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245/35 R20 - Best summer tyres 2024 - market overview, tests, reviews

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/91%

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Best summer tyres in tests
245/35 R20 tyre test
245/35 R20 tyre ranking based on test results
Tyre price comparison

Best summer tyres in tests (2024)

1. Continental SportContact 7

/100%

Tested 6x in 2024, 9x in total.

Test results:

Test winner - GUTEFAHRT 2023 235/35 R19
Test winner - AUTOZEITUNG 2023 235/35 R19
Test winner - AUTOBILD 2023 225/40 R18
Test winner - AUTOMOTORSPORT 2023 255/45 R20
Test winner - SPORTAUTO 2023 225/40 R18
Test winner - AUTOBILD 2024 265/35 R19

Pluses:

Short braking distance on dry roads
Short braking distance on wet roads
Very good aquaplaning resistance
Exceptional handling on the wet
Great handling on dry roads

Minuses:

check the prices for Continental SportContact 7

2. Michelin Pilot Sport 5

/99%

Tested 7x in 2024, 8x in total.

Test results:

Recommended by AUTOBILD 2023 225/45 R18
Recommended by TYREREVIEWS 2023 225/40 R18
Recommended by SPORTAUTO 2024 215/40 R18
Recommended by AUTOBILD 2023 225/40 R18
Recommended by ACE 2023 225/45 R18
Recommended by AUTOZEITUNG 2023 235/35 R19

Pluses:

Great handling on dry roads
Short braking distance on dry roads
Short braking distance on wet roads
Exceptional handling on the wet
Very good aquaplaning resistance

Minuses:

check the prices for Michelin Pilot Sport 5

3. Bridgestone Potenza Sport

/92%

Tested 10x in 2024, 17x in total.

Test results:

Test winner - AUTOBILD 2024 225/55 R17
Recommended by AUTOZEITUNG 2023 235/35 R19
Recommended by AUTOBILD 2023 225/40 R18
Recommended by GUTEFAHRT 2023 235/35 R19
Recommended by AUTOBILD 2024 235/55 R19
Recommended by ACE 2023 225/45 R18
Recommended by AUTOBILD 2024 265/35 R19
Recommended by AUTOMOTORSPORT 2023 255/45 R20
Recommended by TYREREVIEWS 2023 225/40 R18
Recommended by SPORTAUTO 2023 225/40 R18

Pluses:

Short braking distance on wet roads
Exceptional handling on the wet
Very good aquaplaning resistance
Great handling on dry roads
Short braking distance on dry roads

Minuses:

