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General Altimax Sport

225/55 R17 General Altimax Sport variants


General Altimax Sport is a summer tyre made in total of 20 sizes, ranging from R15 to R15 - this particular dimension is R17, which means it fits to a 17 inch/431.8mm diameter wheel. 225/55 R17 is 30mm wider than the narrowest dimension (195) and 20mm narrower than the widest one (245). This tyre profile of 55 means the sidewall height of the tyre is 55% of the tyre width (225mm), which results in 123.75mm sidewall height. In 225/55 R17, there is only one possible speed index for General Altimax Sport - "Y", which is good for speeds up to 300 km/h. In 225/55 R17, Altimax Sport usually competes against Rainsport 3, which is a tyre from Uniroyal with a rating of 0%, compared to 0% of the General in question.

225/55 R17 97 Y

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General Altimax Sport is made in 20 sizes, starting from 195/45 R15 up to 245/45 R20.

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General Altimax Sport in tyre tests

Relevant tyre tests in same or similiar dimension (225/55 R17)
Autobild
Name Stopping distance on dryStopping distance on wet
Best values in test34,228,7
General Altimax Sport37,332,7
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Source: www.autobild.de
Autobild
Name Stopping distance on dryStopping distance on wet
Best values in test34,134,6
General Altimax Sport3842,1
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Source: www.autobild.de

225/55 R17 - Best summer tyres (according to tests)

#NameOur ratingTested in this dimensionTested in same width dimensionSegmentPrice
1. Continental Premiumcontact 7
92.1%
91.6%
78%
Premium £120
101 Y
2. Michelin Pilot Sport 5
84%
87.4%
73.7%
Premium £144
101 Y
3. Continental UltraContact NXT
58.1%
77.3%
44.5%
Premium £146
101 W + 1
4. Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
86.7%
90.8%
79.8%
Premium £111
97 Y + 1
5. Bridgestone Turanza T005! Newer model available: Bridgestone Turanza 6
83.5%
84.5%
78%
Premium £124
97 W + 7
6. Kumho Ecsta Sport (PS72)
Upper-middle £91
101 Y
7. Michelin Primacy 5
Premium £150
97 W + 1
8. Pirelli Cinturato (C3)
94%
Premium £129
101 Y
9. Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2! Newer model available: Pirelli Cinturato (C3)
84.4%
89.8%
89.4%
Premium £128
97 W + 3
10. Pirelli P ZERO PZ4
85.1%
79.2%
76.4%
Premium £171
97 H + 4
11. Bridgestone Potenza Sport
90.7%
89.9%
81.3%
Premium £115
101 Y
12. Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2
77.8%
76.8%
77.5%
Premium £114
101 W
13. Continental PremiumContact 6! Newer model available: Continental PremiumContact 7
86%
92.3%
80.7%
Premium £144
97 W + 2
14. Michelin Primacy 4! Newer model available: Michelin Primacy 4+
80.1%
83.2%
81%
Premium £165
97 W + 7
15. Hankook Ventus Prime 4
75.7%
82.2%
78.9%
Premium £123
97 V + 5
16. Bridgestone Turanza 6
75.8%
78.6%
63%
Premium £114
101 W
17. Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT2
80.8%
76.3%
74.3%
Premium £107
97 Y + 3
18. Kumho Ecsta PS71
80.9%
73.9%
68.9%
Upper-middle £93
97 Y + 2
19. Michelin Primacy 4+! Newer model available: Michelin Primacy 5
77.1%
81.6%
87.8%
Premium £169
97 W + 3
20. Michelin Pilot Sport 4! Newer model available: Michelin Pilot Sport 5
89.4%
89.3%
79.1%
Premium
21. Pirelli Cinturato P7
76.2%
86.7%
80.8%
Premium £138
97 W + 11
22. Toyo Proxes Comfort
65.4%
79.8%
83.7%
Upper-middle £94
101
23. Firestone Roadhawk 2
88%
80.8%
78.4%
Upper-middle £97
101 W
24. Linglong Sport Master
70.5%
67.2%
80.7%
Lowcost
25. Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN! Newer model available: Falken ZIEX ZE320
75.4%
78.8%
74.5%
Upper-middle £129
97 Y + 3
26. Michelin e.Primacy
63.4%
76.4%
63%
Premium £148
101 V + 1
27. Fulda SportControl 2
77.8%
80.2%
75.1%
Lowcost
28. Sava Intensa UHP 2
78.1%
86.7%
73.9%
Lowcost
29. BFGoodrich Advantage
63.2%
74%
81.1%
Upper-middle £129
97 W + 2
30. Nokian PowerProof 1
Upper-middle £131
101 Y
31. Uniroyal RainSport 5
86.3%
70%
83.2%
Upper-middle £96
97 Y + 1
32. Falken ZIEX ZE320
83.9%
84.5%
60%
Upper-middle £110
101 W
33. Firestone Roadhawk! Newer model available: Firestone Roadhawk 2
73.1%
86.6%
73.3%
Upper-middle £143
101 W
34. Maxxis Premitra HP5
80.9%
84.5%
77.5%
Lowcost £98
101 W
35. Debica Presto UHP 2
62.1%
Lowcost £94
101 Y + 1
36. Nokian Powerproof! Newer model available: Nokian Powerproof 1
82.2%
84.7%
77%
Upper-middle £149
97 W + 1
37. Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125! Newer model available: Hankook Ventus Prime 4
73.1%
92%
80.3%
Premium
38. Kumho Ecowing ES31
Upper-middle £102
101 W
39. Continental Ecocontact 6! Newer model available: Continental EcoContact 7
62%
78.8%
85%
Premium £154
97 V + 14
40. Semperit Speed-Life 3
80.5%
67.2%
75.4%
Lowcost £126
101 Y
41. GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5! Newer model available: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
91.7%
90.4%
77.2%
Premium £113
97 V + 2
42. Pirelli Scorpion VERDE
73%
77.9%
74.9%
Premium
43. Matador MP47 Hectorra 3
62.7%
70.3%
Lowcost
44. Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance
Premium £123
97 W + 4
45. Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance! Newer model available: Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2
82.7%
85.1%
78.7%
Premium £117
97 W + 6
46. Toyo Proxes Sport A
69.7%
69.2%
73.9%
Upper-middle £110
101
47. Cooper ZEON CS8
80%
73.8%
80%
Upper-middle £146
0 W + 5
48. Barum Bravuris 5 HM! Newer model available: Barum Bravuris 6
61.7%
62.5%
Lowcost
49. Matador Hectorra 5
74.3%
Lowcost