Passenger Car Summer Max Performance Tyres
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| Tyre Reviewed | Dry Grip | Wet Grip | Feedback | Handling | Wear | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vredestein Ultrac Vorti Plus (3) | 93% | 93% | 93% | 93% | 90% | 80% |
| Vredestein Ultrac Vorti (111) | 94% | 84% | 90% | 89% | 85% | 85% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S * (3) | 100% | 87% | 93% | 97% | 70% | 83% |
| Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02 (5) | 94% | 98% | 76% | 82% | 95% | 86% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (155) | 94% | 87% | 88% | 87% | 80% | 85% |
| Continental ExtremeContact Sport (13) | 92% | 83% | 83% | 81% | 88% | 87% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 (89) | 95% | 92% | 89% | 88% | 73% | 86% |
| Nokian zLine (82) | 92% | 91% | 90% | 88% | 77% | 86% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S (128) | 93% | 88% | 86% | 87% | 82% | 86% |
| Michelin Pilot Super Sport (142) | 94% | 84% | 89% | 86% | 82% | 81% |
| Falken Azenis FK520 (19) | 92% | 87% | 86% | 88% | 79% | 85% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 (230) | 93% | 90% | 86% | 88% | 79% | 81% |
| Continental SportContact 7 (45) | 97% | 94% | 92% | 91% | 71% | 76% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 (405) | 92% | 89% | 85% | 85% | 80% | 87% |
| Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta (237) | 91% | 88% | 87% | 85% | 79% | 85% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 5 (47) | 92% | 93% | 81% | 78% | 82% | 84% |
| Nokian Z G2 (30) | 88% | 89% | 86% | 84% | 80% | 83% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport (47) | 95% | 83% | 91% | 93% | 67% | 75% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 (175) | 89% | 87% | 82% | 82% | 79% | 87% |
| Bridgestone Potenza GIII (7) | 96% | 83% | 87% | 91% | 74% | 66% |
| Bridgestone Potenza Sport (84) | 93% | 88% | 90% | 92% | 64% | 74% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 Noble2 (33) | 89% | 83% | 83% | 78% | 72% | 88% |
| Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE004 (14) | 88% | 80% | 85% | 87% | 76% | 75% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (303) | 91% | 88% | 81% | 84% | 73% | 78% |
| Bridgestone Adrenalin RE002 (108) | 90% | 82% | 82% | 80% | 77% | 77% |
| Nokian Hakka Black 2 (3) | 90% | 95% | 90% | 90% | 70% | 65% |
| Nokian PowerProof (23) | 87% | 90% | 80% | 75% | 71% | 87% |
| Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003 (87) | 91% | 78% | 83% | 87% | 71% | 73% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric (141) | 90% | 87% | 82% | 78% | 70% | 80% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport (41) | 92% | 82% | 86% | 81% | 73% | 75% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 Evo Z K129 (3) | 90% | 83% | 90% | 80% | 60% | 77% |
| Continental SportContact 2 SSR Run Flat (6) | 90% | 83% | 83% | 85% | 70% | 72% |
| Syron Street Race (5) | 100% | 80% | 96% | 90% | 52% | 56% |
| Dunlop SportMaxx RT (174) | 88% | 84% | 83% | 82% | 60% | 82% |
| Bridgestone Potenza s02 (18) | 90% | 79% | 87% | 87% | 65% | 63% |
| Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2 (88) | 85% | 78% | 79% | 78% | 76% | 81% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S007A (11) | 83% | 69% | 84% | 90% | 75% | 73% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 (40) | 89% | 86% | 74% | 73% | 68% | 77% |
| Pirelli P Zero PZ4 (55) | 89% | 80% | 85% | 82% | 63% | 72% |
| Pirelli P ZERO ROSSO Asimmetrico (26) | 87% | 75% | 79% | 82% | 73% | 71% |
| Continental Sport Contact 6 (86) | 91% | 87% | 82% | 83% | 52% | 77% |
| Dunlop Direzza DZ101 (8) | 85% | 68% | 80% | 79% | 67% | 76% |