check the prices for Bridgestone Potenza Sport

245/35 R20 tyre test

Best tyres in your size

Premium Lowcost

Wet

Wet braking, Wet handling, Wet circle cornering, …

1. GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 92%

2. Bridgestone Potenza Sport 90%

3. Michelin Pilot Sport 4 89%

4. Pirelli P Zero 88%

5. Continental SportContact 7 86%

6. Pirelli P Zero PZ4 85%

7. Uniroyal Rainsport 5 85%

8. Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 83%

9. Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 83%

10. Nokian Powerproof 82%

11. Falken Azenis FK510 82%

12. Kumho Ecsta PS71 78%

13. Firestone Roadhawk 76%

14. Nexen N fera Sport 73%

15. Falken Azenis FK520 72%

Aquaplaning

Best anti-aquaplaning tyres

1. GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 90%

2. Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 90%

3. Uniroyal Rainsport 5 89%

4. Michelin Pilot Sport 4 89%

5. Kumho Ecsta PS71 83%

6. Firestone Roadhawk 81%

7. Falken Azenis FK510 79%

8. Nokian Powerproof 78%

9. Bridgestone Potenza Sport 77%

10. Continental SportContact 7 77%

11. Falken Azenis FK520 76%

12. Pirelli P Zero 74%

13. Pirelli P Zero PZ4 74%

14. Nexen N fera Sport 73%

15. Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 70%

Dry

Dry braking, Dry handling, Dry steering response, …

1. Continental SportContact 7 94%

2. Bridgestone Potenza Sport 90%

3. Michelin Pilot Sport 4 88%

4. GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 87%

5. Pirelli P Zero 86%

6. Nokian Powerproof 86%

7. Firestone Roadhawk 85%

8. Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 82%

9. Falken Azenis FK520 81%

10. Pirelli P Zero PZ4 79%

11. Falken Azenis FK510 75%

12. Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 74%

13. Kumho Ecsta PS71 74%

14. Uniroyal Rainsport 5 73%

15. Nexen N fera Sport 72%

Noise

Interior noise, Exterior noise

1. Falken Azenis FK520 89%

2. Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 88%

3. Bridgestone Potenza Sport 82%

4. Nexen N fera Sport 81%

5. GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 81%

6. Pirelli P Zero PZ4 79%

7. Michelin Pilot Sport 4 78%

8. Pirelli P Zero 77%

9. Continental SportContact 7 77%

10. Uniroyal Rainsport 5 76%

11. Kumho Ecsta PS71 75%

12. Firestone Roadhawk 73%

13. Falken Azenis FK510 73%

14. Nokian Powerproof 68%

15. Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 68%

Costs

Mileage, Fuel consumption, Rolling resistance, …

1. Continental SportContact 7 81%

2. GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 77%

3. Falken Azenis FK520 76%

4. Firestone Roadhawk 71%

5. Uniroyal Rainsport 5 70%

6. Falken Azenis FK510 70%

7. Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 70%

8. Michelin Pilot Sport 4 69%

9. Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 66%

10. Kumho Ecsta PS71 66%

11. Nexen N fera Sport 64%

12. Nokian Powerproof 63%

13. Pirelli P Zero 59%

14. Bridgestone Potenza Sport 49%

15. Pirelli P Zero PZ4 47%

Price

245/35 R20

1. Kumho Ecsta PS71 £139

2. Uniroyal Rainsport 5 £153

3. Falken Azenis FK520 £155

4. Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 £166

5. Nexen N fera Sport £166

6. Firestone Roadhawk £171

7. Continental SportContact 7 £198

8. Bridgestone Potenza Sport £205

9. Michelin Pilot Sport 4 £208

10. Pirelli P Zero £236

11. Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 ?%

12. Falken Azenis FK510 ?%

13. GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 ?%

14. Nokian Powerproof ?%

15. Pirelli P Zero PZ4 ?%

245/35 R20 tyre ranking based on test results

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	Tested in same width dimension	Segment	Price
1.	Pirelli P ZERO lx.			Premium	£256 95 Y + 7
2.	Pirelli P ZERO PZ4	85% 78.5% 76.5%		Premium	£251 91 Y + 6
3.	Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S	77.9% 85.3% 64.2%	Autobild 2018	Premium	£290 95 Y + 6
4.	Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5! Newer model available: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6	91.6% 87.3% 81%	Autobild 2020	Premium	£194 95 Y + 3
5.	Michelin Pilot Sport 4! Newer model available: Michelin Pilot Sport 5	88.5% 88.1% 76.4%	AutoMotorSport 2022	Premium	£208 95 W + 1
