Summer tyre test 215/60 R17 - ACE 2017

215/60 R17 - 2017

Winner

Continental

Continental ContiPremiumContact 5

Tested tyres

11

1

1

Continental ContiPremiumContact 5

Rating: Highly recommended

Points total153

Wet68

Dry50

Rolling resistance16

Noise6

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/11

Wet Braking#1/11

Wet Circle Cornering#1/11

Wet Handling#1/11

Wet Handling Measured#2/11

Aquaplaning Cross#6/11

Dry

Dry Braking#1/11

Dry Handling#3/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#10/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/11

2

2

Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV 4x4

Rating: Recommended

Points total148

Wet62

Dry50

Rolling resistance16

Noise7

3

3

Falken ZIEX ZE914 EcoRun

Rating: Recommended

Points total144

Wet59

Dry47

Rolling resistance14

Noise9

4

4

Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125

Rating: Recommended

Points total144

Wet57

Dry47

Rolling resistance16

Noise9

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/11

Wet Handling#3/11

Wet Braking#4/11

Wet Circle Cornering#4/11

Wet Handling Measured#6/11

Dry

Dry Braking#3/11

Dry Handling#6/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/11

5

5

Nokian Line SUV

Rating: Recommended

Points total141

Wet61

Dry44

Rolling resistance14

Noise7

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/11

Wet Handling#1/11

Wet Handling Measured#1/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/11

Wet Circle Cornering#2/11

Wet Braking#4/11

Dry

Dry Handling#3/11

Dry Braking#7/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#8/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/11

6

6

Vredestein Sportrac 5

Rating: Recommended

Points total137

Wet54

Dry47

Rolling resistance16

Noise6

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/11

Wet Handling Measured#2/11

Wet Handling#3/11

Wet Circle Cornering#4/11

Aquaplaning Cross#6/11

Wet Braking#6/11

Dry

Dry Handling#3/11

Dry Braking#5/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#10/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/11

7

7

Nankang Green Sport Eco-2 plus

Rating: Recommended

Points total133

Wet52

Dry42

Rolling resistance14

Noise8

8

8

Cooper Zeon 4XS Sport

Rating: Recommended

£84
96 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

96H · £8496H96H

Points total132

Wet47

Dry48

Rolling resistance14

Noise8

Wet

Wet Handling Measured#2/11

Wet Circle Cornering#4/11

Wet Handling#8/11

Wet Braking#9/11

Aquaplaning Cross#11/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#11/11

Dry

Dry Handling#1/11

Dry Braking#5/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/11

9

9

Sunny SH220

Rating: Conditionally recommended

Points total129

Wet47

Dry38

Rolling resistance15

Noise9

10

10

Toyo Proxes CF2 SUV

Rating: Conditionally recommended

Points total127

Wet42

Dry44

Rolling resistance17

Noise9

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#6/11

Wet Handling Measured#6/11

Wet Handling#8/11

Wet Circle Cornering#9/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#10/11

Wet Braking#11/11

Dry

Dry Handling#6/11

Dry Braking#7/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/11

11

11

Michelin Latitude Tour HP

Rating: Conditionally recommended

Points total124

Wet53

Dry37

Rolling resistance15

Noise8

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/11

Wet Handling Measured#2/11

Wet Braking#6/11

Wet Handling#8/11

Wet Circle Cornering#9/11

Dry

Dry Handling#9/11

Dry Braking#11/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/11

Above you can see the results of the ACE 2017 215/60 R17 test performed by ACE on a in 2017. This test was performed in 215/60 R17, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (215). Continental ContiPremiumContact 5 is the best of 11 tested tyres according to tested properties (Points total, Rating, Wet, Dry, Rolling resistance, ). Other featured tyres include Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV 4x4, Falken ZIEX ZE914 EcoRun, Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Kumho Ecsta PS71, Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2, Goodyear EFFICIENTGRIP PERFORMANCE 2.

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