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Top Tire Review 2026 UUHP Tyre Test
- Tested size
- 255/35 R19
- Tyres tested
- 3
- Disciplines
- 12
- Test vehicle
- Audi TT
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| m ↓ | s ↓ | Points ↑ | m ↓ | s ↓ | Points ↑ | g ↑ | km/h ↑ | m/sec2 ↑ | Points ↑ | dB ↓ | kg/t ↓ | ||||||||
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| 1 | 1 | 98.73 | 32.1 | 48.23 | 7.5 | 99.5 | 33.4 | 81.33 | 7.0 | 0.91 | 74.7 | 2.61 | 98.4 | 6.0 | 65.7 | 95.9 | 9.24 | 99.0 | |
StrengthsThe Continental SportContact 7 set the benchmark across the grip tests. It recorded the shortest wet and dry braking, topped both the objective and subjective wet handling tests, and produced the most wet cornering grip in the group. Steering precision and composure when pushed to the limit were the strongest of the three tyres, which is what carried it to the overall win. ConsiderationsThe weaknesses of the SportContact 7 are narrow but real. It resisted aquaplaning the least of the three tyres, both in a straight line and through a curve, and the cabin was fractionally the loudest. Rolling resistance was only mid-pack rather than class-leading, so there is a little room left on efficiency. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry99.49 × 35% = 34.82 Wet98.43 × 50% = 49.21 Comfort95.93 × 5% = 4.8 Rolling Resistance99.03 × 10% = 9.9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 96.87 | 33.6 | 48.35 | 7.0 | 96.7 | 34.2 | 83.10 | 6.3 | 0.87 | 76.4 | 2.93 | 97.1 | 6.5 | 65.6 | 99.9 | 9.66 | 94.7 | |
StrengthsThe Kumho Ecsta Sport S PS72 is the balanced all-rounder of the group. It resisted straight-line aquaplaning better than either premium rival, was the most comfortable tyre on the road, and stayed close behind the winner in wet braking and wet handling. It delivers that breadth at a much lower price than the front-runner, which makes it the value choice here. ConsiderationsThe shortfalls of the PS72 are in the finer detail. Rolling resistance was the highest in the test, it generated the least wet cornering grip, and it trailed on dry handling both against the stopwatch and in subjective steering feel. It rarely leads outright on the sharper performance tests, tending to settle mid-order instead. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry96.72 × 35% = 33.85 Wet97.11 × 50% = 48.56 Comfort99.85 × 5% = 4.99 Rolling Resistance94.72 × 10% = 9.47 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 95.81 | 34.1 | 47.68 | 7.1 | 96.8 | 38.8 | 84.80 | 6.0 | 0.90 | 74.9 | 3.01 | 94.2 | 6.0 | 65.4 | 96.2 | 9.15 | 100.0 | |
StrengthsThe Pirelli P Zero PZ5 has clear high points. It set the quickest dry handling lap of the test, ahead even of the overall winner, cleared standing water best through a curve, ran the lowest rolling resistance, and produced the quietest cabin. On a dry road it feels sharp and responsive. ConsiderationsThe problem for the P Zero PZ5 is the wet. It needed the longest distance of the three to stop on a soaked surface by a clear margin, set the slowest wet handling time, and scored lowest for wet steering feel. It was also the weakest tyre under dry braking. In a test that weights wet performance most heavily, those shortfalls decide its finishing position. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry96.82 × 35% = 33.89 Wet94.22 × 50% = 47.11 Comfort96.16 × 5% = 4.81 Rolling Resistance100 × 10% = 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Continental SportContact 7
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Weighting vs real impact
What decides this ranking
The weighting is how much each category counts. The real impact is how much of the difference between the tyres it creates: a discipline in which every tyre performed about the same barely changes the order, however much it counts.
No weighting is recorded for this test, so the weighting here starts from Tyre Reviews’ season defaults, not from the test’s own scoring.
- Dry Weighting 35% Real impact 23%
- Wet Weighting 50% Real impact 65%
- Comfort Weighting 5% Real impact 3%
- Rolling Resistance Weighting 10% Real impact 9%
- Wet Braking counts for 12% of the score but creates 28% of the difference between the tyres, because their results in it were far apart.
- Dry Handling counts for 15.8% of the score but creates only 4% of the difference, because most tyres performed about the same in it.
Every discipline 12
| Discipline | Weighting | Real impact |
|---|---|---|
| Dry Braking | 16.1% | 16% |
| Dry Handling | 15.8% | 4% |
| Subj. Dry Handling | 3.2% | 4% |
| Wet Braking | 12% | 28% |
| Wet Handling | 12% | 8% |
| Subj. Wet Handling | 3.5% | 8% |
| Wet Circle | 12% | 7% |
| Straight Aqua | 5.5% | 2% |
| Curved Aquaplaning | 5% | 11% |
| Subj. Comfort | 2.5% | 3% |
| Noise | 2.5% | <1% |
| Rolling Resistance | 10% | 9% |
How it is worked out: each discipline’s weighting is multiplied by the spread of its results (the gap across the middle half of the tyres, as a percentage of the best result), then shared out so that all the disciplines add up to 100%. It estimates what separates the tyres; it is not a second set of weights, and it follows the weights you set.
How your ranking is calculated
Each discipline is scored against the best non-reference tyre in the full test field: best ÷ result × 100 when lower is better, or result ÷ best × 100 when higher is better. Discipline scores are rounded to two decimal places, then combined using your weights.
Within-category weights divide that category’s share of the overall score. A 50% wet category and 40% wet-braking share give wet braking 20% of the total. A weight is a scoring priority, not a measure of its actual effect on the ranking: the performance gaps matter too. What decides this ranking ↑
Published joint positions are preserved separately. Calculated positions tie only when their underlying scores match; two displayed scores can look equal after rounding.
A zero weight excludes that category or discipline. At least one active discipline is required, and the disciplines in every active category must have a positive total.
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