Summer tyre test 215/55 R18 - Auto Žurnál 2026

Summer

2026

Year

10

Tyres

Winner

Hankook ION Evo

Test Vehicle

Volkswagen ID.3

Tested tyres

10

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Auto Žurnál tyre test 2026: 215/55 R18 — summer tyres

Auto Žurnál compared 10 tyres in size 215/55 R18.

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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

Hankook ION Evo

Rating: -

£132

99 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

99Y · £171

Stopping distance on dry34.8

Stopping distance on wet48.6

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/10

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Wet Handling Measured#1/10

Aquaplaning Cross#2/10

Wet Braking#3/10

Dry

Dry Braking#1/10

Dry Handling#1/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/10

Fuel Efficiency#8/10

Comfort

Noise Interior#2/10

Summary

Published overall result: — · 1/10
Best discipline position: Longitudinal aquaplaning (1/10)
Lowest discipline position: Fuel efficiency (8/10)

2

Continental UltraContact NXT

Rating: -

£136

99 V

mytyres.co.uk

Stopping distance on dry37

Stopping distance on wet47.2

Wet

Wet Braking#1/10

Wet Circle Cornering#4/10

Wet Handling Measured#4/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/10

Aquaplaning Cross#6/10

Dry

Dry Braking#2/10

Dry Handling#5/10

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#2/10

Rolling Resistance#2/10

Comfort

Noise Interior#5/10

Summary

Published overall result: — · 2/10
Best discipline position: Wet braking (1/10)
Lowest discipline position: Cornering aquaplaning (6/10)

Positions follow the original publisher classification.

3

Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2

Rating: -

£126

99 V

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

99V · £126

Stopping distance on dry37.1

Stopping distance on wet48.7

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/10

Wet Handling Measured#3/10

Wet Braking#4/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/10

Aquaplaning Cross#9/10

Dry

Dry Handling#2/10

Dry Braking#3/10

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#1/10

Rolling Resistance#1/10

Comfort

Noise Interior#3/10

Summary

Published overall result: — · 3/10
Best discipline position: Fuel efficiency (1/10)
Lowest discipline position: Cornering aquaplaning (9/10)

4

Michelin Primacy 5

Rating: -

£141

99 V

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

99V · £142

Stopping distance on dry38.3

Stopping distance on wet47.8

Wet

Wet Braking#2/10

Aquaplaning Cross#3/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/10

Wet Circle Cornering#6/10

Wet Handling Measured#6/10

Dry

Dry Braking#6/10

Dry Handling#6/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/10

Fuel Efficiency#7/10

Comfort

Noise Interior#7/10

Summary

Published overall result: — · 4/10
Best discipline position: Comfort (2/10)
Lowest discipline position: Interior noise (7/10)

5

Pirelli Powergy

Rating: -

£118

99 V

mytyres.co.uk

Stopping distance on dry37.2

Stopping distance on wet49.4

Wet

Wet Handling Measured#2/10

Wet Circle Cornering#3/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/10

Wet Braking#5/10

Aquaplaning Cross#8/10

Dry

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Braking#4/10

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#5/10

Rolling Resistance#5/10

Comfort

Noise Interior#1/10

Summary

Published overall result: — · 5/10
Best discipline position: Interior noise (1/10)
Lowest discipline position: Cornering aquaplaning (8/10)

Unavailable source values are shown as — and are not estimated.

6

Barum Bravuris 6

Rating: -

£92

99 V

mytyres.co.uk

Stopping distance on dry39.3

Stopping distance on wet52.6

Wet

Wet Braking#6/10

Wet Circle Cornering#6/10

Aquaplaning Cross#7/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/10

Wet Handling Measured#7/10

Dry

Dry Handling#7/10

Dry Braking#8/10

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#3/10

Rolling Resistance#3/10

Comfort

Noise Interior#7/10

Summary

Published overall result: — · 6/10
Best discipline position: Comfort (2/10)
Lowest discipline position: Dry braking (8/10)

7

Sava Intensa SUV 2

Rating: -

£116

99 V

mytyres.co.uk

Stopping distance on dry38.2

Stopping distance on wet52.7

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Wet Circle Cornering#5/10

Wet Handling Measured#5/10

Wet Braking#7/10

Dry

Dry Handling#4/10

Dry Braking#5/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/10

Fuel Efficiency#9/10

Comfort

Noise Interior#6/10

Summary

Published overall result: — · 7/10
Best discipline position: Cornering aquaplaning (1/10)
Lowest discipline position: Fuel efficiency (9/10)

Overall results are reproduced from the linked secondary report; the full original score sheet has not been independently checked.

