Summer tyre test 225/40 R18 - Autobild 2023

225/40 R18 - 2023

Winner

Continental

Continental SportContact 7

Best Value

falken

Falken Azenis FK520

Test Vehicle

toyota Toyota Yaris GR

Tested tyres

13

1

1

Continental SportContact 7

Rating: Outstanding

£90
92 Ymytyres.co.uk

Wet2+

Dry1-

Wet

Wet Braking#1/13

Wet Circle Cornering#1/13

Wet Handling#3/13

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/13

Aquaplaning Cross#10/13

Dry

Dry Braking#1/13

Dry Handling#1/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/13

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/13

2

2

Bridgestone Potenza Sport

Rating: Outstanding

£114
92 Ymytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92Y · £115

Wet2+

Dry2+

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/13

Wet Circle Cornering#1/13

Wet Handling#1/13

Aquaplaning Cross#4/13

Wet Braking#4/13

Dry

Dry Braking#1/13

Dry Handling#1/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#13/13

Economy

Rolling Resistance#12/13

3

3

Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6

Rating: Outstanding

£80
92 Ymytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92Y · £87

Wet2+

Dry2+

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/13

Wet Circle Cornering#1/13

Wet Handling#1/13

Aquaplaning Cross#4/13

Wet Braking#4/13

Dry

Dry Braking#3/13

Dry Handling#5/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/13

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/13

3

3

Michelin Pilot Sport 5

Rating: Outstanding

£105
92 Ymytyres.co.uk

Wet2+

Dry2+

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/13

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/13

Wet Braking#1/13

Wet Circle Cornering#1/13

Wet Handling#3/13

Dry

Dry Handling#4/13

Dry Braking#6/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/13

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/13

3

3

Pirelli P Zero PZ4

Rating: Outstanding

£110
92 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92V92V · £13692Y · £201+2

Wet2+

Dry2+

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/13

Wet Circle Cornering#1/13

Wet Handling#3/13

Aquaplaning Cross#4/13

Wet Braking#4/13

Dry

Dry Handling#1/13

Dry Braking#3/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/13

Economy

Rolling Resistance#12/13

6

6

Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127

Rating: Good

£92
92 Ytyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

92Y · £92

Wet2+

Dry2

Wet

Wet Braking#1/13

Wet Handling#3/13

Wet Circle Cornering#8/13

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#10/13

Aquaplaning Cross#11/13

Dry

Dry Handling#5/13

Dry Braking#6/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/13

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/13

7

7

Falken Azenis FK520

Rating: Good

£84
92 Ymytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92Y · £99

Wet2

Dry2

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/13

Aquaplaning Cross#2/13

Wet Circle Cornering#8/13

Wet Handling#8/13

Wet Braking#9/13

Dry

Dry Handling#5/13

Dry Braking#6/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/13

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/13

7

7

Toyo Proxes Sport 2

Rating: Good

£106
92 Ymytyres.co.uk

Wet2

Dry2

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/13

Wet Handling#3/13

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/13

Aquaplaning Cross#8/13

Wet Braking#9/13

Dry

Dry Braking#3/13

Dry Handling#5/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/13

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/13

9

9

Firestone Firehawk Sport

Rating: Satisfactory

£78
92 Ymytyres.co.uk

Wet2-

Dry2+

Wet

Wet Braking#7/13

Aquaplaning Cross#8/13

Wet Circle Cornering#8/13

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#10/13

Wet Handling#11/13

Dry

Dry Handling#5/13

Dry Braking#6/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/13

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/13

10

10

Giti GitiSport S2

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet2-

Dry2-

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/13

Aquaplaning Cross#2/13

Wet Handling#9/13

Wet Braking#11/13

Wet Circle Cornering#11/13

Dry

Dry Braking#10/13

Dry Handling#10/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/13

Economy

Rolling Resistance#10/13

10

10

Maxxis Victra Sport 5

Rating: Satisfactory

£82
92 Ymytyres.co.uk

Wet2-

Dry2-

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/13

Aquaplaning Cross#4/13

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/13

Wet Braking#7/13

Wet Handling#9/13

Dry

Dry Braking#10/13

Dry Handling#11/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/13

Economy

Rolling Resistance#10/13

12

12

Linglong Sport Master

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet3

Dry2-

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#11/13

Wet Braking#11/13

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#12/13

Wet Circle Cornering#12/13

Wet Handling#12/13

Dry

Dry Braking#12/13

Dry Handling#12/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/13

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/13

13

13

Superia Ecoblue UHP

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet5+

Dry3-

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#13/13

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#13/13

Wet Braking#13/13

Wet Circle Cornering#13/13

Wet Handling#13/13

Dry

Dry Braking#13/13

Dry Handling#13/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/13

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/13

Above you can see the results of the Autobild 2023 225/40 R18 test performed by Autobild on a Toyota Yaris GR in 2023. This test was performed in 225/40 R18, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (225). Continental SportContact 7 is the best of 13 tested tyres according to tested properties (Rating, Wet, Dry, ). Other featured tyres include Bridgestone Potenza Sport, Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6, Michelin Pilot Sport 5; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2, Bridgestone Turanza T005, Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT EVO.

Same size tyres not featured in the test

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