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

£129

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

£111

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

£127

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

£162

94 V

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94W · £172 98W · £162

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

£118

94 W

mytyres.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

94W · £150 94W · £124 98W · £118 +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 Continental Premiumcontact 7 97%	97%	Premium	£126 94 V +1 More
2	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO (C3) 97%	97%	Premium	£122 98 W
3	Premium Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT EVO 93%	93%	Premium	£139 98 Y
4	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 5 93%	93%	Premium	£153 98 Y
5	Premium Hankook iON evo 85%	85%	Premium	£140 98 Y
6	Premium Michelin Primacy 5 84%	84%	Premium	£129 94 V +3 More
7	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2 84%	84%	Premium	£165 94 V
8	Premium Bridgestone Turanza T005 83%	83%	Premium	£117 94 V +7 More

9	Upper-middle Nokian Powerproof 2 82%	82%	Upper-middle	£117 0 W
10	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£94 94 W +2 More
11	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 2 75%	75%	Upper-middle	£97 94 W +1 More
12	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Comfort 74%	74%	Upper-middle	£100 98 +1 More
13	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta HS52 74%	74%	Upper-middle	£90 98 W +1 More
14	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2 73%	73%	Premium	£133 94 W +1 More
15	Premium Hankook Ventus Prime 4 73%	73%	Premium	£112 94 +14 More
16	Premium Michelin Primacy 4+ 71%	71%	Premium	£183 94 V +1 More

17	Premium Continental PremiumContact 6 71%	71%	Premium	£137 94 V
18	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 70%	70%	Premium	£122 94 V +5 More
19	Premium Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 69%	69%	Premium	£120 94 Y +1 More
20	Upper-middle BFGoodrich Advantage 68%	68%	Upper-middle	£115 94 V +2 More
21	Budget Linglong Sport Master 67%	67%	Budget
22	Budget Fulda Ecocontrol Hp2 67%	67%	Budget	£104 94 V
23	Budget Nexen N Fera Primus 66%	66%	Budget	£94 94 V +2 More
24	Upper-middle Uniroyal RainSport 5 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£96 94 V +2 More

25	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Sport 2 64%	64%	Upper-middle	£120 +1 More
26	Budget Fulda SportControl 2 63%	63%	Budget	£93 98 Y +1 More
27	Upper-middle Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£133 94 V +1 More
28	Budget Sava Intensa UHP 2 61%	61%	Budget	£87 98 W +1 More
29	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 61%	61%	Upper-middle	£109 94 V +3 More
30	Premium Continental EcoContact 6 56%	56%	Premium	£105 94 V +19 More
31	Upper-middle Cooper Summer 55%	55%	Upper-middle	£98 94 W +1 More
32	Upper-middle Nokian Wetproof 54%	54%	Upper-middle

33	Budget Sava Intensa Hp2 54%	54%	Budget	£86 94 V
34	Premium Continental UltraContact 53%	53%	Premium	£129 94 V +1 More
35	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 52%	52%	Upper-middle	£127 94 W +1 More
36	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP6 52%	52%	Budget	£82 98 0
37	Budget Debica Presto UHP 2 51%	51%	Budget
38	Budget Semperit Speed-Life 3 51%	51%	Budget	£101 94 V +1 More
39	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 51%	51%	Upper-middle	£113 +3 More
40	Budget Sailun Atrezzo ZSR2 47%	47%	Budget

41	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP5 37%	37%	Budget	£101 98 W +1 More
42	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 33%	33%	Premium	£122 94 V +7 More
43	Premium Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance 33%	33%	Premium
44	Budget Apollo Aspire 4G 30%	30%	Budget
45	Upper-middle Cooper Zeon CS8 28%	28%	Upper-middle	£87 0 W +5 More
46	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 25%	25%	Budget
47	Premium Vredestein Ultrac 16%	16%	Premium
48	Budget Matador Hectorra 5 9%	9%	Budget

49	Budget Imperial EcoSport 2 1%	1%	Budget	£80 98 W