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

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Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

1

Continental SportContact 7

Rating: Exemplary

£167

93 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

93Y · £224

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

£158

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

£172

93 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

93Y · £365 93Y 93Y · £172 +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

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

93Y · £205 93Y · £203 93Y · £247 +2

Wet2

Dry2+

Summary

5

Vredestein Ultrac Pro

Rating: Good

£158

93 y

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

93Y · £160

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

£139

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 Hankook Ventus Evo 99%	99%	Premium	£127 93 Y +3 More
2	Premium Pirelli P Zero R 98%	98%	Premium	£319 89 Y
3	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 5 94%	94%	Premium	£189 93 Y
4	Premium Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT EVO 93%	93%	Premium	£180 93 Y
5	Premium Pirelli P Zero (PZ5) 88%	88%	Premium	£168 93 Y
6	Premium Bridgestone Turanza T005 88%	88%	Premium	£184 93 Y +2 More
7	Premium Bridgestone Potenza Sport 87%	87%	Premium	£168 93 Y +2 More
8	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta Sport (PS72) 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£128 93 Y +1 More

9	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 86%	86%	Upper-middle	£134 93 Y
10	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 2 81%	81%	Upper-middle	£127 93 Y
11	Premium Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 81%	81%	Premium	£122 93 Y
12	Premium Goodyear Eagle F1 Supersport 81%	81%	Premium	£162 93 Y +1 More
13	Premium Bridgestone Turanza 6 81%	81%	Premium	£172 93 Y
14	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 79%	79%	Premium	£243 93 Y +5 More
15	Upper-middle Kumho ECSTA Sport S PS72 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£136 93 Y +1 More
16	Budget Linglong Sport Master 77%	77%	Budget

17	Upper-middle Cooper Summer 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£135 93 Y
18	Budget Sailun Atrezzo ZSR 2 76%	76%	Budget
19	Budget GT Radial SportActive 2 EVO 75%	75%	Budget
20	Budget Nexen N Fera Sport 72%	72%	Budget	£128 93 Y
21	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Sport 2 71%	71%	Upper-middle	£139 +1 More
22	Upper-middle Nokian PowerProof 1 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£148 93 Y
23	Upper-middle Uniroyal RainSport 5 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£122 93 Y
24	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£144 93 Y

25	Premium Dunlop Sport Maxx RT2 67%	67%	Premium	£133 93 Y
26	Upper-middle Yokohama Advan Sport V107 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£144 107
27	Budget Sava Intensa UHP 2 65%	65%	Budget	£126 93 Y +1 More
28	Budget Fulda SportControl 2 64%	64%	Budget	£132 93 Y +1 More
29	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 64%	64%	Upper-middle	£159 93 Y
30	Premium Hankook Ventus S1 evo Z K129 61%	61%	Premium	£169 93 Y
31	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 60%	60%	Upper-middle	£153 93 Y
32	B Ceat SportDrive 57%	57%	B

33	Budget Semperit Speed-Life 3 55%	55%	Budget	£134 93 Y
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
37	B Landspider Sportraxx UHP 42%	42%	B
38	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS91 36%	36%	Upper-middle	£154 93 Y
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
45	Budget Tomason Sportrace 17%	17%	Budget
46	A Sentury Qirin 990 14%	14%	A
47	Budget Lanvigator Catch Power Plus 8%	8%	Budget

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