Summer tyre test 235/45 R18 - Autozeitung 2019

Summer

2019

Year

10

Tyres

Winner

Continental PremiumContact 6

Best Value

Maxxis Premitra HP5

Test Vehicle

Škoda Superb

Tested tyres

10

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 PremiumContact 6

Rating: -

£130

94 V

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

94V · £176 94V 94V +2

Wet142

Dry135

Wet

Wet Handling#1/10

Wet Safety#1/10

Wet Braking#2/10

Wet Circle Cornering#4/10

Aquaplaning Cross#5/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/10

Dry

Dry Braking#1/10

Dry Handling#1/10

Dry Safety#1/10

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/10

Noise Exterior#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/10

2

Michelin Primacy 4

Rating: -

£161

98 W

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

98W · £185 98W · £171 98W +1

Wet118

Dry134

Wet

Wet Safety#2/10

Wet Circle Cornering#4/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/10

Wet Braking#6/10

Wet Handling#6/10

Aquaplaning Cross#7/10

Dry

Dry Handling#2/10

Dry Safety#2/10

Dry Braking#3/10

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/10

Noise Exterior#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/10

3

Maxxis Premitra HP5

Rating: -

£142

98 W

mytyres.co.uk

Wet126

Dry121

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Aquaplaning Cross#2/10

Wet Safety#3/10

Wet Braking#4/10

Wet Handling#5/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/10

Dry

Dry Braking#2/10

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Safety#9/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/10

Ride Comfort#9/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/10

4

Pirelli Cinturato P7

Rating: -

£134

94 V

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

94W · £165 94W · £134 98Y

Wet123

Dry119

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Wet Braking#3/10

Wet Circle Cornering#4/10

Wet Safety#4/10

Aquaplaning Cross#6/10

Wet Handling#6/10

Dry

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Safety#3/10

Dry Braking#6/10

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/10

Noise Exterior#3/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/10

5

Bridgestone Turanza T005

Rating: -

£169

94 W

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

94W 94W 94W · £169 +2

Wet112

Dry127

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/10

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Wet Handling#2/10

Wet Safety#4/10

Wet Braking#8/10

Dry

Dry Braking#4/10

Dry Safety#4/10

Dry Handling#8/10

Comfort

Ride Comfort#5/10

Noise Exterior#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/10

6

Yokohama Bluearth AE-50

Rating: -

Wet114

Dry121

Wet

Wet Braking#4/10

Wet Circle Cornering#4/10

Wet Handling#6/10

Wet Safety#6/10

Aquaplaning Cross#7/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/10

Dry

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Safety#6/10

Dry Braking#7/10

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/10

Noise Exterior#3/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/10

7

Michelin CrossClimate+ (!)

Rating: -

Wet114

Dry105

8

Apollo Aspire XP

Rating: -

Wet101

Dry115

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Aquaplaning Cross#2/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Wet Handling#3/10

Wet Braking#7/10

Wet Safety#8/10

Dry

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Braking#5/10

Dry Safety#7/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/10

Ride Comfort#5/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/10

9

Kumho Ecsta HS51

Rating: -

£98

94 V

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94V · £98 98W

Wet73

Dry108

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/10

Aquaplaning Cross#2/10

Wet Circle Cornering#4/10

Wet Handling#4/10

Wet Braking#9/10

Wet Safety#9/10

Dry

Dry Safety#7/10

Dry Braking#8/10

Dry Handling#8/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/10

Ride Comfort#9/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#9/10

10

Nankang Comfort AS-1

Rating: -

£88

98 W

mytyres.co.uk

Wet48

Dry101

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 UltraContact NXT 99%	99%	Premium	£147 98 Y
2	Premium Hankook Ventus Evo 99%	99%	Premium	£108 98 Y
3	Premium Dunlop Blue Response TG 98%	98%	Premium	£125 98 W
4	Premium Continental Premiumcontact 7 98%	98%	Premium	£131 98 Y
5	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO (C3) 97%	97%	Premium	£139 98 Y
6	Premium Hankook ION Evo 96%	96%	Premium	£149 98 W +2 More
7	Premium Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 94%	94%	Premium	£125 94 W +9 More
8	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 5 94%	94%	Premium	£168 98 Y

