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Avon AS7 Gen 2

Avon Tyres Premium Touring All Season

The Avon AS7 Gen 2 is a Premium Touring All Season tyre designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.

7.6
Tyre Reviews Score Based on Professional Tests & User Reviews
Medium Confidence View Breakdown
Dry Grip
85%
Wet Grip
85%
Road Feedback
57%
Handling
63%
Wear
60%
Comfort
68%
Buy again
42%
Snow Grip
60%
Ice Grip
50%
6 Reviews
63% Average
53,000 miles driven
2 Tests (avg: 16th)
Avon AS7 Gen 2

Avon AS7 Gen 2

All Season Mid-Range
BETA
7.6 / 10
Based on Professional Tests & User Reviews · Medium Confidence · Updated 23 Feb 2026

The Tyre Reviews Score is the most comprehensive tyre scoring system available. It aggregates professional test data from multiple independent publications, user reviews, and consistency analysis using Bayesian statistical methods, weighted normalisation, and recency-adjusted scoring to produce a single, reliable performance rating.

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Category Scores
Snow
95.4
1.38x / 4 tests
Wet
76.5
1.93x / 6 tests
Comfort
74.4
0.32x / 2 tests
Dry
63.7
1.5x / 3 tests
Value
40
0.42x / 1 test
Cross-Category Performance

Cross-category scores are derived metrics that combine data from multiple test disciplines to evaluate real-world performance characteristics.

Traction
95.3
1 test
Braking
79.5
6 tests
Handling
72
3 tests
Score Components
Professional Tests
Weight: 80%
Tests: 2
Publications: 2
Period: 2021
User Reviews
Weight: 15%
Reviews: 6
Avg Rating: 63.4%
Min Required: 5
Consistency
Weight: 5%
Score Std Dev: 0.34
History Points: 10
Methodology & Configuration
Scoring Process
  1. Collect Test Data: Gather results from professional tyre tests across multiple publications. Minimum 1 test(s) required.
  2. Normalize Positions: Convert test positions to percentile scores using exponential weighting (factor: 1.2).
  3. Apply Recency Weighting: More recent tests are weighted higher with a decay rate of 0.95.
  4. Incorporate User Reviews: Factor in user review data (minimum 5 reviews). Weight: 15%.
  5. Bayesian Smoothing: Apply Bayesian prior (score: 7, weight: 1.5) to prevent extreme scores with limited data.
  6. Calculate Final Score: Combine all components using normalization factor of 1.1. Max score with limited data: 9.5.
Component Weights
Test Data
80%
User Reviews
15%
Consistency
5%
All Configuration Parameters
ParameterValueDescription
safety_weight 0.7 Weight multiplier for safety-related metrics
performance_weight 0.55 Weight multiplier for performance metrics
comfort_weight 0.4 Weight multiplier for comfort metrics
value_weight 0.45 Weight multiplier for value-for-money metrics
user_reviews_weight 0.15 How much user reviews contribute to the final score
test_data_weight 0.8 How much professional test data contributes to the final score
consistency_weight 0.05 How much score consistency contributes to the final score
recency_decay_rate 0.95 Rate at which older test results lose influence (higher = slower decay)
min_test_count 1 Minimum number of professional tests required
min_review_count 5 Minimum number of user reviews required
score_version 1.9 Current version of the scoring algorithm
score_normalization_factor 1.1 Factor used to normalize raw scores to the 0-10 scale
confidence_factor_weight 0.2 How much data confidence affects the final score
position_penalty_weight 0.2 Penalty applied for poor test positions
gap_penalty_threshold 12 Score gap (%) that triggers additional penalties
min_metrics_count 2 Minimum number of test metrics needed per test
limited_data_threshold 2 Number of tests below which data is considered limited
single_test_penalty 0.75 Score multiplier when only one test is available
critical_metric_penalty 0.7 Penalty for poor performance on critical safety metrics
critical_metric_threshold 70 Score below which a critical metric penalty applies
position_exponential_factor 1.2 Exponent used to amplify position-based scoring
position_exponential_threshold 0.9 Position percentile below which exponential scoring applies
gap_multiplier_critical 3 Multiplier for critical gap penalties
max_category_weight 2 Maximum weight any single category can have
max_score_limited_data 9.5 Score cap when data is limited
bayesian_prior_weight 1.5 Weight of the Bayesian prior in smoothing
bayesian_prior_score 7 Prior score used for Bayesian smoothing
evidence_test_multiplier 1.9 Multiplier for test evidence in confidence calculation
evidence_metric_divisor 3 Divisor for metric count in evidence calculation
evidence_review_divisor 10 Divisor for review count in evidence calculation
combined_penalty_floor 0.2
Data Sources
TestPublicationDateSizePositionMetrics
2021 All Season Tyre Market Overview Auto Bild 2021 225/50 R17 23/34 2 metrics
2021 Tyre Reviews All Season Tyre Test Tyre Reviews 2021 205/55 R16 8/11 14 metrics
All Tests
View Test Results
2
Tests
16th
Average
8th
Best
23rd
Worst
Latest Tyre Test Results
2021 Tyre Reviews All Season Tyre Test
205/55 R16 • 2021
8th/11
Good wet braking, especially at warmer temperatures, good subjective handling in the dry and wet, low external noise.
Poor performance in snow, highest rolling resistance on test.
The Avon AS7 Gen-2 is a significant step ahead of the budget tyre, and has good grip in the wet, but it had poor performance in every snow test making this a tyre more suited to the milder winter climate.
2021 All Season Tyre Market Overview
225/50 R17 • 2021
23rd/34

