Fifty sets of 225/50 R17 tyres, wet and dry braking from 100kph (62mph), and the best 15 tyres go through to a full tyre test on a BMW 320i Touring . It's a simple concept, but it always gives us an excellent overview of the current state of the tyre market.
As usual, the results are closer in the dry, with 5 meters covering 50 sets of tyres. In the wet a huge 14.5 meters covers the best to worse, which is nearly 4 car lengths!
Edit: The top 15 test can be found here: 2014 Auto Bild Summer Tyre Test.
The Results
braking in meters
Total: 82.3
Dry
36
Wet
46.3
Total: 82.6
Dry
35.7
Wet
46.9
Total: 82.8
Dry
35.6
Wet
47.2
Total: 82.9
Dry
35.4
Wet
47.5
Total: 83.3
Dry
35.6
Wet
47.7
Total: 83.6
Dry
36
Wet
47.6
Total: 84
Dry
36.3
Wet
47.7
Total: 84.4
Dry
36.5
Wet
47.9
Total: 84.5
Dry
36.1
Wet
48.4
Total: 84.5
Dry
35.5
Wet
49
Total: 84.6
Dry
35.5
Wet
49.1
Total: 85.2
Dry
36.6
Wet
48.6
Total: 85.3
Dry
36.8
Wet
48.5
Total: 85.4
Dry
37.2
Wet
48.2
Total: 85.6
Dry
36.3
Wet
49.3
Total: 85.8
Dry
35.6
Wet
50.2
Total: 86.1
Dry
36.9
Wet
49.2
Total: 86.2
Dry
36.4
Wet
49.8
Total: 86.5
Dry
37.3
Wet
49.2
Total: 86.6
Dry
37.1
Wet
49.5
Total: 86.6
Dry
37.5
Wet
49.1
Total: 86.7
Dry
36.5
Wet
50.2
Total: 87.5
Dry
36.7
Wet
50.8
Total: 88
Dry
37.2
Wet
50.8
Total: 88.1
Dry
37
Wet
51.1
Total: 88.2
Dry
38
Wet
50.2
Total: 88.5
Dry
36.9
Wet
51.6
Total: 88.7
Dry
35.9
Wet
52.8
Total: 88.7
Dry
38
Wet
50.7
Total: 89.2
Dry
36.3
Wet
52.9
Total: 89.5
Dry
36.6
Wet
52.9
Total: 89.9
Dry
37.5
Wet
52.4
Total: 90
Dry
38.4
Wet
51.6
Total: 90.1
Dry
37.8
Wet
52.3
Total: 90.1
Dry
37.5
Wet
52.6
Total: 90.7
Dry
37.5
Wet
53.2
Total: 90.8
Dry
36.9
Wet
53.9
Total: 91.1
Dry
36.7
Wet
54.4
Total: 91.4
Dry
37.5
Wet
53.9
Total: 91.5
Dry
37
Wet
54.5
Total: 91.6
Dry
36.4
Wet
55.2
Total: 92
Dry
37.5
Wet
54.5
Total: 93.4
Dry
41
Wet
52.4
Total: 93.4
Dry
37.7
Wet
55.7
Total: 94.1
Dry
38.7
Wet
55.4
Total: 94.1
Dry
37.7
Wet
56.4
Total: 94.3
Dry
37.6
Wet
56.7
Total: 94.4
Dry
37.6
Wet
56.8
Total: 94.6
Dry
38.4
Wet
56.2
Total: 100.5
Dry
39.7
Wet
60.8
Out of interest , what was the test vehicle and tyre size used please.
Sorry, silly of us not to include that information. 225/50 R17 on a BMW 320i Touring
where is Dunlop Sport Bluresponse?? http://www.tyrereviews.co.u...
Dunlop decided to provide the SportMaxx RT for this test
According to my knowledge Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance and Dunlop Bluresponse are (almost) same tires. Only thread pattern is different where Dunlop is responding a bit faster and Goodyear has 0.6% better fuel economy.
Great result for Hankook if the price is as I'd expect it to be - quite a bit cheaper than the Pirelli. I purchased the Michelin Primacy 3's for our Mk2 Megane a while back (at a very good price) and so far very happy.
You might be surprised how expensive Hankook tyres are now. They're almost "premium" money, but the quality reflects the performance
actually you're right. pal bought the Ventus V12's for his Seat Leon and they were silly money. Thing is I don't live in the UK and Bridgestones are way, way overpriced to the point of lunacy so you don't have much choice other than Hankook (or just buy a car with sensible sized alloys and be done with it, such as my wife's).
Paid like 80 GBP ea. for the Pirellis which I thought a complete bargain.
It seems Hankook has really increased the quality rapidly. I was surprised a while ago when I saw new VW cars on Hankook tyres. Nowadays I think even some BMWs use them as OE.
But still, if I had to choose between Hankook tyre and usual premium brand tyre of the same quality and price I would go for premium brand. For me it just feels better to see Pirelli on my car :)