Ford S Max Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 (79) 91% 88% 81% 85% 90% 83%
Nokian zLine (83) 91% 90% 89% 87% 76% 85%
Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3 (48) 90% 92% 82% 88% 80% 81%
Debica Presto UHP2 (37) 88% 81% 81% 83% 77% 89%
Cooper Zeon CS8 (14) 87% 81% 82% 76% 81% 84%
Nokian WR A4 (21) 85% 88% 71% 78% 79% 87%
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS200 (22) 79% 88% 80% 80% 81% 83%
Falken Azenis FK510 (143) 89% 88% 82% 82% 72% 77%
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons (61) 84% 83% 82% 82% 86% 82%
Continental Premium Contact 6 (114) 89% 85% 83% 85% 75% 78%
Uniroyal RainSport 2 (226) 85% 91% 78% 76% 76% 80%
General Altimax Sport (32) 80% 79% 79% 78% 87% 80%
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance (245) 86% 84% 76% 78% 73% 85%
Pirelli P ZERO ROSSO Asimmetrico (26) 87% 75% 79% 82% 73% 71%
Bridgestone A001 (47) 91% 92% 89% 80% 84% 83%
Goodyear Eagle LS2 (9) 72% 81% 67% 69% 79% 83%
Continental Sport Contact 3 (244) 88% 80% 81% 77% 62% 74%
Nokian WR A3 (75) 92% 87% 88% 82% 90% 91%
Michelin Primacy HP (198) 85% 75% 77% 74% 77% 76%
Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 (80) 84% 76% 76% 79% 67% 72%
Maxxis Premitra HP5 (34) 84% 77% 74% 75% 66% 69%
Nankang SV2 (30) 83% 77% 74% 74% 83% 74%
Continental ContiSportContact 5 P (108) 85% 78% 77% 75% 55% 73%
Continental Sport Contact 2 (229) 85% 75% 76% 72% 61% 66%
Hankook Ventus Prime2 (61) 79% 73% 72% 71% 67% 72%
Altenzo Comforter (87) 78% 59% 69% 62% 75% 79%
Marshal Matrac FX MU11 (9) 82% 68% 60% 66% 78% 69%
Goodride SV308 (32) 75% 64% 64% 63% 77% 69%
Continental VikingContact 7 (13) 60% 64% 57% 64% 56% 83%
Bridgestone Turanza T001 (105) 80% 70% 70% 67% 63% 72%
Semperit Speed Grip (3) 70% 73% 63% 67% 63% 57%
Accelera PHI R (27) 76% 52% 68% 68% 64% 73%
General AltiMAX HP (11) 75% 64% 60% 52% 55% 61%
Joyroad Sport RX6 (10) 63% 41% 61% 54% 74% 67%
Accelera PHI (158) 68% 44% 53% 52% 66% 58%
Accelera Alpha (130) 65% 44% 53% 49% 69% 56%
Sunny SN3830 (17) 55% 44% 49% 44% 70% 67%
Constancy LY688 (25) 57% 43% 47% 42% 68% 50%
Forceum HEXA (11) 60% 40% 51% 40% 40% 39%
Triangle TR968 (68) 54% 32% 40% 38% 61% 38%

