Summer tyre test 225/40 R18 - Autozeitung 2021

Summer

2021

Year

10

Tyres

Winner

Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5

Best Value

Falken Azenis FK510

Test Vehicle

Seat Leon

Tested tyres

10

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

Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5

Rating: Test winner

£75

92 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

92Y 92Y · £75

Wet93

Dry92

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/10

Wet Braking#1/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/10

Wet Circle Cornering#5/10

Wet Handling#7/10

Dry

Dry Braking#4/10

Dry Handling#4/10

Dry Lane Change#5/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/10

2

Continental PremiumContact 6

Rating: Highly recommended

£90

92 W

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

92W · £106 92Y · £90 92Y · £119

Wet85

Dry93

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Wet Braking#2/10

Aquaplaning Cross#4/10

Wet Circle Cornering#5/10

Wet Handling#9/10

Dry

Dry Handling#1/10

Dry Braking#2/10

Dry Lane Change#3/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/10

3

Pirelli P ZERO PZ4

Rating: Highly recommended

£97

92 H

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

92V 92Y 92Y +2

Wet89

Dry87

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Wet Handling#1/10

Wet Braking#5/10

Aquaplaning Cross#6/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#10/10

Dry

Dry Lane Change#1/10

Dry Braking#5/10

Dry Handling#6/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#10/10

4

Michelin Pilot Sport 4

Rating: Highly recommended

£102

92 W

mytyres.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

92Y · £102 92Y · £133 92Y · £108 +1

Wet83

Dry92

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/10

Wet Handling#3/10

Aquaplaning Cross#4/10

Wet Braking#4/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/10

Dry

Dry Braking#1/10

Dry Handling#2/10

Dry Lane Change#4/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/10

5

Falken Azenis FK510

Rating: Highly recommended

Wet89

Dry83

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#3/10

Wet Braking#3/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/10

Wet Handling#8/10

Wet Circle Cornering#9/10

Dry

Dry Braking#6/10

Dry Lane Change#6/10

Dry Handling#9/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#4/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/10

6

Nokian Powerproof

Rating: -

Wet83

Dry87

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/10

Wet Handling#2/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/10

Wet Braking#6/10

Aquaplaning Cross#7/10

Dry

Dry Braking#6/10

Dry Handling#6/10

Dry Lane Change#7/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#10/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/10

7

Maxxis Victra Sport 5

Rating: -

£93

92 Y

mytyres.co.uk

Wet75

Dry91

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/10

Wet Handling#4/10

Aquaplaning Cross#8/10

Wet Braking#8/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/10

Dry

Dry Handling#2/10

Dry Lane Change#2/10

Dry Braking#3/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/10

8

Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2

Rating: -

£85

92 Y

mytyres.co.uk

Wet78

Dry83

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/10

Wet Circle Cornering#5/10

Wet Handling#5/10

Wet Braking#7/10

Dry

Dry Lane Change#8/10

Dry Braking#10/10

Dry Handling#10/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/10

9

Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127

Rating: -

£84

92 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

92Y · £99 92Y · £110

Wet69

Dry87

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#5/10

Wet Handling#5/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/10

Aquaplaning Cross#10/10

Wet Braking#10/10

Dry

Dry Handling#4/10

Dry Braking#8/10

Dry Lane Change#10/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#8/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/10

10

Nexen N fera Sport

Rating: -

£67

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

92Y 92Y · £67 92Y · £85

Wet63

Dry85

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#8/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/10

Wet Braking#9/10

Wet Circle Cornering#10/10

Wet Handling#10/10

Dry

Dry Braking#8/10

Dry Handling#8/10

Dry Lane Change#8/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#9/10

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 Sportcontact 7 100%	100%	Premium	£87 92 Y
2	Premium Hankook Ventus Evo 99%	99%	Premium	£88 +2 More
3	Premium Continental PremiumContact 7 98%	98%	Premium	£85 92 Y
4	Premium Dunlop Blue Response TG 98%	98%	Premium	£86 92 W
5	Premium Hankook ION Evo 96%	96%	Premium	£87 92 Y
6	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 96%	96%	Premium	£132 92 Y
7	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 5 94%	94%	Premium	£107 92 Y
8	Premium Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 94%	94%	Premium	£82 92 Y +1 More

9	Premium Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT EVO 93%	93%	Premium	£94 92 Y
10	Budget Giti GitiSport S2+ 89%	89%	Budget
11	Premium Pirelli P Zero (PZ5) 88%	88%	Premium	£80 92 Y
12	Premium Bridgestone Turanza T005 88%	88%	Premium	£89 92 W +13 More
13	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2 88%	88%	Premium	£98 92 W +4 More
14	Premium Bridgestone Potenza Sport 87%	87%	Premium	£110 92 Y +1 More
15	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta Sport (PS72) 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£71 92 Y +1 More
16	Premium Michelin Primacy 5 86%	86%	Premium	£95 92 Y

