Summer tyre test 225/45 R17 - Autozeitung 2024

Summer

2024

Year

9

Tyres

Winner

Continental PremiumContact 7

Best Value

Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127

Test Vehicle

BMW 1

Tested tyres

9

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 PremiumContact 7

Rating: Test winner

£84

91 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

91V · £94 91W · £91 94V · £93 +1

Wet

Wet Braking#1/9

Wet Circle Cornering#1/9

Wet Handling#1/9

Wet Safety#1/9

Aquaplaning Cross#3/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/9

Dry

Dry Braking#1/9

Dry Handling#1/9

Dry Safety#1/9

Dry Lane Change#2/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/9

Summary

2

Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2

Rating: Highly recommended

£89

91 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91Y 91Y · £101 94Y · £103 +2

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/9

Wet Handling#2/9

Wet Safety#2/9

Wet Braking#3/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/9

Aquaplaning Cross#6/9

Dry

Dry Braking#1/9

Dry Handling#2/9

Dry Lane Change#2/9

Dry Safety#2/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/9

Summary

3

Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127

Rating: -

£98

94 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94Y · £129

Wet

Wet Braking#2/9

Wet Circle Cornering#2/9

Wet Handling#2/9

Wet Safety#3/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/9

Aquaplaning Cross#9/9

Dry

Dry Braking#3/9

Dry Handling#5/9

Dry Safety#6/9

Dry Lane Change#7/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/9

Summary

4

Vredestein Ultrac

Rating: -

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/9

Wet Handling#2/9

Aquaplaning Cross#3/9

Wet Safety#5/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/9

Wet Braking#8/9

Dry

Dry Handling#2/9

Dry Safety#3/9

Dry Braking#4/9

Dry Lane Change#7/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/9

Summary

5

Firestone Roadhawk 2

Rating: Highly recommended

£77

91 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94Y · £77

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/9

Wet Circle Cornering#2/9

Wet Braking#4/9

Wet Safety#4/9

Wet Handling#5/9

Aquaplaning Cross#6/9

Dry

Dry Lane Change#2/9

Dry Handling#5/9

Dry Braking#6/9

Dry Safety#7/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#8/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/9

Summary

6

Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun

Rating: -

£101

91 W

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94W 94W · £101

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/9

Wet Circle Cornering#2/9

Wet Braking#5/9

Wet Handling#5/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/9

Wet Safety#8/9

Dry

Dry Lane Change#1/9

Dry Safety#4/9

Dry Handling#5/9

Dry Braking#6/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/9

Summary

7

Michelin Primacy 4+

Rating: -

£107

91 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91V 91W 91Y · £107 +2

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/9

Aquaplaning Cross#6/9

Wet Handling#7/9

Wet Safety#7/9

Wet Circle Cornering#8/9

Wet Braking#9/9

Dry

Dry Lane Change#2/9

Dry Braking#4/9

Dry Handling#5/9

Dry Safety#9/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/9

Summary

8

Maxxis Premitra HP5

Rating: -

£71

91 W

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

91W 94W · £71

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/9

Wet Circle Cornering#2/9

Wet Braking#5/9

Wet Handling#7/9

Wet Safety#9/9

Dry

Dry Handling#2/9

Dry Lane Change#2/9

Dry Safety#4/9

Dry Braking#6/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/9

Summary

9

Bridgestone Turanza 6

Rating: Recommended for economical driving

£81

91 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91W · £81 91W · £94 91Y +2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#3/9

Wet Braking#5/9

Wet Safety#6/9

Wet Handling#7/9

Wet Circle Cornering#8/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/9

Dry

Dry Handling#5/9

Dry Lane Change#7/9

Dry Safety#8/9

Dry Braking#9/9

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/9

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 Hankook Ventus Evo 99%	99%	Premium	£78 94 Y +1 More
2	Premium Dunlop Blue Response TG 98%	98%	Premium	£85 91 W +1 More
3	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO (C3) 97%	97%	Premium	£95 94 Y
4	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 96%	96%	Premium
5	Premium Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 94%	94%	Premium	£84 91 Y +3 More
6	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport 5 94%	94%	Premium	£103 94 Y
7	Premium Bridgestone POTENZA SPORT EVO 93%	93%	Premium	£83 94 Y
8	Budget Giti GitiSport S2+ 89%	89%	Budget

9	Premium Pirelli P ZERO PZ4 89%	89%	Premium	£127 91 H +6 More
10	Premium Bridgestone Turanza T005 88%	88%	Premium	£87 91 Y +18 More
11	Premium Bridgestone Potenza Sport 87%	87%	Premium	£92 94 Y +1 More
12	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2 87%	87%	Premium	£86 91 W +1 More
13	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta Sport (PS72) 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£63 91 Y +3 More
14	Premium Michelin Primacy 5 86%	86%	Premium	£96 91 Y +5 More
15	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta PS71 86%	86%	Upper-middle	£93 91 Y +9 More
16	Upper-middle Nokian Powerproof 2 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£71 0 Y +1 More

