205/40 R17 - Best lowcost summer tyres 2025 | TheTyreLab.com

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205/40 R17 lowcost tyre test

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Wet

Wet braking, Wet handling, Wet circle cornering, …

1. Uniroyal RainSport 5 86%

2. Nankang Sportnex AS-2+ 82%

3. Kumho Ecsta PS71 81%

4. Maxxis Premitra HP5 81%

5. Semperit Speed-Life 3 81%

6. Cooper Zeon CS8 80%

7. Sava Intensa UHP 2 78%

8. Fulda SportControl 2 78%

9. Avon ZV7 78%

10. Apollo Aspire XP 76%

11. Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun 75%

12. Firestone Roadhawk 73%

13. Linglong Sport Master 71%

14. Giti GitiSport S2 65%

15. BFGoodrich Advantage 63%

Aquaplaning

Best anti-aquaplaning tyres

1. Nankang Sportnex AS-2+ 99%

2. Giti GitiSport S2 94%

3. Uniroyal RainSport 5 93%

4. Kumho Ecsta PS71 89%

5. Maxxis Premitra HP5 88%

6. Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun 86%

7. Fulda SportControl 2 84%

8. Cooper Zeon CS8 83%

9. Sava Intensa UHP 2 82%

10. Semperit Speed-Life 3 81%

11. Apollo Aspire XP 79%

12. Firestone Roadhawk 77%

13. Avon ZV7 71%

14. Linglong Sport Master 66%

15. BFGoodrich Advantage 58%

Dry

Dry braking, Dry handling, Dry steering response, …

1. Sava Intensa UHP 2 87%

2. Firestone Roadhawk 87%

3. Maxxis Premitra HP5 85%

4. Apollo Aspire XP 84%

5. Avon ZV7 80%

6. Fulda SportControl 2 80%

7. Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun 79%

8. BFGoodrich Advantage 74%

9. Kumho Ecsta PS71 74%

10. Cooper Zeon CS8 74%

11. Uniroyal RainSport 5 70%

12. Linglong Sport Master 67%

13. Semperit Speed-Life 3 67%

14. Nankang Sportnex AS-2+ 65%

15. Giti GitiSport S2 62%

Noise

Interior noise, Exterior noise

1. Linglong Sport Master 89%

2. Apollo Aspire XP 88%

3. Nankang Sportnex AS-2+ 88%

4. Giti GitiSport S2 85%

5. Avon ZV7 83%

6. Uniroyal RainSport 5 82%

7. Cooper Zeon CS8 80%

8. Semperit Speed-Life 3 77%

9. Maxxis Premitra HP5 76%

10. Sava Intensa UHP 2 76%

11. BFGoodrich Advantage 76%

12. Fulda SportControl 2 75%

13. Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun 71%

14. Firestone Roadhawk 71%

15. Kumho Ecsta PS71 65%

Costs

1. Sava Intensa UHP 2 79%

2. Semperit Speed-Life 3 74%

3. Fulda SportControl 2 73%

4. Kumho Ecsta PS71 73%

5. Apollo Aspire XP 72%

6. Firestone Roadhawk 72%

7. Uniroyal RainSport 5 71%

8. BFGoodrich Advantage 70%

9. Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun 66%

10. Linglong Sport Master 66%

11. Nankang Sportnex AS-2+ 63%

12. Giti GitiSport S2 62%

13. Maxxis Premitra HP5 61%

14. Avon ZV7 60%

15. Cooper Zeon CS8 54%

Price

205/40 R17 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 this dimension	Tested in same width dimension	Segment	Price
1.	Fulda SportControl 2		77.8% 80.2% 75.1%			Lowcost	£87 84 Y + 2
2.	Sava Intensa UHP 2		78.1% 86.7% 73.9%			Lowcost	£119 84 Y + 2
3.	Debica Presto UHP 2		62.1%			Lowcost	£70 84 W
4.	Maxxis Premitra HP5		80.9% 84.5% 77.5%		Autobild 2021	Lowcost	£82 84 W
5.	Semperit Speed-Life 3		80.5% 67.2% 75.4%		Autoklub ČR 2023	Lowcost	£74 84 W
6.	Debica Presto UHP2		82.6% 83.7%			Lowcost
7.	Matador MP47 Hectorra 3		62.7% 70.3%			Lowcost
8.	Barum Bravuris 5 HM! Newer model available: Barum Bravuris 6		61.7% 62.5%		ADAC 2023	Lowcost	£63 84 W

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