2017 Auto Bild Summer Tyre Shootout

This year Auto Bild have taken 52 summer tyres in 225/50 R17, put them through wet and dry braking, and taken the top 20 through to a full tyre test.

Data analyzed and reviewed byJonathan Benson

February 22, 2017 16 min read Updated January 8, 2025

This year Auto Bild have taken 52 summer tyres in 225/50 R17, put them through wet and dry braking, and taken the top 20 through to a full tyre test.

This year there are new tyre patterns by Continental, Bridgestone Fulda, Sava and Toyo. Sadly Michelin are being represented by the Primacy 3, not the new Pilot Sport 4.

Below is the result of the wet and dry braking, and almost unsurprisingly Continental win the first test of 2017 with the new Premium Contact 6.

The main surprises? Bridgestone have a really strong wet braking result, winning the wet test where usually they struggle to perform, Falken have upset some of the big brands with an excellent balanced performance, and the well regarded Nokian has been beaten by brands like Maxxis and Leao (who are a new brand for 2017!)

The full test result will be published in March.

Results

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	34.9
Wet	35

Total: 69.9

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	34.3
Wet	35.7

Total: 70

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.5
Wet	34.8

Total: 70.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	34.1
Wet	36.6

Total: 70.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.2
Wet	34.6

Total: 70.8

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.4
Wet	34.7

Total: 71.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	34.4
Wet	38.3

Total: 72.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.2
Wet	37.5

Total: 72.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.1
Wet	37.9

Total: 73

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	34.6
Wet	38.6

Total: 73.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.3
Wet	38.3

Total: 73.6

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.2
Wet	37.5

Total: 73.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.9
Wet	38

Total: 74.9

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.7
Wet	38.3

Total: 75

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	34.9
Wet	40.2

Total: 75.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.4
Wet	38.9

Total: 75.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.8
Wet	39.7

Total: 75.5

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.4
Wet	40.5

Total: 75.9

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37
Wet	39.2

Total: 76.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.1
Wet	40.2

Total: 76.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.8
Wet	41.4

Total: 77.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.1
Wet	40.2

Total: 77.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.7
Wet	40.8

Total: 77.5

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37
Wet	40.7

Total: 77.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.6
Wet	41.1

Total: 77.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.2
Wet	41.8

Total: 78

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.6
Wet	40.6

Total: 78.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.5
Wet	40.9

Total: 78.4

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.6
Wet	41.7

Total: 79.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.6
Wet	42.1

Total: 79.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.3
Wet	42.8

Total: 80.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.4
Wet	41.7

Total: 80.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.4
Wet	42.8

Total: 80.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.2
Wet	42.1

Total: 80.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.9
Wet	43.6

Total: 81.5

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.3
Wet	43.4

Total: 81.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.7
Wet	44.4

Total: 82.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.7
Wet	44.7

Total: 82.4

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38
Wet	45.1

Total: 83.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.4
Wet	46.5

Total: 83.9

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.5
Wet	45.8

Total: 84.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.1
Wet	47.3

Total: 84.4

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.3
Wet	49

Total: 85.3

Discussion

22 comments

jacob Jan 15, 2018 archived

which tyre would you recommend between the hankook prime 3 and the GY asy 3's? very few tests in which they both feature, and are they a proper alternative to the PC6 and PS4?

#3182
1. jacob jacob Jan 15, 2018 archived
  
  oww and the falkens aswell, scince they are in about the same price range
  
  #3183
  1. jacob jacob Jan 15, 2018 archived
    
    im geussing the prime 3's for dry, falkens for wet, and the GY, no idea what theyre good at tbh...
    
    #3184
    1. TyreReviews jacob Jan 15, 2018 archived
      
      The Prime 3 is testing really well at the moment, as is the new Falken. The Goodyear is an older pattern but still an excellent all round tyre. Difficult choice!
      
      #3185
      1. jacob TyreReviews Jan 15, 2018 archived
        
        i'll go for the hankooks then scince theyre a bit cheaper and i prefer low noise and good dry grip. Thx
        
        #3186
        
        TyreReviews jacob Jan 15, 2018 archived
        
        Let me know how you get on, I've not driven the Prime 3 yet!
        
        #3187
        
        jacob TyreReviews Jan 15, 2018 archived
        
        scince i live in holland, i'll wait for about 1 or 2 months before swapping back over to summer tires. Have to say i'm happy with the conti's TS860 tires i bought because of this site btw
        
        #3188
Vlepo_Kiklous Jan 9, 2018 archived

which summer tyre to buy for a mini countryman d , 205/ 60 R16 ? i was thinking about Pirelli Cinturato P7 Blue , or Bridgestone driveguard orContinental Premium Contact 5

#3161
1. TyreReviews Vlepo_Kiklous Jan 9, 2018 archived
  
  Are you looking at runflats? If so, the DriveGuard is a very comfortable tyre.
  
  #3162
  1. Vlepo_Kiklous TyreReviews Jan 9, 2018 archived
    
    yeap! for runflat
    
    #3163
Vedran F May 11, 2017 archived

Which Summer Tyre would recommend me for Octavia 2.0 150HP in size 225/45 R17? in price range like Uniroyal rainsport 3

#2604
1. TyreReviews Vedran F May 12, 2017 archived
  
  That depends what you want from the tyre, but the Uniroyal is a good option.
  Check out http://www.tyrereviews.co.u...
  
  #2605
  1. Vedran F TyreReviews May 12, 2017 archived
    
    Wet grip and comfort is most important
    
    #2606
    1. TyreReviews Vedran F May 13, 2017 archived
      
      Then the Uniroyal Rainsport 3 is the one we'd pick
      
      #2609
      1. Vedran F TyreReviews May 13, 2017 archived
        
        Tnx for info and help
        
        #2610
Anthony Liddle Mar 17, 2017 archived

Bloody hell 51 Tyres in a test. Someone wanted to be thorough

#2478
1. TyreReviews Anthony Liddle Mar 17, 2017 archived
  
  The more the better :)
  Technically there were 52, but we don't have a couple of them in our database!
  
  #2480
fabiavrs635 Feb 22, 2017 archived

Admin - You may want to recheck the tyre names...

#2431
1. miki fabiavrs635 Feb 22, 2017 archived
  
  :)
  
  #2433
2. TyreReviews fabiavrs635 Feb 22, 2017 archived
  
  Thanks for the heads up, it was a site cache issue. All sorted now :)
  
  #2434
  1. Igor TyreReviews Feb 23, 2017 archived
    
    Still Honda is better than Ford, VW and Mercedes :)
    
    #2435
    1. TyreReviews Igor Feb 24, 2017 archived
      
      There's a 24 hour browser side cache on the site, so if you ctrl/command+f5 you should see the corrected page, with the rest of the tyres included too :)
      
      #2436

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