Summer tyre test 235/45 R18 - Autozeitung 2019

235/45 R18 - 2019

Winner

Continental

Continental PremiumContact 6

Best Value

maxxis

Maxxis Premitra HP5

Test Vehicle

Škoda Škoda Superb

Tested tyres

10

1

1

Continental PremiumContact 6

Rating: -

£147
94 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94V94V94Y · £168+2

Points total277

Wet142

Dry135

Wet

Wet Handling#1/10

Wet Safety#1/10

Wet Braking#2/10

Wet Circle Cornering#4/10

Aquaplaning Cross#5/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/10

Dry

Dry Braking#1/10

Dry Handling#1/10

Dry Safety#1/10

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/10

Noise Exterior#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/10

2

2

Michelin Primacy 4

Rating: -

£162
98 Wmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

98W · £17298W98W+1

Points total252

Wet118

Dry134

Wet

Wet Safety#2/10

Wet Circle Cornering#4/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/10

Wet Braking#6/10

Wet Handling#6/10

Aquaplaning Cross#7/10

Dry

Dry Handling#2/10

Dry Safety#2/10

Dry Braking#3/10

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/10

Noise Exterior#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/10

3

3

Maxxis Premitra HP5

Rating: -

£119
98 Wmytyres.co.uk

Points total247

Wet126

Dry121

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Aquaplaning Cross#2/10

Wet Safety#3/10

Wet Braking#4/10

Wet Handling#5/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/10

Dry

Dry Braking#2/10

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Safety#9/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/10

Ride Comfort#9/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/10

4

4

Pirelli Cinturato P7

Rating: -

£152
94 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94W · £15294W · £13898Y

Points total242

Wet123

Dry119

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Wet Braking#3/10

Wet Circle Cornering#4/10

Wet Safety#4/10

Aquaplaning Cross#6/10

Wet Handling#6/10

Dry

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Safety#3/10

Dry Braking#6/10

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/10

Noise Exterior#3/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/10

5

5

Bridgestone Turanza T005

Rating: -

£161
94 Wtyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

94W94W · £14394W · £153+2

Points total239

Wet112

Dry127

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/10

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Wet Handling#2/10

Wet Safety#4/10

Wet Braking#8/10

Dry

Dry Braking#4/10

Dry Safety#4/10

Dry Handling#8/10

Comfort

Ride Comfort#5/10

Noise Exterior#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/10

6

6

Yokohama Bluearth AE-50

Rating: -

Points total235

Wet114

Dry121

Wet

Wet Braking#4/10

Wet Circle Cornering#4/10

Wet Handling#6/10

Wet Safety#6/10

Aquaplaning Cross#7/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/10

Dry

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Safety#6/10

Dry Braking#7/10

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/10

Noise Exterior#3/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/10

7

7

Michelin CrossClimate+ (!)

Rating: -

Points total219

Wet114

Dry105

8

8

Apollo Aspire XP

Rating: -

Points total216

Wet101

Dry115

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Aquaplaning Cross#2/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Wet Handling#3/10

Wet Braking#7/10

Wet Safety#8/10

Dry

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Braking#5/10

Dry Safety#7/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/10

Ride Comfort#5/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/10

9

9

Kumho Ecsta HS51

Rating: -

£112
94 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94V · £11298W

Points total181

Wet73

Dry108

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/10

Aquaplaning Cross#2/10

Wet Circle Cornering#4/10

Wet Handling#4/10

Wet Braking#9/10

Wet Safety#9/10

Dry

Dry Safety#7/10

Dry Braking#8/10

Dry Handling#8/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/10

Ride Comfort#9/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#9/10

10

10

Nankang Comfort AS-1

Rating: -

£98
98 Wtyres.pneus.online.uk

Points total149

Wet48

Dry101

Above you can see the results of the Autozeitung 2019 235/45 R18 test performed by Autozeitung on a Škoda Superb in 2019. This test was performed in 235/45 R18, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (235). Continental PremiumContact 6 is the best of 10 tested tyres according to tested properties (Points total, Rating, Wet, Dry, ). Other featured tyres include Michelin Primacy 4, Maxxis Premitra HP5, Pirelli Cinturato P7; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Hankook ION Evo, Michelin Primacy 5, Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2.

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