Nankang Tyres

Tyre size 195/50/R16 TW 180.
I daily drive a 2004 NB Generation Mazda MX5 between the beginning of March and the end of October. Fitted these tyres near the start of March and have daily driven them around 12,000 miles / 19,000km since then (so over around 7 and a bit months). I drive mainly 50mph/80kmh back roads 20 miles to work each way and regularly like to go on road trips to some excellent fast winding roads. I also do the odd track day.

The good:
- Dry grip: These NS2Rs have INSANE grip for a road tyre once the outside temperature is above around 10 degrees celsius. The hotter the outside temperature the grippier they get and my god do they have tremendous grip! Once the temperature drops below 10 degrees like any summer tyre they do tend to lose grip but never become scary.
- Wet grip: For a semi slick TW 180 tyre I was very nervous before I bought them about wet grip but I genuinely had nothing to worry about. Drove on motorways with wipers on their 3rd setting at 60mph/100kmh in a recent storm and they held up very well. General day to day driving in normal rain conditions is absolutely safe (once again below 10 celsius results may vary) and I'm very pleased.
- Wear: My NB MX5 has the 1.8L VVTI engine with 140hp and weighs around 1,100kg. Wear is very good. Starting tread depth of around 6.6mm went down to 4.5mm after 12,000miles. Very happy with it. If you have a more powerful and especially heavier car your wear might be worse so keep that in mind.
- Steering Feel: My MX5 has hydraulic power steering and the steering feel and steering weight has gone up noticeably with these tyres most likely due to their super stiff sidewall, they feel amazing.

The Bad:
- Noise. Interior road noise at 50mph/80mph isn't great with a persistent drone starting at those speeds and growing the faster you go. Not the end of the world though as my car is loud and I just turn up the music haha. If you like a quiet tyre keep this in mind.

TLDR;
Love the Nankang NS2R. AMAZING dry grip, surprising wet grip, very low wear, and the tyres give amazing feeling and weight to the steering. Downside is they're noisy past 50mph/80kmh.
I will DEFINITELY be buying again!

brilliant tires when warm in the dry, don't try and be a hero when you haven't got them warmed up.
absolutely terrible in the wet on a lightweight civic with no ABS, very loose , very hard to keep traction on pull-away and have a tendency to lock up. Can't get much better for a dry weather track day tire however.

These tires cost half as much as premium brands without lagging significantly in performance on both dry and wet roads. Good braking and grip—while not a sports tire, it is completely predictable at the limit. Trouble-free in daily use, with excellent longevity even on poor road surfaces. In fact, I had to drive about 500 meters with a flat rear tire, but after being repaired, it went right back to normal. I should emphasize that they take a fair amount of mileage to break in and reach peak performance.

Bought these 12 months ago for rear wheel drive Nissan Elgrand E51
Exceptional in all conditions particularly for the price point.
Went from Kuhmo summers to full set of these and been perfect,
We had quite a bit of snow in the hills of Wales last winter and the rwd van was like a snow plough on these AW6’s

Highly recommended

Driving around 6000 miles in hot summer days and some rainy ones on a BMW X5 E70 and for this money tyres are good, but they are not premium or ultra or even high performance for sure. Maybe for lighter cars they're fine, but for heavy SUV you must be careful on dry roads, cause they're just loosing the grip if you come up with higher speed. And the feeling in very hot days is not good at all in the cornering. Stopping is fine, acceleration too. In wet conditions they perform better than what I expected which is more important for me. On the highway tyres are fine, no additional noise or something. I don't have the same confidence like I have with GoodYear for example. For the price they are very good, but for sure not high performance tyre. 4 pairs, 2x 275/40/20 front and 2x315/35/20 rear for 480 euros compared to 1100 euro for premium brands, you can't expect more. But for my better feeling next time I prefer to pay double for premium brands.

Not recommended. Acceptable on dry surfaces. Directly dangerous on wet surfaces. The lifespan is acceptable. Very noisy.