Comparison: Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 vs. Pirelli Cinturato Winter (2026)
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The S1 evo3 stops shorter; the Prime 4 lasts longer and costs less to run.
Hankook builds its summer passenger range around two distinct philosophies, and the Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 and the Hankook Ventus Prime 4 sit at the heart of that split. The S1 evo3 is Hankook's ultra-high-performance flagship — a tyre that earned original-equipment approval from Porsche and Audi and is built to satisfy drivers who demand the sharpest possible response. The Ventus Prime 4, successor to the best-selling Ventus Prime 3 (over 20 million units sold in Europe since 2015), takes a broader view: balanced safety, refined comfort, long tread life, and genuine value across a huge range of everyday cars. Both sit in Hankook's premium tier, and both genuinely compete with European rivals at their respective price points — the choice between them is really a question of what you value most behind the wheel.
These tyres were not tested together in the same test. The scores below are aggregated from different independent tests, so direct comparison should be taken with caution.
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Compare prices across all available dimensions for these tyres.
| Organization | Season | Year | Dimension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Autobild | Winter | 2021 | 205/55 R16 | View |
 Autoexpress | Winter | 2020 | 205/55 R16 | View |
 ADAC | Winter | 2020 | 205/55 R16 | View |
| ADAC | Winter | 2019 | 185/65 R15 | View |
 AutoMotorSport | Winter | 2018 | 205/55 R16 | View |
| Autobild | Winter | 2018 | 195/65 R15 | View |
| Autobild | Winter | 2018 | 195/65 R15 | View |
| Autoexpress | Winter | 2016 | 205/55 R16 | View |
| Autobild | Winter | 2016 | 205/55 R16 | View |
| Autobild | Winter | 2016 | 205/55 R16 | View |
 GTÜ | Winter | 2016 | 205/55 R16 | View |
| ADAC | Winter | 2016 | 185/65 R15 | View |
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