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Summer tyre test 245/45 R18 - Automotorsport 2017

- Winner: Michelin Pilot Sport 4
- Tested tyres: 10
Results
Agenda: Best value in test Better than average value Worse than average value Worst value in test
# | Name | Rating | Price | ||||
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1. | Michelin Pilot Sport 4 | Highly recommended | | Excellent dynamics and performance on wet and dry surfaces. Very precise and predictable without significant weaknesses. | Minor shortcomings in cross aquaplaning | £144 100 Y + 1 | |
2. | Pirelli P ZERO | Recommended | | Especially in the dry very precise, predictable and safe tires. High precision control. Pleasant driving comfort. | Minor shortcomings in wet braking and lateral aquaplaning, increased tire noise. | £131 96 Y + 2 | |
3. | Continental PremiumContact 6 | Recommended | | Very easy to implement, comfortable tire. Securely understeering tendency. A largely homogeneous behavior on a high level. | Weaker cornering in the wet - pronounced understeer | £116 96 Y + 2 | |
4. | Hankook Ventus S1 Evo 2 K117 | Recommended | | Harmonious, balanced handling characteristics without significant strengths and weaknesses. Pleasant quieter speech. | Not too sporty character | ||
5. | Falken Azenis FK510 | Recommended | | Short braking distances and convincingly safe driving on wet roads, ride comfort | Slightly slower steering response when changing direction and lane change on drought | £96 100 Y + 1 | |
6. | Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 | Still recommended | | Stable and easy to handle in the wet and dry. Short braking distances on dry, quiet rolling | Worse wet braking | £110 96 W + 9 | |
7. | Toyo Proxes T1 Sport plus | Still recommended | | Safe braking and safe longitudinal wet performance. Accurate and sensitive with high grip cornering on dry road. | Deficiencies in the wet cornering and lateral aquaplaning. Deficiencies in dry braking. | ||
8. | Vredestein Ultrac Satin | Still recommended | | Relatively balanced tire, very easily controlled with safe braking performance | Few sports rather slow steering response, pronounced understeer deficiencies in aquaplaning | £102 100 Y | |
9. | Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 | Still recommended | | Mainly dry quite active sports tires with immediate steering response and good accuracy | Wet long braking distance, cornering and less understeer. | £111 100 Y + 5 | |
10. | Maxxis Premitra HP5 | Conditionally recommended | | The average braking distance on dry road. Predictably understeer in the wet | Indifferent and not very precise control of water. Long braking distance and a strong understeer wet. very noisy | ||
# | Name | - | Rating | Points total | Positive features | Neagative features | Price |
Above you can see the results of the Automotorsport 2017 245/45 R18 test performed by Automotorsport on a in 2017. This test was performed in 245/45 R18, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (245). Michelin Pilot Sport 4 is the best of 10 tested tyres according to tested properties (Points total, ). Other featured tyres include Pirelli P ZERO, Continental PremiumContact 6, Hankook Ventus S1 Evo 2 K117; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Pirelli P7 Cinturato, Michelin Primacy 3, Fulda SportControl 2.
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 | |
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1. | Michelin Primacy 4 | 89% | Premium | £148 96 W + 4 | |
2. | Continental SportContact 5 | 89% | Premium | £129 96 W + 4 | |
3. | Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 K117 | 89% | Upper-middle | £100 96 W + 4 | |
4. | Bridgestone Turanza T005 | 88% | Premium | £121 96 W + 5 | |
5. | Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125 | 88% | Upper-middle | £100 96 W + 1 | |
6. | Pirelli P7 Cinturato | 87% | Premium | £136 96 Y + 5 | |
7. | Michelin Primacy 3 | 87% | Premium | £135 96 Y + 6 | |
8. | Fulda SportControl 2 | 86% | Lowcost | ||
9. | Falken ZIEX ZE914 ECORUN | 84% | Upper-middle | £124 100 W | |
10. | Nokian zLine | 84% | Upper-middle | ||
11. | Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 | 84% | Premium | £135 100 W + 2 | |
12. | Hankook Ventus Prime2 K115 | 80% | Upper-middle | ||
13. | Semperit Speed-Life 2 | 80% | Lowcost | £89 100 Y | |
14. | Yokohama Advan Sport V105 | 80% | Upper-middle | £132 100 Y | |
15. | Bridgestone Potenza S001 | 79% | Premium | £140 100 Y | |
16. | Kumho Ecsta PS71 | 78% | Upper-middle | £111 96 Y + 1 | |
17. | Uniroyal RainSport 3 | 78% | Upper-middle | £95 96 Y + 1 | |
18. | Falken Azenis FK453 | 78% | Upper-middle | £145 96 Y | |
19. | Firestone Roadhawk | 77% | Upper-middle | £96 100 Y | |
20. | Michelin Pilot Sport 3 | 76% | Premium | £161 100 W | |
21. | Bridgestone Turanza T001 Evo | 76% | Premium | ||
22. | Sava Intensa UHP 2 | 76% | Lowcost | ||
23. | Continental EcoContact 6 | 75% | Premium | £138 96 W + 3 | |
24. | Pirelli P ZERO lx. | 75% | Premium | £109 100 W + 2 | |
25. | Dunlop SP Sport MAXX GT | 75% | Premium | £144 96 Y + 4 | |
26. | GoodYear Eagle F1 Supersport | 75% | Premium | £116 100 Y | |
27. | Kumho Ecsta PS91 | 74% | Upper-middle | £128 100 Y + 1 | |
28. | Cooper Zeon CS8 | 72% | Upper-middle | £92 0 Y | |
29. | Kleber Dynaxer HP3 | 69% | Upper-middle | ||
30. | Fulda SportControl | 65% | Lowcost | ||
31. | Giti Sport S1 | 64% | Lowcost | ||
32. | Pirelli Cinturato All Season Plus | 62% | Premium | £126 100 Y | |
33. | Kleber Dynaxer UHP | 62% | Upper-middle | ||
34. | BFGoodrich G-Grip | 61% | Upper-middle | ||
35. | Barum Bravuris 3 HM | 52% | Lowcost | £92 96 Y + 1 | |
36. | Matador MP47 Hectorra 3 | 30% | Lowcost | £77 100 Y | |
37. | Firestone Firehawk SZ90 | 21% | Upper-middle | £106 100 Y | |
38. | Dayton Touring 2 | 10% | Lowcost | ||
39. | Kormoran Gamma B2 | 1% | Lowcost | ||
# | Name | Our rating | Segment | Price |