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

£149

98 W

tyres-pneus-online.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

£106

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

£106

98 W

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

98Y · £145

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

£167

94 V

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

94V 94W 98W · £167

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 Efficient Grip Performance 2

Rating: Very good

£121

94 W

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

94W · £136 94W · £124 94W +2

Wet9.4

Dry7.8

Enviromental impact7.3

Running costs7.8

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 Continental Premiumcontact 7 98%	98%	Premium	£133 94 V +1 More
2	Premium Dunlop Blue Response TG 98%	98%	Premium	£100 94 V +1 More
3	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO (C3) 94%	94%	Premium	£123 98 W
4	Premium Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT EVO 93%	93%	Premium	£131 98 Y
5	Premium Hankook iON evo 93%	93%	Premium	£130 98 Y
6	Premium Bridgestone Turanza T005 88%	88%	Premium	£114 94 V +7 More
7	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 5 88%	88%	Premium	£141 98 Y
8	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2 88%	88%	Premium	£153 94 V

9	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 86%	86%	Upper-middle	£95 94 W +2 More
10	Upper-middle Nokian Powerproof 2 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£114 0 W
11	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 2 83%	83%	Upper-middle	£110 94 W +1 More
12	Premium Continental PremiumContact 6 83%	83%	Premium	£110 94 V +1 More
13	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 80%	80%	Premium	£119 94 V +5 More
14	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Comfort 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£107 98 +1 More
15	Premium Michelin Primacy 4+ 78%	78%	Premium	£120 94 V +2 More
16	Premium Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 77%	77%	Premium	£102 94 Y +1 More

17	Premium Continental EcoContact 6 77%	77%	Premium	£114 94 V +18 More
18	Budget Linglong Sport Master 77%	77%	Budget
19	Upper-middle Cooper Summer 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£98 94 W +1 More
20	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta HS52 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£84 98 W +1 More
21	Budget Sailun Atrezzo ZSR 2 76%	76%	Budget
22	Premium Hankook Ventus Prime 4 76%	76%	Premium	£100 94 +9 More
23	Budget Nexen N Fera Primus 74%	74%	Budget	£86 94 V +2 More
24	Premium Hankook K135 Ventus Prime4 74%	74%	Premium	£86 94 V +1 More

25	Budget Fulda Ecocontrol Hp2 74%	74%	Budget	£90 94 V
26	Premium Michelin Primacy 5 73%	73%	Premium	£124 94 V +3 More
27	Budget Nexen N Fera Sport 72%	72%	Budget	£107
28	Premium Continental UltraContact 70%	70%	Premium	£127 94 V +1 More
29	Upper-middle BFGoodrich Advantage 70%	70%	Upper-middle
30	Upper-middle Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£115 94 V +1 More
31	Upper-middle Uniroyal RainSport 5 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£101 94 V +2 More
32	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Sport 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£103 +1 More

33	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£100 94 V +3 More
34	Upper-middle Nokian Wetproof 66%	66%	Upper-middle
35	Budget Sava Intensa UHP 2 65%	65%	Budget	£83 98 W +1 More
36	Budget Fulda SportControl 2 64%	64%	Budget	£93 98 Y +1 More
37	Budget Sava Intensa Hp2 63%	63%	Budget	£92 94 V
38	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 60%	60%	Upper-middle
39	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 56%	56%	Upper-middle	£105 +3 More
40	Premium Continental EcoContact 6 Q 56%	56%	Premium	£135 94 V +1 More

41	Budget Semperit Speed-Life 3 55%	55%	Budget	£91 94 V +1 More
42	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP6 55%	55%	Budget	£82 94 W +1 More
43	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP5 52%	52%	Budget
44	Budget Debica Presto UHP2 52%	52%	Budget	£80 98 W +1 More
45	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 50%	50%	Premium	£109 94 V +10 More
46	Premium Pirelli Powergy 48%	48%	Premium	£181 94 V +1 More
47	Budget Linglong Comfort Master 48%	48%	Budget
48	Budget Delinte DS2 46%	46%	Budget

49	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 44%	44%	Budget
50	- Leao Nova-Force Acro 44%	44%	-
51	Premium Vredestein Ultrac 43%	43%	Premium
52	B Landspider Sportraxx UHP 42%	42%	B
53	Budget Apollo Aspire 4G 41%	41%	Budget
54	- Leao Nora-Force HP100 39%	39%	-
55	Upper-middle Cooper Zeon CS8 38%	38%	Upper-middle	£88 0 W +5 More
56	Budget Radar Dimax R8+ 36%	36%	Budget

57	Budget Barum Bravuris 6 30%	30%	Budget	£82 94 V +2 More
58	B Event Potentem UHP 27%	27%	B
59	Budget Tracmax X-Privilo TX-3 23%	23%	Budget
60	Budget Matador Hectorra 5 22%	22%	Budget
61	Budget Matador MP47 Hectorra 3 22%	22%	Budget
62	Budget Landsail RapidDragon 19%	19%	Budget
63	Budget Kormoran Ultra High Performance 18%	18%	Budget
64	Budget Tomason Sportrace 17%	17%	Budget

65	Budget Imperial EcoSport 2 17%	17%	Budget
66	A Sentury Qirin 990 14%	14%	A
67	B Yartu ZuperEco Z-107 13%	13%	B
68	Budget Windforce Catchfors UHP PRO 9%	9%	Budget
69	Budget Lanvigator Catch Power Plus 8%	8%	Budget