 31%	31%	Budget
40	Budget Landsail RapidDragon 30%	30%	Budget

41	B Event Potentem UHP 27%	27%	B
42	Budget Matador Hectorra 5 22%	22%	Budget
43	Budget Matador MP47 Hectorra 3 22%	22%	Budget
44	Budget Barum Bravuris 6 19%	19%	Budget	£124 93 Y
45	Budget Tomason Sportrace 17%	17%	Budget
46	A Sentury Qirin 990 14%	14%	A
47	Budget Lanvigator Catch Power Plus 8%	8%	Budget	£64 93 Y

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