SUV and 4x4 Summer Touring Tyres

Fresh set fitted before I bought the Discovery 4, initial impression was positive - a good summer tyre with no bad habits on tarmac. As Winter arrived my view changed, they are vague on damp roads and standing water is a nightmare, don’t even bother on anything slippy off-road. Ice/slush is beyond their remit. At 50% worn they are being scrapped and replaced with my preferred 4x4 tyre - Pirelli Scorpion.

Very good silent and comfortable tires with pretty good grip on the first 5.000-8.000km. Started becoming very noisy after 10.000km and almost completely bald at 20.000km. Not recommended to use for heavy rain, these tires have a hobby of aquaplaning, braking distance also increase by quite a lot when using these tires. Probably one of the cheapest tires I can get for the size (second to the GT Champiros which are way worse with the body roll, no grip and very loud). Considering the price and wear of the tire, seems quite expensive, changed to the Goodyear Assurance Max SUVs which are much better in almost every aspect except the comfort level of the Iota is still unbeatable at its' price point. The goodyears are 12% more pricey but lasted more than 50.000kms turning out to be cheaper, and doesn't get louder with more wear.

Honestly, these tyres haven't impressed. My wife's ZS was fitted with these from new, and immediately their deficiencies jumped out. Very numb steering response, not much in the way of feedback and the biggest problem, they are so easy to spin or slide in damp to wet conditions; trying to pull out of junctions in the wet requires you to be very gentle, or you're going nowhere with the smell of rubber coming into the cabin, at least until the traction control kicks in. You can also spin them if you are too enthusiastic in the dry, but it's not as much of a issue. This is our second ZS so we knew it wasn't the car; the first one was supplied on Kumho from new and felt entirely different. <br />
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They recently finally wore out, 15,000 miles for the fronts to wear out; ironically the rear tyres (FWD model) only lasted about 1500 miles more than the driven wheels. They've been replaced with Pirelli Powergy front and rear, and the car no longer feels numb, there's communication through the wheel, and they don't spin if you look at them funny. Overall, they are cheap for a reason, their life wasn't great, and their performance was iffy.

Fiitted Gt plus and got excited with the dry and wet grip, comfort, low noise, accurate steering and economy. Excellent driving in the wet, best tyre I had ever had. Had replaced the Goodyears Efficient grip 2 SUV, which were a bit better in the steering in highways but less grip everywear else. Need to mention GT plus are made of double layer of polyamide on the tread, instead of one layer in Goodyears, and I think this makes GT better. GT plus is A rated in wet, and can drive on sand, therefore I beleive it is not a classic summer tyre but an excellent H/T highway terrain tyre. Also uses the Continental tech. Therefore highly reccomented for SUVs.

Have these tyres on MG ZSEV. Performance is adequate in the dry. Reasonable grip and handling is acceptable given the rather stodgy set up of the MG. The issue is in the wet. The grip is awful. The torque from the electric motor spins the wheels when pulling away in the wet with almost no acceleration. It is downright dangerous. Cornering in the wet is also poor. I've decided to change these tyres at only 9000 miles, not because they are worn out, but because I'm not prepared to let me daughter (18 and inexperienced) drive on such scary tyres.

Traction control kicked in almost every time I touched the brakes in wet weather, cornering was done at below 30mph to ensure no drift. Dry weather was better if road surface was very rough.

Bought 2 Kormoran SUV for the front of my Hyundai Tuscon and couldn't be more pleased for the price. Confident driving, responsive and positive in both wet and dry on both local and motorways. Have driven getting on for 3000 miles with them now, wear isn't noticeable (to the point I had to question my own tread depth gauge!, but seem as good as new)<br />
Highly recommend these

I bought these Petlas Explero tires 275/40/20 in 2022. I bought a set of summer tires and a set of winter tires.<br />
I have already run about 65,000 km on the summer tires (3 seasons) and I can say that these are very good tires.<br />
I personally did not expect such behavior on the road.<br />
I drive the tires on an Audi Q7 2009 TDI, in general I drive a little faster outside the city.<br />
Very good behavior in turns, in water and braking.<br />
I can say the same thing about the winter tires from the same series.

Great grip both in wet and dry. Performance competes with tyres at twice the price! Have them fitted to the front axle on my Hyundai Tuscon, covered approx 2000 miles now and tread depth has hardly changed from the original 8mm they came with. Planning to put a pair on the rears as soon as they need replacing.

Just driven my third summer season on this tyre. Car: Volvo XC90 <br />
They’ve done approximately 30 000 km and I bet they’ll do next summer as well. <br />
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I have nothing bad to say about this tyre. <br />
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They perform well in dry, wet, cold and hot weather. Not complaining about the wear either as 4 seasons on a heavy SUV is pretty good imho. <br />
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Given you’re not tracking them - they are well worth it! Under normal, and even spirited driving they do great! <br />
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Just make sure you store them well off-season (dry, in shade, not too hot), make sure the pressures are according to spec (chatgpt helps with what pressures you should have on your car with your specific tyre size). <br />
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Easily buying again!

Very smooth and quiet, great tyre and good price

Out of four of these on a KIA EV6 with road noise suppression foam, three have failed at 16000 miles, resultant vibration makes the vehicle undriveable above 35 mph. They have got to be changed now at significant cost, stuck to main brand tyres and avoid these at all costs. KIA were being cheap using these on a £52000 vehicle.