Summer tyre test 225/45 R18 - AutoMotorSport 2020

Summer

2020

Year

11

Tyres

Winner

GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5

Best Value

Maxxis Victra Sport 5

Test Vehicle

BMW 3 series

Tested tyres

11

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

GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5

Rating: Very good

£123

91 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91Y · £127 91Y · £149 95Y +2

Wet9,4

Dry9,2

Rolling resistance6

Noise10

Comfort10

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/11

Wet Braking#1/11

Wet Handling#2/11

Wet Handling Measured#2/11

Wet Side Guide#2/11

Dry

Dry Braking#1/11

Dry Steering Reaction#1/11

Dry Lane Change#3/11

Dry Handling#4/11

Dry Handling Measured#6/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/11

Ride Comfort#1/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/11

2

Michelin Pilot Sport 4

Rating: Very good

£149

91 W

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91W 95W · £149 95Y · £156 +2

Wet9,1

Dry9,3

Rolling resistance7

Noise8

Comfort9

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/11

Wet Handling#1/11

Wet Handling Measured#1/11

Wet Braking#2/11

Wet Side Guide#2/11

Aquaplaning Cross#3/11

Dry

Dry Braking#1/11

Dry Handling#1/11

Dry Handling Measured#2/11

Dry Lane Change#3/11

Dry Steering Reaction#4/11

Comfort

Ride Comfort#3/11

Noise Exterior#4/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/11

3

Continental PremiumContact 6

Rating: Very good

£113

95 V

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

95V · £113 95Y · £128 95Y · £131 +2

Wet8,1

Dry9,1

Rolling resistance7

Noise6

Comfort7

Wet

Wet Handling#2/11

Wet Side Guide#2/11

Wet Braking#3/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/11

Wet Handling Measured#4/11

Aquaplaning Cross#6/11

Dry

Dry Handling#1/11

Dry Handling Measured#1/11

Dry Lane Change#1/11

Dry Steering Reaction#1/11

Dry Braking#3/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/11

Ride Comfort#9/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/11

4

Pirelli P ZERO

Rating: Very good

Wet8,2

Dry8,5

Rolling resistance6

Noise8

Comfort9

Wet

Wet Side Guide#1/11

Wet Braking#3/11

Wet Handling#4/11

Wet Handling Measured#4/11

Aquaplaning Cross#6/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/11

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#2/11

Dry Braking#3/11

Dry Handling#4/11

Dry Lane Change#5/11

Dry Steering Reaction#8/11

Comfort

Ride Comfort#3/11

Noise Exterior#4/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/11

5

Maxxis Victra Sport 5

Rating: Good

Wet7,8

Dry8,5

Rolling resistance6

Noise8

Comfort8

Wet

Wet Handling Measured#2/11

Wet Side Guide#2/11

Aquaplaning Cross#3/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/11

Wet Handling#4/11

Wet Braking#5/11

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#2/11

Dry Braking#3/11

Dry Handling#4/11

Dry Lane Change#5/11

Dry Steering Reaction#6/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#4/11

Ride Comfort#5/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/11

6

Bridgestone Turanza T005

Rating: Good

£103

91 V

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91W 91W · £140 91W · £125 +2

Wet7,1

Dry8,3

Rolling resistance10

Noise6

Comfort8

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/11

Wet Handling#4/11

Wet Handling Measured#4/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/11

Wet Side Guide#6/11

Wet Braking#8/11

Dry

Dry Braking#3/11

Dry Handling#4/11

Dry Lane Change#5/11

Dry Handling Measured#6/11

Dry Steering Reaction#6/11

Comfort

Ride Comfort#5/11

Noise Exterior#9/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/11

7

Nokian Powerproof

Rating: Good

Wet6,8

Dry7,8

Rolling resistance8

Noise6

Comfort6

Wet

Wet Braking#5/11

Wet Side Guide#6/11

Wet Handling Measured#7/11

Wet Handling#8/11

Aquaplaning Cross#10/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#10/11

Dry

Dry Braking#3/11

Dry Lane Change#5/11

Dry Handling Measured#6/11

Dry Handling#9/11

Dry Steering Reaction#10/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/11

