Best Tyres for the Ford Focus MK3

I was previously using the 2025 production Michelin Primacy 5. Now I've switched to Hankook Ventus Evo. In terms of comfort and noise, it definitely doesn't fall short of the Primacy 5. However, in wet and dry braking grip, the Hankook Ventus Evo 3 is superior. I highly recommend it to everyone; it ranks among the rare products that are worth the price.

First impressions about the tyre: After the Continental PC6 these tyres are incredibly comfortable. Much less noise and lower pitch of existing noise, what makes the feeling of the tyre noise level even lower. Smoothen the surface imperfections of the road way better. I hope they will keep this performance for a long time. These Falkens were 30% cheaper than the previous Contis, for the first impression, the performance is quite the same (with normal driving), but the riding comfort is much better.

The road feedback is a bit sluggish after the Contis, but nothing exceptional, It's good as well, but they haven't that tight, sporty feeling like the Conti.

I'm satisfied with these tyres. I got what I expect, even a little bit more. I will update my experience after some thousands of miles, hopefully with similar satisfaction.

Not a race driving, but steering was ultra sharp and precise, was quite surprised how car reacts to even tiniest maneuver. It's also very quiet. At this price here in Poland, I couldn't find anything better.

To start off with a story - hardest snow test turned out to be a very steep hill up the mountain with up to 10 cm/4 inch deep snow/slush without any treatment, where even winter tyres would no doubt struggled. After the first failed attempt I realized that the traction control was getting in the way. So I turned it off and let the AS2s grind their way up the hill no problem, heavy torqui engine in the front no doubt helped. Other than that I drove mostly on dry and wet roads and the handling/braking and overall experience was always excellent. I was little afraid of how will the all season tyres cope with high summer temperatures (30°C+), but did not notice any change - just the same stable and predictable behavior. I have 205/55 R16 91H and can confirm that they are very quiet as well. After a year and over 10K miles/16K kilometers I can confirm that it was an excellent choice and tyres still have plenty of life left in them. The reason I am writing the review now is because I just both a new pair of AS2s - since I unfortunatelly destroyed my left front tyre on a sharp curb - my bad... I swapped the rear tyres to the front, since they still have approximately 6 mm deep tread and put a new pair to the back. Very happy with my purchase.

Having them already for more than 18000km (more than one and a half year) these tyres perform very nicely.
On dry very well, lot more than average grip
Next generation could improve the braking (when the weather is hot). However they are not bad.
On wet the grip is good (can be improved on next generation). The driver has to be sure the tyres have the best tyre pressure. If they don't the grip will not be good on muddy-dusty parts of the road. If the tyre's pressure is correct then they perform well.
Tested them on very cold (not freezing) to very hot (higher than 40C), they performed very well, on dry and wet.
Their shape and condition is still very nice despite the use and the time.
They can perform well (cautiously of course) even on sporty driving.
Even under heavy load their performance remains steady (tyre pressure has to be right).
Next generation could be improved on the things mentioned above.
Overall they are above average -to excellent on dry, wet, cold, very warm, rain, braking and handling.
8,0 plus/10 clearly.
Of course if they keep up like this, they will be the first option again.

Update after two years. I am delighted with these tires. Low fuel consumption, very good tread life...
I was pleasantly surprised with the snow grip (went through a snow blizzard). On highway speeds, low noise.
These tires are not for spirited drivers.