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Top 3 Avon AS7 Gen 2 Reviews

Given 78% while driving a Subaru 2010 Forester Diesel (215/60 R17) on a combination of roads for 25,000 spirited miles
Late mid update, AS7has been a decent all round tyre for my Forester, wearing very well, minimal tyre pressure adjustments, a negative is they can be noisy on some surfaces, but work well on the Forester on dry and wet surfaces.
Helpful 863
March 8, 2025
Given 41% while driving a Peugeot Traveller 2019 model (225/55 R17) on mostly motorways for 200 easy going miles
Changed 4 tyres and all of them had suspicious small verical bulges (not the tyre connection notch) The tyre technician said it is normal... Already 200 miles they are still ok just little steering well vibrations over 65 miles
Helpful 1088
August 23, 2023
Given 88% while driving a Peugeot 207 1.6hdi 9Sport) (195/55 R16) on mostly country roads for 17,000 miles
I fitted a full set fitted to my winter car (peugeot 207 1.6 hdi) which I use for commuting via the best roads in Wales to work and back each week (115 miles each way via A roads, by roads, twisty roads, wet roads & muddy roads).
The tyres do make the car feel slightly more 'floaty' in the bends but other than that they are awesome tyres and refuse to let go. I've hammered the hell out of these tyres, the rears still look like they were fitted yesterday and the fronts are just on the verge of needing to be changed (12 months & 17k miles).
All in all, very impressive and surprised I managed to get the mileage on the the fronts given they are softer than summer tyres.
Helpful 715
November 25, 2023

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Latest Avon AS7 Gen 2 Reviews

Given 51% while driving a Volvo s60 D5 (163) (205/55 R16) on mostly country roads for 7,000 spirited miles
Had these fitted in July 2022 on a deal (still not worth it). When new, better than budget tyres in the wet, competent enough for some spirited driving along country road (which is most of my journeys). Currently along some muddy and icy lanes as well as town driving. Will grip enough under heavy braking. That's where the good bits end. These tyres lasted 6-7 months and now they're on the markers. To add insult to injury my fuel economy has dropped 5mpg since having them fitted. These last few weeks they have been bordering on dangerous, spinning up even in the slightest bit of damp, never had a tyre let go like that with a bit of tread left on it. Suffice to say they were pretty ropey in the recent icy conditions. Avoid at all costs.
Helpful 807
January 31, 2023
Given 48% while driving a BMW 320d touring (225/50 R17) on mostly country roads for 3,000 spirited miles
Having previously switched to winter tyres but with the season getting milder, this year I went for these all season offerings from Avon. Truly disappointed. OK on dry roads regardless of temp & excellent in proper wet, otherwise rubbish. Milder damp roads they're truly terrible, with little effort it's easy to get the car out of shape, same can be said for the ice & light snow I've experienced. Suspect my summers would perform just as well, if not better...
Helpful 833
January 29, 2022
Given 82% while driving a Subaru 2010 Forester Diesel (215/60 R17) on a combination of roads for 800 average miles
these replaced a set of Toyo Proxes CF2, Early days but so far found an improvement with good grip and braking in the dry and especially the wet, they do appear a little noisy on rougher tarmac compared to the Toyo, and despite the review test my MPG has improved since fitting, I will update when i have some more miles and the weather cools
Helpful 885
October 8, 2021
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