Summer tyre test 225/45 R17 - Autozeitung 2024

Summer

2024

Year

9

Tyres

Winner

Continental PremiumContact 7

Best Value

Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127

Test Vehicle

BMW 1

Tested tyres

9

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 7

Rating: Test winner

£82

91 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

91V · £91 91W · £94 94V · £82 +1

Wet

Wet Braking#1/9

Wet Circle Cornering#1/9

Wet Handling#1/9

Wet Safety#1/9

Aquaplaning Cross#3/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/9

Dry

Dry Braking#1/9

Dry Handling#1/9

Dry Safety#1/9

Dry Lane Change#2/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/9

Summary

2

Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2

Rating: Highly recommended

£93

91 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91Y 91Y · £106 94Y · £100 +2

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/9

Wet Handling#2/9

Wet Safety#2/9

Wet Braking#3/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/9

Aquaplaning Cross#6/9

Dry

Dry Braking#1/9

Dry Handling#2/9

Dry Lane Change#2/9

Dry Safety#2/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/9

Summary

3

Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127

Rating: -

Wet

Wet Braking#2/9

Wet Circle Cornering#2/9

Wet Handling#2/9

Wet Safety#3/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/9

Aquaplaning Cross#9/9

Dry

Dry Braking#3/9

Dry Handling#5/9

Dry Safety#6/9

Dry Lane Change#7/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/9

Summary

4

Vredestein Ultrac

Rating: -

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/9

Wet Handling#2/9

Aquaplaning Cross#3/9

Wet Safety#5/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/9

Wet Braking#8/9

Dry

Dry Handling#2/9

Dry Safety#3/9

Dry Braking#4/9

Dry Lane Change#7/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/9

Summary

5

Firestone Roadhawk 2

Rating: Highly recommended

£77

91 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94Y · £77

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/9

Wet Circle Cornering#2/9

Wet Braking#4/9

Wet Safety#4/9

Wet Handling#5/9

Aquaplaning Cross#6/9

Dry

Dry Lane Change#2/9

Dry Handling#5/9

Dry Braking#6/9

Dry Safety#7/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#8/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/9

Summary

6

Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun

Rating: -

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/9

Wet Circle Cornering#2/9

Wet Braking#5/9

Wet Handling#5/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/9

Wet Safety#8/9

Dry

Dry Lane Change#1/9

Dry Safety#4/9

Dry Handling#5/9

Dry Braking#6/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/9

Summary

7

Michelin Primacy 4+

Rating: -

£99

91 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91V 91W 91Y · £101 +2

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/9

Aquaplaning Cross#6/9

Wet Handling#7/9

Wet Safety#7/9

Wet Circle Cornering#8/9

Wet Braking#9/9

Dry

Dry Lane Change#2/9

Dry Braking#4/9

Dry Handling#5/9

Dry Safety#9/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/9

Summary

8

Maxxis Premitra HP5

Rating: -

£82

91 W

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

91W 94W · £103

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/9

Wet Circle Cornering#2/9

Wet Braking#5/9

Wet Handling#7/9

Wet Safety#9/9

Dry

Dry Handling#2/9

Dry Lane Change#2/9

Dry Safety#4/9

Dry Braking#6/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/9

Summary

9

Bridgestone Turanza 6

Rating: Recommended for economical driving

£80

91 Y

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91W · £85 91W · £92 91Y +2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#3/9

Wet Braking#5/9

Wet Safety#6/9

Wet Handling#7/9

Wet Circle Cornering#8/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/9

Dry

Dry Handling#5/9

Dry Lane Change#7/9

Dry Safety#8/9

Dry Braking#9/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/9

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 Dunlop Blue Response TG 98%	98%	Premium	£78 91 W +1 More
2	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 95%	95%	Premium
3	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO (C3) 95%	95%	Premium	£93 94 Y
4	Premium Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 94%	94%	Premium	£77 91 Y +3 More
5	Premium Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT EVO 93%	93%	Premium	£92 94 Y
6	Premium Pirelli P ZERO PZ4 89%	89%	Premium	£137 91 H +6 More
7	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 5 88%	88%	Premium	£99 94 Y
8	Premium Bridgestone Turanza T005 88%	88%	Premium	£88 91 Y +18 More

9	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2 87%	87%	Premium	£77 91 W +1 More
10	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 86%	86%	Upper-middle	£89 91 Y +9 More
11	Premium Bridgestone Potenza Sport 85%	85%	Premium	£104 94 Y +1 More
12	Budget Giti GitiSport S2+ 85%	85%	Budget
13	Upper-middle Nokian Powerproof 2 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£78 0 Y +1 More
14	Premium Continental PremiumContact 6 83%	83%	Premium	£93 91 W +4 More
15	Premium Michelin Primacy 5 81%	81%	Premium	£93 91 Y +5 More
16	Upper-middle Falken Azenis FK520 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£76 91 Y +3 More