Ford S Max Tire Review Highlights

Writing about the Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 given 43% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly town for 3000 easy going miles
(6K miles/year, mainly urban) Grip was excellent as to be expected based on the recommendation from the garage. However, the fronts lasted six months! Yes, we barley got six months and the tread was gone completely. The rear tires had minimal wear. The rears were swapped to the front and lasted another six months. These tires are not suited for heavy load vehicles such as the S-Max. Also be aware, both sets of tires caused a very worrying vibration over 40mph which disappeared at 60mph and above. Replaced with Hankook S1 EVO2 94w tires. The fronts lasted one year. Best tires to date have been a set of General Altimax 98W XL. These are slightly noisier tires but lasted 1.5 yrs.
tire reviewed on 2022-01-20 04:54:06
Writing about the Continental Premium Contact 6 given 56% (225-45-17-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 12 average miles
Good tire. Awful value for money! They're not bad. But they're not great. At all. Hugely expensive and therefore very disappointing. Impression that they are melting onto the road in got weather. Wear is the same as a budget tire. Handling good, but not progressive enough at the limit. Heavy steering feel and only good in wet. Nothing like the old conti 2's back in the day. If you drive or park on loose gravel, you'll be spending more time picking out pieces of gravel from the tires than driving due to groove sizes. More than half worn after 20,000 Km Mostly smooth French motorways with some very spirited A road driving thrown in.
tire reviewed on 2021-01-12 02:47:13
Writing about the Accelera PHI given 44% (235-45-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 6000 average miles
An ok tire for road feedback, its happy to munch up the miles and gives me a good drive in dry conditions. Now any orher conditions other than hot and very dry roads these tires are simply awful. Ive covered a few thousend miles and have had enough of the very dangerous feelings when in wet or cold conditions. Ive seen shoping trollies doing less understeer than these tires fitted to my smax 2.0 tdci. I wont ever purchess again (accelera are ditch finders) overall rating an honest 5/10. 0/10 rating for wet grip. Crazy dangerous tire for english weather DO NOT BUY.
tire reviewed on 2020-09-30 17:47:54
Writing about the Accelera PHI R given 53% (235-45-18-)
Driving on for 3000 miles
An ok tire for road feedback, its happy to munch up the miles and gives me a good drive in dry conditions. Now any orher conditions other than hot and very dry roads these tires are simply awful. Ive covered a few thousend miles and have had enough of the very dangerous feelings when in wet or cold conditions. Ive seen shoping trollies doing less understeer than these tires fitted to my smax 2.0 tdci. I wont ever purchess again (accelera are ditch finders) overall rating an honest 5/10.
tire reviewed on 2020-09-26 16:22:13
Writing about the Falken Azenis FK510 given 81% (225-50-17-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 0 miles
I have been driving 225/50 17 98 XL FR tire for three years. Amazing wet grip, maybe not so amazing in the last season - the tire became hard...
tire reviewed on 2020-04-01 10:58:58
Writing about the Continental VikingContact 7 given 66% (215-60-16-T)
Driving on mostly country roads for 8000 average miles
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tire reviewed on 2020-03-25 14:08:48
Writing about the Continental Premium Contact 6 given 46% (235-45-18-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 miles
Too soft. Awful value for money. Wheel spin without much effort. Fine if they were 50 quid each. So, given the price, terrible.
Very unhappy. Don't feel safe with speed or hard cornering. Don't trust them at all.

I drive on country roads and motorways...lots.
All over France.
Done 20000 miles in 6 months. They won't last long.
tire reviewed on 2019-12-04 07:46:18
Writing about the Maxxis Premitra HP5 given 76% (245-45-18-V)
Driving on mostly country roads for 8000 spirited miles
Not at all bad tires for the price. Paid £400 for 4 when I was in a pinch, been pleasantly surprised since. Can be pushed and are quite progressive. When they do let go it's nice and controllable. Traction is not so good, let go quite readily in 2nd and sometimes 3rd in the wet (remapped 170 bhp 450nm, 1.7 tonne people carrier - I'm sure on a smaller car they'd be better). Dry handling is good, wet is sure but not amazing. Wet braking however is pretty impressive. All in all a very good tire the price. Seem to wearing quite well to boot!
tire reviewed on 2019-08-13 14:46:51
Writing about the Constancy LY688 given 20% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 100 spirited miles
Dangerous, I discarded my very worn rear tires for a set of these that were brand new...Something was wrong so i thought maybe they didn't set the tire pressures properly. They were slightly out so i adjusted and to my amazement it was still the same. I then done a little bit of research which i should of done before and saw the reviews. This company shouldn't make tires!
tire reviewed on 2019-05-30 15:28:40
Writing about the Joyroad Sport RX6 given 59% (225-45-18-W)
Driving on mostly country roads for 2000 average miles
Not much good in the wet when pushing on, fwd car is keen to understeer.
tire reviewed on 2019-04-07 07:40:59
Writing about the Debica Presto UHP2 given 93% (235-45-18-W)
Driving on a combination of roads for 2000 spirited miles
Excellent mid economy tires that surprisingly outperform some of other premium tires I’ve used before. Extremely quiet and very comfortable. Excellent wet grip and car felt planted at 70 mph in heavy rain.
tire reviewed on 2019-03-13 09:05:23
Writing about the Nokian WR A4 given 92% (235-45-17-V)
Driving on mostly country roads for 3500 average miles
Instant difference to car handling, much much better than stock Michelin tires that where on from new! Much reduced road noise, much better grip in dry and wet conditions than other reviewers had given. I was initially a little sceptical, but really unjustified. A very competent tire in all settings.

Done 3.5k miles in them now and its a joy to drive the car with them on. You can get very leary in them and you know where you stand and what will happen if you push too far, there are no surprises with these tires. Done long motorway journeys in them and well as short hops between local villages. Its going to be hard to replace them with as comfortable summer tires with the same attributes.
tire reviewed on 2018-02-28 09:58:35
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