Summer tyre test 205/55 R16 - ADAC 2021

Summer

2021

Year

15

Tyres

Winner

Continental PremiumContact 6

Best Value

Semperit Speed-Life 3

Test Vehicle

VW Golf

Tested tyres

15

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 6

Rating: Good

Wet1,8

Dry2,0

Noise3,1

Wear2,5

Wet

Wet Braking#1/15

Wet Handling#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/15

Wet Circle Cornering#6/15

Aquaplaning Cross#15/15

Dry

Dry Braking#2/15

Dry Safety#3/15

Economy

Mileage#7/15

Fuel Efficiency#14/15

Comfort

Noise Interior#9/15

Noise#11/15

Noise Exterior#11/15

2

Semperit Speed-Life 3

Rating: Good

£58

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

91V · £64 91W · £76 94V · £65

Wet1,9

Dry2,0

Noise2,8

Wear2,5

Wet

Wet Braking#1/15

Wet Handling#2/15

Aquaplaning Cross#6/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/15

Wet Circle Cornering#11/15

Dry

Dry Safety#3/15

Dry Braking#10/15

Economy

Mileage#7/15

Fuel Efficiency#9/15

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/15

Noise#5/15

Noise Interior#9/15

3

Bridgestone Turanza T005

Rating: Good

£90

91 H

tyres.pneus.online.uk

+5 More sizes →

91H 91H 91H +2

Wet2,1

Dry2,0

Noise3,2

Wear2,5

Wet

Wet Braking#3/15

Wet Handling#3/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/15

Wet Circle Cornering#6/15

Aquaplaning Cross#10/15

Dry

Dry Braking#2/15

Dry Safety#5/15

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#3/15

Mileage#7/15

Comfort

Noise Interior#2/15

Noise#14/15

Noise Exterior#14/15

4

Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2

Rating: Satisfactory

£72

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

91V · £72 91W · £87 91Y · £90 +1

Wet2,3

Dry2,6

Noise2,8

Wear0,6

5

Kumho Ecsta HS51

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet2,2

Dry2,6

Noise2,8

Wear2,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Circle Cornering#1/15

Wet Handling#5/15

Wet Braking#11/15

Dry

Dry Safety#9/15

Dry Braking#13/15

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#1/15

Mileage#4/15

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/15

Noise#5/15

Noise Interior#9/15

6

Apollo Alnac 4G

Rating: Satisfactory

£50

tyres.pneus.online.uk

+5 More sizes →

91H 91H 91V +2

Wet2,7

Dry2,6

Noise2,8

Wear2,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#6/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/15

Wet Circle Cornering#6/15

Wet Handling#10/15

Wet Braking#11/15

Dry

Dry Braking#10/15

Dry Safety#10/15

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#4/15

Mileage#4/15

Comfort

Noise Interior#2/15

Noise#5/15

Noise Exterior#9/15

7

Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125

Rating: Satisfactory

£70

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91V 91V 94H · £70 +2

Wet2,7

Dry1,5

Noise2,9

Wear2,5

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/15

Wet Braking#7/15

Aquaplaning Cross#11/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#11/15

Wet Handling#11/15

Dry

Dry Braking#2/15

Dry Safety#2/15

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#4/15

Mileage#7/15

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/15

Noise Interior#9/15

Noise#10/15

8

Fulda EcoControl HP2

Rating: Satisfactory

£57

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

91V · £60 91W · £61 94V · £69

Wet2,8

Dry2,5

Noise2,7

Wear1,5

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/15

Wet Circle Cornering#11/15

Wet Handling#11/15

Wet Braking#13/15

Dry

Dry Braking#8/15

Dry Safety#10/15

Economy

Mileage#2/15

Fuel Efficiency#4/15

Comfort

Noise#1/15

Noise Interior#2/15

Noise Exterior#5/15

9

BFGoodrich Advantage

Rating: Satisfactory

£75

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91H · £75 91V · £82 91V +2

Wet2,9

Dry2,2

Noise2,8

Wear2,0

Wet

Wet Braking#10/15

Wet Circle Cornering#11/15

Aquaplaning Cross#13/15

Wet Handling#13/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#14/15

Dry

Dry Braking#2/15

Dry Safety#7/15

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#1/15

Mileage#4/15

Comfort

Noise Interior#2/15

Noise#5/15

Noise Exterior#9/15

10

Maxxis Premitra HP5

Rating: Satisfactory

£83

91 V

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94W · £84

Wet2,2

Dry1,4

Noise3,1

Wear3,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Wet Circle Cornering#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/15

Wet Handling#5/15

Wet Braking#9/15

Dry

Dry Safety#1/15

Dry Braking#2/15

Economy

Mileage#12/15

Fuel Efficiency#15/15

Comfort

Noise Interior#9/15

Noise#11/15

Noise Exterior#11/15

11

Nokian WetProof

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet2,3

Dry2,1

Noise2,7

Wear3,0

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/15

Aquaplaning Cross#6/15

Wet Braking#7/15

Wet Handling#7/15

Dry

Dry Braking#2/15

Dry Safety#5/15

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#12/15

Mileage#12/15

Comfort

Noise#1/15

Noise Interior#2/15

Noise Exterior#5/15

12

Pirelli Cinturato P7

Rating: Satisfactory

£68

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91H 91V 91V · £85 +2

Wet2,0

Dry2,0

Noise2,7

Wear3,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/15

Wet Handling#4/15

Aquaplaning Cross#5/15

Wet Braking#6/15

Wet Circle Cornering#6/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Dry Safety#7/15

