Summer tyre test 205/55 R16 - Autoklub ČR 2023

205/55 R16 - 2023

Winner

Continental

Continental PremiumContact 7

Best Value

uniroyal

Uniroyal RainSport 5

Test Vehicle

vw VW Golf

Tested tyres

19

1

1

Continental PremiumContact 7

Rating: -

£83
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £83

Points total104,7

Wet106

Dry103,3

Wet

Wet Braking#1/19

Wet Handling#1/19

Wet Circle Cornering#3/19

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/19

Aquaplaning Cross#12/19

Dry

Dry Braking#1/19

Dry Handling#2/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#10/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#12/19

2

2

Michelin Primacy 4+

Rating: -

£90
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £9991W · £13094H · £121+1

Points total102,6

Wet103,9

Dry101,4

Wet

Wet Braking#2/19

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/19

Wet Handling#6/19

Aquaplaning Cross#7/19

Wet Circle Cornering#10/19

Dry

Dry Handling#3/19

Dry Braking#6/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#7/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/19

3

3

Bridgestone Turanza T005

Rating: -

£87
91 Htyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £11491H91H+2

Points total102,4

Wet101,3

Dry103,4

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/19

Wet Handling#5/19

Wet Braking#7/19

Aquaplaning Cross#10/19

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#11/19

Dry

Dry Braking#5/19

Dry Handling#5/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#18/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/19

4

4

Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2

Rating: -

£87
91 Vtyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £8794V94V+1

Points total101,7

Wet101,7

Dry101,7

Wet

Wet Braking#5/19

Aquaplaning Cross#8/19

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/19

Wet Circle Cornering#9/19

Wet Handling#9/19

Dry

Dry Braking#2/19

Dry Handling#3/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#9/19

5

5

Uniroyal RainSport 5

Rating: -

£62
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £6391W · £7494V · £72

Points total101,5

Wet104,4

Dry98,6

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/19

Aquaplaning Cross#3/19

Wet Braking#3/19

Wet Handling#4/19

Wet Circle Cornering#15/19

Dry

Dry Braking#11/19

Dry Handling#14/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#8/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#15/19

6

6

Nokian WetProof

Rating: -

Points total101,3

Wet102,2

Dry100,4

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/19

Wet Braking#6/19

Wet Handling#7/19

Aquaplaning Cross#9/19

Wet Circle Cornering#11/19

Dry

Dry Braking#2/19

Dry Handling#15/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/19

7

7

Vredestein Ultrac

Rating: -

£91
0 mytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

0 · £970 · £910

Points total101,3

Wet103,3

Dry99,2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/19

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/19

Wet Handling#2/19

Wet Circle Cornering#5/19

Wet Braking#8/19

Dry

Dry Handling#5/19

Dry Braking#7/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#11/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#18/19

8

8

Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance

Rating: -

£79
91 Htyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £8391H91V · £80+2

Points total101,2

Wet100,7

Dry101,7

Wet

Wet Handling#2/19

Wet Circle Cornering#4/19

Wet Braking#9/19

Aquaplaning Cross#11/19

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#13/19

Dry

Dry Handling#1/19

Dry Braking#8/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/19

9

9

Hankook Ventus Prime 4

Rating: -

£73
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £8391H · £8391V · £73+2

Points total101

Wet100,6

Dry101,4

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/19

Wet Handling#12/19

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#15/19

Aquaplaning Cross#16/19

Wet Braking#19/19

Dry

Dry Braking#4/19

Dry Handling#9/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#12/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#10/19

10

10

Semperit Speed-Life 3

Rating: -

£68
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £7691W · £8194V · £72

Points total100,6

Wet102,5

Dry98,6

Wet

Wet Braking#4/19

Aquaplaning Cross#5/19

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/19

Wet Handling#7/19

Wet Circle Cornering#14/19

Dry

Dry Handling#9/19

Dry Braking#12/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/19

11

11

Firestone Roadhawk

Rating: -

£86
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £10491V91W · £86+1

Points total100

Wet100

Dry100

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/19

Aquaplaning Cross#4/19

Wet Circle Cornering#8/19

Wet Braking#10/19

Wet Handling#10/19

Dry

Dry Braking#9/19

Dry Handling#13/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#18/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/19

12

12

Dunlop Sport BluResponse

Rating: -

£68
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £7691V · £6891V+2

Points total98,6

Wet97,8

Dry99,3

13

13

Kumho Ecsta HS52

Rating: -

£55
91 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £5591W · £5991W · £65+2

Points total96,9

Wet94,3

Dry99,5

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#6/19

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#13/19

Aquaplaning Cross#15/19

Wet Braking#15/19

Wet Handling#15/19

Dry

Dry Handling#9/19

Dry Braking#10/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#17/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#11/19

14

14

Apollo Alnac 4G

Rating: -

£49
0 tyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

91H91V · £4994V

Points total96,7

Wet97,3

Dry96,1

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#10/19

Wet Braking#10/19

Aquaplaning Cross#13/19

Wet Circle Cornering#13/19

Wet Handling#13/19

Dry

Dry Handling#15/19

Dry Braking#16/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#14/19

15

15

Matador Hectorra 5

Rating: -

Points total96,4

Wet93,9

Dry99

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#6/19

Wet Braking#13/19

Wet Handling#15/19

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#16/19

Wet Circle Cornering#17/19

Dry

Dry Handling#12/19

Dry Braking#14/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/19

16

16

Tomket Sport

Rating: -

Points total95,6

Wet93,2

Dry97,9

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#12/19

Wet Braking#14/19

Aquaplaning Cross#17/19

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#17/19

Wet Handling#17/19

Dry

Dry Handling#7/19

Dry Braking#15/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#14/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#12/19

17

17

Imperial Ecodriver 5

Rating: -

£70
91 Htyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £7191W · £7194V · £72

Points total94,4

Wet94,1

Dry94,8

Wet

Wet Handling#11/19

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#12/19

Aquaplaning Cross#14/19

Wet Braking#16/19

Wet Circle Cornering#16/19

Dry

Dry Handling#15/19

Dry Braking#17/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#12/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#16/19

18

18

Double Coin DC99

Rating: -

Points total86,2

Wet78,6

Dry93,9

19

19

Profil Tyres Prosport 2

Rating: -

Points total85,7

Wet80,6

Dry90,9

Wet

Wet Braking#17/19

Aquaplaning Cross#18/19

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#18/19

Wet Circle Cornering#19/19

Wet Handling#19/19

Dry

Dry Braking#18/19

Dry Handling#19/19

Comfort

Noise Exterior#16/19

Economy

Rolling Resistance#17/19

Above you can see the results of the Autoklub ČR 2023 205/55 R16 test performed by Autoklub ČR on a VW Golf in 2023. This test was performed in 205/55 R16, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (205). Continental PremiumContact 7 is the best of 19 tested tyres according to tested properties (Points total, Wet, Dry, ). Other featured tyres include Michelin Primacy 4+, Bridgestone Turanza T005, Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance 2, Bridgestone Turanza 6, Hankook Ih61 Ion St As.

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