17	Premium Continental PremiumContact 6 83%	83%	Premium	£89 91 W +4 More
18	Premium Pirelli Cinturato P7 80%	80%	Premium	£102 91 Y +21 More
19	Upper-middle Falken Azenis FK520 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£67 91 Y +3 More
20	Premium Michelin Pilot Sport CUP 2 79%	79%	Premium
21	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Comfort 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£72 91 W +2 More
22	Budget Linglong Sport Master 77%	77%	Budget
23	Premium Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2 77%	77%	Premium	£110 91 Y +2 More
24	Premium Continental Ecocontact 6 77%	77%	Premium	£87 91 V +6 More

25	Budget Sailun Atrezzo ZSR 2 76%	76%	Budget
26	Upper-middle Kumho Ecsta HS52 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£69 91 W +2 More
27	Premium Hankook Ventus Prime 4 76%	76%	Premium	£80 91 Y +3 More
28	Upper-middle Cooper Summer 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£71 91 W +3 More
29	Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127B 75%	75%		£96 94 Y
30	Hankook K135 Ventus Prime4 74%	74%		£86 91
31	Premium Michelin e.Primacy 74%	74%	Premium
32	Budget Nexen N Fera Sport 72%	72%	Budget	£54 +6 More

33	Upper-middle Toyo Proxes Sport 2 71%	71%	Upper-middle	£87 +1 More
34	Premium Continental UltraContact 70%	70%	Premium	£88 91 V +1 More
35	Upper-middle BFGoodrich Advantage 70%	70%	Upper-middle	£87 91 Y +4 More
36	Upper-middle Nokian PowerProof 1 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£98 94 Y
37	Upper-middle Uniroyal RainSport 5 69%	69%	Upper-middle	£64 91 Y +2 More
38	Upper-middle BF Goodrich Advantage 2 67%	67%	Upper-middle	£77 91 Y +5 More
39	Premium Dunlop Sport Maxx RT2 67%	67%	Premium	£84 91 Y +1 More
40	Upper-middle Nokian Wetproof 66%	66%	Upper-middle

41	Budget Sava Intensa UHP 2 65%	65%	Budget	£65 91 Y +3 More
42	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer HP5 64%	64%	Upper-middle	£80 +5 More
43	Budget Fulda SportControl 2 64%	64%	Budget	£67 91 Y +3 More
44	Premium Dunlop Sport BluResponse 61%	61%	Premium	£86 91 W +2 More
45	Upper-middle Firestone Roadhawk 60%	60%	Upper-middle	£74 91 Y +2 More
46	Budget Maxxis Premitra HP6 59%	59%	Budget	£64 91 W +1 More
47	Upper-middle Kleber Dynaxer UHP 56%	56%	Upper-middle	£99 91 W +4 More
48	Budget Semperit Speed-Life 3 55%	55%	Budget	£82 91 Y +1 More

49	Upper-middle Nokian Hakka Black 3 54%	54%	Upper-middle	£174 94 Y
50	Budget Debica Presto UHP2 52%	52%	Budget	£65 91 Y +3 More
51	Budget Petlas Imperium PT515 51%	51%	Budget
52	Premium Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 50%	50%	Premium
53	Budget Delinte DS2 46%	46%	Budget
54	Budget Barum Bravuris 5 HM 44%	44%	Budget
55	- Leao Nova-Force Acro 44%	44%	-
56	Budget Syron Premium Performance 44%	44%	Budget

57	Budget Lassa Driveways Sport 42%	42%	Budget
58	B Landspider Sportraxx UHP 42%	42%	B
59	Budget Apollo Aspire 4G 41%	41%	Budget
60	Upper-middle Cooper Zeon CS8 38%	38%	Upper-middle	£76 0 Y +7 More
61	Budget Radar Dimax R8+ 36%	36%	Budget
62	Budget Avon ZV7 31%	31%	Budget	£87 91 Y +6 More
63	Budget Landsail RapidDragon 30%	30%	Budget
64	B Event Potentem UHP 27%	27%	B

65	Budget Westlake Z-107 23%	23%	Budget	£71 94 W +1 More
66	Budget Tracmax X-Privilo TX-3 23%	23%	Budget
67	Budget Matador Hectorra 5 22%	22%	Budget
68	Budget Matador MP47 Hectorra 3 22%	22%	Budget
69	Budget Ovation VI-588 Sport 21%	21%	Budget
70	Budget Barum Bravuris 6 19%	19%	Budget	£64 91 Y +2 More
71	Budget Tomason Sportrace 17%	17%	Budget
72	Budget Kormoran Ultra High Performance 15%	15%	Budget

73	Budget Windforce Catchfors UHP PRO 9%	9%	Budget
74	Budget Lanvigator Catch Power Plus 8%	8%	Budget
75	Budget Marshal MU12 6%	6%	Budget	£70 91 Y