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Cells are colour-coded from green (best) to red (worst). The Total Score reflects the weighted sum of all categories. A ★ marks the best tyre in each test.
| # | Tyre | Total Score | Dry | Wet | Comfort | Value | ||||||||||
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| Braking M | Handling Km/H | Subj. Dry Handling Points | % | Braking M | Handling Km/H | Subj. Wet Handling Points | Straight Aqua Km/H | % | Subj. Comfort Points | Noise dB | % | Rolling Resistance kg / t | % | |||
| 1 | Continental Sport Contact 6 | 98.5% | 35 2 | 115.8 ★ | 10 ★ | 99.5% | 30.4 ★ | 89.2 2 | 9 ★ | 75.4 | 98.3% | 8 | 73.2 2 | 89.6% | 9.1 2 | 98.9% |
| 2 ▲1 | Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 | 95.1% | 36.3 | 115 2 | 8 | 95.7% | 33.8 | 90.9 ★ | 8 2 | 75.6 | 94.1% | 10 ★ | 74.4 | 98.8% | 9.5 | 94.7% |
| 3 ▼1 | Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S | 94.6% | 34.6 ★ | 114 | 9 2 | 98.4% | 33 3 | 87 | 7 3 | 75.2 | 92% | 9 2 | 74.3 | 93.9% | 9.6 | 93.8% |
| 4 ▲3 | Falken Azenis FK510 | 92.7% | 37.2 | 114.8 | 7 | 93.7% | 32.3 2 | 88.5 3 | 6 | 76.5 3 | 92.4% | 6 | 74.3 | 78.9% | 9.4 3 | 95.7% |
| 5 ▼1 | Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 | 92.1% | 35.9 | 113.7 | 7 | 94.8% | 33.6 | 85.1 | 6 | 73.5 | 89.1% | 7 | 73.8 | 84.2% | 9 ★ | 100% |
| 6 | Vredestein Ultrac Vorti R | 92% | 35.5 3 | 115 2 | 8 | 96.7% | 34.2 | 87 | 6 | 75 | 89.6% | 7 | 73.4 3 | 84.5% | 10 | 90% |
| 7 ▲1 | Toyo Proxes Sport | 91.9% | 37.6 | 112.6 | 6 | 91.5% | 34.5 | 87.8 | 7 3 | 80.8 ★ | 92% | 9 2 | 72.6 ★ | 95% | 10 | 90% |
| 8 ▼3 | Bridgestone Potenza S001 | 91.9% | 36 | 114.3 | 9 2 | 96.7% | 36.1 | 87.7 | 7 3 | 76.8 2 | 89.7% | 7 | 75.6 | 83% | 10.1 | 89.1% |
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Dry
100%
Wet
98%
Comfort
90%
Value
99%
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Dry
Dry Braking
35 M
2
Dry Handling
115.8 Km/H
★
Subj. Dry Handling
10 Points
★
Wet
Wet Braking
30.4 M
★
Wet Handling
89.2 Km/H
2
Subj. Wet Handling
9 Points
★
Straight Aqua
75.4 Km/H
Comfort
Subj. Comfort
8 Points
Noise
73.2 dB
2
Value
Rolling Resistance
9.1 kg / t
2
Dry
96%
Wet
94%
Comfort
99%
Value
95%
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Dry
Dry Braking
36.3 M
Dry Handling
115 Km/H
2
Subj. Dry Handling
8 Points
Wet
Wet Braking
33.8 M
Wet Handling
90.9 Km/H
★
Subj. Wet Handling
8 Points
2
Straight Aqua
75.6 Km/H
Comfort
Subj. Comfort
10 Points
★
Noise
74.4 dB
Value
Rolling Resistance
9.5 kg / t
Dry
98%
Wet
92%
Comfort
94%
Value
94%
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Dry
Dry Braking
34.6 M
★
Dry Handling
114 Km/H
Subj. Dry Handling
9 Points
2
Wet
Wet Braking
33 M
3
Wet Handling
87 Km/H
Subj. Wet Handling
7 Points
3
Straight Aqua
75.2 Km/H
Comfort
Subj. Comfort
9 Points
2
Noise
74.3 dB
Value
Rolling Resistance
9.6 kg / t
Dry
94%
Wet
92%
Comfort
79%
Value
96%
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Dry
Dry Braking
37.2 M
Dry Handling
114.8 Km/H
Subj. Dry Handling
7 Points
Wet
Wet Braking
32.3 M
2
Wet Handling
88.5 Km/H
3
Subj. Wet Handling
6 Points
Straight Aqua
76.5 Km/H
3
Comfort
Subj. Comfort
6 Points
Noise
74.3 dB
Value
Rolling Resistance
9.4 kg / t
3
Dry
95%
Wet
89%
Comfort
84%
Value
100%
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Dry
Dry Braking
35.9 M
Dry Handling
113.7 Km/H
Subj. Dry Handling
7 Points
Wet
Wet Braking
33.6 M
Wet Handling
85.1 Km/H
Subj. Wet Handling
6 Points
Straight Aqua
73.5 Km/H
Comfort
Subj. Comfort
7 Points
Noise
73.8 dB
Value
Rolling Resistance
9 kg / t
★
Dry
97%
Wet
90%
Comfort
85%
Value
90%
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Dry
Dry Braking
35.5 M
3
Dry Handling
115 Km/H
2
Subj. Dry Handling
8 Points
Wet
Wet Braking
34.2 M
Wet Handling
87 Km/H
Subj. Wet Handling
6 Points
Straight Aqua
75 Km/H
Comfort
Subj. Comfort
7 Points
Noise
73.4 dB
3
Value
Rolling Resistance
10 kg / t
Dry
92%
Wet
92%
Comfort
95%
Value
90%
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Dry
Dry Braking
37.6 M
Dry Handling
112.6 Km/H
Subj. Dry Handling
6 Points
Wet
Wet Braking
34.5 M
Wet Handling
87.8 Km/H
Subj. Wet Handling
7 Points
3
Straight Aqua
80.8 Km/H
★
Comfort
Subj. Comfort
9 Points
2
Noise
72.6 dB
★
Value
Rolling Resistance
10 kg / t
Dry
97%
Wet
90%
Comfort
83%
Value
89%
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Dry
Dry Braking
36 M
Dry Handling
114.3 Km/H
Subj. Dry Handling
9 Points
2
Wet
Wet Braking
36.1 M
Wet Handling
87.7 Km/H
Subj. Wet Handling
7 Points
3
Straight Aqua
76.8 Km/H
2
Comfort
Subj. Comfort
7 Points
Noise
75.6 dB
Value
Rolling Resistance
10.1 kg / t
Not every driver has the same priorities. Adjust the category weightings above to re-rank the tyres based on what matters most to your driving style.
