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2021 Sport Auto Summer Tyre Test

Jonathan Benson
Data analyzed and reviewed by Jonathan Benson
6 min read Updated

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Dry 35%
Wet 50%
Comfort 5%
Value 10%
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Test Results Data

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# Tyre Total Score Dry Wet Comfort Value
Braking M Handling Km/H % Braking M Handling Km/H Straight Aqua Km/H % Noise dB Tyre Weight Kg % Price Rolling Resistance kg / t %
1 Michelin Primacy 4 98% 36 117.2 99.3% 34.6 71 78.2 99% 70 7.76 99.4% 107 7.6 87%
2 ▲4 Maxxis Premitra HP5 96.7% 36.9 2 117.4 3 98.2% 37.7 70.8 3 81.3 96.2% 70.3 8.34 97.9% 65 8.5 92.9%
3 Nokian WetProof 96.3% 37.1 3 117 97.8% 37.9 71 81.8 2 96.3% 70 7.48 100% 78 8.2 89.6%
4 ▼2 Bridgestone Turanza T005 96.1% 37.5 117.7 2 97.5% 36.2 3 70.5 78.6 97% 72.4 7.53 2 97.1% 111 7.6 86.3%
5 Continental Premium Contact 5 96.1% 37.9 117.1 96.8% 36.6 70.3 80.5 96.9% 70.9 7.74 3 98.4% 82 8.2 88.3%
6 ▼2 Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 95.7% 38.1 117.4 3 96.7% 37.9 70.2 81.5 3 95.7% 70 7.76 99.4% 83 7.9 90.3%
7 BFGoodrich Advantage 95.6% 37.9 116.3 96.4% 35.8 2 69.3 78.8 96.8% 71.4 7.87 97.5% 93 8.1 85.9%
8 Hankook Kinergy Eco 2 95.2% 38.3 117.3 96.4% 37.9 68.7 78.2 94.1% 70.2 7.92 98.8% 75 7.7 3 94.7%
9 ▲1 Pirelli Cinturato P1 Verde 93.7% 38.4 116.8 96% 39.8 68.5 80.9 92.8% 71 7.76 98.2% 80 8.4 87.4%
10 ▼1 Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun 93.6% 38.8 117.3 95.8% 38.5 68.7 82.6 94.5% 71.3 8.97 95.7% 74 3 9.9 80.4%
11 Toyo Proxes Comfort 93.1% 37.6 118.8 97.9% 41.8 68.2 77.3 90.2% 71.7 7.89 97.1% 69 2 8.8 88.9%
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Dry 99% Wet 99% Comfort 99% Value 87%
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Dry
Dry Braking 36 M
Dry Handling 117.2 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 34.6 M
Wet Handling 71 Km/H
Straight Aqua 78.2 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 70 dB
Tyre Weight 7.76 Kg
Value
Price 107
Rolling Resistance 7.6 kg / t
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96.7%
Dry 98% Wet 96% Comfort 98% Value 93%
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Dry
Dry Braking 36.9 M 2
Dry Handling 117.4 Km/H 3
Wet
Wet Braking 37.7 M
Wet Handling 70.8 Km/H 3
Straight Aqua 81.3 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 70.3 dB
Tyre Weight 8.34 Kg
Value
Price 65
Rolling Resistance 8.5 kg / t
3
96.3%
Dry 98% Wet 96% Comfort 100% Value 90%
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Dry
Dry Braking 37.1 M 3
Dry Handling 117 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 37.9 M
Wet Handling 71 Km/H
Straight Aqua 81.8 Km/H 2
Comfort
Noise 70 dB
Tyre Weight 7.48 Kg
Value
Price 78
Rolling Resistance 8.2 kg / t
Dry 98% Wet 97% Comfort 97% Value 86%
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Dry
Dry Braking 37.5 M
Dry Handling 117.7 Km/H 2
Wet
Wet Braking 36.2 M 3
Wet Handling 70.5 Km/H
Straight Aqua 78.6 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 72.4 dB
Tyre Weight 7.53 Kg 2
Value
Price 111
Rolling Resistance 7.6 kg / t
Dry 97% Wet 97% Comfort 98% Value 88%
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Dry
Dry Braking 37.9 M
Dry Handling 117.1 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 36.6 M
Wet Handling 70.3 Km/H
Straight Aqua 80.5 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 70.9 dB
Tyre Weight 7.74 Kg 3
Value
Price 82
Rolling Resistance 8.2 kg / t
Dry 97% Wet 96% Comfort 99% Value 90%
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Dry
Dry Braking 38.1 M
Dry Handling 117.4 Km/H 3
Wet
Wet Braking 37.9 M
Wet Handling 70.2 Km/H
Straight Aqua 81.5 Km/H 3
Comfort
Noise 70 dB
Tyre Weight 7.76 Kg
Value
Price 83
Rolling Resistance 7.9 kg / t
Dry 96% Wet 97% Comfort 98% Value 86%
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Dry
Dry Braking 37.9 M
Dry Handling 116.3 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 35.8 M 2
Wet Handling 69.3 Km/H
Straight Aqua 78.8 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 71.4 dB
Tyre Weight 7.87 Kg
Value
Price 93
Rolling Resistance 8.1 kg / t
Dry 96% Wet 94% Comfort 99% Value 95%
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Dry
Dry Braking 38.3 M
Dry Handling 117.3 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 37.9 M
Wet Handling 68.7 Km/H
Straight Aqua 78.2 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 70.2 dB
Tyre Weight 7.92 Kg
Value
Price 75
Rolling Resistance 7.7 kg / t 3
Dry 96% Wet 93% Comfort 98% Value 87%
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Dry
Dry Braking 38.4 M
Dry Handling 116.8 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 39.8 M
Wet Handling 68.5 Km/H
Straight Aqua 80.9 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 71 dB
Tyre Weight 7.76 Kg
Value
Price 80
Rolling Resistance 8.4 kg / t
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93.6%
Dry 96% Wet 95% Comfort 96% Value 80%
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Dry
Dry Braking 38.8 M
Dry Handling 117.3 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 38.5 M
Wet Handling 68.7 Km/H
Straight Aqua 82.6 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 71.3 dB
Tyre Weight 8.97 Kg
Value
Price 74 3
Rolling Resistance 9.9 kg / t
Dry 98% Wet 90% Comfort 97% Value 89%
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Dry
Dry Braking 37.6 M
Dry Handling 118.8 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 41.8 M
Wet Handling 68.2 Km/H
Straight Aqua 77.3 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 71.7 dB
Tyre Weight 7.89 Kg
Value
Price 69 2
Rolling Resistance 8.8 kg / t
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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.