17	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 All Season 86%	86%	Premium	£132 92 H +1 More
18	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 86%	86%	Upper-middle	£79 88 Y +3 More
19	Upper-middle Nokian Powerproof 2 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£82 0 Y
20	Premium GoodYear Eagle F1 Supersport 81%	81%	Premium	£93 92 Y +6 More
21	Premium Bridgestone Turanza 6 81%	81%	Premium	£90 92 Y +1 More
22	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 2 81%	81%	Upper-middle	£68 92 Y
23	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 80%	80%	Premium	£101 92 W +2 More
24	Upper-middle Falken Azenis FK520 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£71 92 Y +1 More

25	Premium Vredestein Ultrac Pro 79%	79%	Premium	£92 92 W +1 More
26	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport CUP 2 79%	79%	Premium	£182 92 Y +1 More
27	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Comfort 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£82 92 +1 More
28	Upper-middle Kumho ECSTA Sport S PS72 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£77 92 Y +1 More
29	Upper-middle Firestone Firehawk Sport 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£77 92 Y
30	Premium Michelin Primacy 4+ 78%	78%	Premium	£112 92 Y
31	Premium Continental Ecocontact 6 77%	77%	Premium	£90 92 W +7 More
32	Budget Linglong Sport Master 77%	77%	Budget

33	Budget Sailun Atrezzo ZSR 2 76%	76%	Budget
34	Premium Hankook Ventus Prime 4 76%	76%	Premium
35	Upper-middle Cooper Summer 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£72 92 Y
36	Budget GT Radial SportActive 2 EVO 75%	75%	Budget
37	Premium Hankook K135 Ventus Prime4 74%	74%	Premium	£78 92 W +1 More
38	Premium Michelin e.Primacy 74%	74%	Premium	£101 92 V +1 More
39	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Sport 2 71%	71%	Upper-middle	£83 +1 More
40	Upper-middle BFGoodrich Advantage 70%	70%	Upper-middle	£99 92 W +1 More

41	Premium Continental UltraContact 70%	70%	Premium	£86 92 W
42	Upper-middle Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£99 92 W +2 More
43	Upper-middle Nokian PowerProof 1 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£98 92 Y
44	Upper-middle Uniroyal RainSport 5 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£69 92 Y
45	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£90 88 Y +2 More
46	Upper-middle Yokohama Advan Sport V107 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£89 92 Y
47	Budget Sava Intensa UHP 2 65%	65%	Budget
48	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 64%	64%	Upper-middle	£85 +2 More

49	Budget Fulda SportControl 2 64%	64%	Budget	£71 92 Y +1 More
50	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 60%	60%	Upper-middle
51	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP6 59%	59%	Budget	£70 92 0
52	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer UHP 56%	56%	Upper-middle
53	Budget Semperit Speed-Life 3 55%	55%	Budget	£69 92 Y
54	Upper-middle Nokian Hakka Black 3 54%	54%	Upper-middle	£170 92 Y
55	Budget Debica Presto UHP2 52%	52%	Budget	£79 92 Y +1 More
56	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP5 52%	52%	Budget	£108 92 W +1 More

57	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 50%	50%	Premium	£82 92 W
58	Budget Delinte DS2 46%	46%	Budget
59	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 44%	44%	Budget
60	- Leao Nova-Force Acro 44%	44%	-
61	Budget Syron Premium Performance 44%	44%	Budget
62	B Landspider Sportraxx UHP 42%	42%	B
63	Budget Lassa Driveways Sport 42%	42%	Budget
64	Upper-middle Cooper Zeon CS8 38%	38%	Upper-middle	£93 0 W +2 More

65	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS91 36%	36%	Upper-middle
66	Budget Radar Dimax R8+ 36%	36%	Budget
67	Budget Landsail RapidDragon 30%	30%	Budget
68	B Event Potentem UHP 27%	27%	B
69	Budget Westlake Z-107 23%	23%	Budget	£74 92 W +1 More
70	Budget Tracmax X-Privilo TX-3 23%	23%	Budget
71	Budget Matador MP47 Hectorra 3 22%	22%	Budget
72	Budget Ovation VI-588 Sport 21%	21%	Budget

73	Budget Barum Bravuris 6 19%	19%	Budget	£70 92 Y
74	Budget Imperial EcoSport 2 17%	17%	Budget	£81 92 Y
75	Budget Tomason Sportrace 17%	17%	Budget
76	Budget Kormoran Ultra High Performance 15%	15%	Budget
77	Budget Lanvigator Catch Power Plus 8%	8%	Budget	£48 92 W +1 More
78	Budget Marshal MU12 6%	6%	Budget	£83