2015 Market Overview - Braking Test

Data analyzed and reviewed by Jonathan Benson

March 10, 2015 19 min read Updated January 8, 2025

Contents

53 summer Tyres for small to medium cars in 185/50 R15. The top 18 go through to the full Auto Bild test.

There are the wet and dry braking results from 62mph.

As always, the gap in the dry isn't too large, with the best to worst being seperated by under 5 metres when stopping from 100 kph. In the wet however the range is much larger. When stopping from the same speed on a wet track, the difference is over 38 meters!

In fact, the best tyre in the dry, the Nankank XR611 beats the test winning Pirelli by nearly 2 meters in the dry, only to stop 26.6 meters after the Pirelli in the wet! Proof it's easy to make a tyre work in the dry, and must harder to make one work in the wet.

Results

Total: 84.5

Dry 37

Wet 47.5

Total: 84.7

Dry 36.6

Wet 48.1

Total: 85.4

Dry 35.9

Wet 49.5

Total: 86.2

Dry 36.4

Wet 49.8

Total: 86.5

Dry 36.3

Wet 50.2

Total: 86.9

Dry 35.7

Wet 51.2

Total: 87.9

Dry 36.1

Wet 51.8

Total: 88.7

Dry 36.1

Wet 52.6

Total: 88.9

Dry 37.5

Wet 51.4

Total: 89.2

Dry 36

Wet 53.2

Total: 89.3

Dry 36

Wet 53.3

Total: 90.3

Dry 36.9

Wet 53.4

Total: 90.4

Dry 37.6

Wet 52.8

Total: 90.9

Dry 36.7

Wet 54.2

Total: 92

Dry 39.3

Wet 52.7

Total: 92.7

Dry 39.2

Wet 53.5

Total: 93.8

Dry 37.6

Wet 56.2

Total: 94.7

Dry 37.9

Wet 56.8

Total: 95.1

Dry 39.7

Wet 55.4

Total: 95.2

Dry 40

Wet 55.2

Total: 95.2

Dry 36.6

Wet 58.6

Total: 95.6

Dry 38.7

Wet 56.9

Total: 95.7

Dry 35.4

Wet 60.3

Total: 96.4

Dry 38.2

Wet 58.2

Total: 97.1

Dry 39.5

Wet 57.6

Total: 97.5

Dry 37.2

Wet 60.3

Total: 97.8

Dry 37.8

Wet 60

Total: 98

Dry 37.8

Wet 60.2

Total: 98.1

Dry 39.5

Wet 58.6

Total: 98.3

Dry 38.2

Wet 60.1

Total: 98.4

Dry 37.8

Wet 60.6

Total: 98.8

Dry 37.6

Wet 61.2

Total: 99.2

Dry 37.7

Wet 61.5

Total: 99.1

Dry 37.7

Wet 61.4

Total: 97.7

Dry 40.5

Wet 57.2

Total: 99.7

Dry 37.9

Wet 61.8

Total: 100.1

Dry 38.6

Wet 61.5

Total: 100.5

Dry 38.1

Wet 62.4

Total: 100.8

Dry 37.7

Wet 63.1

Total: 101.3

Dry 39.1

Wet 62.2

Total: 102.2

Dry 37.7

Wet 64.5

Total: 103

Dry 40

Wet 63

Total: 103.2

Dry 39.4

Wet 63.8

Total: 103.9

Dry 39.8

Wet 64.1

Total: 109.8

Dry 38.6

Wet 71.2

Total: 111

Dry 41.3

Wet 69.7

Total: 111.4

Dry 39.1

Wet 72.3

Total: 111.6

Dry 39.7

Wet 71.9

Total: 111.7

Dry 38.1

Wet 73.6

Total: 112.7

Dry 39.5

Wet 73.2

Total: 113.4

Dry 39.3

Wet 74.1

Total: 124.7

Dry 39.1

Wet 85.6

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