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2022 AutoBild SUV 4x4 Summer Tyre Test

Jonathan Benson
Data analyzed and reviewed by Jonathan Benson
7 min read Updated
Below are all the data points for the 2022 AutoBild SUV 4x4 Summer Tyre Test, displaying how each tyre performed across all test categories. The spider chart below provides a complete overview of performance, where one hundred percent represents the best performance in each category. The larger the area covered by each tyre's plot, the better its overall performance.
How to read these charts: For each test category, data is presented relative to the best performing tire. The direction indicates whether lower or higher values are better - pay close attention to this when interpreting results.

Performance Overview

This radar chart shows relative performance across all test categories, with 100% representing the best performance in each category. Reference tires may have gaps where data is not available.

Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
Falken FK510 SUV
Michelin Primacy 4
Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
Toyo Proxes Comfort
Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
Pirelli Scorpion Verde
General Grabber GT Plus
Imperial EcoSport SUV
Reference All Season

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Dry Performance Overview

Dry Braking (M)

Dry braking in meters (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Falken FK510 SUV with a result of 34.4 M. The difference between best and worst was 15.5%.
  1. Falken FK510 SUV
    34.4 M
  2. Michelin Primacy 4
    34.8 M
  3. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    34.8 M
  4. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    34.9 M
  5. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    34.9 M
  6. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    35.2 M
  7. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    35.4 M
  8. General Grabber GT Plus
    35.7 M
  9. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    36.8 M
  10. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    37.7 M
  11. Reference All Season
    40.7 M

Dry Handling (Km/H)

Dry Handling Average Speed (Higher is better)

Key Insight: All the tyres in the dry handling test finished less than 3% apart.
  1. 101.1 Km/H
  2. Falken FK510 SUV
    101.1 Km/H
  3. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    100.8 Km/H
  4. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    100.7 Km/H
  5. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    100.6 Km/H
  6. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    100.5 Km/H
  7. Michelin Primacy 4
    100.3 Km/H
  8. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    100.2 Km/H
  9. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    100.2 Km/H
  10. Reference All Season
    100 Km/H
  11. General Grabber GT Plus
    99.7 Km/H
  12. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    99.4 Km/H

Wet Performance Overview

Wet Braking (M)

Wet braking in meters (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Falken FK510 SUV with a result of 45.8 M. The difference between best and worst was 17.9%.
  1. Falken FK510 SUV
    45.8 M
  2. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    46.3 M
  3. General Grabber GT Plus
    47.1 M
  4. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    47.5 M
  5. Michelin Primacy 4
    48.2 M
  6. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    48.4 M
  7. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    49.9 M
  8. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    50.4 M
  9. Reference All Season
    51.2 M
  10. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    51.7 M
  11. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    55.8 M

Wet Handling (Km/H)

Wet Handling Average Speed (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Falken FK510 SUV with a result of 89.4 Km/H. The difference between best and worst was 3.4%.
  1. Falken FK510 SUV
    89.4 Km/H
  2. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    88.9 Km/H
  3. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    88.4 Km/H
  4. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    88.2 Km/H
  5. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    87.9 Km/H
  6. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    87.8 Km/H
  7. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    87.6 Km/H
  8. Michelin Primacy 4
    87.2 Km/H
  9. General Grabber GT Plus
    86.8 Km/H
  10. Reference All Season
    86.6 Km/H
  11. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    86.4 Km/H

Wet Circle (s)

Wet Circle Lap Time in seconds (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV with a result of 20.35 s. The difference between best and worst was 5.5%.
  1. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    20.35 s
  2. Falken FK510 SUV
    20.49 s
  3. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    20.52 s
  4. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    20.54 s
  5. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    20.55 s
  6. Reference All Season
    20.71 s
  7. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    20.92 s
  8. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    20.94 s
  9. Michelin Primacy 4
    20.99 s
  10. General Grabber GT Plus
    21.21 s
  11. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    21.53 s

Straight Aqua (Km/H)

Float Speed in Km/H (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Nexen N Fera Sport SUV with a result of 86.5 Km/H. The difference between best and worst was 9.7%.
  1. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    86.5 Km/H
  2. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    84.8 Km/H
  3. Reference All Season
    84.3 Km/H
  4. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    83.4 Km/H
  5. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    83.4 Km/H
  6. General Grabber GT Plus
    83.4 Km/H
  7. Falken FK510 SUV
    83.1 Km/H
  8. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    83.1 Km/H
  9. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    80.8 Km/H
  10. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    80.4 Km/H
  11. Michelin Primacy 4
    78.1 Km/H

Curved Aquaplaning (m/sec2)

Remaining lateral acceleration (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Nexen N Fera Sport SUV with a result of 3.01 m/sec2. The difference between best and worst was 9.6%.
  1. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    3.01 m/sec2
  2. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    2.95 m/sec2
  3. Reference All Season
    2.93 m/sec2
  4. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    2.9 m/sec2
  5. General Grabber GT Plus
    2.9 m/sec2
  6. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    2.9 m/sec2
  7. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    2.89 m/sec2
  8. Falken FK510 SUV
    2.89 m/sec2
  9. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    2.81 m/sec2
  10. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    2.8 m/sec2
  11. Michelin Primacy 4
    2.72 m/sec2

