Name: 2018 Gute Fahrt Summer Tyre Test
Creator: Tyre Reviews
Published: 2018-04-05

2018 Gute Fahrt Summer Tyre Test

The 2018 Gute Fahrt test is a confusing tyre test for a number of reasons. Firstly is tests both summer and all season tyres in the same dry and wet tests, but fails to include the all season class leading Michelin CrossClimate.

Data analyzed and reviewed byJonathan Benson

April 5, 2018 6 min read Updated January 8, 2025

Secondly, even though it is testing the very popular 205/55 R16 tyre size, it uses some strange / old tyre patterns, ie the Bridgestone Turanza T001 which has now been replaced twice, and the Continental EcoContact 5 instead of Premium Contact 5.

Thirdly, it doesn't give any dry and wet handling times or data, it just rates the tyres "very good, good and ok" which doesn't really give much insight, and lastly the tyre with the best overall braking result, the Hankook Ventus Prime 3 was placed seventh overall.

It's debatable as to whether this should be published at all on Tyre Reviews, but it does give some interesting data on how the all season tyres compare to the summer tyres during dry and wet braking, so it was worth inclusion.

If you want to try and make more sense of it, feel free to head over to the Gute Fahrt website and see the full data.

Dry

Dry Braking
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125	35.3 m	Best
2Firestone RoadHawk	35.6 m	+0.30 m
3Pirelli Cinturato P7 Blue	36.3 m	+1.00 m
4Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance	36.5 m	+1.20 m
5Dunlop Sport BluResponse	37 m	+1.70 m
6Bridgestone Turanza T001	37.2 m	+1.90 m
6Laufenn S fit EQ	37.2 m	+1.90 m
8Continental Eco Contact 5	37.4 m	+2.10 m
9Nexen N Blue HD Plus	37.9 m	+2.60 m
10Continental AllSeasonContact	40.4 m	+5.10 m
11Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2	41.2 m	+5.90 m
12Fulda MultiControl	42.7 m	+7.40 m

The difference between best and worst was 21% (7.4 m ≈ 1.6 Car Lengths).

Wet

Wet Braking
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Bridgestone Turanza T001	42.5 m	Best
2Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125	43.4 m	+0.90 m
3Continental Eco Contact 5	44 m	+1.50 m
4Nexen N Blue HD Plus	44.6 m	+2.10 m
5Pirelli Cinturato P7 Blue	44.8 m	+2.30 m
5Firestone RoadHawk	44.8 m	+2.30 m
7Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance	45.1 m	+2.60 m
8Dunlop Sport BluResponse	47.3 m	+4.80 m
9Laufenn S fit EQ	47.9 m	+5.40 m
10Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2	48.4 m	+5.90 m
11Continental AllSeasonContact	49 m	+6.50 m
12Fulda MultiControl	51.7 m	+9.20 m

The difference between best and worst was 21.6% (9.2 m ≈ 2 Car Lengths).

Straight Aqua
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Bridgestone Turanza T001	81.9 km/h	Best
2Continental AllSeasonContact	80.8 km/h	-1.10 km/h
3Firestone RoadHawk	80.7 km/h	-1.20 km/h
4Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance	79.9 km/h	-2.00 km/h
5Nexen N Blue HD Plus	79.6 km/h	-2.30 km/h
6Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125	78.7 km/h	-3.20 km/h
7Dunlop Sport BluResponse	77.5 km/h	-4.40 km/h
8Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2	77.3 km/h	-4.60 km/h
9Laufenn S fit EQ	75.4 km/h	-6.50 km/h
10Pirelli Cinturato P7 Blue	75.3 km/h	-6.60 km/h
11Continental Eco Contact 5	74 km/h	-7.90 km/h
12Fulda MultiControl	71.5 km/h	-10.40 km/h

The difference between best and worst was 12.7% (10.4 Km/H).

Environment

Rolling Resistance
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best	Extra fuel / year
1Continental Eco Contact 5	0.93 kg/t	Best	£0
2Dunlop Sport BluResponse	0.94 kg/t	+0.01 kg/t	£5
3Pirelli Cinturato P7 Blue	0.95 kg/t	+0.02 kg/t	£9
4Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance	0.97 kg/t	+0.04 kg/t	£19
5Laufenn S fit EQ	1.05 kg/t	+0.12 kg/t	£57
6Continental AllSeasonContact	1.07 kg/t	+0.14 kg/t	£66
7Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2	1.12 kg/t	+0.19 kg/t	£90
7Fulda MultiControl	1.12 kg/t	+0.19 kg/t	£90
9Firestone RoadHawk	1.14 kg/t	+0.21 kg/t	£100
10Bridgestone Turanza T001	1.15 kg/t	+0.22 kg/t	£104
11Nexen N Blue HD Plus	1.16 kg/t	+0.23 kg/t	£109
11Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125	1.16 kg/t	+0.23 kg/t	£109

The difference between best and worst was 24.7% (0.23 kg / t). Over 19,000 km a year at £1.45/L, the Nexen N Blue HD Plus uses about 75 L (£109) more fuel than the Continental Eco Contact 5.

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Discussion

3 comments

Синан Ниязиев Mar 22, 2019 archived

How GOODYEAR in none of these tables is on the first place, but at the final has best results?

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1. TyreReviews Синан Ниязиев Mar 22, 2019 archived
  
  We don't know sadly!
  
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  1. Синан Ниязиев TyreReviews Mar 22, 2019 archived
    
    I'm asking because, i'm going to buy these tyres, but now I have to think a little bit more..
    
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