All season tyre test 175/65 R14 - ADAC 2018

175/65 R14 - 2018

Winner

Nexen

Nexen N Blue 4 Season

Tested tyres

11

1

1

Nexen N Blue 4 Season

Rating: Satisfactory

£51
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Wet2,3

Dry2,7

Snow2,7

Ice2,2

Noise3,2

Wear2,5

Fuel consumption2,1

Wet

Wet Braking#2/9

Wet Handling#3/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/9

Wet Circle Cornering#4/9

Aquaplaning Cross#7/9

Dry

Dry Braking#2/9

Dry Safety#2/9

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#4/9

Mileage#9/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/9

Noise#2/9

Noise Interior#6/9

Snow

Snow Handling#2/9

Snow Braking#5/9

Snow Traction#5/9

2

2

Continental AllSeasonContact

Rating: Satisfactory

£69
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Wet1,9

Dry3,0

Snow2,3

Ice2,4

Noise3,4

Wear2,0

Fuel consumption1,7

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/9

Wet Circle Cornering#1/9

Wet Handling#2/9

Aquaplaning Cross#3/9

Wet Braking#3/9

Dry

Dry Braking#3/9

Dry Safety#4/9

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#1/9

Mileage#5/9

Comfort

Noise Interior#4/9

Noise#6/9

Noise Exterior#6/9

Snow

Snow Handling#1/9

Snow Traction#1/9

Snow Braking#2/9

3

3

Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-2

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet1,8

Dry3,3

Snow3,1

Ice2,4

Noise3,1

Wear1,0

Fuel consumption2,2

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/9

Wet Braking#1/9

Wet Circle Cornering#1/9

Wet Handling#1/9

Aquaplaning Cross#3/9

Dry

Dry Braking#3/9

Dry Safety#6/9

Economy

Mileage#2/9

Fuel Efficiency#5/9

Comfort

Noise#1/9

Noise Exterior#2/9

Noise Interior#2/9

Snow

Snow Traction#1/9

Snow Braking#2/9

Snow Handling#5/9

4

4

Nokian WeatherProof

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet2,3

Dry3,4

Snow2,2

Ice2,4

Noise3,3

Wear1,5

Fuel consumption2,2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/9

Wet Braking#4/9

Wet Circle Cornering#4/9

Wet Handling#4/9

Dry

Dry Safety#6/9

Dry Braking#8/9

Economy

Mileage#3/9

Fuel Efficiency#5/9

Comfort

Noise Interior#2/9

Noise#5/9

Noise Exterior#6/9

Snow

Snow Braking#1/9

Snow Traction#1/9

Snow Handling#3/9

5

5

Firestone Multiseason

Rating: Sufficient

Wet3,7

Dry3,6

Snow2,6

Ice2,6

Noise3,8

Wear2,0

Fuel consumption1,9

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/9

Wet Circle Cornering#8/9

Wet Braking#9/9

Wet Handling#9/9

Dry

Dry Braking#8/9

Dry Safety#9/9

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#3/9

Mileage#5/9

Comfort

Noise Interior#8/9

Noise#9/9

Noise Exterior#9/9

Snow

Snow Traction#1/9

Snow Braking#2/9

Snow Handling#4/9

6

6

Maxxis All Season AP2

Rating: Sufficient

Wet2,9

Dry3,3

Snow3,7

Ice2,5

Noise3,5

Wear2,0

Fuel consumption2,2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#3/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/9

Wet Circle Cornering#4/9

Wet Braking#7/9

Wet Handling#7/9

Dry

Dry Braking#3/9

Dry Safety#6/9

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#5/9

Mileage#5/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#4/9

Noise#7/9

Noise Interior#8/9

Snow

Snow Handling#5/9

Snow Traction#5/9

Snow Braking#7/9

7

7

Vredestein Quatrac 5

Rating: Sufficient

£60
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Wet2,9

Dry2,4

Snow3,7

Ice2,5

Noise3,2

Wear2,0

Fuel consumption1,8

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#4/9

Wet Braking#5/9

Wet Handling#6/9

Aquaplaning Cross#8/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/9

Dry

Dry Safety#1/9

Dry Braking#3/9

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#2/9

Mileage#5/9

Comfort

Noise Interior#1/9

Noise#2/9

Noise Exterior#8/9

Snow

Snow Braking#5/9

Snow Handling#8/9

Snow Traction#8/9

8

8

Hankook Kinergy 4S

Rating: Sufficient

Wet3,3

Dry3,1

Snow3,9

Ice2,5

Noise3,5

Wear1,5

Fuel consumption2,3

9

9

Michelin CrossClimate

Rating: Sufficient

Wet2,8

Dry2,6

Snow3,9

Ice2,3

Noise3,2

Wear0,5

Fuel consumption2,2

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#3/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/9

Wet Handling#5/9

Wet Braking#6/9

Aquaplaning Cross#8/9

Dry

Dry Braking#1/9

Dry Safety#2/9

Economy

Mileage#1/9

Fuel Efficiency#5/9

Comfort

Noise#2/9

Noise Exterior#3/9

Noise Interior#4/9

Snow

Snow Handling#5/9

Snow Traction#5/9

Snow Braking#9/9

10

10

(Summer)

Rating: Poor

summer

Wet1,9

Dry1,7

Snow5,5

Ice4,0

Noise3,5

Wear3,0

Fuel consumption1,8

11

11

(Winter)

Rating: Sufficient

winter

Wet1,7

Dry3,9

Snow1,9

Ice2,7

Noise-

Wear-

Fuel consumption1,8

Above you can see the results of the ADAC 2018 175/65 R14 test performed by ADAC on a in 2018. This test was performed in 175/65 R14, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (175). Nexen N Blue 4 Season is the best of 11 tested tyres according to tested properties (Rating, Wet, Dry, Snow, Ice, ). Other featured tyres include Continental AllSeasonContact, Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-2, Nokian WeatherProof; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Falken EUROALL SEASON AS200, Firestone Multiseason 2, Kumho Solus HA31.

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