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2022 AutoBild SUV 4x4 Summer Tyre Test

Name: 2022 AutoBild SUV 4x4 Summer Tyre Test
Creator: Tyre Reviews
Published: 2022-03-28

Compare each discipline in the tested size. See the measured result, position and gap to the best tyre, then read the verdict for the trade-offs behind the finishing order.

Tested size: 235/55 R18
Tyres tested: 10
Disciplines: 14

Dry

Dry Braking
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best	Residual speed
1Falken FK510 SUV	34.4 m	Best	0 km/h
2Michelin Primacy 4	34.8 m	+0.40 m	14 km/h
2Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV	34.8 m	+0.40 m	14 km/h
4Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV	34.9 m	+0.50 m	16 km/h
4Toyo Proxes Comfort	34.9 m	+0.50 m	16 km/h
6Nexen N Fera Sport SUV	35.2 m	+0.80 m	20 km/h
7Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV	35.4 m	+1.00 m	22 km/h
8General Grabber GT Plus	35.7 m	+1.30 m	25 km/h
9Pirelli Scorpion Verde	36.8 m	+2.40 m	33 km/h
10Imperial EcoSport SUV	37.7 m	+3.30 m	38 km/h
RefReference All Season	40.7 m	+6.30 m	51 km/h

The difference between best and worst was 18.3% (6.3 m ≈ 1.4 Car Lengths). From 130 km/h, the Imperial EcoSport SUV would still be travelling at 38 km/h when the Falken FK510 SUV had stopped.

Residual speed is calculated from the measured braking distances, assuming constant deceleration; it is not a separate measurement.

Dry Handling
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Falken FK510 SUV	101.1 km/h	Best
2Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV	100.8 km/h	-0.30 km/h
3Toyo Proxes Comfort	100.7 km/h	-0.40 km/h
4Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV	100.6 km/h	-0.50 km/h
5Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV	100.5 km/h	-0.60 km/h
6Michelin Primacy 4	100.3 km/h	-0.80 km/h
7Pirelli Scorpion Verde	100.2 km/h	-0.90 km/h
7Nexen N Fera Sport SUV	100.2 km/h	-0.90 km/h
RefReference All Season	100 km/h	-1.10 km/h
9General Grabber GT Plus	99.7 km/h	-1.40 km/h
10Imperial EcoSport SUV	99.4 km/h	-1.70 km/h

All the tyres in the Dry Handling test finished less than 3% apart.

Wet

Wet Braking
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Falken FK510 SUV	45.8 m	Best
2Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV	46.3 m	+0.50 m
3General Grabber GT Plus	47.1 m	+1.30 m
4Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV	47.5 m	+1.70 m
5Michelin Primacy 4	48.2 m	+2.40 m
6Nexen N Fera Sport SUV	48.4 m	+2.60 m
7Toyo Proxes Comfort	49.9 m	+4.10 m
8Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV	50.4 m	+4.60 m
RefReference All Season	51.2 m	+5.40 m
9Pirelli Scorpion Verde	51.7 m	+5.90 m
10Imperial EcoSport SUV	55.8 m	+10.00 m

The difference between best and worst was 21.8% (10 m ≈ 2.2 Car Lengths).

Wet Handling
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Falken FK510 SUV	89.4 km/h	Best
2Toyo Proxes Comfort	88.9 km/h	-0.50 km/h
3Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV	88.4 km/h	-1.00 km/h
4Nexen N Fera Sport SUV	88.2 km/h	-1.20 km/h
5Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV	87.9 km/h	-1.50 km/h
6Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV	87.8 km/h	-1.60 km/h
7Pirelli Scorpion Verde	87.6 km/h	-1.80 km/h
8Michelin Primacy 4	87.2 km/h	-2.20 km/h
9General Grabber GT Plus	86.8 km/h	-2.60 km/h
RefReference All Season	86.6 km/h	-2.80 km/h
10Imperial EcoSport SUV	86.4 km/h	-3.00 km/h

The difference between best and worst was 3.4% (3 Km/H).