| Continental Sport Contact 3 (244) | 88% | 80% | 81% | 77% | 62% | 74% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 evo (44) | 81% | 73% | 76% | 73% | 75% | 72% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 (80) | 84% | 76% | 76% | 79% | 67% | 72% |
| Continental Sport Contact 5 (209) | 87% | 82% | 79% | 76% | 51% | 73% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 (157) | 84% | 78% | 76% | 73% | 60% | 65% |
| Continental ContiSportContact 5 P (106) | 85% | 78% | 76% | 75% | 55% | 73% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S007 (6) | 86% | 76% | 85% | 70% | 54% | 54% |
| Continental Sport Contact 2 (229) | 85% | 75% | 76% | 72% | 61% | 66% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S04 Pole Position (3) | 90% | 73% | 73% | 87% | 40% | 67% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S001 (157) | 83% | 69% | 75% | 75% | 67% | 62% |
| Continental Sport Contact 3 SSR Run flat (27) | 83% | 73% | 72% | 74% | 71% | 57% |
| Yokohama Advan Sport ZPS (3) | 83% | 73% | 70% | 73% | 70% | 57% |
| Dunlop SP Sport Maxx TT (53) | 85% | 73% | 74% | 76% | 64% | 64% |
| Pirelli P Zero Runflat (40) | 84% | 70% | 77% | 74% | 58% | 66% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE050 (57) | 83% | 69% | 76% | 69% | 66% | 61% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE050A (212) | 83% | 69% | 74% | 72% | 66% | 59% |
| Pirelli PZero Nero (139) | 83% | 66% | 71% | 71% | 67% | 64% |
| Pirelli P Zero (155) | 84% | 69% | 75% | 72% | 58% | 64% |
| Bridgestone Potenza s03 (7) | 86% | 54% | 70% | 67% | 71% | 60% |
| Continental Sport Contact 5 SSR Runflat (29) | 87% | 75% | 78% | 75% | 48% | 56% |
| Pirelli P Zero Silver (3) | 67% | 67% | 67% | 57% | 80% | 77% |
| Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (161) | 79% | 69% | 69% | 67% | 63% | 64% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD2 (8) | 75% | 68% | 70% | 64% | 66% | 63% |
| Pirelli PZero Rosso (109) | 81% | 66% | 70% | 68% | 59% | 62% |
| Falken FK453 (30) | 77% | 70% | 63% | 60% | 60% | 69% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S02A (5) | 75% | 65% | 70% | 65% | 63% | 63% |
| Nokian Hakka Black (4) | 80% | 83% | 58% | 63% | 70% | 53% |
| Dunlop SP Sport 9000 (60) | 75% | 64% | 64% | 61% | 65% | 62% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S001 RFT (59) | 73% | 59% | 67% | 66% | 73% | 49% |
| Dunlop SP Sport Maxx ROF (10) | 79% | 69% | 66% | 59% | 44% | 65% |
| Yokohama ADVAN Sport (35) | 76% | 66% | 64% | 65% | 47% | 50% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Run Flat (143) | 72% | 54% | 55% | 48% | 55% | 32% |
Passenger Car Summer Max Performance Tyres with no reviews
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Pole Position, Bridgestone Potenza S01, Bridgestone Potenza S01R, Continental Sport Contact M3, Cooper Zeon RS3 S, Dunlop SP Sport Maxx 060+, Falken Azenis RS820, Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar, Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar 3, Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 ev, Michelin Pilot Sport 4 N, Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 ZP, Michelin Pilot Sport S 5, Michelin Pilot Super Sport Zero Pressure, Pirelli P Zero Direzionale, Pirelli P Zero Rosso Direzionale
Passenger Car Summer Max Performance Tyres Tyre Review Highlights
Michelin Pilot Sport 5 rated 73% while driving a Ford fiesta st
Driving on a combination of roads for 12000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 12000 spirited miles
Dry and wet grip was good and predictable. Comfort was a lot better then the previous tyre from factory (pilot super sport). The previous pilot super sport felt more direct in compressing with the pilot sport 5. I drove 18.000 km with the pilot sport 5. At 10.000 km I changed the front to the back. Now 4 tires are gone… so for me the wear is not that great. But it depends how you drive your car of course.