8

Kormoran Ultra High Performance

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry38.7

Stopping distance on wet57.4

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#5/10

Wet Braking#8/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/10

Wet Handling Measured#9/10

Wet Circle Cornering#10/10

Dry

Dry Braking#7/10

Dry Handling#9/10

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#4/10

Rolling Resistance#4/10

Comfort

Noise Interior#4/10

Summary

Published overall result: — · 8/10
Best discipline position: Fuel efficiency (4/10)
Lowest discipline position: Wet circle cornering (10/10)

9

Imperial EcoSport SUV

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry40.7

Stopping distance on wet58.1

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#4/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/10

Wet Circle Cornering#8/10

Wet Handling Measured#8/10

Wet Braking#9/10

Dry

Dry Handling#8/10

Dry Braking#9/10

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#10/10

Rolling Resistance#10/10

Comfort

Noise Interior#7/10

Summary

Published overall result: — · 9/10
Best discipline position: Cornering aquaplaning (4/10)
Lowest discipline position: Rolling resistance (10/10)

10

TOMKET SUV

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry42

Stopping distance on wet62.3

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#9/10

Aquaplaning Cross#10/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#10/10

Wet Braking#10/10

Wet Handling Measured#10/10

Dry

Dry Braking#10/10

Dry Handling#10/10

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#6/10

Rolling Resistance#9/10

Comfort

Noise Interior#10/10

Summary

Published overall result: — · 10/10
Best discipline position: Fuel efficiency (6/10)
Lowest discipline position: Wet handling - objective (10/10)

Detailed results

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 PremiumContact 7 98%	98%	Premium	£123 99 V
2	Premium Dunlop Blue Response TG 98%	98%	Premium	£111 99 V
3	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO (C3) 95%	95%	Premium	£126 99 V
4	Premium Goodyear Efficientgrip 2 SUV 92%	92%	Premium	£116 99 V
5	Premium Bridgestone Turanza T005 88%	88%	Premium	£165 99 V
6	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2 88%	88%	Premium
7	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 86%	86%	Upper-middle	£75 95 V +2 More
8	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 2 83%	83%	Upper-middle	£110 99 V

9	Premium Continental PremiumContact 6 83%	83%	Premium	£114 95 H +2 More
10	Premium Bridgestone Turanza 6 81%	81%	Premium	£128 99 V +1 More
11	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Comfort 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£115 99
12	Budget Linglong Sport Master 77%	77%	Budget
13	Premium Continental Ecocontact 6 77%	77%	Premium	£122 95 T +3 More
14	Upper-middle Cooper Summer 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£98 99 V
15	Premium Hankook Ventus Prime 4 76%	76%	Premium	£138 99 H +1 More
16	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 SUV 75%	75%	Upper-middle	£103 99 V

17	Hankook K135 Ventus Prime4 74%	74%		£109 99
18	Budget Nexen N Fera Primus 74%	74%	Budget	£95 95 V +1 More
19	Premium Hankook Ra43 Dynapro Hpx 74%	74%	Premium	£128 95 V +1 More
20	Budget Nexen N Fera Sport 72%	72%	Budget	£124
21	Upper-middle Uniroyal RainSport 5 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£106 99 V
22	Upper-middle Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN 69%	69%	Upper-middle
23	Budget General Tire Grabber GT Plus 68%	68%	Budget	£85 99 V
24	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£105 95 T +3 More

25	Premium Michelin e.Primacy 67%	67%	Premium
26	Premium Bridgestone Weather Control A005 67%	67%	Premium
27	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 64%	64%	Upper-middle	£105 95 T +2 More
28	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP6 64%	64%	Budget	£89 99 V
29	Budget Debica Presto 61%	61%	Budget
30	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 60%	60%	Upper-middle	£128 99 V
31	Budget Semperit Speed-Life 3 55%	55%	Budget	£100 99 V
32	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP5 52%	52%	Budget	£110 99 V

33	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 50%	50%	Premium	£114 95 T +2 More
34	Upper-middle Cooper Zeon 4XS Sport 49%	49%	Upper-middle	£126 0 V +3 More
35	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 44%	44%	Budget	£91 99 V
36	B Landspider Sportraxx UHP 42%	42%	B
37	Budget Avon ZX7 38%	38%	Budget	£116 99 V
38	Budget Landsail RapidDragon 30%	30%	Budget
39	Budget Matador MP47 Hectorra 3 22%	22%	Budget
40	Budget Matador Hectorra 5 22%	22%	Budget

41	Budget Tomason Sportrace 17%	17%	Budget
42	A Sentury Qirin 990 14%	14%	A
43	B Ceat SecuraDrive 10%	10%	B
44	Budget Windforce Catchfors UHP PRO 9%	9%	Budget
45	Budget Lanvigator Catch Power Plus 8%	8%	Budget	£65 99 W
46	Budget Marshal MU12 6%	6%	Budget