Ride Comfort#11/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/11

8

Falken Azenis FK510

Rating: Good

£159

95 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

95Y 95Y · £159

Wet6,7

Dry7,6

Rolling resistance7

Noise7

Comfort7

Wet

Wet Braking#5/11

Aquaplaning Cross#6/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/11

Wet Handling#8/11

Wet Handling Measured#8/11

Wet Side Guide#8/11

Dry

Dry Lane Change#5/11

Dry Handling Measured#6/11

Dry Steering Reaction#8/11

Dry Braking#9/11

Dry Handling#9/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#7/11

Ride Comfort#9/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/11

9

Nexen N fera Sport

Rating: Satisfactory

£92

95 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

95Y · £114 95Y · £108

Wet5,8

Dry8,2

Rolling resistance6

Noise10

Comfort10

Wet

Wet Braking#8/11

Wet Side Guide#8/11

Aquaplaning Cross#10/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#10/11

Wet Handling#10/11

Wet Handling Measured#10/11

Dry

Dry Braking#3/11

Dry Lane Change#5/11

Dry Handling Measured#6/11

Dry Handling#9/11

Dry Steering Reaction#10/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/11

Ride Comfort#1/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/11

10

Toyo Proxes T1 Sport

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet5,5

Dry8,1

Rolling resistance7

Noise9

Comfort8

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#3/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/11

Wet Handling#4/11

Wet Braking#8/11

Wet Handling Measured#8/11

Wet Side Guide#10/11

Dry

Dry Steering Reaction#1/11

Dry Handling#4/11

Dry Handling Measured#6/11

Dry Braking#10/11

Dry Lane Change#11/11

Comfort

Ride Comfort#5/11

Noise Exterior#7/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#11/11

11

Giti Sport S1

Rating: Sufficient

Wet5,5

Dry8,1

Rolling resistance7

Noise9

Comfort8

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#6/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/11

Wet Handling#10/11

Wet Handling Measured#10/11

Wet Side Guide#10/11

Wet Braking#11/11

Dry

Dry Handling#1/11

Dry Lane Change#1/11

Dry Handling Measured#2/11

Dry Steering Reaction#4/11

Dry Braking#10/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/11

Ride Comfort#5/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/11

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 Continental SportContact 7 100%	100%	Premium	£127 95 Y
2	Premium Hankook Ventus Evo 99%	99%	Premium	£108 95 Y +1 More
3	Premium Continental UltraContact NXT 99%	99%	Premium	£131 95 W
4	Premium Continental Premiumcontact 7 98%	98%	Premium	£118 91 W +1 More
5	Premium Dunlop Blue Response TG 98%	98%	Premium	£145 95 W
6	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO (C3) 97%	97%	Premium	£130 95 Y
7	Premium Michelin PILOT SPORT 4 S 96%	96%	Premium	£146 95 Y
8	Premium Hankook iON evo 96%	96%	Premium	£103 95 Y

9	Premium Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 94%	94%	Premium	£116 95 W +3 More
10	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 5 94%	94%	Premium	£138 95 W +1 More
11	Premium Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT EVO 93%	93%	Premium	£127 95 Y
12	Premium Pirelli P ZERO PZ4 89%	89%	Premium	£125 91 V +6 More
13	Budget Giti GitiSport S2+ 89%	89%	Budget
14	Premium Pirelli P Zero (PZ5) 88%	88%	Premium	£131 95 Y
15	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2 88%	88%	Premium	£124 91 W +9 More
16	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta Sport (PS72) 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£94 95 Y +1 More

17	Premium Bridgestone Potenza Sport 87%	87%	Premium	£142 95 Y +1 More
18	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 86%	86%	Upper-middle	£95 91 Y +2 More
19	Premium Michelin Primacy 5 86%	86%	Premium	£143 91 W +3 More
20	Upper-middle Nokian Powerproof 2 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£105 0 Y
21	Premium Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 81%	81%	Premium	£110 91 Y +2 More
22	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 2 81%	81%	Upper-middle	£110 95 Y
23	Premium Bridgestone Turanza 6 81%	81%	Premium	£114 95 Y +1 More
24	Premium Goodyear Eagle F1 Supersport 81%	81%	Premium	£121 91 Y +3 More