I am gonna try te continental premium contact 7 next.
I am gonna try te continental premium contact 7 next.
Continental SportContact 7 rated 96% while driving a Lexus IS250 RWD
Driving on mostly motorways for 7500 spirited miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 7500 spirited miles
A very good tire for a fair price
Michelin Pilot Sport 5 rated 90% while driving a Volkswagen Polo GTI
Driving on mostly country roads for 1000 spirited miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 1000 spirited miles
Replaced these Pilot Sport 5 tyres from the Continental premium contact 6’s that came as standard on car from factory and all I can say is WOW, much less of a dead 12 o’clock feel very progressive when pushing on. Excellent in wet. If I stomped on the go pedal at a roundabout to squeeze out a gap or get me out of bother, the Conti’s just spun up and I had to let of the gas a bit and reapply gently. These Pilot Sport 5’s have NEVER lost traction once yet. The Conti’s were not badly worn either, the rears had about 4ml of tread and the fronts had just under 3. I changed them as I just couldn’t get on with them, they felt hard very crash over bumps. I would buy these PS5’s again in a heartbeat. My car tyre size is quite niche and there isn’t a lot of premium choices but I’m so glad I got these!
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 rated 70% while driving a Vauxhall Insignia CDTI SRI 160
Driving on a combination of roads for 9500 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 9500 spirited miles
Initially the tyres were decent on both dry and wet roads however after only 9500 miles they're down to 3mm which for the price is dissaponting..The performance dropped off significantly when under 5mm. By which I mean they have never been dangerous just lost their controlled grip... Don't think I'd buy them again due to lack of value for money and low mileage.
Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 rated 77% while driving a BMW 218d Active Tourer
Driving on mostly town for 5000 average miles
Driving on mostly town for 5000 average miles
OEM for the i4e40. The tyre has very obvious priorities. Rolling resistance and noise. It really excels in these two areas. But thankfully it is not useless in all other key aspects. Dry, wet, braking, feedback, they are all ok. Not great, but not mediocre either. Great choice for this car, but I will choose something better for the next round, even if I give away a couple of dozen miles of range
Continental Sport Contact 5 rated 66% while driving a Suzuki Swift Sport 1.4 ZC33S
Driving on mostly town for 6500 spirited miles
Driving on mostly town for 6500 spirited miles
Not the best tyres to start on a Suzuki Swift Sport. (Zc33s)
Continental in this case really disappointed me with these tyres on this car.
I used them mostly on town road, and sometimes on some mountain passes.
The handling was really good in dry conditions and they were a lot comfortable.
In wet conditions the tyres didn't handle very well, in specific on roundabouts and some turns, they tend to understeer on wet conditions.
I also had a turn on track (Modena Circuit) and the tyres are ready to dump.
Now I have Toyos Tr1 and they are much better (on 16 rims)
Totally a NOT buy.
Specially for the non-economic price.
Continental in this case really disappointed me with these tyres on this car.
I used them mostly on town road, and sometimes on some mountain passes.
The handling was really good in dry conditions and they were a lot comfortable.
In wet conditions the tyres didn't handle very well, in specific on roundabouts and some turns, they tend to understeer on wet conditions.
I also had a turn on track (Modena Circuit) and the tyres are ready to dump.
Now I have Toyos Tr1 and they are much better (on 16 rims)
Totally a NOT buy.
Specially for the non-economic price.
Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 ev rated 89% while driving a Tesla Model Y Long Range
Driving on a combination of roads for 36000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 36000 average miles
Came new on my 2022 Model Y LR, changing them after 57'000 km and residual 0,5 cm tread.
Good dry grip and decent wet grip, these tires are quiet and with a low wear.
Good value for money, I am fully satisfied and I have ordered an identical set of tires.
Good dry grip and decent wet grip, these tires are quiet and with a low wear.
Good value for money, I am fully satisfied and I have ordered an identical set of tires.
