Owners rate the Kumho Ecsta Sport PS72 highly overall (average 81.6%), most often praising its strong value for money and genuinely impressive dry performance, with confident handling and high-speed stability. Wet grip also comes through as a notable strength for around a third of reviewers, helping it feel safe and predictable in poor weather. Comfort and road noise are generally seen as good for a performance tyre, though a smaller but meaningful group find it noisier or less refined than expected. The main recurring downside is vibration or balancing/out-of-round issues mentioned by around one in six owners, with tread life only getting mixed, limited commentary so far.
What owners mention most counted across 39 reviews
Tires are amazing the grip is very good in both conditions wet and dry. The car feels stable at high speeds and its a very fun tire for taking corners in general. I had no problems with any vibrations, only tires I can compare them is my old kormonar UHP tires and the difference is big with kumhos the car feels more planted on the ground and steering is more responsive. About comfort and noise levels they are not really that comfortable tires they are more stiffer but again not too stiff they are somewhere in the middle in comfort on bad roads you feel the bumps but its not that bad. Tires are not that noisy you can hear em but not too bad when your drive at normal speeds when you drive faster you hear them more, cant tell much about the wear time will tell but overall the tires are very good for the price.
I want to start off saying I unfortunately totaled my car driving a bit too fast and so that's why the experience with this tyre is such short lived. But I did get to scrub it in and test out it's capabilities.
One can argue that tyre screeching noise ≠ limit of grip but still compared to the previous tyres I had on which was Continental Max Contact 6 this tyre would screech much louder and earlier than the Contis would. And after a lot of deliberation, my conclusion is that the Conti MC6 had a bigger envelope as a whole in terms of wet grip, dry grip, comfort, everything except for feedback.
Here is where this tyre really left a strong impression, and that is it's feedback. This tyre has that chunky outer shoulder block design like many UUHP tyres (imagine like the PS4s) and perhaps that's the reason why + tread block tuning amongst others that made the steering felt absolutely sensational. It was much more direct and when you've loaded your car through weight shift this tyre talks to me front and rear axle WAY MORE than the Conti MC6 did.
Within the "soft" limit, meaning you are orchestrating the weight of your car, you're dancing and not yanking the car around much. This tyre can handle the forces fine. I have done 206km/h in wet conditions on a left bend and the car felt fine, granted I was keeping in mind to dance with the car. And that's the thing with this tyre, unlike the Conti or the Michelin PS5 (have experienced doing 10/10ths on it). The Kumho PS72 lacks that extra inch of grip.
To conclude, in my opinion based on my short lived experience. The Kumho PS72 is not in the same envelope of grip as the top tier tyres, but it is priced at such a low price that the value proposition makes it a strong argument to go for this tyre.
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Bought a pair of these to replace a pair of Michelin PS4 on the rear of my Focus 1.5T. I have PS5 on the front.
I chose these as they have strong reviews and there was a £60 difference to the PS5 (£89 each at time of purchase)
First thing I noticed is they are alot quieter on the motorway than the PS4's have ever been. The rear grip is predictable and stable in wet, and no quarms at
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These tyres replaced a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 5's.
Early indications show that the Kumho's offer more grip, better feel, are quieter and generally give more confidence over the PS5's.
I rarely review products but these Kumho's have genuinely surprised me. Great product at a fantastic price-point, well done Kumho!
i fitted the Kumho last october, to replace the factory fitted Michelin Primacy 4 on my Volvo V60 T6. I only drove a few weeks, prior to fitting winter tyres for the season, so these are my initial impressions. More details next Spring.
My first feeling is the tyre is very direct and with a high level of grip. stable at (very) high speed, and with high levels of grip, also on cold damp roads. The tyre is a bit noisy, and despite being the same size as the OE, there is a higher margin of error on the tacho speed- real GPS speed (which I assume is linked to different tread depth of the tyre).
Overall an honestly good tyre, especially at is significantly cheaper to the other options I had considered, namely the SportContact7 and the Potenza Sport.
The tires perform really well, with excellent wet grip. They feel very safe, and they're also very good in the dry, though braking distance seems a bit long. They're also quite comfortable. The only problem is that above 170 km/h I experience a slight vibration in the steering, which I didn't have with the stock Bridgestone Turanza.
First I should preface this by the fact that these are fitted to a dedicated sports car ( 718S Cayman ) that gets driven in a spirited fashion on deserted local roads at appropriate times.
I usually get pretty shocking mileage as a result of this and do well to get over 2000 miles out of rears in dry conditions.
These were fitted about 6 weeks ago and the paltry 800 miles have been mostly wet or damp.
I’m down to 4 mm across the tread which is a bit of a shock. I should add pressures and alignment are spot on.
They definitely have a lot of traction in wet or dry. However the wear rate is the price you pay here. I think if these had been fitted in summer they would probably be finished.
I moved to these tyres after paying over £230 per tyre for Bridgestones on my BMW.
The car produces a lot of power and torque, and these tyres cope with it well. They provide steady grip and remain stable at speed.
Most of my driving is on motorways, where they feel comfortable and controlled on long journeys. When driving on country roads, the tyres stay predictable through bends and uneven surfaces.
Based on my use so far, they offer solid performance and good value compared with more expensive options.
Honestly I like them. So much cheaper than Michelin Pilot Sports to the point of not justifying it anymore. If they were the same price would go Michelin Sport, but they are definitely not 40% worse!
