Summer tyre test 205/55 R16 - Autobild 2024

205/55 R16 - 2024

Winner

Michelin Primacy 4+

Best Value

Kumho Ecsta HS52

Test Vehicle

VW Golf

Tested tyres

Results

Is any of these in my size? Size runflat MFS

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

Michelin Primacy 4+

Rating: Exemplary

£90
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £110 91W · £130 94H · £121 +1

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/20

Aquaplaning Cross#3/20

Wet Braking#4/20

Wet Circle Cornering#5/20

Wet Handling#7/20

Dry

Dry Braking#3/20

Dry Handling#7/20

Economy

Mileage#2/20

Rolling Resistance#7/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/20

Continental PremiumContact 7

Rating: Exemplary

£83
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £83

Wet

Wet Braking#1/20

Wet Circle Cornering#1/20

Wet Handling#2/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/20

Aquaplaning Cross#11/20

Dry

Dry Braking#1/20

Dry Handling#7/20

Economy

Mileage#5/20

Rolling Resistance#7/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#15/20

Bridgestone Turanza 6

Rating: Exemplary

£71
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £71 91W · £87 94V · £96

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/20

Wet Braking#4/20

Wet Circle Cornering#5/20

Wet Handling#7/20

Aquaplaning Cross#19/20

Dry

Dry Handling#7/20

Dry Braking#13/20

Economy

Mileage#4/20

Rolling Resistance#7/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#15/20

GoodYear Efficient Grip Performance 2

Rating: Exemplary

£79
91 Htyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £79 91W · £83 91Y · £80 +1

Kumho Ecsta HS52

Rating: Good

£55
91 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £55 91W · £59 91W · £65 +2

Wet

Wet Braking#1/20

Wet Handling#2/20

Wet Circle Cornering#5/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/20

Aquaplaning Cross#19/20

Dry

Dry Braking#1/20

Dry Handling#1/20

Economy

Mileage#10/20

Rolling Resistance#14/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/20

Firestone Roadhawk

Rating: Good

£86
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £104 91V 91W · £86 +1

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/20

Wet Handling#2/20

Wet Circle Cornering#5/20

Aquaplaning Cross#7/20

Wet Braking#11/20

Dry

Dry Braking#3/20

Dry Handling#5/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Mileage#5/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#20/20

Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun

Rating: Good

£67
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £90 91V · £67 91V · £74 +2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#3/20

Wet Braking#4/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/20

Wet Handling#7/20

Wet Circle Cornering#10/20

Dry

Dry Handling#1/20

Dry Braking#3/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/20

Mileage#13/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/20

Hankook Ventus Prime 4

Rating: Good

£73
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £83 91H · £83 91V · £73 +2

Wet

Wet Braking#4/20

Wet Handling#7/20

Wet Circle Cornering#10/20

Aquaplaning Cross#11/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#13/20

Dry

Dry Braking#3/20

Dry Handling#5/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Mileage#13/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/20

Toyo Proxes Comfort

Rating: Good

£66
0 mytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91 · £80 94 · £66

Wet

Wet Handling#2/20

Wet Circle Cornering#3/20

Wet Braking#4/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/20

Aquaplaning Cross#11/20

Dry

Dry Handling#1/20

Dry Braking#3/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/20

Mileage#13/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/20

Dunlop Sport BluResponse

Rating: Good

£66
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £66 91V · £68 91V +2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#3/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/20

Wet Circle Cornering#17/20

Wet Handling#17/20

Wet Braking#19/20

Dry

Dry Braking#13/20

Dry Handling#13/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/20

Mileage#10/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#15/20

Fulda EcoControl HP2

Rating: Good

£56
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £57 91W · £61 94V · £69

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#3/20

Wet Circle Cornering#10/20

Wet Braking#11/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#13/20

Wet Handling#14/20

Dry

Dry Braking#13/20

Dry Handling#18/20

Economy

Mileage#2/20

Rolling Resistance#7/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/20

BFGoodrich Advantage

Rating: Good

£87
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £91 91V · £87 91V +2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#7/20

Wet Braking#11/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#13/20

Wet Circle Cornering#17/20

Wet Handling#17/20

Dry

Dry Handling#7/20

Dry Braking#13/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Mileage#13/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/20

Kleber Dynaxer HP4

Rating: Good

£79
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £81 91V 91V · £79 +2

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/20

Wet Circle Cornering#10/20

Aquaplaning Cross#11/20

Wet Braking#11/20

Wet Handling#17/20

Dry

Dry Braking#13/20

Dry Handling#14/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Mileage#13/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/20

