The S1 evo3 stops shorter; the Prime 4 lasts longer and costs less to run.
Hankook builds its summer passenger range around two distinct philosophies, and the Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127 and the Hankook Ventus Prime 4 sit at the heart of that split. The S1 evo3 is Hankook's ultra-high-performance flagship — a tyre that earned original-equipment approval from Porsche and Audi and is built to satisfy drivers who demand the sharpest possible response. The Ventus Prime 4, successor to the best-selling Ventus Prime 3 (over 20 million units sold in Europe since 2015), takes a broader view: balanced safety, refined comfort, long tread life, and genuine value across a huge range of everyday cars. Both sit in Hankook's premium tier, and both genuinely compete with European rivals at their respective price points — the choice between them is really a question of what you value most behind the wheel.
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