9	Premium Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT EVO 93%	93%	Premium	£141 98 Y
10	Premium Pirelli P ZERO PZ4 89%	89%	Premium	£157 94 Y +5 More
11	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2 88%	88%	Premium	£144 94 W +3 More
12	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta Sport (PS72) 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£103 98 Y +1 More
13	Premium Bridgestone Potenza Sport 87%	87%	Premium	£148 98 Y
14	Premium Michelin Primacy 5 86%	86%	Premium	£144 98 W +2 More
15	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 86%	86%	Upper-middle	£118 98 Y +3 More
16	Upper-middle Nokian Powerproof 2 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£125 0 Y +1 More

17	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 2 81%	81%	Upper-middle	£111 98 Y
18	Premium Bridgestone Turanza 6 81%	81%	Premium	£144 94 W +2 More
19	Premium Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 81%	81%	Premium	£130 98 Y
20	Premium Vredestein Ultrac Pro 79%	79%	Premium	£119 94 y +1 More
21	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Comfort 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£126 98
22	Upper-middle Falken ZIEX ZE320 77%	77%	Upper-middle	£111 98 W
23	Premium Continental Ecocontact 6 77%	77%	Premium	£132 94 W +2 More
24	Budget Linglong Sport Master 77%	77%	Budget

25	Premium Hankook Ih61 Ion St As 77%	77%	Premium	£137 98 V
26	Premium Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 77%	77%	Premium	£164 98 Y
27	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta HS52 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£99 98 W +1 More
28	Premium Hankook Ventus Prime 4 76%	76%	Premium	£110 98 W +2 More
29	Upper-middle Cooper Summer 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£109 98 Y
30	Budget Sailun Atrezzo ZSR 2 76%	76%	Budget
31	Budget GT Radial SportActive 2 EVO 75%	75%	Budget
32	Premium Michelin e.Primacy 74%	74%	Premium	£179 98 V +2 More

33	Budget Nexen N fera Sport 72%	72%	Budget	£96 98 Y +1 More
34	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Sport 2 71%	71%	Upper-middle	£115 98 Y +1 More
35	Budget GT radial Sport Active 2 71%	71%	Budget
36	Upper-middle BFGoodrich Advantage 70%	70%	Upper-middle	£128 98 W +1 More
37	Upper-middle Uniroyal RainSport 5 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£106 98 Y
38	Upper-middle Nokian PowerProof 1 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£116 98 Y
39	Upper-middle Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£133 98 W +2 More
40	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£117 94 V +4 More

41	Premium Dunlop Sport Maxx RT2 67%	67%	Premium	£118 98 Y
42	Upper-middle Yokohama Advan Sport V107 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£140 98 Y
43	Budget Sava Intensa UHP 2 65%	65%	Budget	£140 98 Y +1 More
44	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 64%	64%	Upper-middle	£124 94 V +4 More
45	Budget Fulda SportControl 2 64%	64%	Budget	£118 98 Y +1 More
46	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 60%	60%	Upper-middle
47	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP6 59%	59%	Budget	£90 98 0
48	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer UHP 56%	56%	Upper-middle

49	Budget Semperit Speed-Life 3 55%	55%	Budget	£105 98 Y
50	Upper-middle Nokian Hakka Black 3 54%	54%	Upper-middle	£236 98 W +1 More
51	Budget Debica Presto UHP2 52%	52%	Budget	£96 98 Y +1 More
52	Budget Delinte DS2 46%	46%	Budget
53	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 44%	44%	Budget
54	- Leao Nova-Force Acro 44%	44%	-
55	B Landspider Sportraxx UHP 42%	42%	B
56	Upper-middle Cooper Zeon CS8 38%	38%	Upper-middle

57	Budget Goodride Solmax 1 33%	33%	Budget
58	Budget Landsail RapidDragon 30%	30%	Budget
59	B Event Potentem UHP 27%	27%	B
60	Budget Tracmax X-Privilo TX-3 23%	23%	Budget
61	Budget Matador MP47 Hectorra 3 22%	22%	Budget
62	Budget Matador Hectorra 5 22%	22%	Budget
63	Budget Barum Bravuris 6 19%	19%	Budget	£91 98 Y
64	Budget Tomason Sportrace 17%	17%	Budget

65	Budget Kormoran Ultra High Performance 15%	15%	Budget
66	- Aplus A610 12%	12%	-
67	Budget Lanvigator Catch Power Plus 8%	8%	Budget	£56 98 Y

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