17	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 80%	80%	Premium	£98 91 Y +21 More
18	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Comfort 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£74 91 W +2 More
19	Premium Hankook Ventus Evo 77%	77%	Premium	£84 94 Y +1 More
20	Budget Linglong Sport Master 77%	77%	Budget
21	Premium Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 77%	77%	Premium	£110 91 Y +2 More
22	Premium Continental Ecocontact 6 77%	77%	Premium	£86 91 V +6 More
23	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta Sport (PS72) 77%	77%	Upper-middle	£61 91 Y +3 More
24	Budget Sailun Atrezzo ZSR 2 76%	76%	Budget

25	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta HS52 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£65 91 W +2 More
26	Premium Hankook Ventus Prime 4 76%	76%	Premium	£83 91 Y +3 More
27	Upper-middle Cooper Summer 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£71 91 W +3 More
28	Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127B 75%	75%		£97 94 Y
29	Hankook K135 Ventus Prime4 74%	74%		£87 91
30	Budget Nexen N Fera Sport 72%	72%	Budget	£60 +6 More
31	Premium Continental UltraContact 70%	70%	Premium	£83 91 V +1 More
32	Upper-middle BFGoodrich Advantage 70%	70%	Upper-middle	£101 91 Y +4 More

33	Upper-middle Nokian PowerProof 1 69%	69%	Upper-middle
34	Upper-middle Uniroyal RainSport 5 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£75 91 Y +2 More
35	Premium Michelin e.Primacy 67%	67%	Premium	£110 91 V +3 More
36	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Sport 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£76 +1 More
37	Premium Dunlop Sport Maxx RT2 67%	67%	Premium	£94 91 Y +1 More
38	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£76 91 Y +5 More
39	Upper-middle Nokian Wetproof 66%	66%	Upper-middle
40	Budget Sava Intensa UHP 2 65%	65%	Budget	£62 91 Y +3 More

41	Budget Fulda SportControl 2 64%	64%	Budget	£69 91 Y +3 More
42	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP6 64%	64%	Budget	£67 91 W +1 More
43	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 64%	64%	Upper-middle	£82 +5 More
44	Premium Dunlop Sport BluResponse 61%	61%	Premium	£79 91 W +2 More
45	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 60%	60%	Upper-middle
46	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer UHP 56%	56%	Upper-middle
47	Budget Semperit Speed-Life 3 55%	55%	Budget	£71 91 Y +1 More
48	Upper-middle Nokian Hakka Black 3 54%	54%	Upper-middle	£152 94 Y

49	Budget Debica Presto UHP2 52%	52%	Budget	£62 91 Y +3 More
50	Budget Petlas Imperium PT515 51%	51%	Budget
51	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 50%	50%	Premium
52	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport CUP 2 49%	49%	Premium
53	Budget Delinte DS2 46%	46%	Budget
54	- Leao Nova-Force Acro 44%	44%	-
55	Budget Syron Premium Performance 44%	44%	Budget
56	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 44%	44%	Budget

57	B Landspider Sportraxx UHP 42%	42%	B
58	Budget Lassa Driveways Sport 42%	42%	Budget
59	Budget Apollo Aspire 4G 41%	41%	Budget
60	Upper-middle Cooper Zeon CS8 38%	38%	Upper-middle	£73 0 Y +7 More
61	Budget Radar Dimax R8+ 36%	36%	Budget
62	Budget Avon ZV7 31%	31%	Budget	£86 91 Y +6 More
63	Budget Landsail RapidDragon 30%	30%	Budget
64	B Event Potentem UHP 27%	27%	B

65	Budget Westlake Z-107 23%	23%	Budget
66	Budget Tracmax X-Privilo TX-3 23%	23%	Budget
67	Budget Matador MP47 Hectorra 3 22%	22%	Budget
68	Budget Matador Hectorra 5 22%	22%	Budget
69	Budget Ovation VI-588 Sport 21%	21%	Budget
70	Budget Barum Bravuris 6 19%	19%	Budget	£66 91 Y +2 More
71	Budget Tomason Sportrace 17%	17%	Budget
72	Budget Kormoran Ultra High Performance 15%	15%	Budget

73	Budget Windforce Catchfors UHP PRO 9%	9%	Budget
74	Budget Lanvigator Catch Power Plus 8%	8%	Budget
75	Budget Marshal MU12 6%	6%	Budget	£71 91 Y