Summer Tyre Tests

It's not often you get the chance to test different tyres on identical vehicles, and even rarer that the tyres in question are two of the newest, most exciting max performance summer tyres on the market, but this is exactly what we found ourselves presented with recently at Ascari race circuit.

The tyres in question are the latest offerings from Continental and Dunlop, with each of the four cars being fitted with a set of Continental Sport Contact 5s, and a set of the brand new Dunlop SportMaxx RT, all in 245/40 R18. Two of the vehicles comprised of the high performance coupe from Audi, the TT S, and the other two were the the high powered Audi S4 saloon.
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In probably the largest tyre test of its type, the German magazine Auto Bild have tested 50 leading tyres in both dry and wet braking.

Designed to allow Autobild to take the best 15 tyres through to their 2012 max performance summer tyre test, the entire table makes for a very interesting overview of the tyre market.

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Touring tyres, designed for family cars and vehicles which spend most of their time on the motorway might not be the most exciting of tyres, but they do make up a large percentage of tyres sold in the UK.

ACE have started the year off with their annual touring tyre test, covering 15 tyres in the popular 205/55 R16 size. The test covers a wide range of tyres, including a yet unreleased tyre and a number of budget options.
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2012 has started with a bang with EVO, the UKs leading high performance car magazine, publishing its 2012 summer tyre test.

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It's always nice to have British magazines covering tyre tests, and no magazine does a more thorough job than Auto Express. This years "total tyre guide" covers 10 tyres across 10 disciplines giving a total of 100 data points to absorb!

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Tyre Reviews presents possibly the least scientific tyre test in the world - our first "long term subjective touring shootout."


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In 2011, Auto Motor Und Sport tested 11 tyres on a VW Golf GTD in the popular size of 225/45 R17. As with previous years, AMS subjected the tyres to the usual mix of wet, dry and rolling resistance tests.
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The amazing American tyre retailer tirerack.com has just published it's latest tyre test, "Clash of the Titans: Testing Two New Max Performance Summer Heavy Hitters".

On test are 4 of the leading brands. Bridgestone is represented by the brand new S04 Pole Position, Continental has the ExtremeContact DW, Michelin brings the new Pilot Super Sport and Pirelli puts the P Zero to test.

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Finnish magazine Engineering World have tested 15 of the latest tyres in 205/55 r16.

The test includes all the latest ECO tyres and regular touring tyres from premium, mid range and budget manufacturers.
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Sport Auto have tested seven 245/40 R18 Max Performance Summer Tyres on an Audi TT RS, but which will dominate in this dry bias test?

To ensure conditions were suitable for a summer tyre test, Sport Auto visited a Bridgestone test track in Italy. Taking part in the test are some of the newest tyres to market, including the new Michelin Pilot Super Sport, Pirelli P Zero, Bridgestone Potenza S001 and Toyo T1 Sport, along with the existing Nokian Z G2, Dunlop Sport Maxx GT and Sava Intensa.
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If a broken car is a sign of a good tyre test, breaking a Focus RS twice, then giving up and using a Sirocco R means the latest Max performance tyre test from Russian magazine Auto Review should be the best tyre test yet. Fortunately, it doesn't disappoint.

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The excellent German magazine Auto Bild have just published their 2011 max performance summer tyre test covering 10 tyres. Auto Bild decided to use the the popular 225/40 r18 tyre size, fitted to vehicles such as the Golf GTI, Focus ST, Audi S3, Octavia RS and the test car used, the Mazda3 MPS.


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With Spring in the air, ADAC have just published their massive 2011 Summer tyre test covering 33 tyres! This year they've chosen to test two smaller sizes of tyres, 195/65 R 15 V and 175/65 14 T. While these tyre sizes are slightly more relevant to the European market compared to the big-wheel obsessed UK, it's still a good indication of who's doing well in 2011.


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Auto Zeitung always put on a good tyre test, and this year they’ve tested 14 different 225/45 r17 tyres on an Audi A3, including new tyres from Goodyear, Pirelli, Sava, Nexen and Firestone.

The results are closer than ever, with both the dry and wet performance scores hotly contested. Overall, the new Pirelli P Zero wins thanks to it’s incredibly high wet grip and strong scores in every category. The new Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 places second thanks to it's class leading braking and low rolling resistance, while the Goodyears sister tyre, Dunlop Sport Maxx TT rounded out the top 3 due to it’s sporty handling and excellent grip throughout.

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It's not often you get the opportunity to try different tyres on identical cars one after the other, so when we were presented with 3 Audi A7's wearing 3 different max performance summer tyres in 255/35 19 there was only one thing on our mind - a subjective handling shootout!

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For the second time in 2010 EVO have published an excellent summer tyre test. The first test, published in July concentrated on a RWD MX5 running 205/45 17 tyres and was won by Continental with the ContiSportContact 3. In this tyre test EVO have used a Renaultsport Megane 250 Cup wearing massive 235/35 r19 tyres to test 9 ultra high performance / max performance tyres...







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With fuel prices sky high, "Eco Tyres" (or ultra low rolling resistance tyres) are a hot topic. Traditionally eco tyres have been just like normal tyres only with a harder rubber compound. While this is an effective way to save fuel, the harder the tyres compound the less grip it produces meaning people were having to consider whether the risk of low grip tyres was worth the savings in fuel.

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