205/50 R16 Tires

Comfort at the same time feel rigid and firm on certain area of uneven road i.e zebra yellow line, small pothole. Grip very good during cornering and very planted during speeding.

I have these tires for 3 years. Imported from Japan because like many good things they are not available in Europe. I' ve been to some Hot lap competition back then and i was really disappointed. It was close to freezing and i couldn't make them work properly no matter what , in those 2 laps. I was running out of the track and spun , locked the brakes multiple times in practice and completely lost confidence.
However, yesterday in normal conditions i've been to the same track ( Karting track- very technical) to properly try them vs my AD08RS i use every day.
First feeling wasn't that good starting with 2.2 BAR cold. Just the 3rd lap they were good.
When i checked the lap times they were 2 seconds faster than the brand new Yokohama. Dropping the pressure to 2.2 BAR hot ,more than 3 seconds. Also the feeling improved a lot compared with the feeling i had on higher pressure .
Prelude being FWD and very safe in general on these tires the feeling of rotation was very close to the feeling i have driving my S2000 to the limit. Still easy to control no matter how much i pushed them . Getting in the trance i felt like my internal organs were mixing and the parts of the car were flying but the car was still going where i wanted and faster in the corners than i ever drove before.
Lap times were good enough to be on the podium in the last Hot lap. Even if is double wishbone all around , 10 ball joints and definitely the best FWD car ever made for handling ! is still not far from stock and very poor weight/ power ratio compared with specially built cars.
I just can't believe tires like these are available in Walmart or places like that for everyone but not for passionate drivers in Europe.
After coming home on the highway for 6 hours they were smooth again , just some slight wear on the outside.
They say in US these tires win every competition in the class and i am sure is true.
For Japanese cars , not very heavy and not extremely powerful,driven on track in normal weather they really do miracles.

I wrote a review for these on my Honda Prelude before but yesterday i did a comparison on track vs Re71Rs.
Gap ? 3 seconds. Slower for Ad08RS of course. Still i would have been in the middle of the classification out of 100 cars in the last "hot lap" event based on lap times.
Karting track. Pure Handling.
Most of the gap between these and Bridgestone was because unpredictability under very hard driving.
Tires can handle some hard driving but not extremely hard. They start squealing early and the brakes lock up quickly with no ABS.
They are better in tight corners.
For learning and practicing they are ok tho.
Interesting was the fact they behave the same starting from 2.2 BAR and going to 2.7 hot or starting 2.2 HOT and much lower pressure when cold. Warming up wasn't really necessary.
Wear is really low. Almost non existent after few sessions.
Definitely recommend for spirited driving where car is not used at full capabilities.
I rate these things somewhere between UHP and real semi slicks.

My reasons for purchasing the Hankook Ventus Prime 4 tires was their reputation for producing tires that have excellent wet weather grip and a balanced circle of comfort noise and wear this has been proven in the year and mileage travelled in all conditions since purchase

More than happy to date . Bought to replace a set that side wall were cracking. No evidence of any problems so far. Car is for fun so does not do big mileages. More than happy with a mix of weathers & roads. Do not push the car . Happy with the very good service from Autoplus in Northampton & Nexen tires. Will go back to them. first class service

A bit noisy but perfect all rounder whether you drive in the city or on the highway. Both wet and dry grip is exceptional in the first years of use and I had to let go of them after 6 years of spirited driving and approximately 2 hours of track time - upon observing patches that shed over the shoulders.

Might be decent tires for a family sedan but not the best choice for a coupe driven spiritedly. Grip and noise degradation were noticable by the 4th year. In all aspects, better than Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance and nowhere near Michelin PS3s on this car.

These tires deploy thin membranes trying to pass as sidewalls, hence they pose a delay between the road and steering wheel as well as an attenuation of road features translated. Not recommended for spirited driving or GT but may save fuel they claim.