Summer tyre test 205/55 R16 - Autobild 2021

Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

Kumho Ecsta HS51

Rating: Exemplary

Wet1-

Dry2+

Running costs2+

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/20

Wet Handling#1/20

Wet Side Guide#1/20

Wet Braking#5/20

Dry

Dry Braking#2/20

Dry Handling#4/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#1/20

Mileage#3/20

Rolling Resistance#17/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/20

Ride Comfort#12/20

Continental PremiumContact 6

Rating: Exemplary

Wet2+

Dry2

Running costs2+

Wet

Wet Braking#1/20

Wet Handling#8/20

Wet Side Guide#12/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#17/20

Aquaplaning Cross#20/20

Dry

Dry Handling#9/20

Dry Braking#13/20

Economy

Mileage#3/20

Price Value Ratio#8/20

Rolling Resistance#13/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/20

Ride Comfort#12/20

Semperit Speed-Life 3

Rating: Exemplary

£62

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

91V · £76 91W · £80 94V · £71

Wet1-

Dry2-

Running costs2

Wet

Wet Braking#1/20

Wet Handling#3/20

Wet Side Guide#3/20

Aquaplaning Cross#7/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/20

Dry

Dry Handling#14/20

Dry Braking#19/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#4/20

Mileage#5/20

Rolling Resistance#10/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/20

Ride Comfort#19/20

Debica Presto HP2

Rating: Exemplary

£53

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

91V · £53 91W · £61 94V

Wet2

Dry2

Running costs2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#5/20

Wet Braking#7/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/20

Wet Side Guide#12/20

Wet Handling#13/20

Dry

Dry Handling#4/20

Dry Braking#13/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#1/20

Mileage#5/20

Rolling Resistance#10/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/20

Ride Comfort#12/20

Bridgestone Turanza T005

Rating: Exemplary

£86

91 H

tyres.pneus.online.uk

91H · £91 91H 91H +2

Wet2

Dry2

Running costs2-

Wet

Wet Handling#3/20

Aquaplaning Cross#7/20

Wet Braking#7/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/20

Wet Side Guide#9/20

Dry

Dry Braking#4/20

Dry Handling#4/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/20

Mileage#9/20

Price Value Ratio#14/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/20

Ride Comfort#19/20

Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125

Rating: Good

£81

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

91V 91V · £87 94H · £81 +2

Wet1-

Dry1-

Running costs3+

Wet

Wet Braking#1/20

Wet Handling#3/20

Wet Side Guide#5/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/20

Aquaplaning Cross#13/20

Dry

Dry Braking#1/20

Dry Handling#1/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/20

Price Value Ratio#14/20

Mileage#16/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/20

Ride Comfort#12/20

Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2

Rating: Good

£91

91 V

mytyres.co.uk

91V · £91 94V 94V +1

Wet1-

Dry1-

Running costs3+

Wet

Wet Braking#1/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/20

Wet Handling#3/20

Aquaplaning Cross#5/20

Wet Side Guide#9/20

Dry

Dry Braking#2/20

Dry Handling#9/20

Economy

Mileage#13/20

Price Value Ratio#14/20

Rolling Resistance#17/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/20

Ride Comfort#12/20

Michelin Primacy 4

Rating: Good

£90

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

91H 91H 91H · £90 +2

Wet2

Dry2

Running costs1-

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/20

Wet Braking#5/20

Aquaplaning Cross#7/20

Wet Side Guide#12/20

Wet Handling#13/20

Dry

Dry Braking#4/20

Dry Handling#17/20

Economy

Mileage#2/20

Price Value Ratio#4/20

Rolling Resistance#4/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/20

Ride Comfort#4/20

Firestone Roadhawk

Rating: Good

£85

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

91V · £85 91V 91W +1

Wet2+

Dry2+

Running costs3

Wet

Wet Handling#1/20

Wet Side Guide#1/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/20

Aquaplaning Cross#7/20

Wet Braking#7/20

Dry

Dry Handling#1/20

Dry Braking#4/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#10/20

Price Value Ratio#14/20

Mileage#16/20

Comfort

Ride Comfort#12/20

Noise Exterior#20/20

Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2

Rating: Good

£77

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

91V · £77 91W · £79 91Y · £80 +1

Wet2-

Dry2

Running costs1

Wet

Wet Braking#7/20

Wet Side Guide#9/20

Aquaplaning Cross#13/20

Wet Handling#15/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#17/20

Dry

Dry Braking#13/20

Dry Handling#14/20

Economy

Mileage#1/20

Price Value Ratio#1/20

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/20

Noise Exterior#6/20

BFGoodrich Advantage

Rating: Satisfactory

£87

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

91H · £91 91V · £87 91V +2

Wet2-

Dry2+

Running costs2-

Wet

Wet Braking#7/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/20

Wet Handling#18/20

Aquaplaning Cross#19/20

Wet Side Guide#20/20

Dry

Dry Handling#1/20

Dry Braking#13/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/20

Mileage#9/20

Price Value Ratio#10/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/20

Ride Comfort#6/20

Maxxis Premitra HP5

Rating: Satisfactory

£88

91 V

mytyres.co.uk

94W · £93

Wet2

Dry2+

Running costs3

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/20

Wet Side Guide#5/20

Wet Handling#8/20

Wet Braking#16/20

Dry

Dry Braking#4/20

Dry Handling#4/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#14/20

Mileage#16/20

Rolling Resistance#17/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/20

Ride Comfort#6/20