6.	Continental Sportcontact 6! Newer model available: Continental SportContact 7	82.5% 90.9% 88.9%	Autobild 2018	Premium	£191 95 Y + 4
7.	Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127	82.5% 82.3% 87.7%	AutoMotorSport 2022	Premium	£166 95 Y
8.	Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2	82.9% 74.4% 70.7%	Autobild 2020	Premium
9.	Kumho Ecsta PS71	77.8% 74.2% 76.8%	Autobild 2020	Upper-middle	£139 95 Y
10.	GoodYear Eagle F1 Supersport	80% 68.3% 80.1%	Autobild 2020	Premium	£213 95 Y + 2
11.	Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R	42.1% 79.7%		Premium
12.	Continental SportContact 5P			Premium
13.	Falken Azenis FK510! Newer model available: Falken Azenis FK520	82.1% 75.4% 73.1%	AutoMotorSport 2022	Upper-middle
14.	Firestone Roadhawk	76.2% 85% 75.7%	Autobild 2020	Upper-middle	£171 95 Y
15.	Uniroyal RainSport 5	85% 72.7% 76.3%		Upper-middle	£153 95 Y
16.	Nokian Powerproof	82.3% 85.6% 69.6%	AutoMotorSport 2022	Upper-middle
17.	Semperit Speed-Life 3	77.8% 66.8% 74.5%		Lowcost	£152 95 Y
18.	Continental Ecocontact 6! Newer model available: Continental EcoContact 7	64.7% 75.2% 73.7%		Premium	£197 95 W + 3
19.	Pirelli P ZERO	87.5% 86.2% 77.3%	Autobild 2020	Premium	£236 91 Y + 9
20.	Bridgestone Potenza S001	82.1% 72.6% 83.9%	Autobild 2020	Premium
21.	Uniroyal RainSport 3	58.4%	Autobild 2020	Upper-middle
22.	GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3! Newer model available: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5	78.1% 85%	Automotorsport 2017	Premium	£194 95 Y + 5
23.	Kumho Ecsta PS91	64.3% 65.6%		Upper-middle	£178 95 Y
24.	Barum Bravuris 5 HM	61.7% 62.5%	Autobild 2020	Lowcost	£158 95 Y
25.	Matador MP47 Hectorra 3	67.5% 75%	Autobild 2020	Lowcost
26.	Michelin Pilot Super Sport			Premium	£279 95 Y + 5
27.	Yokohama Advan Sport V105	73.2%	Autobild 2020	Upper-middle	£186 95 Y + 1
28.	Michelin Pilot Sport 3! Newer model available: Michelin Pilot Sport 4			Premium	£270 95 Y + 1
29.	Michelin Pilot Sport CUP 2! Newer model available: Michelin Pilot Sport CUP 2 Connect			Premium	£327 91 Y + 8
30.	Giti Sport S1	65.8% 86.3%	Autobild 2020	Lowcost
31.	Falken Azenis FK453			Upper-middle

Did you know ...?

245/35 R20 doesn't belong to the most popular dimensions for summer tyres - there are 58 tyre models available, which can be compared to 185/60 R14, 205/55 R16, 175/70 R14. Let's break down the sizing - 35 is height of the tyre, which is calculated as 35% of the tyre width (245mm), which means the sidewall height has 85.75 mm. The wheel diameter is R20, which means it fits to a 20 inch/508mm diameter wheel. The total circumference of the tyre is 2134.71 mm, which is very similar to 195/70 R16(2134.4 mm), 225/55 R17(2134.08 mm), 285/30 R20(2133.14 mm), 245/40 R19(2131.88 mm), 245/45 R18(2129.06 mm), 275/40 R18(2127.49 mm), 215/70 R15(2142.57 mm). There are multiple speed indexes available for summer tyres in 245/35 R20: W(270km/h), Y(300km/h). The same goes for weight indexes: 91, 95. You can find 245/35 R20 on 24 car models - mainly Aston Martin, Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche, BMW.

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245/35 R20 is found on 24 vehicles:

8C

B5/B7/B9/B10/D5/D10 (5er-Reihe)

DB9
DB9 GT
One-77
DBS

5er-Reihe
8er-Reihe

Ateca

F488
GTC4Lusso
F8

GT

GranCabrio
GranTurismo
Quattroporte

CLS
E-Klasse

Insignia

911
Cayman
Boxster

Arteon

S60/V60

245/35 R20 - Best summer tyres 2024 - market overview, tests, reviews

Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S

Kumho Ecsta PS71

Best summer tyres in tests (2024)

1. Continental SportContact 7

2. Michelin Pilot Sport 5

3. Bridgestone Potenza Sport

245/35 R20 tyre test

Wet

Aquaplaning

Dry

Noise

Costs

Price

245/35 R20 tyre ranking based on test results

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245/35 R20 - Tyre price comparison

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245/35 R20 - Best summer tyres 2024 - market overview, tests, reviews

Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S

Kumho Ecsta PS71

Best summer tyres in tests (2024)

1. Continental SportContact 7

2. Michelin Pilot Sport 5

3. Bridgestone Potenza Sport

245/35 R20 tyre test

245/35 R20 tyre ranking based on test results

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