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2025 Die ReifenTester Summer Touring Tyre Test

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: 205/55 R17
Tyres tested: 7
Disciplines: 7
Test vehicle: VW T-Cross

Read the measurements, not just the rank

Lower is better for braking distances and lap times; higher is better for subjective scores and aquaplaning speed. Bars start at zero. Read the gap alongside the position: adjacent tyres can be separated by very different margins.

Positions and gaps always refer to the full test field within each group. Selecting tyres does not recalculate rankings or change the best-in-test benchmark.

Dry

Dry Braking
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best	Residual speed
1Falken ZIEX ZE320	35.47 m	Best	0 km/h
2Continental PremiumContact 7	36.54 m	+1.07 m	22 km/h
2Pirelli Cinturato C3	36.54 m	+1.07 m	22 km/h
4Hankook Ventus Prime 4	36.76 m	+1.29 m	24 km/h
5Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN	37.05 m	+1.58 m	27 km/h
6Michelin Primacy 5	37.59 m	+2.12 m	31 km/h
7Imperial Ecosport 2	40.06 m	+4.59 m	44 km/h

The difference between best and worst was 12.9% (4.59 m ≈ 1 Car Lengths). From 130 km/h, the Imperial Ecosport 2 would still be travelling at 44 km/h when the Falken ZIEX ZE320 had stopped.

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

Subj. Dry Handling
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Falken ZIEX ZE320	80 Points	Best
2Pirelli Cinturato C3	78 Points	-2.00 Points
3Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN	77 Points	-3.00 Points
4Hankook Ventus Prime 4	76 Points	-4.00 Points
5Michelin Primacy 5	75 Points	-5.00 Points
6Continental PremiumContact 7	73 Points	-7.00 Points
7Imperial Ecosport 2	66 Points	-14.00 Points

The difference between best and worst was 17.5% (14 Points).

Wet

Wet Braking
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best	Residual speed
1Falken ZIEX ZE320	23.19 m	Best	0 km/h
2Continental PremiumContact 7	24.1 m	+0.91 m	25 km/h
3Pirelli Cinturato C3	24.17 m	+0.98 m	26 km/h
4Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN	24.19 m	+1.00 m	26 km/h
5Michelin Primacy 5	25.57 m	+2.38 m	40 km/h
6Hankook Ventus Prime 4	26.59 m	+3.40 m	46 km/h
7Imperial Ecosport 2	26.68 m	+3.49 m	47 km/h

The difference between best and worst was 15% (3.49 m ≈ 0.8 Car Lengths). From 130 km/h, the Imperial Ecosport 2 would still be travelling at 47 km/h when the Falken ZIEX ZE320 had stopped.

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

Subj. Wet Handling
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Falken ZIEX ZE320	84 Points	Best
2Pirelli Cinturato C3	82 Points	-2.00 Points
3Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN	77 Points	-7.00 Points
4Continental PremiumContact 7	76 Points	-8.00 Points
5Michelin Primacy 5	73 Points	-11.00 Points
6Hankook Ventus Prime 4	71 Points	-13.00 Points
7Imperial Ecosport 2	66 Points	-18.00 Points

The difference between best and worst was 21.4% (18 Points).

Straight Aqua
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN	81.9 km/h	Best
2Pirelli Cinturato C3	81.1 km/h	-0.80 km/h
3Falken ZIEX ZE320	80.4 km/h	-1.50 km/h
4Michelin Primacy 5	80.3 km/h	-1.60 km/h
5Continental PremiumContact 7	78.9 km/h	-3.00 km/h
6Imperial Ecosport 2	75.8 km/h	-6.10 km/h
7Hankook Ventus Prime 4	74.5 km/h	-7.40 km/h

The difference between best and worst was 9% (7.4 Km/H).

Comfort

Subj. Comfort
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Pirelli Cinturato C3	81 Points	Best
2Michelin Primacy 5	80 Points	-1.00 Points
3Falken ZIEX ZE320	78 Points	-3.00 Points
4Hankook Ventus Prime 4	77 Points	-4.00 Points
4Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN	77 Points	-4.00 Points
6Imperial Ecosport 2	76 Points	-5.00 Points
6Continental PremiumContact 7	76 Points	-5.00 Points

The difference between best and worst was 6.2% (5 Points).

Subj. Noise
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Pirelli Cinturato C3	82 Points	Best
2Continental PremiumContact 7	80 Points	-2.00 Points
3Firestone Roadhawk 2 ENLITEN	78 Points	-4.00 Points
4Imperial Ecosport 2	76 Points	-6.00 Points
4Hankook Ventus Prime 4	76 Points	-6.00 Points
4Michelin Primacy 5	76 Points	-6.00 Points
7Falken ZIEX ZE320	74 Points	-8.00 Points