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 or cover the all season tyres snow performance.
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
Spread: 7.40 M (21%)|Avg: 37.89 M
Dry braking in meters (Lower is better)
Dry Braking: Safety Impact: Best vs Worst Tyre
Wet
Wet Braking
Spread: 9.20 M (21.6%)|Avg: 46.13 M
Wet braking in meters (Lower is better)
Wet Braking: Safety Impact: Best vs Worst Tyre
Straight Aqua
Spread: 10.40 Km/H (12.7%)|Avg: 77.72 Km/H
Float Speed in Km/H (Higher is better)
Bridgestone Turanza T001
81.90 Km/H
Continental AllSeasonContact
80.80 Km/H
Firestone RoadHawk
80.70 Km/H
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance
79.90 Km/H
Nexen N Blue HD Plus
79.60 Km/H
Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125
78.70 Km/H
Dunlop Sport BluResponse
77.50 Km/H
Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2
77.30 Km/H
Laufenn S fit EQ
75.40 Km/H
Pirelli Cinturato P7 Blue
75.30 Km/H
Continental Eco Contact 5
74.00 Km/H
Fulda MultiControl
71.50 Km/H
Environment
Rolling Resistance
Spread: 0.23 kg / t (24.7%)|Avg: 1.06 kg / t
Rolling resistance in kg t (Lower is better)
Continental Eco Contact 5
0.93 kg / t
Dunlop Sport BluResponse
0.94 kg / t
Pirelli Cinturato P7 Blue
0.95 kg / t
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance
0.97 kg / t
Laufenn S fit EQ
1.05 kg / t
Continental AllSeasonContact
1.07 kg / t
Fulda MultiControl
1.12 kg / t
Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2
1.12 kg / t
Firestone RoadHawk
1.14 kg / t
Bridgestone Turanza T001
1.15 kg / t
Nexen N Blue HD Plus
1.16 kg / t
Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125
1.16 kg / t
19,000 km
£1.45/L
8.0 L/100km
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Annual Difference
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Lifetime Savings
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Extra Fuel/Energy
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Extra CO2
Estimates based on typical driving conditions. Rolling resistance accounts for approximately 20% of IC vehicle fuel consumption and 25% of EV energy consumption. Actual savings vary based on driving style, vehicle weight, road conditions, and tyre age. For comparative purposes only. Lifetime savings based on a 40,000km / 25,000 mile tread life.
