Hankook Ventus V12 evo k110 Reviews - Page 3

I hated this tires!!!

Previously I had 4 Potenza RE050A (came with the car when was new), and despite they were not the best in terms of confort, they were pretty great in terms of handling and putting the power down on the tarmac.

In the wet they were like a 5/10, but in the dry they were wonderful (8/10 no problem).

I also had Continental PremiumContact2, I know they were not a sports tyre, but I also liked them, even more than the Bridgestone. They were better in confort, equal or better in the wet and a little worse in the dry.

In terms of wear the Contis were worse than the Bridgestones.


But know, talking about the so called Ventus V12 Evo.

I searched and searched and, for the price, the V12 Evo seemed good enough for me, and in terms of confort they were/are, in fact, much better than the Potenzas RE050A.

The Potenzas were always bad and made the car too stiff, and for that reason I was, in fact, looking for more confortable tires. And that was accomplished indeed.

But the cons...

I drove my Ibiza FR with Hankooks for 3000 miles only in the dry (since July to a week ago I only got dry roads) and I didnt enjoy these tires at all. Very bad putting the power down, the side walls are very soft and, especially in the rear, that makes this Ibiza 6J FR very "nervous" when you push it a little bit more.

And these are suposed to be "high performance tires" ? Give me a break!

Yesterday I catched wet roads, and well it was a bit scary. I even got a little "surprise" aquaplaning and I almost had an acident (little, but and acident)...

The ESP was turning on constantly, an that never happened with the Contis PC2 and the Potenzas RE050A...


And If I tell you what I was thinking about theses Hankook and the begining... The gum in these tires were imense... Around 2000 miles to get the gum out (or more).

When I changed to the Hankooks I felted like the car was ruined.

I could go on and on, but I think that is it.

I don't recommend these tires, especially in a Ibiza FR (6J model).

I´ve bought these tyres thinking they would be a huge improvement from my old bridgestone turanza er300 that were mounted at the front of my ford fiesta mk6 equipped with bilstein b8 shocks and AP springs, and they were a complete mistake and disapointment... The bridgestone were almost dead, but they still provide the grip to enter the courner ok and at mid corner, if needed, provide the possibility to correct the trajectory with lift off oversteer. These hankook don´t have the same grip and because of theirs HUGE sidewall flex (I´m using 39psi and they still flex too much), they give up very early and have a very deficient road feedback. The fact that the bridgestones are a premium touring summer tire and the hankooks are ultra high performance gave me the wrong ideia of what they would be like. I also can´t understand the amount of good/excellent reviews about the hankoks. Either way, i hope my review can help who like to feel and drive the car, and is thinking about put these on the front of their fwd to dont do it and try something else.

I have these on a 2004 volvo v70 d5 which I bought to replace goodyear eagle f1 ncts which I cant buy now. The steering habits of the v70 seem to love the v pattern of both the ncts and the hankook v12s making the steering very precise (which on none v pattern tyres the v70 is not) and I have noticed in the past that none v pattern tyres, when the tyres wear in tend to tramline but this does not seem to be the case with the v12s.
The volvo v70 is quite heavy on the front end and owing to its 5 potter transverse diesel lump can be quite unforgiving to park and steer correctly on some surfaces but the v12s make light work of it and give reasonable feedback.
I bought them to try on the front end last year and at this years mot still have 5 mm so have moved them to the back axle set and fitted 2 new of the same on the front axle set.They are quiet and handle the bumps quite well.If they have any failing I would say the tyre walls looklike you have flat tyres but I am running on 36psi so Iit is just soft wall is all nothing to worry about as they are reinforced side walls anyway.Overall a very trustworthy tyre good stopping in wet and dry which on the v70 gives great driving confidence.l will continue to buy these tyres .Hankook certainly imo can no longer be accused of only selling budget tyres they have come of age and rightly deserve their position.