Off road Performance Overview

Gravel Handling (Km/H)

Gravel Handling Average Speed (Higher is better)

Key Insight: All the tyres in the gravel handling test finished less than 3% apart.
  1. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    65.9 Km/H
  2. Falken FK510 SUV
    65.8 Km/H
  3. Michelin Primacy 4
    65.7 Km/H
  4. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    65.5 Km/H
  5. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    65.5 Km/H
  6. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    65.3 Km/H
  7. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    65 Km/H
  8. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    65 Km/H
  9. Reference All Season
    64.9 Km/H
  10. General Grabber GT Plus
    64.9 Km/H
  11. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    64.4 Km/H

Gravel Traction (N)

Pulling Force in Newtons (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV with a result of 13331 N. The difference between best and worst was 15.2%.
  1. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    13331 N
  2. General Grabber GT Plus
    12963 N
  3. Reference All Season
    12849 N
  4. Falken FK510 SUV
    12671 N
  5. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    12177 N
  6. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    12150 N
  7. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    11964 N
  8. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    11847 N
  9. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    11631 N
  10. Michelin Primacy 4
    11535 N
  11. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    11304 N

Sand Traction (N)

Pulling Force in Newtons (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Reference All Season with a result of 11426 N. The difference between best and worst was 24.6%.
  1. Reference All Season
    11426 N
  2. Falken FK510 SUV
    9999 N
  3. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    9704 N
  4. General Grabber GT Plus
    9559 N
  5. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    9537 N
  6. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    9534 N
  7. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    9485 N
  8. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    9457 N
  9. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    9454 N
  10. Michelin Primacy 4
    9376 N
  11. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    8618 N

Grass Traction (N)

Pulling Force in Newtons (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Reference All Season with a result of 3943 N. The difference between best and worst was 13.4%.
  1. Reference All Season
    3943 N
  2. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    3868 N
  3. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    3843 N
  4. Michelin Primacy 4
    3819 N
  5. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    3819 N
  6. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    3796 N
  7. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    3704 N
  8. General Grabber GT Plus
    3618 N
  9. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    3616 N
  10. Falken FK510 SUV
    3574 N
  11. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    3414 N

Mud Traction (N)

Pulling Force in Newtons (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV with a result of 1515 N. The difference between best and worst was 25.7%.
  1. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    1515 N
  2. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    1478 N
  3. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    1421 N
  4. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    1410 N
  5. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    1399 N
  6. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    1329 N
  7. Michelin Primacy 4
    1329 N
  8. General Grabber GT Plus
    1310 N
  9. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    1230 N
  10. Reference All Season
    1160 N
  11. Falken FK510 SUV
    1125 N

Comfort Performance Overview

Noise (dB)

External noise in dB (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV with a result of 62.8 dB. The difference between best and worst was 3.7%.
  1. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    62.8 dB
  2. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    63.3 dB
  3. Michelin Primacy 4
    63.4 dB
  4. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    63.5 dB
  5. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    63.8 dB
  6. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    63.9 dB
  7. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    63.9 dB
  8. General Grabber GT Plus
    64.1 dB
  9. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    64.2 dB
  10. Falken FK510 SUV
    64.3 dB
  11. Reference All Season
    65.2 dB

Value Performance Overview

Price

Price in local currency (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Imperial EcoSport SUV. The difference between best and worst was 37.3%.
  1. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    370
  2. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    430
  3. General Grabber GT Plus
    470
  4. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    480
  5. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    485
  6. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    485
  7. Falken FK510 SUV
    500
  8. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    510
  9. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    525
  10. Michelin Primacy 4
    590

Rolling Resistance (kg / t)

Rolling resistance in kg t (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Michelin Primacy 4 with a result of 6.83 kg / t. The difference between best and worst was 24.1%.
  1. Michelin Primacy 4
    6.83 kg / t
  2. Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV
    7.17 kg / t
  3. Pirelli Scorpion Verde
    7.55 kg / t
  4. Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV
    7.75 kg / t
  5. Imperial EcoSport SUV
    7.77 kg / t
  6. General Grabber GT Plus
    7.94 kg / t
  7. Toyo Proxes Comfort
    7.95 kg / t
  8. Reference All Season
    7.98 kg / t
  9. Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV
    8.47 kg / t
  10. Nexen N Fera Sport SUV
    8.54 kg / t
  11. Falken FK510 SUV
    9 kg / t

Overall Findings

Based on the weighted scoring from all tests, here are the overall results:

Position Tyre Score
Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV 0%
2 Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV 0%
3 Falken FK510 SUV 0%
4 Michelin Primacy 4 0%
5 Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV 0%
6 Toyo Proxes Comfort 0%
7 Nexen N Fera Sport SUV 0%
8 Pirelli Scorpion Verde 0%
9 General Grabber GT Plus 0%
10 Imperial EcoSport SUV 0%
11 Reference All Season 0%

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