Discussion

9 comments
  1. David Foster-Key archived

    Thanks for this. I need a set of 185/60/15’s for my Audi A2, a car that transmits tyre / road noise into the cabin and can give quite large variations in fuel consumption depending on tyre choice.

    All things considered, I’ve gone for your test winner Michelins- I’m hoping that in such a light car the wear I’ll get out of them before performance drops off unacceptably will justify their price.

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  2. David Kovač archived

    How would you rank them by comfort? I'm a little confused... Michelin Primacy 4 was always said to be one of the most confort tyres,and maybe Nokian too,but here is nothing told about that neither in Pros or Cons..
    I'm about to buy this size for my Nissan Note 2nd gen. but it's a little too hard on poor serbian roads,but i wouls keep these nice 16" rims,so i would choose by comfort level primarly.

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    1. TyreReviews David Kovač archived

      Check out my 16 inch test, linked top right

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  3. Tom archived

    Another great example that the 'same tyre' ain't the same in different sizes. Winner in one size can loose a few points in another one. Still, usually the differences between the leading models in various sizes aren't worrying. More like, interesting to see ;) Nicely done Primacy 4! In other recent tests more like 'comfy, all-round, not excelling in any category' and here - clear winner. Goodyear EGP2 - winner in the most popular size, here close behind. So many conditions play some role in those tests, but still - a good tyre is a good tyre :) Thanks for sharing another fresh test results!

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    1. TyreReviews Tom archived

      It's a really fascinating year for tyre testing, there's some super interesting results appearing as more are published!

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  4. Pedro Neves archived

    Is the tyre size of this test the 195/65 R15 or the 195/55 R15 (the one we can see bellow the tyres photos)? The website's search engine can't even find the prices for 5 of the them. Jonathan, you probably typed the size incorrectly.

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    1. TyreReviews Pedro Neves archived

      You may have a point, it was actually 195/55 R16! all updated now, thank you.

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      1. Kolemjdouci TyreReviews archived

        It was the H speed category tested, could be useful to add.

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        1. TyreReviews Kolemjdouci archived

          Some were V, it's listed under each tyre picture :)

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