We don't usually analyse the European tyre test, carried out by the excellent German ADAC organisation, but this one was too good to ignore.
Not only is it the first year they've used a tyre larger than 16", there's several new tyres involved in the 225/45 R17 tyre test. It's the first time we've seen the new replacement for the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta in a group test, along side some of it's new mid range stable mates, the Toyo T1 Sport and the Falken FK453, and its the first time we've seen the Continental Sport Contact 5 beat the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2. Interesting!
1st: Continental Sport Contact 5 | |
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| A very balanced tyre, top marks in the wet, good on dry roads, low fuel consumption Read Reviews Buy from £84.95 |
2nd: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 | |
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| A very balanced tyre, top marks on dry pavement, good on wet roads, relatively low wear Read Reviews |
3rd: Dunlop SportMaxx RT | |
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| A very balanced tyre, good on dry and wet roads, relatively low wear Read Reviews Buy from £81.38 |
4th: Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 | |
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| A very balanced tyre, particularly strong in the wet, good on dry pavement Read Reviews |
5th: Vredestein Ultrac Vorti | |
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| A very balanced tyre, top marks on dry pavement, good on wet roads, low wear Read Reviews |
6th: Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 | |
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| A very balanced tyre, good in the wet Read Reviews Buy from £68.39 |
7th: Semperit Speed Life | |
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| A very balanced tyre, top marks in fuel consumption, good in the wet, low wear Read Reviews |
8th: Apollo Aspire 4G | |
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| Perform well in almost all disciplines
A little weak in the wet Read Reviews Buy from £66.94 |
9th: Bridgestone Potenza S001 | |
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| Especially good on dry roads
A little weak in the wet Read Reviews Buy from £102.50 |
10th: Kumho Ecsta KU39 | |
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| Perform well in almost all disciplines
A little weak in the wet Read Reviews |
11th: Pirelli CINTURATO P7 | |
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| Top marks for wear A little weak in the wet Read Reviews Buy from £76.20 |
12th: Yokohama C Drive2 | |
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| Good on dry roads, low wear and good fuel consumption A little weak in the wet Read Reviews Buy from £91.07 |
13th: Falken FK453 | |
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| Good on dry roads A little weak in the wet Read Reviews |
14th: Uniroyal RainSport 2 | |
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| Particularly strong in the wet
Weaker on dry pavement, relatively high fuel consumption and wear Read Reviews |
15th: ESA Tecar Spirit UHP | |
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| Top marks for wear
Bad in the wet Read Reviews |
16th: Toyo Proxes T1 Sport | |
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| Good in the dry
Poor in the wet Read Reviews |
17th: Nexen N8000 | |
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| Particularly strong in the wet
Very high wear Read Reviews |
19th: Syron Race 1 plus | |
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| Very poor in the wet Read Reviews |