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2026 AutoView Mid-Range Comfort 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: 215/55R17
Tyres tested: 5
Disciplines: 6
Test vehicle: Kia K5

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
1Davanti DX640	42.49 m	Best	0 km/h
2Kumho Solus TA51+	42.88 m	+0.39 m	12 km/h
3Hankook Kinergy ST AS	43.13 m	+0.64 m	16 km/h
4Atlas Force HP	43.42 m	+0.93 m	19 km/h
4Nexen Primus AS T1	43.42 m	+0.93 m	19 km/h

All the tyres in the Dry Braking test finished less than 3% apart. From 130 km/h, the Nexen Primus AS T1 would still be travelling at 19 km/h when the Davanti DX640 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
1Kumho Solus TA51+	71.16 km/h	Best
2Atlas Force HP	71.05 km/h	-0.11 km/h
3Nexen Primus AS T1	70.14 km/h	-1.02 km/h
4Hankook Kinergy ST AS	69.97 km/h	-1.19 km/h
5Davanti DX640	69.76 km/h	-1.40 km/h

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

Subj. Dry Handling
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Hankook Kinergy ST AS	7.5 Points	Best
2Nexen Primus AS T1	7.4 Points	-0.10 Points
3Kumho Solus TA51+	7.3 Points	-0.20 Points
4Atlas Force HP	7.1 Points	-0.40 Points
5Davanti DX640	6.8 Points	-0.70 Points

The difference between best and worst was 9.3% (0.7 Points).

Wet

Wet Braking
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best	Residual speed
1Atlas Force HP	31.95 m	Best	0 km/h
2Kumho Solus TA51+	32.19 m	+0.24 m	11 km/h
3Hankook Kinergy ST AS	32.96 m	+1.01 m	23 km/h
4Davanti DX640	34.09 m	+2.14 m	33 km/h
5Nexen Primus AS T1	37.35 m	+5.40 m	49 km/h

The difference between best and worst was 16.9% (5.4 m ≈ 1.2 Car Lengths). From 130 km/h, the Nexen Primus AS T1 would still be travelling at 49 km/h when the Atlas Force HP had stopped.

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

Comfort

Subj. Comfort
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Kumho Solus TA51+	8.1 Points	Best
2Nexen Primus AS T1	7.8 Points	-0.30 Points
3Hankook Kinergy ST AS	7.7 Points	-0.40 Points
4Atlas Force HP	7.6 Points	-0.50 Points
5Davanti DX640	6.95 Points	-1.15 Points

The difference between best and worst was 14.2% (1.15 Points).

Noise
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Kumho Solus TA51+	59.3 dB	Best
2Nexen Primus AS T1	59.9 dB	+0.60 dB
3Davanti DX640	61 dB	+1.70 dB
4Atlas Force HP	61.3 dB	+2.00 dB
5Hankook Kinergy ST AS	61.5 dB	+2.20 dB