Sava Intensa UHP 2 Owner Reviews

What owners say summarised from 50 reviews

Most owners rate the Sava Intensa UHP 2 as a strong budget buy, with particularly consistent praise for wet and dry grip and an impressively comfortable, refined ride. Around three in five mention road noise, and while more praise it than criticise it, a noticeable minority still find it louder than expected on some surfaces. The main recurring downside is a very soft sidewall (raised by nearly one in five owners), which can make the tyre feel less sporty and more vague, especially when pressing on. A smaller but meaningful group also report that performance drops off as the tyre wears, particularly in the wet.

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Owner ratings averaged from 57 ratings

Owner score 78%
Dry Grip 84%
Comfort 80%
Wear 78%
Wet Grip 77%
Road Feedback 77%
Handling 76%

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62%

Member June 3, 2017

Alfa Romeo Giulietta
225/45 R17
2,000 miles
Mostly Motorways
Average

i just want to correct the information of a previous reviewer here : Sava intensa are not made in Goodyear factory in Germany and their thread is not identical to Asy3 F1. All Sava's are made in Slovenia and intensa UHP2 are Sava's version of Fulda SportControl 2. They are identical to Fulda SportControl 2 but a bit cheaper, and quite improved in all aspects comparing to previous intensa UHP. Both Fulda and Sava belong to Goodyear group.

94%

Member April 5, 2017

Volkswagen Golf MK4 GTTDI 150
225/45 R17 W
177,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Spirited

I am very surprised with this tyres. On dry road grip is fantastic, superb, same as Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymetric 2/3 , even if not better. Road feedback is better than Asymetric 3, handling also. This tyres is little bit noisy for new tyres, but acceptable. I didn't yet tested this tyre on wet road, but probably grip on wet road is very good. I drive this tyres on 230Hp VW Golf IV TDI (big turbo) and 480Nm of torque, and I have almost zero traction loss on straight line.
Sava Intensa UHP2 is significantly cheaper than so called "premium" tyres, almost 35â‚¬ per tyre, which is about 130 â‚¬ of saving costs for set of four. This tyres is manufactured in same factory as premium Goodyear Eagle F1, and with it's price holds best price/performance ratio. I strongly suggest this tyre.

90%

Member March 7, 2017

Renault Megane Sports Tourer
205/50 R17 W
100 miles
Mostly Country Roads
Spirited

This tyre is very new, so I can't comment on the wear. From what I tried in this short time, UHP 2 is phenomenal!
Extremely good wet grip, comparable to my Continentals TS850P, which are known to be good in the wet. Dry grip was also very good and progressive at the limit, so you knew when the tyre is going to let go, and it was really easy to get it back in line.

Road noise was a bit more than I expected, as it was rated as 68db. It's still not loud by any means, just not as quiet as I thought it would be. Made in Germany on the same production line as GY F1 Asy3, even the thread pattern is almost identical.

Sidewalls are very soft (even in XL), so some people won't like those, but I like the comfort and the progression that comes with that.

I've driven many premium tyres over the years and this one is up there with the best. This car was previously fitted with Continental SportContact 5 in the summer and Goodyear Ultragrip 8 in the winter, and wet grip is better than both, at least for now. I'll post a mid-life review later on to see if anything changed. As of right now, I would recommend UHP2 to anyone. Low cost and good grip will probably come at the expense of the wear, but for the price, these are unbeatable!