Summer tyre test 205/55 R16 - Autoklub ČR 2023

Summer

2023

Year

19

Tyres

Winner

Continental PremiumContact 7

Best Value

Uniroyal RainSport 5

Test Vehicle

VW Golf

Tested tyres

19

Price vs Quality

See how tyre price relates to test performance at a glance

Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

1

Continental PremiumContact 7

Rating: -

£78

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

91V 91V · £81

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

Michelin Primacy 4+

Rating: -

£87

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

91V · £87 91W 94H · £117 +1

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

Bridgestone Turanza T005

Rating: -

£89

91 H

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91H 91H 91H +2

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

Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2

Rating: -

£94

91 V

mytyres.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

91V · £97 94V 94V +1

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

Uniroyal RainSport 5

Rating: -

£55

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

91V · £67 91W · £69 94V · £70

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

Nokian WetProof

Rating: -

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

Vredestein Ultrac

Rating: -

£70

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

0 · £70 0 · £77 0

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

Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance

Rating: -

£71

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91H · £71 91H 91V · £89 +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

Hankook Ventus Prime 4

Rating: -

£66

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91H · £76 91H · £66 91H · £71 +2

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

Semperit Speed-Life 3

Rating: -

£63

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

91V · £63 91W · £70 94V · £63

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

Firestone Roadhawk

Rating: -

£71

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

91V 91V 91W · £71 +1

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

Dunlop Sport BluResponse

Rating: -

£59

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91V · £60 91V · £81 91V · £71 +2

Wet97,8

Dry99,3

13

Kumho Ecsta HS52

Rating: -

£53

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91V · £67 91V · £53 91W · £62 +2

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

Apollo Alnac 4G

Rating: -

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

Matador Hectorra 5

Rating: -

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

Tomket Sport

Rating: -

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

Imperial Ecodriver 5

Rating: -

£71

91 H

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

91V · £72 91W · £72 94V · £72

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

Double Coin DC99

Rating: -

Wet78,6

Dry93,9

19

Profil Tyres Prosport 2

Rating: -

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

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 UltraContact NXT 99%	99%	Premium	£124 94 W
2	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO (C3) 97%	97%	Premium	£91 94 V
3	Premium Dunlop Blue Response TG 90%	90%	Premium	£66 91 V
4	Premium Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance 2 88%	88%	Premium	£84 94 V
5	Premium Michelin Primacy 5 84%	84%	Premium	£80 91 H +5 More
6	Upper-middle Nokian Powerproof 2 82%	82%	Upper-middle	£73 0 V
7	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£75 91 V +2 More
8	Premium Bridgestone Turanza 6 78%	78%	Premium	£78 91 H +3 More

9	Premium Hankook Ih61 Ion St As 77%	77%	Premium	£85 94 V
10	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 2 75%	75%	Upper-middle	£62 91 H +3 More
11	Upper-middle Falken ZIEX ZE320 74%	74%	Upper-middle	£51 91 V +3 More
12	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Comfort 74%	74%	Upper-middle	£62 +8 More
13	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2 73%	73%	Premium	£70 91 H +4 More
14	Premium Continental PremiumContact 6 71%	71%	Premium
15	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 70%	70%	Premium	£79 91 H +17 More
16	Upper-middle BFGoodrich Advantage 68%	68%	Upper-middle	£72 91 H +9 More

17	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP4 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£83 91 H +9 More
18	Budget Fulda EcoControl HP2 67%	67%	Budget	£53 91 H +3 More
19	Budget Linglong Sport Master 67%	67%	Budget
20	Budget Nexen N Fera Primus 66%	66%	Budget	£62 91 V +2 More
21	Premium Michelin e.Primacy 66%	66%	Premium	£102 91 H +5 More
22	Upper-middle Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£59 91 H +8 More
23	Budget Sailun Atrezzo ZSR 2 61%	61%	Budget
24	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 61%	61%	Upper-middle	£74 91 H +3 More

25	Budget Linglong Comfort Master 60%	60%	Budget
26	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 60%	60%	Upper-middle	£72 91 H +4 More
27	Premium Continental Ecocontact 6 56%	56%	Premium	£78 91 H +20 More
28	Upper-middle Cooper Summer 55%	55%	Upper-middle	£59 91 H +4 More
29	Budget Debica Presto HP2 55%	55%	Budget	£53 91 H +3 More
30	Budget Sava Intensa HP2 54%	54%	Budget	£53 91 H +3 More
31	Premium Continental UltraContact 53%	53%	Premium	£82 91 H +3 More
32	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP5 37%	37%	Budget	£79 91 V +1 More

33	Premium Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance 33%	33%	Premium
34	- Leao Nova-Force Acro 32%	32%	-
35	Budget Lassa Revola 28%	28%	Budget
36	Upper-middle Cooper Zeon CS8 28%	28%	Upper-middle	£57 0 V +9 More
37	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 25%	25%	Budget
38	Budget Avon ZV7 12%	12%	Budget	£68 91 V +9 More

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