Wet Circle
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV	20.35 s	Best
2Falken FK510 SUV	20.49 s	+0.14 s
3Nexen N Fera Sport SUV	20.52 s	+0.17 s
4Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV	20.54 s	+0.19 s
5Toyo Proxes Comfort	20.55 s	+0.20 s
RefReference All Season	20.71 s	+0.36 s
6Pirelli Scorpion Verde	20.92 s	+0.57 s
7Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV	20.94 s	+0.59 s
8Michelin Primacy 4	20.99 s	+0.64 s
9General Grabber GT Plus	21.21 s	+0.86 s
10Imperial EcoSport SUV	21.53 s	+1.18 s

The difference between best and worst was 5.8% (1.18 s).

Straight Aqua
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Nexen N Fera Sport SUV	86.5 km/h	Best
2Toyo Proxes Comfort	84.8 km/h	-1.70 km/h
RefReference All Season	84.3 km/h	-2.20 km/h
3Pirelli Scorpion Verde	83.4 km/h	-3.10 km/h
3Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV	83.4 km/h	-3.10 km/h
3General Grabber GT Plus	83.4 km/h	-3.10 km/h
6Falken FK510 SUV	83.1 km/h	-3.40 km/h
6Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV	83.1 km/h	-3.40 km/h
8Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV	80.8 km/h	-5.70 km/h
9Imperial EcoSport SUV	80.4 km/h	-6.10 km/h
10Michelin Primacy 4	78.1 km/h	-8.40 km/h

The difference between best and worst was 9.7% (8.4 Km/H).

Curved Aquaplaning
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Nexen N Fera Sport SUV	3.01 m/sec2	Best
2Toyo Proxes Comfort	2.95 m/sec2	-0.06 m/sec2
RefReference All Season	2.93 m/sec2	-0.08 m/sec2
3Pirelli Scorpion Verde	2.9 m/sec2	-0.11 m/sec2
3Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV	2.9 m/sec2	-0.11 m/sec2
3General Grabber GT Plus	2.9 m/sec2	-0.11 m/sec2
6Falken FK510 SUV	2.89 m/sec2	-0.12 m/sec2
6Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV	2.89 m/sec2	-0.12 m/sec2
8Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV	2.81 m/sec2	-0.20 m/sec2
9Imperial EcoSport SUV	2.8 m/sec2	-0.21 m/sec2
10Michelin Primacy 4	2.72 m/sec2	-0.29 m/sec2

The difference between best and worst was 9.6% (0.29 m/sec2).

Off road

Gravel Handling
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV	65.9 km/h	Best
2Falken FK510 SUV	65.8 km/h	-0.10 km/h
3Michelin Primacy 4	65.7 km/h	-0.20 km/h
4Pirelli Scorpion Verde	65.5 km/h	-0.40 km/h
4Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV	65.5 km/h	-0.40 km/h
6Nexen N Fera Sport SUV	65.3 km/h	-0.60 km/h
7Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV	65 km/h	-0.90 km/h
7Toyo Proxes Comfort	65 km/h	-0.90 km/h
RefReference All Season	64.9 km/h	-1.00 km/h
9General Grabber GT Plus	64.9 km/h	-1.00 km/h
10Imperial EcoSport SUV	64.4 km/h	-1.50 km/h

All the tyres in the Gravel Handling test finished less than 3% apart.

Gravel Traction
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV	13331 N	Best
2General Grabber GT Plus	12963 N	-368.00 N
RefReference All Season	12849 N	-482.00 N
3Falken FK510 SUV	12671 N	-660.00 N
4Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV	12177 N	-1,154.00 N
5Nexen N Fera Sport SUV	12150 N	-1,181.00 N
6Imperial EcoSport SUV	11964 N	-1,367.00 N
7Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV	11847 N	-1,484.00 N
8Toyo Proxes Comfort	11631 N	-1,700.00 N
9Michelin Primacy 4	11535 N	-1,796.00 N
10Pirelli Scorpion Verde	11304 N	-2,027.00 N

The difference between best and worst was 15.2% (2,027 N).