25	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 80%	80%	Premium	£120 91 V +14 More
26	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport CUP 2 79%	79%	Premium
27	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Comfort 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£114 95
28	Upper-middle Firestone Firehawk Sport 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£110 95 Y
29	Premium Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 77%	77%	Premium	£111 95 Y
30	Premium Continental Ecocontact 6 77%	77%	Premium	£123 91 W +16 More
31	Budget Linglong Sport Master 77%	77%	Budget
32	Upper-middle Cooper Summer 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£107 95 Y

33	Budget Sailun Atrezzo ZSR 2 76%	76%	Budget
34	Premium Hankook Ventus Prime 4 76%	76%	Premium	£113 95 H +2 More
35	Budget GT Radial SportActive 2 EVO 75%	75%	Budget
36	Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127B 75%	75%		£136 95 Y +1 More
37	Premium Michelin e.Primacy 74%	74%	Premium	£190 95 Y
38	Premium Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 EV 74%	74%	Premium	£121 95 H
39	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Sport 2 71%	71%	Upper-middle	£116 +1 More
40	Upper-middle BFGoodrich Advantage 70%	70%	Upper-middle	£137 95 W +1 More

41	Upper-middle Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£130 95 W
42	Upper-middle Nokian PowerProof 1 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£114 95 Y
43	Upper-middle Uniroyal RainSport 5 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£97 95 Y
44	Upper-middle Yokohama Advan Sport V107 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£114 95 Y
45	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£111 91 V +4 More
46	Budget Sava Intensa UHP 2 65%	65%	Budget
47	Budget Fulda SportControl 2 64%	64%	Budget
48	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 64%	64%	Upper-middle	£115 91 V +4 More

49	Premium Pirelli Cinturato All Season Plus 62%	62%	Premium	£138 95 W +2 More
50	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 60%	60%	Upper-middle
51	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer UHP 56%	56%	Upper-middle
52	Budget Semperit Speed-Life 3 55%	55%	Budget	£109 95 Y
53	Upper-middle Nokian Hakka Black 3 54%	54%	Upper-middle	£217 95 Y
54	Budget Debica Presto UHP2 52%	52%	Budget
55	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP5 52%	52%	Budget
56	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 50%	50%	Premium	£118 95 W +1 More

57	Budget Delinte DS2 46%	46%	Budget
58	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 44%	44%	Budget
59	- Leao Nova-Force Acro 44%	44%	-
60	Budget Lassa Driveways Sport 42%	42%	Budget
61	B Landspider Sportraxx UHP 42%	42%	B
62	Upper-middle Cooper Zeon CS8 38%	38%	Upper-middle
63	Budget Radar Dimax R8+ 36%	36%	Budget
64	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS91 36%	36%	Upper-middle

65	Budget Landsail RapidDragon 30%	30%	Budget
66	B Event Potentem UHP 27%	27%	B
67	Budget Tracmax X-Privilo TX-3 23%	23%	Budget
68	Budget Westlake Z-107 23%	23%	Budget
69	Budget Matador MP47 Hectorra 3 22%	22%	Budget
70	Budget Matador Hectorra 5 22%	22%	Budget
71	Budget Ovation VI-588 Sport 21%	21%	Budget
72	Budget Barum Bravuris 6 19%	19%	Budget	£88 95 Y

73	Budget Tomason Sportrace 17%	17%	Budget
74	Budget Imperial EcoSport 2 17%	17%	Budget
75	Budget Kormoran Ultra High Performance 15%	15%	Budget
76	A Sentury Qirin 990 14%	14%	A
77	Budget Lanvigator Catch Power Plus 8%	8%	Budget	£47 95 W +1 More
78	Budget Zeetex HP6000 eco 4%	4%	Budget