Every year Autobild Sports Cars aims to go big, and this year they've literally have, testing UUHP summer tyres! In search for the sportiest performance tyre, they used a Mercedes AMG test vehicle which is fitted with 265/35 R19 front and 295/30 R20 rear tyres.
As usual the excellent drivers at AutoBild put seven sets of UUHP / maximum performance tyres to the test in the dry and wet, as well as testing the rolling resistance and noise levels of the tyres.
It's a good bunch of tyres, and includes the brand new Vredestein Ultrac Pro (which replaces the Ultrac Vorti) against the very best in the category.
The Bridgestone Potenza Sport was the best in dry braking, ahead of the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S and Continental SportContact 7.
Dry Braking
Spread: 7.80 M (21.1%)|Avg: 39.51 M
Dry braking in meters (Lower is better)
Dry Braking: Safety Impact: Best vs Worst Tyre
The Michelin was the fastest around the dry handling lap, but the Tyre Reviews favourite, the Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport got the best subjective marks. The Bridgestone overheated after a few laps and had very high wear, something Tyre Reviews has noticed many times.
Dry Handling
Spread: 3.70 Km/H (3.4%)|Avg: 108.17 Km/H
Dry Handling Average Speed (Higher is better)
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
109.90 Km/H
Continental SportContact 7
109.20 Km/H
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport
109.10 Km/H
Vredestein Ultrac Pro
108.50 Km/H
Bridgestone Potenza Sport
107.70 Km/H
Hankook Ventus S1 Evo Z K129
106.60 Km/H
Winrun R330
106.20 Km/H
Wet
Continental was at the front during wet braking.
Wet Braking
Spread: 19.10 M (38.8%)|Avg: 54.59 M
Wet braking in meters (100 - 0 km/h) (Lower is better)
Wet Braking: Safety Impact: Best vs Worst Tyre
And it was fastest around the wet handling lap, and the fastest in the wet circle, showing it's incredibly high wet grip.
Wet Handling
Spread: 13.90 Km/H (17.6%)|Avg: 75.33 Km/H
Wet Handling Average Speed (Higher is better)
Continental SportContact 7
78.90 Km/H
Bridgestone Potenza Sport
77.80 Km/H
Vredestein Ultrac Pro
77.00 Km/H
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
76.60 Km/H
Hankook Ventus S1 Evo Z K129
76.10 Km/H
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport
75.90 Km/H
Winrun R330
65.00 Km/H
Wet Circle
Spread: 2.25 s (20.9%)|Avg: 11.46 s
Wet Circle Lap Time in seconds (Lower is better)
Continental SportContact 7
10.78 s
Bridgestone Potenza Sport
10.89 s
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
11.14 s
Vredestein Ultrac Pro
11.15 s
Hankook Ventus S1 Evo Z K129
11.56 s
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport
11.66 s
Winrun R330
13.03 s
The new Vredestein Ultrac Pro was best in the deeper water of aquaplaning.
Straight Aqua
Spread: 6.00 Km/H (6%)|Avg: 97.14 Km/H
Float Speed in Km/H (Higher is better)
Vredestein Ultrac Pro
100.30 Km/H
Hankook Ventus S1 Evo Z K129
99.50 Km/H
Continental SportContact 7
97.60 Km/H
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport
97.10 Km/H
Bridgestone Potenza Sport
96.80 Km/H
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
94.40 Km/H
Winrun R330
94.30 Km/H
Comfort
The Vredestein was also the quietest on test.
Noise
Spread: 3.40 dB (4.8%)|Avg: 72.41 dB
External noise in dB (Lower is better)
Vredestein Ultrac Pro
70.50 dB
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
71.20 dB
Winrun R330
71.30 dB
Hankook Ventus S1 Evo Z K129
72.80 dB
Continental SportContact 7
73.40 dB
Bridgestone Potenza Sport
73.80 dB
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport
73.90 dB
Value
Michelin were back at the front during the rolling resistance test, where the sporty Goodyear really struggled.
Rolling Resistance
Spread: 1.65 kg / t (20.3%)|Avg: 8.56 kg / t
Rolling resistance in kg t (Lower is better)
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
8.11 kg / t
Winrun R330
8.23 kg / t
Vredestein Ultrac Pro
8.35 kg / t
Continental SportContact 7
8.36 kg / t
Bridgestone Potenza Sport
8.53 kg / t
Hankook Ventus S1 Evo Z K129
8.55 kg / t
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport
9.76 kg / t
19,000 km
£1.45/L
8.0 L/100km
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Annual Difference
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Lifetime Savings
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Extra Fuel/Energy
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Extra CO2
Estimates based on typical driving conditions. Rolling resistance accounts for approximately 20% of IC vehicle fuel consumption and 25% of EV energy consumption. Actual savings vary based on driving style, vehicle weight, road conditions, and tyre age. For comparative purposes only. Lifetime savings based on a 40,000km / 25,000 mile tread life.
Please note: All the data such as EU label and weight is for the rear axle size.
A convincing super sports tyre that hardly shows any weakness, precise steering response, dynamic handling on wet and dry tracks, excellent balance, short braking distances, good aquaplaning reserves.
Balanced sports tyre that excels on both wet and dry roads, precise steering, good feedback, good balance, short braking distances, quiet rolling noise.
Brand-new, dynamically balanced sports tyre with very good safety reserves for aquaplaning, short braking distances, convincing rolling comfort, and quiet ride noise.
Average aquaplaning reserves, low rolling resistance.