Scores are colour-coded from red (weakest) through yellow to green (strongest) to help you quickly spot each tyre's strengths and weaknesses.
The original test ranking is shown in the # column. Arrows indicate how each tyre moves when your custom weighting is applied.
Hi,
I'm looking to replace my Continental Sport Contact 6 tyres in a 2017 Honda Civic Type R. At 14,000 miles they are practically done, so I'm looking for a tyre that's comfortable, resistant with potholes and other road irregularities, that has low wear and excellent grip in the dry and wet. My options are the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S and the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5. Which one do you recommend the most?
Thank you.
Not compared the Asym 5 to 4S directly, the 4S has good levels of comfort though
Thanks for the reply!
I've been reading several reviews where people complain about the 4S's sidewalls being too soft compared with the Conti SC6, especially from Type R owners. That's making me have second thoughts about the Michelin. Should I take that into consideration or is it just hearsay?
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Hi. I'm after new tyres for my leon cupra 300 and priority number 1 is best possible traction! Read every review/test and seems to be simply down to PS4S or Sport contact 6. Many are saying the conti's are softer/wear quicker, but would this also translate to a better warm up and wider usable ambient temperature window? My drive to work and back has some nice bits of road to boot it, but is not that long a drive and often sat in slow traffic for most of it, so tyres not getting much energy put in to warm up. And of course it's often not that hot out in the 1st place. Can you offer any insight? Thanks
In a test I've just conducted the PS4S had slightly better braking than the Conti, so should mean better traction too. That said it was VERY close.
Thanks that's terrific to hear as I'm a bit of a pilot sport fan boy lol.
Hi, I’d like to ask a contrasting question to Mario’s. What recommendation would you give for those wanting the best wet grip performance? Living in the UK means wet, damp, cold conditions are common, even in the summer, so the quality I am most interested in is wet grip/handling (especially so in my case since I drive a BMW M4 which is well known for lighting up the rear!). Having looked through the various tests and feedback, it seems the commonly lauded Michelin PS4S is primarily a winner in the dry handling categories and is often much lower down for wet handling. Besides which, I am almost never going to be pushing UHP tyres to their dry limits on a public road so happy to accept some compromise in favour of wet handling. Just wondering what you would recommend?
The trio of Michelin, Conti and Goodyear seem to trade places for wet grip in tests, depending on sizes, vehicle, test location etc. As a rule, Conti usually has the edge in the wet, just, at the price of slightly higher wear. This is a generalisation though.
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Hello, with this I miss an important question for my C63 Amg 235/35 19 and 255/30 19 .. Continantal Sport Contact 6 or Michelin Pilot Sport 4s? The most important thing for me is the dry grip and steering precision, and I like the feeling of hardness. What do you think is more appropriate? This summer I'll take a few laps at the Nurburgring ..
Thank you
regards
Both very similar, you'll be happy with either!
Thank you very much for the reply!! But please tell me something more concrete .. you have tried the SC6 in a C63, which do you think will have better time in Nurburgring, better feeling in curves to the limit, better tact of direction, harder and more communicative? Apologies for my insistence, but one day I am convinced to mount PS4s and another day I am convinced in SC6 ... and you are some experts ..
thank you very much for the quick response
regards
I've not back to backed the PS4S and SC6 on the same car at the same time yet, so i would also be guessing. If you can wait until the end of June I will have done the test though. One thing worth thinking about is wear, the SC6 is meant to wear quicker on track and the PS4S so for serious track work that would steer me to Michelin.
Ok, thank you very much for the response, I will be careful as I will travel to the Nurburgring in mid July and I'm not sure which one to take ... I do not care much about the wear this time, I want to take the one that offers me the best grip, better handling and better feeling of the direction and suspension to the limit .. For this time I would put Sport Cup 2 but I do not have it in 255.30.19 and I would have to put 265.30.19 and I do not know if it would cause an imbalance in the car, that's why I have to decide for SC6 or Ps4s.
thank you
regards
Outright grip there's going to be so little between them. For all the things you describe, you'd be better off finding any track day tyre in your sizes.
Thank you very much for the reply. I will be attentive to our future tests and I will write my impressions of the SC6 or PS4s.
Thank you
regards
Hello, can I ask when you are going to publish the test of CSC6 and PS4S? Will it be in a few days?
Thank you very much!!
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If all goes smoothly, Monday!
Thank you very much for the reply!! I wait impatiently for Monday .. I have my tires totally flat, just like slicks ...
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