Sand Traction
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
RefReference All Season	11426 N	+1,427.00 N
1Falken FK510 SUV	9999 N	Best
2Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV	9704 N	-295.00 N
3General Grabber GT Plus	9559 N	-440.00 N
4Imperial EcoSport SUV	9537 N	-462.00 N
5Pirelli Scorpion Verde	9534 N	-465.00 N
6Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV	9485 N	-514.00 N
7Nexen N Fera Sport SUV	9457 N	-542.00 N
8Toyo Proxes Comfort	9454 N	-545.00 N
9Michelin Primacy 4	9376 N	-623.00 N
10Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV	8618 N	-1,381.00 N

The difference between best and worst was 24.6% (2,808 N).

Grass Traction
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
RefReference All Season	3943 N	+75.00 N
1Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV	3868 N	Best
2Imperial EcoSport SUV	3843 N	-25.00 N
3Michelin Primacy 4	3819 N	-49.00 N
3Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV	3819 N	-49.00 N
5Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV	3796 N	-72.00 N
6Pirelli Scorpion Verde	3704 N	-164.00 N
7General Grabber GT Plus	3618 N	-250.00 N
8Nexen N Fera Sport SUV	3616 N	-252.00 N
9Falken FK510 SUV	3574 N	-294.00 N
10Toyo Proxes Comfort	3414 N	-454.00 N

The difference between best and worst was 13.4% (529 N).

Mud Traction
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV	1515 N	Best
2Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV	1478 N	-37.00 N
3Nexen N Fera Sport SUV	1421 N	-94.00 N
4Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV	1410 N	-105.00 N
5Pirelli Scorpion Verde	1399 N	-116.00 N
6Michelin Primacy 4	1329 N	-186.00 N
6Toyo Proxes Comfort	1329 N	-186.00 N
8General Grabber GT Plus	1310 N	-205.00 N
9Imperial EcoSport SUV	1230 N	-285.00 N
RefReference All Season	1160 N	-355.00 N
10Falken FK510 SUV	1125 N	-390.00 N

The difference between best and worst was 25.7% (390 N).

Comfort

Noise
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV	62.8 dB	Best
2Pirelli Scorpion Verde	63.3 dB	+0.50 dB
3Michelin Primacy 4	63.4 dB	+0.60 dB
4Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV	63.5 dB	+0.70 dB
5Nexen N Fera Sport SUV	63.8 dB	+1.00 dB
6Toyo Proxes Comfort	63.9 dB	+1.10 dB
6Imperial EcoSport SUV	63.9 dB	+1.10 dB
8General Grabber GT Plus	64.1 dB	+1.30 dB
9Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV	64.2 dB	+1.40 dB
10Falken FK510 SUV	64.3 dB	+1.50 dB
RefReference All Season	65.2 dB	+2.40 dB

The difference between best and worst was 3.8% (2.4 dB).

Value

Rolling Resistance
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best	Extra fuel / year
1Michelin Primacy 4	6.83 kg/t	Best	£0
2Goodyear EfficientGrip 2 SUV	7.17 kg/t	+0.34 kg/t	£22
3Pirelli Scorpion Verde	7.55 kg/t	+0.72 kg/t	£46
4Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV	7.75 kg/t	+0.92 kg/t	£59
5Imperial EcoSport SUV	7.77 kg/t	+0.94 kg/t	£61
6General Grabber GT Plus	7.94 kg/t	+1.11 kg/t	£72
7Toyo Proxes Comfort	7.95 kg/t	+1.12 kg/t	£72
RefReference All Season	7.98 kg/t	+1.15 kg/t	£74
8Maxxis Victra Sport VS5 SUV	8.47 kg/t	+1.64 kg/t	£106
9Nexen N Fera Sport SUV	8.54 kg/t	+1.71 kg/t	£110
10Falken FK510 SUV	9 kg/t	+2.17 kg/t	£140

The difference between best and worst was 31.8% (2.17 kg / t). Over 19,000 km a year at £1.45/L, the Falken FK510 SUV uses about 97 L (£140) more fuel than the Michelin Primacy 4.

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19,000 km

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