2023 Summer Tyre Market Overview

Every year it becomes harder and harder to argue that the German publication AutoBild aren't leading the tyre testing game, and once again they seem to be a huge step ahead of everyone else.

For their 2023 summer tyre test, AutoBild have started with fifty 225/45 R18 tyres, mostly ultra high performance tyres but also some touring bias rubber, and put them through a huge dry and wet braking test.

As always, the real fun will be published in the full review in a few weeks where the top twenty tyres from this test will be put through a full examination, but this braking data does give us some interesting insights.

Once again Hankook dominate braking with the Ventus S1 Evo3, with the shortest average and the best performance in the wet, but the updated Pirelli P Zero PZ4 is now pretty close in the wet. The full test will include wear testing, so it will be interesting to see how these two tyres perform when run on for a long time.

The Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 is again excellent overall, as is the new Continental PremiumContact 7 and Michelin Pilot Sport 5. It's also great to see Yokohama up near the front with the Advan Sport V107, a tyre we hope to test later this year.

Dry Braking	▲Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6: 33.2 M	▼Triangle SporteX TH201: 40.3 M
Wet Braking	▲Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3: 24.8 M	▼Zeta Alventi: 40.3 M

If you've scanned down to the results, you should have noticed at least one surprise, that is the Linglong Sport Master finishing seventh overall! Linglong have been quietly improving their products for year, so this isn't a huge surprise, but if it does that well in the full test it will be a huge step forward for the Chinese brand.

Bridgestone might be disappointed with the performance of the new Turanza 6, as will Continental as their tier 2 brand Semperit finished near the end of the field.

Stay tuned for the full test in a few weeks which will really show us how the top twenty tyres stack up.

Wet

Dry

Results

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1st: Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3

225/45 R18

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2nd: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6

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3rd: Pirelli P Zero PZ4

225/45 R18

2023 Summer Tyre Market Overview

Test Summary

Wet

Dry

Results

1st: Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3

2nd: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6

3rd: Pirelli P Zero PZ4

4th: Yokohama Advan Sport V107

5th: Continental PremiumContact 7

6th: Michelin Pilot Sport 5

7th: Linglong Sport Master

8th: Falken Azenis FK520

9th: Maxxis Victra Sport 5

10th: Toyo Proxes Sport 2

11th: Sava Intensa UHP 2

12th: Kumho Ecsta PS71

13th: Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2

14th: Nexen N Fera Sport SU2

15th: GT Radial SportActive 2

16th: Bridgestone Turanza 6

17th: Uniroyal RainSport 5

18th: Fulda SportControl 2

19th: Giti GitiSportS2

20th: Kleber Dynaxer UHP

21st: Ceat SportDrive

22nd: Federal Evoluzion ST 1

23rd: Avon ZV7

24th: Cooper Zeon CS8

25th: Lassa DriveWays Sport

26th: Laufenn S Fit EQ+

27th: Sumitomo HTR Z5

28th: Gripmax SuperGrip Pro Sport

29th: Vredestein Ultrac Vorti+

30th: Apollo Aspire 4G

31st: Firestone RoadHawk

32nd: Infinity Ecomax

33rd: Sportiva Super Z+

34th: Barum Bravuris 5HM

35th: Matador MP 47 Hectorra 3

36th: Radar Dimax R8 plus

37th: Viking Protech Newgen

38th: Riken Riken UHP

39th: Platin RP 420

41st: Semperit Speed Life 3

43rd: Imperial Ecosport 2

44th: Zeetex HP6000 eco

45th: Rotalla RU01 S Pace

46th: Minerva Radial F 205

47th: Tracmax X Privilo TX3

48th: Tristar Sportpower 2

49th: Triangle SporteX TH201

50th: Zeta Alventi

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