Lacking wet grip and dangerous driving behavior, delayed steering with poor balance and treacherous oversteering on both wet and dry roads, dangerously long braking distances.
I have BMW 430D Xdrive 265CP 2019. My tyres have 225/40/19 and I need to buy new tyres. Which are the best summer tyre for speed and for me is important to be silent, must resist to pit, because have in my town a lot of Thank you
I have BMW 430D Xdrive and I want to know what is best summer tyre for me, as I use speed most of the time. My tyres have 225/40/19 Thank you in advance!
Hi Guys, I've always looked to tyrereviews.com for advice on my tyre purchases.
I could do with a little help now as I've just acquired a 2017 Mercedes CLS350 with 285/30 r19 (Continental ContiSportContact) and 255/35 r19 (Pirelli P zero) and my choices seem a little more cloudy.
Could you advise me on a set of tyres to fufill my wishes? My priorities are comfort and low noise, rim protection and good wear mileage.
In the past, I've had Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRuns and Falken Azenis FK510 but I have not yet had such wide and low profile tyres. What are your thoughts?
Have a search on the site and filter by premium touring tyres in your sizes and see what's actually available. Maybe the Primacy 4+ but more likely it will be mostly UHP products, so something like the Asymmetric 6 or Pilot Sport 5 would be a good choice.
Hello guys, I really really need your advice. I have a BMW i8 2018 which has quite worn out Bridgestone S001 tires with standard dimensions 215/45 r20 front and 245/40 r20 rear, that I am looking to replace.
The standard tires are quite skinny and the cars is struggling with traction sometimes...also the steering is quite light. After reading on different BMW forums, I found out that a lot of owners change this standard set-up with 245/40 r20 front and 275/35 r20 rear, this keeps almost the same diameter but adds width, improving the traction and steering(at least as per the users reports).
I am looking for a tire set-up that would make the car more sporty and fun to drive on the road. No track use and almost exclusively used on dry, warmish weather(above 15*C). Considering the fact that the car is build around the light weight philosophy, also I would prefer the most light weight tire option.
My options are(from cheapest to most expensive):
1.Vredestein ULTRAC PRO(from the early reviews seems more of a wet and comfort specialist? quite heavy also?)
2.Bridgestone Potenza Sport
3. Pirelli PZ4 * BMW
4.Goodyear F1 SS(maybe too noisy and harsh for every day use?)
I am looking for a nice sporty feel, but without making the car extremely harsh for daily use. Maybe the most obvious option would have been the Conti SC7 but unfortunately it is not available in the 245/40 r20 size, the other obvious option would have been the PS4s but it is considerably more expensive (even 50% more than the Ultrac Pro for example...does it worth the 30-50% price difference from the other tires?).
Which one do you think I should choose? Thank you in advance
Hello guys,
I have BMW 430D Xdrive 265CP 2019. My tyres have 225/40/19 and I need to buy new tyres. Which are the best summer tyre for speed and for me is important to be silent, must resist to pit, because have in my town a lot of
Thank you
Unfortunately I'm not sure I've seen any pothole tests, sorry. If you have runflats you're even more limited!
Hello guys
I have BMW 430D Xdrive and I want to know what is best summer tyre for me, as I use speed most of the time. My tyres have 225/40/19
Thank you in advance!
Hi Guys, I've always looked to tyrereviews.com for advice on my tyre purchases.
I could do with a little help now as I've just acquired a 2017 Mercedes CLS350 with 285/30 r19 (Continental ContiSportContact) and 255/35 r19 (Pirelli P zero) and my choices seem a little more cloudy.
Could you advise me on a set of tyres to fufill my wishes? My priorities are comfort and low noise, rim protection and good wear mileage.
In the past, I've had Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRuns and Falken Azenis FK510 but I have not yet had such wide and low profile tyres. What are your thoughts?
Have a search on the site and filter by premium touring tyres in your sizes and see what's actually available. Maybe the Primacy 4+ but more likely it will be mostly UHP products, so something like the Asymmetric 6 or Pilot Sport 5 would be a good choice.
Hello guys, I really really need your advice. I have a BMW i8 2018 which has quite worn out Bridgestone S001 tires with standard dimensions 215/45 r20 front and 245/40 r20 rear, that I am looking to replace.
The standard tires are quite skinny and the cars is struggling with traction sometimes...also the steering is quite light. After reading on different BMW forums, I found out that a lot of owners change this standard set-up with 245/40 r20 front and 275/35 r20 rear, this keeps almost the same diameter but adds width, improving the traction and steering(at least as per the users reports).
I am looking for a tire set-up that would make the car more sporty and fun to drive on the road. No track use and almost exclusively used on dry, warmish weather(above 15*C). Considering the fact that the car is build around the light weight philosophy, also I would prefer the most light weight tire option.
My options are(from cheapest to most expensive):
1.Vredestein ULTRAC PRO(from the early reviews seems more of a wet and comfort specialist? quite heavy also?)
2.Bridgestone Potenza Sport
3. Pirelli PZ4 * BMW
4.Goodyear F1 SS(maybe too noisy and harsh for every day use?)
I am looking for a nice sporty feel, but without making the car extremely harsh for daily use. Maybe the most obvious option would have been the Conti SC7 but unfortunately it is not available in the 245/40 r20 size, the other obvious option would have been the PS4s but it is considerably more expensive (even 50% more than the Ultrac Pro for example...does it worth the 30-50% price difference from the other tires?).
Which one do you think I should choose? Thank you in advance
Replied in the other thread :)