Toyo Proxes Comfort

Rating: Satisfactory

£60

mytyres.co.uk

91 · £81 91H · £63 91H · £87 +2

Wet2-

Dry2+

Running costs2-

Wet

Wet Handling#8/20

Wet Side Guide#12/20

Aquaplaning Cross#13/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#17/20

Wet Braking#19/20

Dry

Dry Braking#4/20

Dry Handling#4/20

Economy

Mileage#9/20

Price Value Ratio#10/20

Rolling Resistance#13/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/20

Ride Comfort#6/20

Uniroyal RainSport 5

Rating: Satisfactory

£60

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

91V · £65 91W · £74 94V · £68

Wet2+

Dry2-

Running costs2-

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/20

Wet Handling#3/20

Wet Side Guide#3/20

Wet Braking#7/20

Dry

Dry Braking#19/20

Dry Handling#20/20

Economy

Mileage#9/20

Price Value Ratio#10/20

Rolling Resistance#17/20

Comfort

Ride Comfort#4/20

Noise Exterior#6/20

Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun

Rating: Satisfactory

£68

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

91V · £93 91V · £68 91V · £69 +2

Wet2-

Dry2

Running costs2

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/20

Wet Braking#7/20

Aquaplaning Cross#13/20

Wet Handling#18/20

Wet Side Guide#18/20

Dry

Dry Braking#4/20

Dry Handling#9/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#4/20

Mileage#5/20

Rolling Resistance#13/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/20

Ride Comfort#6/20

Fulda EcoControl HP2

Rating: Satisfactory

£56

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

91V · £59 91W · £61 94V · £69

Wet2-

Dry2

Running costs2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/20

Wet Side Guide#5/20

Wet Handling#8/20

Wet Braking#20/20

Dry

Dry Braking#13/20

Dry Handling#14/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#4/20

Mileage#5/20

Rolling Resistance#5/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/20

Ride Comfort#6/20

Nokian WetProof

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet2

Dry2

Running costs3

Wet

Wet Side Guide#5/20

Wet Braking#7/20

Wet Handling#8/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/20

Aquaplaning Cross#13/20

Dry

Dry Braking#4/20

Dry Handling#9/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/20

Price Value Ratio#19/20

Mileage#20/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/20

Ride Comfort#12/20

Kleber Dynaxer HP4

Rating: Satisfactory

£83

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

91H · £83 91V · £126 91V · £92 +2

Wet2-

Dry2

Running costs2-

Wet

Wet Braking#7/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/20

Wet Side Guide#12/20

Aquaplaning Cross#13/20

Wet Handling#15/20

Dry

Dry Braking#13/20

Dry Handling#17/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/20

Price Value Ratio#10/20

Mileage#13/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/20

Ride Comfort#6/20

Dunlop Sport BluResponse

Rating: Satisfactory

£75

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

91V · £76 91V · £76 91V +2

Wet2-

Dry2

Running costs3+

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#7/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/20

Wet Side Guide#12/20

Wet Handling#15/20

Wet Braking#16/20

Dry

Dry Braking#4/20

Dry Handling#17/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Mileage#16/20

Price Value Ratio#19/20

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/20

Noise Exterior#6/20

Nexen N blue HD Plus

Rating: Satisfactory

£61

mytyres.co.uk

91H · £61 91H · £64 91H +2

Wet3+

Dry2+

Running costs3+

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#7/20

Wet Braking#16/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#17/20

Wet Handling#18/20

Wet Side Guide#18/20

Dry

Dry Braking#4/20

Dry Handling#9/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#8/20

Mileage#13/20

Rolling Resistance#13/20

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/20

Noise Exterior#6/20

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 PremiumContact 7 98%	98%	Premium	£81 91 H +1 More
2	Premium Continental UltraContact NXT 95%	95%	Premium	£112 94 W
3	Premium Pirelli Cinturato (C3) 94%	94%	Premium	£99 94 V
4	Premium Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance 2 85%	85%	Premium	£90 94 V
5	Premium Michelin Primacy 5 84%	84%	Premium	£83 91 H +4 More
6	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 83%	83%	Upper-middle	£74 91 V +2 More
7	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 2 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£60 91 H +3 More
8	Premium Hankook Ih61 Ion St As 77%	77%	Premium	£89 94 V

9	Premium Bridgestone Turanza 6 77%	77%	Premium	£79 91 H +3 More
10	Premium Michelin Primacy 4+ 76%	76%	Premium	£84 91 H +4 More
11	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 75%	75%	Premium	£68 91 H +17 More
12	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta HS52 74%	74%	Upper-middle	£59 91 V +7 More
13	Upper-middle Nokian Powerproof 2 72%	72%	Upper-middle	£94 0 V
14	Budget Linglong Sport Master 71%	71%	Budget
15	Premium Michelin e.Primacy 71%	71%	Premium	£90 91 H +5 More
16	Premium Hankook Ventus Prime 4 71%	71%	Premium	£70 91 H +16 More

17	Budget Linglong Comfort Master 60%	60%	Budget
18	Budget Sava Intensa HP2 59%	59%	Budget	£53 91 H +3 More
19	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 38%	38%	Premium	£78 91 H +11 More
20	Premium Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance 38%	38%	Premium
21	Upper-middle Cooper Zeon CS8 33%	33%	Upper-middle	£61 0 V +9 More
22	- Leao Nova-Force Acro 32%	32%	-
23	Budget Lassa Revola 28%	28%	Budget
24	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 25%	25%	Budget

25	Budget Apollo Alnac 4G 23%	23%	Budget	£49 +5 More
26	Budget Avon ZV7 12%	12%	Budget	£71 91 V +9 More
27	Budget Matador Hectorra 5 9%	9%	Budget