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#12/15

Mileage#12/15

Comfort

Noise#1/15

Noise Interior#1/15

Noise Exterior#8/15

13

Uniroyal Rainsport 5

Rating: Satisfactory

£56

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

91V · £56 91W · £79 94V · £67

Wet2,1

Dry2,9

Noise2,7

Wear3,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/15

Wet Braking#3/15

Wet Circle Cornering#6/15

Wet Handling#7/15

Dry

Dry Braking#10/15

Dry Safety#13/15

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#4/15

Mileage#12/15

Comfort

Noise#1/15

Noise Exterior#1/15

Noise Interior#2/15

14

Petlas Imperium PT515

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet3,3

Dry3,3

Noise3,1

Wear1,5

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#6/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#11/15

Wet Circle Cornering#11/15

Wet Braking#14/15

Wet Handling#14/15

Dry

Dry Braking#13/15

Dry Safety#15/15

Economy

Mileage#2/15

Fuel Efficiency#11/15

Comfort

Noise Interior#2/15

Noise#11/15

Noise Exterior#13/15

15

King Meiler Sport 1

Rating: Sufficient

Wet3,6

Dry3,2

Noise3,7

Wear2,5

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#13/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#14/15

Wet Braking#15/15

Wet Circle Cornering#15/15

Wet Handling#15/15

Dry

Dry Braking#13/15

Dry Safety#14/15

Economy

Mileage#7/15

Fuel Efficiency#9/15

Comfort

Noise Exterior#14/15

Noise#15/15

Noise Interior#15/15

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 UltraContact NXT 99%	99%	Premium	£107 94 W
2	Premium Continental PremiumContact 7 97%	97%	Premium	£77 91 H +2 More
3	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO (C3) 97%	97%	Premium	£100 94 V
4	Premium Dunlop Blue Response TG 90%	90%	Premium
5	Premium Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance 2 88%	88%	Premium	£85 94 V
6	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2 84%	84%	Premium	£91 91 V +4 More
7	Premium Michelin Primacy 5 84%	84%	Premium	£98 91 H +5 More
8	Upper-middle Nokian Powerproof 2 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£87 0 V

9	Premium Bridgestone Turanza 6 78%	78%	Premium	£76 91 H +3 More
10	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£72 91 V +2 More
11	Premium Hankook Ih61 Ion St As 77%	77%	Premium	£88 94 V
12	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 2 75%	75%	Upper-middle	£57 91 H +3 More
13	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta HS52 74%	74%	Upper-middle	£55 91 H +8 More
14	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Comfort 74%	74%	Upper-middle	£72 +8 More
15	Upper-middle Falken ZIEX ZE320 74%	74%	Upper-middle	£62 91 V +3 More
16	Premium Hankook Ventus Prime 4 73%	73%	Premium	£58 91 H +17 More

17	Premium Michelin Primacy 4+ 71%	71%	Premium	£89 91 H +4 More
18	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP4 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£79 91 H +9 More
19	Budget Linglong Sport Master 67%	67%	Budget
20	Premium Michelin e.Primacy 66%	66%	Premium	£94 91 H +5 More
21	Upper-middle Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£67 91 H +8 More
22	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 61%	61%	Upper-middle	£77 91 H +3 More
23	Budget Sailun Atrezzo ZSR 2 61%	61%	Budget
24	Budget Linglong Comfort Master 60%	60%	Budget

25	Budget Nexen N Fera Primus 60%	60%	Budget	£50 91 V +2 More
26	Premium Continental Ecocontact 6 56%	56%	Premium	£78 91 H +19 More
27	Upper-middle Cooper Summer 55%	55%	Upper-middle	£56 91 H +4 More
28	Budget Debica Presto HP2 55%	55%	Budget	£53 91 H +3 More
29	Budget Sava Intensa HP2 54%	54%	Budget	£53 91 H +3 More
30	Premium Dunlop Sport BluResponse 54%	54%	Premium	£67 91 H +7 More
31	Premium Continental UltraContact 53%	53%	Premium	£80 91 H +3 More
32	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 52%	52%	Upper-middle	£93 91 H +4 More

33	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 51%	51%	Upper-middle	£79 91 H +4 More
34	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 33%	33%	Premium	£72 91 H +11 More
35	Premium Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance 33%	33%	Premium
36	- Leao Nova-Force Acro 32%	32%	-
37	Upper-middle Cooper Zeon CS8 28%	28%	Upper-middle	£57 0 V +9 More
38	Budget Lassa Revola 28%	28%	Budget
39	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 25%	25%	Budget
40	Budget Avon ZV7 12%	12%	Budget	£63 91 V +9 More

41	Budget Matador Hectorra 5 9%	9%	Budget

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