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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Vredestein Ultrac Satin (45) 92% 87% 85% 86% 86% 90%
Cooper Zeon CS Sport (8) 93% 96% 86% 76% 80% 93%
GT Radial SportActive 2 (6) 88% 90% 87% 87% 82% 87%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 (409) 91% 89% 86% 85% 80% 87%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 (250) 93% 90% 86% 88% 79% 80%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 (177) 94% 90% 88% 88% 74% 82%
Nexen N Fera SU4 (79) 91% 87% 83% 80% 81% 87%
Michelin Pilot Sport 5 (101) 90% 91% 82% 83% 82% 84%
Barum Bravuris 3HM (66) 88% 83% 82% 80% 87% 84%
Falken Eurowinter HS449 (35) 85% 87% 80% 77% 85% 84%
Continental WinterContact TS 850 (57) 88% 89% 85% 85% 85% 89%
Falken ZE914 (99) 89% 81% 84% 80% 82% 81%
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 (305) 90% 88% 84% 84% 73% 82%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 (183) 88% 85% 81% 81% 79% 86%
General G Max AS 07 (3) 90% 85% 80% 60% 0% 80%
Matador MP 46 Hectorra 2 (57) 88% 82% 79% 75% 85% 84%
Neuton NT5000 (66) 88% 77% 81% 76% 84% 83%
Avon ZZ5 (93) 90% 83% 83% 86% 70% 82%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (339) 90% 87% 81% 84% 74% 78%
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE002 (108) 90% 82% 82% 80% 77% 77%
Kumho V70a (20) 99% 78% 89% 87% 56% 70%
Tigar Tigar UHP (24) 90% 76% 80% 81% 72% 83%
Uniroyal RainSport 2 (226) 85% 91% 78% 76% 76% 80%
Michelin Pilot Exalto (56) 86% 81% 76% 80% 83% 77%
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003 (97) 90% 78% 83% 86% 70% 73%
Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun (113) 86% 82% 81% 80% 77% 79%
Falken Azenis RT660 (4) 100% 58% 95% 95% 73% 40%
BFGoodrich g Force Profiler (11) 84% 78% 83% 70% 93% 73%
Falken ZIEX ZE914 EcoRun (95) 85% 81% 81% 82% 77% 76%
Uniroyal RainSport 3 (288) 84% 92% 79% 78% 64% 83%
Syron Race 1 plus (15) 86% 75% 74% 74% 84% 86%
Vredestein Quatrac Pro (44) 87% 88% 84% 78% 78% 90%
Kumho Ecsta KU39 (125) 86% 78% 80% 76% 73% 81%
Hankook Ventus V12 evo2 (83) 87% 81% 78% 79% 73% 77%
Altenzo Sports Comforter (26) 85% 74% 74% 77% 83% 85%
Maxxis All Season AP2 (21) 84% 80% 73% 76% 77% 72%
Kumho Ecsta PS71 (82) 86% 81% 80% 80% 72% 74%
Nexen Winguard Sport (21) 82% 79% 78% 65% 85% 81%
Hankook Ventus V12 evo k110 (114) 84% 75% 76% 78% 74% 79%
Linglong Green Max HP010 (15) 78% 73% 77% 79% 76% 76%
Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2 (92) 84% 78% 77% 77% 75% 79%
Kumho Ecsta KU31 (165) 83% 75% 77% 76% 72% 74%
Avon ZZ3 (115) 84% 75% 78% 75% 70% 74%
Marshal KH35 (12) 83% 76% 73% 75% 71% 76%
Yokohama Parada Spec 2 (118) 92% 59% 80% 80% 69% 71%
Maxxis MA Z1 Victra (64) 88% 77% 73% 77% 71% 66%
Nexen N Fera SU1 (145) 82% 75% 74% 75% 71% 79%
Toyo Proxes TR1 (71) 84% 75% 77% 81% 71% 67%
Nankang AR 1 (38) 91% 45% 85% 87% 70% 65%
Debica Presto (9) 84% 74% 76% 79% 63% 77%
Hankook Kinergy 4S2 (61) 81% 81% 72% 74% 76% 74%
Nankang NS2R (64) 88% 66% 81% 85% 72% 55%
Falken ZE912 (200) 82% 74% 75% 70% 71% 79%
Toyo R888 R (29) 90% 63% 82% 85% 60% 62%
Falken FK452 (211) 82% 72% 75% 73% 69% 73%
Momo Outrun M3 (20) 81% 68% 71% 75% 70% 81%
Nankang SV2 (30) 83% 77% 74% 74% 83% 74%
Landsail LS588 UHP (101) 80% 73% 69% 67% 76% 79%
Yokohama S Drive (65) 83% 69% 75% 77% 71% 68%
Dunlop Direzza DZ102 (20) 82% 73% 76% 69% 67% 70%
Nexen N8000 (80) 79% 74% 69% 66% 69% 79%
