Summer tyre test 215/55 R17 - Automotorsport 2025

Summer

2025

Year

6

Tyres

Winner

Continental UltraContact NXT

Best Value

Falken E.Ziex

Test Vehicle

Audi A5

Tested tyres

6

article

Regular vs. Sustainable: Automotorsport tests 215/55 R17 Summer Tires

Auto Motor und Sport published it's test for 2025 in 215/55 R17 dimension, and this time it took entirely new approach by evaluating each tire twice. First, they conducted their "classic summer tire test", focusing on the usual disciplines like braking distances, cornering grip, and aquaplaning safety. Then they introduced a second score based on the classic test, but with sustainability criteria mixed in, such as manufacturing ecology, transportation distance and energy efficiency. Also, more weight was put on the rolling resistance and noise.

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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

Continental UltraContact NXT

Rating: Outstanding

£126

98 W

mytyres.co.uk

Wet9.0

Dry9.0

Enviromental impact9.0

Running costs8.8

Wet

Wet Braking#1/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/6

Wet Side Guide#2/6

Aquaplaning Cross#3/6

Wet Handling#3/6

Wet Handling Measured#4/6

Dry

Dry Handling#1/6

Dry Handling Measured#1/6

Dry Lane Change#1/6

Dry Braking#2/6

Dry Steering Reaction#2/6

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/6

Summary

2

Falken E.Ziex

Rating: Very good

£109

98 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet9.0

Dry9.5

Enviromental impact8.7

Running costs7.4

Wet

Wet Braking#1/6

Wet Side Guide#2/6

Wet Handling#3/6

Wet Handling Measured#3/6

Aquaplaning Cross#5/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/6

Dry

Dry Braking#1/6

Dry Handling#1/6

Dry Handling Measured#1/6

Dry Lane Change#3/6

Dry Steering Reaction#5/6

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/6

Summary

3

Bridgestone Turanza 6

Rating: Very good

£106

98 W

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

98Y

Wet8.9

Dry8.3

Enviromental impact7.7

Running costs7.2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/6

Wet Handling#1/6

Wet Handling Measured#1/6

Wet Side Guide#2/6

Wet Braking#4/6

Dry

Dry Braking#2/6

Dry Steering Reaction#2/6

Dry Handling Measured#3/6

Dry Handling#4/6

Dry Lane Change#4/6

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/6

Summary

4

Michelin E.Primacy

Rating: Very good

£179

94 V

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

94V 94W 98W · £179

Wet7.3

Dry8.5

Enviromental impact10.0

Running costs10.0

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/6

Wet Side Guide#2/6

Aquaplaning Cross#3/6

Wet Braking#5/6

Wet Handling#5/6

Wet Handling Measured#5/6

Dry

Dry Handling#1/6

Dry Lane Change#1/6

Dry Steering Reaction#1/6

Dry Braking#4/6

Dry Handling Measured#4/6

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/6

Summary

5

Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2

Rating: Very good

£114

94 W

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

94W · £129 94W · £124 94W +2

Wet9.4

Dry7.8

Enviromental impact7.3

Running costs7.8

Summary

6

Insa Turbo EcoEvolution

Rating: Poor

Wet3.5

Dry3.9

Enviromental impact3.2

Running costs5.4

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#6/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/6

Wet Braking#6/6

Wet Handling#6/6

Wet Handling Measured#6/6

Wet Side Guide#6/6

Dry

Dry Braking#6/6

Dry Handling#6/6

Dry Handling Measured#6/6

Dry Lane Change#6/6

Dry Steering Reaction#6/6

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/6

Summary

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	£113 94 V +1 More
2	Premium Dunlop Blue Response TG 98%	98%	Premium	£99 94 V +1 More
3	Premium Hankook iON evo 96%	96%	Premium	£122 98 Y
4	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO (C3) 95%	95%	Premium	£124 98 W
5	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 5 94%	94%	Premium	£145 98 Y
6	Premium Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT EVO 93%	93%	Premium	£132 98 Y
7	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2 88%	88%	Premium	£155 94 V
8	Premium Bridgestone Turanza T005 88%	88%	Premium	£117 94 V +7 More

