Summer tyre test 225/45 R17 - Autoexpress 2015

225/45 R17 - 2015

Winner

Continental

Continental ContiSportContact 5

Tested tyres

11

1

1

Continental ContiSportContact 5

Rating: -

£103
91 Vtyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

91V91W91W · £103+2

Points total100

Wet299,7

Dry200

Rolling resistance73,1

Noise98,5

2

2

Dunlop Sport BluResponse

Rating: -

£85
94 Wmytyres.co.uk

Points total98,8

Wet293,2

Dry198,2

Rolling resistance100

Noise98,9

3

3

Michelin Pilot Sport 3

Rating: -

Points total98

Wet289,6

Dry191,6

Rolling resistance72,1

Noise98,9

4

4

Hankook Ventus S1 Evo 2 K117

Rating: -

Points total97,7

Wet287,2

Dry191,5

Rolling resistance77,9

Noise100

5

5

Pirelli P ZERO

Rating: -

Points total97,3

Wet297,2

Dry195,1

Rolling resistance71,4

Noise99,8

6

6

Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymetric 2

Rating: -

Points total96,7

Wet287,9

Dry190,1

Rolling resistance89,4

Noise97,8

7

7

Yokohama Advan Sport V105

Rating: -

£87
91 Wmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94Y · £113

Points total96,1

Wet290,2

Dry193,3

Rolling resistance63,2

Noise98,2

8

8

Falken Azenis FK453

Rating: -

Points total95

Wet273,6

Dry197,8

Rolling resistance66,2

Noise97,9

9

9

Bridgestone Turanza T001

Rating: -

£91
91 Vtyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

91V91V91V+2

Points total94,3

Wet266,5

Dry189,2

Rolling resistance81

Noise98

10

10

GT Radial Champiro HPY

Rating: -

Points total94,1

Wet277,4

Dry191,1

Rolling resistance78,8

Noise96,1

11

11

Toyo Proxes T1 Sport

Rating: -

Points total93,6

Wet268,4

Dry187,9

Rolling resistance76,5

Noise96,8

Above you can see the results of the Autoexpress 2015 225/45 R17 test performed by Autoexpress on a in 2015. This test was performed in 225/45 R17, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (225). Continental ContiSportContact 5 is the best of 11 tested tyres according to tested properties (Points total, Wet, Dry, Rolling resistance, Noise, ). Other featured tyres include Dunlop Sport BluResponse, Michelin Pilot Sport 3, Hankook Ventus S1 Evo 2 K117; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Hankook Ventus Evo, Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2, Bridgestone Turanza T005.

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