Gt Radial Fe2

Rating: Good

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/20

Wet Circle Cornering#10/20

Aquaplaning Cross#11/20

Wet Braking#11/20

Wet Handling#14/20

Dry

Dry Braking#13/20

Dry Handling#14/20

Economy

Mileage#5/20

Rolling Resistance#14/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/20

Giti Gitisynergy H2

Rating: Good

Wet

Wet Handling#7/20

Wet Circle Cornering#10/20

Aquaplaning Cross#11/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#13/20

Wet Braking#19/20

Dry

Dry Braking#3/20

Dry Handling#14/20

Economy

Mileage#5/20

Rolling Resistance#20/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#15/20

Pirelli Cinturato P7

Rating: Satisfactory

£69
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H 91V 91V · £81 +2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#7/20

Wet Handling#7/20

Wet Circle Cornering#10/20

Wet Braking#11/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#13/20

Dry

Dry Braking#3/20

Dry Handling#7/20

Economy

Mileage#13/20

Rolling Resistance#14/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/20

Nexen N Fera Primus

Rating: Satisfactory

£55
91 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91W · £74

Wet

Wet Handling#2/20

Wet Braking#4/20

Wet Circle Cornering#5/20

Aquaplaning Cross#11/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#13/20

Dry

Dry Braking#13/20

Dry Handling#14/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#14/20

Mileage#19/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/20

Uniroyal RainSport 5

Rating: Satisfactory

£62
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £63 91W · £74 94V · £72

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/20

Wet Circle Cornering#3/20

Wet Braking#4/20

Wet Handling#7/20

Dry

Dry Braking#20/20

Dry Handling#20/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/20

Mileage#10/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/20

Maxxis Premitra HP5

Rating: Satisfactory

£89
91 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94W · £92

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#7/20

Wet Braking#11/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#13/20

Wet Circle Cornering#20/20

Wet Handling#20/20

Dry

Dry Braking#3/20

Dry Handling#18/20

Economy

Mileage#5/20

Rolling Resistance#18/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#15/20

Vredestein ULTRAC

Rating: Conditionally recommended

£91
0 mytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

0 · £97 0 · £91 0

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/20

Wet Circle Cornering#1/20

Wet Handling#1/20

Wet Braking#3/20

Dry

Dry Handling#1/20

Dry Braking#3/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#18/20

Mileage#20/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/20

Above you can see the results of the Autobild 2024 205/55 R16 test performed by Autobild on a VW Golf in 2024. This test was performed in 205/55 R16, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (205). Michelin Primacy 4+ is the best of 20 tested tyres according to tested properties (Rating, ). Other featured tyres include Continental PremiumContact 7, Bridgestone Turanza 6, GoodYear Efficient Grip Performance 2; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Kumho Ecsta PS71, Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance 2, Hankook Ih61 Ion St As.

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.	Continental UltraContact NXT	95%	Premium	£113 94 W
2.	Michelin Primacy 5	90%	Premium	£94 91 H+ 4
3.	Pirelli Cinturato (C3)	90%	Premium	£105 94 V
4.	Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2	89%	Premium	£87 91 V+ 4
5.	Bridgestone Turanza T005	88%	Premium	£87 91 H+ 18
25
6.	Kumho Ecsta PS71	83%	Upper-middle	£74 91 V+ 2
7.	Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance 2	78%	Premium	£87 94 V
8.	Hankook Ih61 Ion St As	77%	Premium	£89 94 V
9.	Continental PremiumContact 6	76%	Premium
10.	Firestone Roadhawk 2	74%	Upper-middle	£60 91 V+ 2
11.	Linglong Sport Master	72%	Lowcost
10
12.	Michelin e.Primacy	71%	Premium	£95 91 H+ 5
13.	Nokian Powerproof 2	64%	Upper-middle
14.	Debica Presto HP2	60%	Lowcost	£54 91 H+ 3
15.	Nokian Wetproof	59%	Upper-middle
16.	Sava Intensa HP2	59%	Lowcost	£54 91 H+ 3
17.	Semperit Speed-Life 3	50%	Lowcost	£68 91 H+ 3
13
18.	Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance	38%	Premium	£79 91 H+ 11
19.	Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance	38%	Premium
20.	Cooper Zeon CS8	33%	Upper-middle	£63 0 V+ 9
21.	Barum Bravuris 5 HM	30%	Lowcost
22.	Apollo Alnac 4G	23%	Lowcost	£49 0 + 3
23.	Avon ZV7	17%	Lowcost	£67 91 V+ 9
3
24.	Linglong Comfort Master	16%	Lowcost
25.	Matador Hectorra 5	10%	Lowcost
#	Name	Our rating	Segment	Price