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 rated 90% while driving a Honda Civic 1.5T
Driving on a combination of roads for 0 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 0 average miles
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Dunlop SportMaxx RT rated 86% while driving a Mazda MX5
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 spirited miles
I bought the car with the Dunlops fitted all round. They were old and only had about 3mm of tread on them, so I was soon to get new tyres.
For the short while I did have them, they were outstanding in the dry, I've heard that the turn in on them can be slow to reslpond but to my usage I did not see this. In fact id say the turn in and maximum high speed turning grip was outstanding and felt almost like a semi slick. I couldn't get the wheels to spin at all in the dry and were a joy to drive. Was a shame that they had such a low tread when I bought the car because I'd love to have felt how they were in the wet with a decent amount of tread on them.
If they were not so expensive I would buy them again definitely so if you have the money and live in a mostly dry area then these are damn gold.
For the short while I did have them, they were outstanding in the dry, I've heard that the turn in on them can be slow to reslpond but to my usage I did not see this. In fact id say the turn in and maximum high speed turning grip was outstanding and felt almost like a semi slick. I couldn't get the wheels to spin at all in the dry and were a joy to drive. Was a shame that they had such a low tread when I bought the car because I'd love to have felt how they were in the wet with a decent amount of tread on them.
If they were not so expensive I would buy them again definitely so if you have the money and live in a mostly dry area then these are damn gold.
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Run Flat rated 42% while driving a Mercedes Benz E Class
Driving on a combination of roads for 6000 easy going miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 6000 easy going miles
Gotta say, I’ve had some serious bad luck with my Merc E400 and its Bridgestone 245/35R20 run-flat boots.
It had new wheels and tyres when I bought it with 14k miles on it last year. (Bought from a friend so I saw them installed by Wembley Tyres).
Since then, I’ve done ~10k and have got through three tyres, two of which blew on the inside rims, and one cracked wheel. I can’t believe I’ve gone through the better part of £2k in less than 18 months.
I’m based in London where you can seldom reach 30mph but where speed calming and potholes are ubiquitous. That said, I drive carefully, not aggressively, usually on the car’s eco setting for fuel economy.
The car itself is wonderful, but I’m beginning to worry about what it rolls on.
I know run-flats have poor reputations for durability and ride comfort, but I had them on my previous car for the seventeen years / 100k miles I owned it and hardly got through any more (Pirelli Zero 205/55) boots in all that time.
Bridgestone are a premium brand but are they really this fragile?
Seriously considering another brand or even saving a packet on non-runflats and slime….
It had new wheels and tyres when I bought it with 14k miles on it last year. (Bought from a friend so I saw them installed by Wembley Tyres).
Since then, I’ve done ~10k and have got through three tyres, two of which blew on the inside rims, and one cracked wheel. I can’t believe I’ve gone through the better part of £2k in less than 18 months.
I’m based in London where you can seldom reach 30mph but where speed calming and potholes are ubiquitous. That said, I drive carefully, not aggressively, usually on the car’s eco setting for fuel economy.
The car itself is wonderful, but I’m beginning to worry about what it rolls on.
I know run-flats have poor reputations for durability and ride comfort, but I had them on my previous car for the seventeen years / 100k miles I owned it and hardly got through any more (Pirelli Zero 205/55) boots in all that time.
Bridgestone are a premium brand but are they really this fragile?
Seriously considering another brand or even saving a packet on non-runflats and slime….
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 rated 76% while driving a BMW M140i F20
Driving on a combination of roads for 8000 easy going miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 8000 easy going miles
The way this tyre performs is exceptional. The limits of grip and adhesion are very high in all conditions. The tyre is also quiet ands comfortable. However all of this seem to have come because they are made from a soft compound and they wear pretty fast. I don't drive particularly hard but at 8000 miles on the rear they are nearly on the wear bars. I will be looking to replace with something with more longevity, even if that means sacrificing some ultimate grip. The previous generation Assymetric 5 would fit the bill if I am able to source some.
Michelin Pilot Sport 5 rated 97% while driving a Ford Mondeo Titanium 2.0 TCDI
Driving on a combination of roads for 4000 easy going miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 4000 easy going miles
great in both wet & dry quiet, comfortable, affordable would definitly buy again.
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