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Sunitrac Focus 9000

The Sunitrac Focus 9000 is a Touring Summer tyre designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.

6.0
Tyre Reviews Score Based on User Reviews
Limited Confidence View Breakdown
Dry Grip
79%
Wet Grip
66%
Road Feedback
63%
Handling
75%
Wear
77%
Comfort
57%
Buy again
56%
10 Reviews
67% Average
131,248 miles driven
1 Tests (avg: 49th)
Sunitrac Focus 9000

Sunitrac Focus 9000

Summer Budget
BETA
6 / 10
Based on User Reviews · Limited Confidence · Updated 30 Jan 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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Score Components
Professional Tests
Weight: 80%
Tests: 1
Publications: 1
Period: 2014
User Reviews
Weight: 15%
Reviews: 10
Avg Rating: 67.4%
Min Required: 5
Consistency
Weight: 5%
Score Std Dev: 1.82
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 1.8 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 8 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 0.1 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
Data Sources
TestPublicationDateSizePositionMetrics
2014 Auto Bild 50 Summer Tyre Shootout Auto Bild 2014 225/50 R17 49/50 0 metrics
1
Tests
49th
Average
49th
Best
49th
Worst
Latest Tyre Test Results
49th/50

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Top 3 Sunitrac Focus 9000 Reviews

Porsche cayenne s (275/45 R19) on mostly town for 1,200 easy going miles
I bought 4 tires from walmart web page "Sunitrac Focus 9000 275/45R19, but that was the worst purchase that I did in my entire life, 2 tires, one at front and the second one on rear didn't have yet 1200 miles on the road and already have a bombs and when I took out from my car the layers inside de tire was pillet out like paper. Really the worst tires that i have ever buy. And now just waiting for the others two tires to f-up as well
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August 20, 2024
Given 33% while driving a Honda Jazz (185/55 R16) on mostly motorways for 3,000 average miles
Felt I had to add a review to counter the positive reports from others. My car came with continentals on the front and sunitrac on the back. This combination was frankly dangerous as the continentals outclassed the sunitracs by so much that on wet roads I had more than one occasion of the back spinning out when lifting off the throttle - on one occasion only at carpark speeds! I have now replaced the sunitracs for a safer tyre as they were a ticking time bomb for a crash. Maybe they are fine if all 4 tyres are equally bad, but I would still steer clear.
July 22, 2020
Given 60% while driving a Subaru Forester sti (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 75,000 spirited miles
The Sunitrac Focus 9000 was recommended by a good friend who owns a tyre outlet company.
I had never heard of these tyres before. I have always driven on Bridgestone, Dunlop, or the well-known brands so was a bit reluctant to try these tyres after some reassuring invested in Sunitrac Focus 9000.
After a month fell into a pothole and damaged tyre, when i went to purchase a new tyre was told they had stopped stocking them Drove the tyres around town and some motorway driving, I noticed the tyre handled well on dry roads, in the wet good traction impressive.
What i didn't like was the noise i started to experience on the roads around town, and worse on the motorway. It got so bad i had the car checked thoroughly exhaust, bearings etc everything checked out good, decided it had to be the tyres.
Not a bad tyre for the price but i wouldn't invest in them again the noise was too much.
January 9, 2018
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Latest Sunitrac Focus 9000 Reviews

Given 89% while driving a BMW X5 3.0d Sport (285/35 R22) on mostly country roads for 5,000 spirited miles
Purchased BMWX5 twin turbo car with Sunitrak 9000 tyres and found them to be excellent all round tyres, all of this bulls hit about Chinese tyres is utter nonsense they perform brilliantly I can only assume large Name tyre manufacturers are spreading bad reviews are purely trying to retain their stranglehold on the uk and us markets. Will certainly buy again.
January 13, 2018
Given 83% while driving a Ford Kuga (225/55 R17 H) on mostly town for 20,000 average miles
These tyres were new on my kuga when purchased 4 years ago at 38000miles now at 58000 miles. I use the car for day to day driving including holidays in this country and europe .At its last service by Ford garage the tyres all measured 4 mil. depth. 20000 miles on tyres costing around £70 quid cant be bad. The tread has worn evenly on all 4 tyres
and there is no evidence of cracking.
December 11, 2017
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Audi TT (255/35 R19) on a combination of roads for 10 easy going miles
I purchased a new set of alloy wheels that came with these tyres on, they have done a little over 10,000 miles and are not even half worn, the front two tyres are suffering from side wall failure on the inside, both are identical by developing slits in the tyre wall on the inside only, I would like to return these to the manufacturer so they are made aware of the fault but I don't have any contact number with which to contact them. Anyone who does have information can contact me via email, [email protected]
October 16, 2017
Vauxhall (225/45 R17) on mostly country roads for 16,000 average miles
Very good tyre had mine on my vauxhall astra 2.0 cdti for a year and half lasted well still had tread on the outside but was wearing inside and the middle unfortunately the garage did not have these so testing out landsail tyre.would recommend the sunitrac though.
July 20, 2015
Given 84% while driving a Land Rover Discovery 3 (225/55 R19) on mostly town for 38 spirited miles
I have had these on my Land Rover Discovery for nearly four years and thought they were great tyres. I am looking to replace with the same tyres as I replaced my Pirelli Scorpion Zeros all four after 18 months, twice when the car was new and an independent garage advised these if I wasn't into brands which for tyres I am not. I thought they were great.
November 8, 2014
Given 47% while driving a Renault Clio III Initiale 2.0 (195/50 R16 V) on mostly town for 1,000 easy going miles
label E, E
get what you pay
May 18, 2013
Given 73% while driving a Vauxhall vectra 1.9cdti sxi (215/50 R17 W) on a combination of roads for 10,000 spirited miles
tracking ok o/s/front worn on inside very noisey on roundabouts you get what you pay for
March 17, 2013