Summer tyre test 215/55 R17 - Automotorsport 2025

Summer

2025

Year

6

Tyres

Winner

Continental UltraContact NXT

Best Value

Falken E.Ziex

Test Vehicle

Audi A5

Tested tyres

6

article

Regular vs. Sustainable: Automotorsport tests 215/55 R17 Summer Tires

Auto Motor und Sport published it's test for 2025 in 215/55 R17 dimension, and this time it took entirely new approach by evaluating each tire twice. First, they conducted their "classic summer tire test", focusing on the usual disciplines like braking distances, cornering grip, and aquaplaning safety. Then they introduced a second score based on the classic test, but with sustainability criteria mixed in, such as manufacturing ecology, transportation distance and energy efficiency. Also, more weight was put on the rolling resistance and noise.

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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 UltraContact NXT

Rating: Outstanding

£130

98 W

mytyres.co.uk

Wet9.0

Dry9.0

Enviromental impact9.0

Running costs8.8

Wet

Wet Braking#1/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/6

Wet Side Guide#2/6

Aquaplaning Cross#3/6

Wet Handling#3/6

Wet Handling Measured#4/6

Dry

Dry Handling#1/6

Dry Handling Measured#1/6

Dry Lane Change#1/6

Dry Braking#2/6

Dry Steering Reaction#2/6

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/6

Summary

2

Falken E.Ziex

Rating: Very good

£113

98 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet9.0

Dry9.5

Enviromental impact8.7

Running costs7.4

Wet

Wet Braking#1/6

Wet Side Guide#2/6

Wet Handling#3/6

Wet Handling Measured#3/6

Aquaplaning Cross#5/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/6

Dry

Dry Braking#1/6

Dry Handling#1/6

Dry Handling Measured#1/6

Dry Lane Change#3/6

Dry Steering Reaction#5/6

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/6

Summary

3

Bridgestone Turanza 6

Rating: Very good

£109

98 W

mytyres.co.uk

Wet8.9

Dry8.3

Enviromental impact7.7

Running costs7.2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/6

Wet Handling#1/6

Wet Handling Measured#1/6

Wet Side Guide#2/6

Wet Braking#4/6

Dry

Dry Braking#2/6

Dry Steering Reaction#2/6

Dry Handling Measured#3/6

Dry Handling#4/6

Dry Lane Change#4/6

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/6

Summary

4

Michelin E.Primacy

Rating: Very good

£149

94 V

tyres.pneus.online.uk

+2 More sizes →

94W · £186 98W · £149

Wet7.3

Dry8.5

Enviromental impact10.0

Running costs10.0

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/6

Wet Side Guide#2/6

Aquaplaning Cross#3/6

Wet Braking#5/6

Wet Handling#5/6

Wet Handling Measured#5/6

Dry

Dry Handling#1/6

Dry Lane Change#1/6

Dry Steering Reaction#1/6

Dry Braking#4/6

Dry Handling Measured#4/6

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/6

Summary

5

Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2

Rating: Very good

£115

94 W

mytyres.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

94W · £129 94W · £124 98W · £119 +1

Wet9.4

Dry7.8

Enviromental impact7.3

Running costs7.8

Wet

Wet Handling#1/6

Wet Handling Measured#1/6

Wet Side Guide#1/6

Aquaplaning Cross#2/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/6

Wet Braking#3/6

Dry

Dry Steering Reaction#2/6

Dry Braking#4/6

Dry Handling#4/6

Dry Handling Measured#4/6

Dry Lane Change#4/6

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/6

Summary

6

Insa Turbo EcoEvolution

Rating: Poor

Wet3.5

Dry3.9

Enviromental impact3.2

Running costs5.4

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#6/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/6

Wet Braking#6/6

Wet Handling#6/6

Wet Handling Measured#6/6

Wet Side Guide#6/6

Dry

Dry Braking#6/6

Dry Handling#6/6

Dry Handling Measured#6/6

Dry Lane Change#6/6

Dry Steering Reaction#6/6

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/6

Summary

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 Pirelli CINTURATO (C3) 97%	97%	Premium	£130 98 W
2	Premium Continental Premiumcontact 7 97%	97%	Premium	£126 94 V +1 More
3	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 5 95%	95%	Premium	£152 98 Y
4	Premium Hankook iON evo 90%	90%	Premium	£136 98 Y
5	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2 89%	89%	Premium	£169 94 V
6	Premium Bridgestone Turanza T005 88%	88%	Premium	£118 94 V +7 More
7	Premium Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT EVO 87%	87%	Premium	£158 98 Y
8	Premium Michelin Primacy 5 86%	86%	Premium	£139 94 V +3 More

9	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 2 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£103 94 W +1 More
10	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2 78%	78%	Premium	£131 94 W +1 More
11	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£86 94 W +2 More
12	Premium Michelin Primacy 4+ 76%	76%	Premium	£222 94 V +1 More
13	Upper-middle Nokian Powerproof 2 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£114 0 W
14	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 75%	75%	Premium	£119 94 V +5 More
15	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Comfort 74%	74%	Upper-middle	£100 98 +1 More
16	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta HS52 74%	74%	Upper-middle	£84 98 W +1 More

17	Premium Hankook Ventus Prime 4 73%	73%	Premium	£94 94 +14 More
18	Premium Continental PremiumContact 6 71%	71%	Premium	£134 94 V
19	Premium Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 69%	69%	Premium	£116 94 Y +1 More
20	Upper-middle BFGoodrich Advantage 68%	68%	Upper-middle	£124 94 V +2 More
21	Budget Fulda Ecocontrol Hp2 67%	67%	Budget	£104 94 V
22	Upper-middle Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£124 94 V +1 More
23	Budget Linglong Sport Master 67%	67%	Budget
24	Upper-middle Uniroyal RainSport 5 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£102 94 V +2 More

25	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Sport 2 64%	64%	Upper-middle	£121 +1 More
26	Budget Fulda SportControl 2 63%	63%	Budget	£101 98 Y +1 More
27	Budget Sava Intensa UHP 2 61%	61%	Budget	£83 98 W +1 More
28	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 61%	61%	Upper-middle	£126 94 0 +3 More
29	Budget Nexen N Fera Primus 60%	60%	Budget	£92 94 V +2 More
30	Upper-middle Nokian Wetproof 59%	59%	Upper-middle
31	Budget Sava Intensa Hp2 54%	54%	Budget
32	Premium Continental UltraContact 53%	53%	Premium	£112 94 V +1 More

33	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 52%	52%	Upper-middle	£109 94 W +1 More
34	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP6 52%	52%	Budget	£82 98 0
35	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 51%	51%	Upper-middle	£119 +3 More
36	Budget Debica Presto UHP 2 51%	51%	Budget	£82 98 W +1 More
37	Budget Semperit Speed-Life 3 51%	51%	Budget	£99 94 V +1 More
38	Budget Sailun Atrezzo ZSR2 47%	47%	Budget
39	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP5 42%	42%	Budget	£103 98 W +1 More
40	Premium Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance 38%	38%	Premium

41	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 38%	38%	Premium	£120 94 V +7 More
42	Budget Apollo Aspire 4G 30%	30%	Budget
43	Upper-middle Cooper Zeon CS8 28%	28%	Upper-middle	£84 0 W +5 More
44	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 25%	25%	Budget
45	Premium Vredestein Ultrac 16%	16%	Premium
46	Budget Matador Hectorra 5 9%	9%	Budget
47	Budget Imperial EcoSport 2 1%	1%	Budget	£79 98 W