9	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 86%	86%	Upper-middle	£93 94 W +2 More
10	Premium Michelin Primacy 5 86%	86%	Premium	£128 94 V +3 More
11	Upper-middle Nokian Powerproof 2 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£114 0 W
12	Premium Continental PremiumContact 6 83%	83%	Premium	£131 94 V +1 More
13	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 2 83%	83%	Upper-middle	£109 94 W +1 More
14	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 80%	80%	Premium	£137 94 V +5 More
15	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Comfort 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£107 98 +1 More
16	Premium Michelin Primacy 4+ 78%	78%	Premium

17	Premium Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 77%	77%	Premium	£105 94 Y +1 More
18	Premium Continental EcoContact 6 77%	77%	Premium	£96 94 V +18 More
19	Budget Linglong Sport Master 77%	77%	Budget
20	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta HS52 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£87 98 W +1 More
21	Upper-middle Cooper Summer 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£97 94 W +1 More
22	Budget Sailun Atrezzo ZSR 2 76%	76%	Budget
23	Premium Hankook Ventus Prime 4 76%	76%	Premium	£96 94 +9 More
24	Premium Hankook K135 Ventus Prime4 74%	74%	Premium	£89 94 V +1 More

25	Budget Fulda Ecocontrol Hp2 74%	74%	Budget	£92 94 V
26	Budget Nexen N Fera Primus 74%	74%	Budget	£87 94 V +2 More
27	Budget Nexen N Fera Sport 72%	72%	Budget	£103
28	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Sport 2 71%	71%	Upper-middle	£104 +1 More
29	Upper-middle BFGoodrich Advantage 70%	70%	Upper-middle
30	Premium Continental UltraContact 70%	70%	Premium	£121 94 V +1 More
31	Upper-middle Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£118 94 V +1 More
32	Upper-middle Uniroyal RainSport 5 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£102 94 V +2 More

33	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£103 94 V +3 More
34	Upper-middle Nokian Wetproof 66%	66%	Upper-middle
35	Budget Sava Intensa UHP 2 65%	65%	Budget	£83 98 W +1 More
36	Budget Fulda SportControl 2 64%	64%	Budget	£93 98 Y +1 More
37	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 64%	64%	Upper-middle	£107 +3 More
38	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP6 64%	64%	Budget	£85 94 W +1 More
39	Budget Sava Intensa Hp2 63%	63%	Budget	£93 94 V
40	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 60%	60%	Upper-middle

41	Premium Continental EcoContact 6 Q 56%	56%	Premium	£118 94 V +1 More
42	Budget Semperit Speed-Life 3 55%	55%	Budget	£91 94 V +1 More
43	Budget Debica Presto UHP2 52%	52%	Budget	£80 98 W +1 More
44	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP5 52%	52%	Budget
45	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 50%	50%	Premium	£109 94 V +10 More
46	Budget Linglong Comfort Master 48%	48%	Budget
47	Budget Delinte DS2 46%	46%	Budget
48	- Leao Nova-Force Acro 44%	44%	-

49	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 44%	44%	Budget
50	Premium Vredestein Ultrac 43%	43%	Premium	£151 94 W +1 More
51	B Landspider Sportraxx UHP 42%	42%	B
52	Budget Apollo Aspire 4G 41%	41%	Budget
53	- Leao Nora-Force HP100 39%	39%	-
54	Upper-middle Cooper Zeon CS8 38%	38%	Upper-middle	£86 0 W +5 More
55	Budget Radar Dimax R8+ 36%	36%	Budget
56	Budget Landsail RapidDragon 30%	30%	Budget

57	B Event Potentem UHP 27%	27%	B
58	Budget Tracmax X-Privilo TX-3 23%	23%	Budget
59	Budget Matador MP47 Hectorra 3 22%	22%	Budget
60	Budget Matador Hectorra 5 22%	22%	Budget
61	Budget Barum Bravuris 6 19%	19%	Budget	£84 94 V +2 More
62	Budget Imperial EcoSport 2 17%	17%	Budget
63	Budget Tomason Sportrace 17%	17%	Budget
64	Budget Kormoran Ultra High Performance 15%	15%	Budget

65	A Sentury Qirin 990 14%	14%	A
66	B Yartu ZuperEco Z-107 13%	13%	B
67	Budget Windforce Catchfors UHP PRO 9%	9%	Budget
68	Budget Lanvigator Catch Power Plus 8%	8%	Budget	£62 98 W