Kumho Ecsta HS52 is a summer tyre made in total of 104 sizes, ranging from R14 to R14 - this particular dimension is R15, which means it fits to a 15 inch/381mm diameter wheel. 185/55 R15 is 10mm wider than the narrowest dimension (175) and 10mm narrower than the widest one (195). This tyre profile of 55 means the sidewall height of the tyre is 55% of the tyre width (185mm), which results in 101.75mm sidewall height. In 185/55 R15, there are 2 possible speed indexes for Kumho Ecsta HS52 - "V","H", which are good for speeds up to 240, 210 km/h. In 185/55 R15, Ecsta HS52 usually competes against Advantage, which is a tyre from BFGoodrich with a rating of 67%, compared to 69% of the Kumho in question.
| # | Name | Our rating | Tested in this dimension | Tested in same width dimension | Segment | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bridgestone Turanza T005! Newer model available: Bridgestone Turanza 6 | Premium | £103 82 V + 1 | |||
| 2. | Kleber Dynaxer HP4 | Upper-middle | £94 82 V + 1 | |||
| 3. | Toyo Proxes Comfort | Upper-middle | £71 82 | |||
| 4. | Kumho Ecsta HS52 | Upper-middle | £97 82 V + 5 | |||
| 5. | BFGoodrich Advantage | Upper-middle | £107 82 V + 1 | |||
| 6. | Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN! Newer model available: Falken ZIEX ZE320 | Upper-middle | £84 82 H + 1 | |||
| 7. | Uniroyal RainSport 5 | Upper-middle | £77 82 H + 1 | |||
| 8. | Nokian Wetproof | Upper-middle | ||||
| 9. | Dunlop Sport BluResponse | Premium | £93 82 H + 1 | |||
| 10. | Firestone Roadhawk! Newer model available: Firestone Roadhawk 2 | Upper-middle | £85 82 V + 1 | |||
| 11. | Semperit Speed-Life 3 | Lowcost | £88 82 H | |||
| 12. | Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance! Newer model available: Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2 | Premium | £88 82 V + 2 | |||
| 13. | Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance | Premium | ||||
| 14. | Cooper Zeon CS8 | Upper-middle | £95 0 V + 2 | |||
| 15. | Barum Bravuris 5 HM! Newer model available: Barum Bravuris 6 | Lowcost | £99 82 V + 1 | |||
| 16. | Apollo Alnac 4G | Lowcost | ||||
| 17. | Matador Hectorra 5 | Lowcost |