Dry Braking | ▲Continental Premium Contact 6: 34.6 M | ▼Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance: 36.3 M |
Dry Handling | ▲Continental Premium Contact 6: 108.52 s | ▼Michelin Primacy 4: 109.4 s |
Wet Braking | ▲Michelin Primacy 4: 49.1 M | ▼Bridgestone Turanza T005: 53.1 M |
Wet Handling | ▲Continental Premium Contact 6: 69.46 s | ▼Michelin Primacy 4: 71.14 s |
Straight Aqua | ▲Nokian Hakka Blue 2: 84 Km/H | ▼Continental Premium Contact 6: 79.8 Km/H |
Noise | ▲Bridgestone Turanza T005: 72.2 dB | ▼Michelin Primacy 4: 73.4 dB |
Rolling Resistance | ▲Bridgestone Turanza T005: 5.34 kg / t | ▼Nokian Hakka Blue 2: 5.62 kg / t |
The winter tyre performed surprisingly well during the wet braking testing, which was tested between 18 and 25c, beating the Dunlop and Bridgestone summer tyres. Wet handling showed a little more weakness, with the winter tyre finishing last, but it was still within a few percent of the summer tyres.
As with all siped tyres, the penalty came in the dry. Testing at 21-23c, the winter tyre was at a huge disadvantage, stopping the car nearly 30% further on than the best summer tyre on test, which is the difference between stopping safely, and having a huge accident! While the tyre was closer during dry handling, it was still significantly slower than all the summer tyres.
Let this test be a good reminder as to why we shouldn't run winter tyres, or winter-bias all season tyres across the dry summer months.
Full data below.
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Results
1st: Continental Premium Contact 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Excellent lateral stability on dry and wet surfaces, impressive braking performance, especially on dry surfaces, low noise. The weakest resistance to aquaplaning. Read Reviews Buy from £79.99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd: Nokian Hakka Blue 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Short braking distance, high lateral stability and good handling on wet surfaces. Relatively long braking distance and insufficient dry handling, highest fuel consumption. Read Reviews | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd: Dunlop Sport BluResponse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Accurate and fast reactions to steering, low noise. Relatively long braking distance on wet roads. Read Reviews Buy from £70.03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd: Firestone RoadHawk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High lateral stability, quick steering, neutral balance. High noise levels. Read Reviews Buy from £67.99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5th: Michelin Primacy 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Excellent braking performance. Weak lateral stability. Read Reviews Buy from £86.67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6th: Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Low fuel consumption, high aquaplaning resistance. Weak lateral stability, understeer and long braking in the dry, elevated noise. Read Reviews Buy from £71.19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7th: Bridgestone Turanza T005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Good handling and grip in the dry and wet, short dry braking distances. Longest wet braking, low aquaplaning resistance, noise. Read Reviews Buy from £67.94 |