Toyo T1R (288) 83% 69% 75% 75% 63% 70%
Davanti DX640 (100) 79% 71% 74% 72% 65% 77%
Bridgestone Turanza T005 (180) 80% 78% 72% 73% 66% 72%
Achilles 123S (13) 91% 64% 81% 82% 58% 57%
Riken Riken UHP (17) 81% 67% 69% 72% 73% 74%
Continental Sport Contact 5 (224) 86% 82% 79% 76% 51% 73%
Nexen N6000 (63) 81% 70% 74% 65% 71% 74%
Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 (157) 84% 78% 76% 73% 60% 65%
Kumho Ecsta LE Sport (33) 77% 72% 73% 72% 70% 74%
Fulda Carat Exelero (16) 74% 79% 69% 73% 72% 69%
Toyo Proxes 4 (45) 80% 63% 72% 66% 77% 74%
Continental Sport Contact 2 (229) 85% 75% 76% 72% 61% 66%
Altenzo Comforter (87) 78% 59% 69% 62% 75% 79%
Avon ZV7 (141) 81% 76% 71% 71% 56% 77%
Linglong Green Max (40) 76% 68% 67% 68% 66% 71%
Bridgestone Potenza RE050 (57) 83% 69% 76% 69% 66% 61%
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A (215) 83% 70% 75% 72% 66% 59%
Pirelli PZero Nero (141) 83% 65% 71% 71% 67% 64%
Jinyu YU63 (53) 77% 61% 66% 65% 72% 71%
Imperial Snowdragon 3 (4) 77% 40% 60% 57% 70% 63%
Nankang Noble Sport NS20 (37) 73% 58% 67% 61% 75% 72%
Nexen N1000 (19) 78% 66% 66% 66% 67% 63%
Goodyear EfficientGrip (145) 77% 68% 64% 61% 70% 72%
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (166) 79% 69% 69% 67% 63% 64%
Pirelli P Zero Nero GT (37) 81% 64% 63% 68% 70% 64%
Event Potentum (15) 72% 64% 57% 63% 76% 64%
Rovelo RPX 998 (32) 77% 59% 65% 62% 64% 70%
Nankang NS2 (211) 76% 58% 65% 62% 73% 62%
Kumho Ecsta AST KU25 (8) 83% 66% 68% 65% 71% 49%
Landsail LS288 (36) 74% 60% 65% 61% 68% 70%
Nexen N3000 (45) 73% 55% 63% 62% 63% 67%
Sailun Atrezzo Z4 AS (52) 74% 68% 62% 62% 64% 56%
Federal 595EVO (40) 74% 46% 69% 65% 72% 55%
Winrun R330 (39) 71% 58% 60% 61% 64% 71%
Achilles 2233 (20) 77% 47% 63% 64% 71% 65%
Hifly HF805 (66) 74% 61% 65% 64% 54% 63%
Aptany RA301 (21) 73% 62% 65% 65% 48% 67%
Goodride SW608 (9) 76% 71% 68% 60% 59% 68%
Accelera PHI R (32) 75% 46% 63% 63% 63% 72%
Toyo T1S (10) 66% 49% 63% 57% 65% 65%
Hankook Ventus V2 Concept 2 H457 (11) 69% 47% 55% 67% 73% 69%
Marangoni Zetalinea (15) 72% 45% 64% 64% 68% 57%
Mohawk M105 (9) 73% 64% 60% 49% 74% 56%
Sunny SN3830 (18) 56% 45% 49% 44% 70% 67%
Triangle SporteX TH201 (32) 70% 49% 58% 56% 63% 63%
Infinity INF 050 (19) 66% 47% 59% 54% 78% 51%
Sava intensa (6) 70% 50% 63% 58% 55% 65%
Nankang NS1 (1) 60% 20% 70% 70% 100% 60%
Fullrun Aderenza ADZA88 (7) 77% 34% 54% 54% 77% 63%
Kenda KAISER KR20 (64) 66% 46% 55% 54% 71% 55%
Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL (136) 70% 47% 57% 55% 69% 48%
Primewell PZ900 (59) 72% 58% 54% 57% 57% 50%
Hercules Raptis WR1 (3) 57% 43% 57% 63% 63% 63%
Accelera Alpha (131) 65% 44% 53% 48% 69% 56%
Runway ENDURO 916 Plus (45) 66% 53% 52% 54% 62% 41%
Kumho Ecsta 712 (10) 69% 42% 51% 47% 74% 50%
Marangoni Verso (38) 69% 48% 55% 47% 49% 54%
Achilles ATR Sport (58) 61% 40% 53% 47% 60% 55%
Sava intensa hp (25) 58% 46% 45% 40% 61% 60%
Maxtrek INGENS A1 (36) 60% 34% 53% 47% 63% 58%
Wanli Snowgrip S1083 (7) 70% 49% 60% 49% 70% 63%
RoadX RXMOTION U11 (37) 62% 38% 45% 44% 74% 53%
Falken ZE512 (27) 67% 47% 52% 50% 45% 55%
Riken Maystorm 2 B 2 (22) 68% 35% 50% 54% 52% 57%
Event WL905 (129) 59% 30% 41% 39% 60% 49%
Autogrip F107 (127) 58% 27% 44% 36% 60% 50%
Wanli S1088 (85) 57% 35% 41% 39% 59% 38%
BCT S800 (87) 50% 29% 38% 37% 60% 32%
Linglong L688 (29) 43% 24% 32% 30% 53% 37%
Sunny SN3800 (63) 50% 29% 30% 29% 44% 28%
Sunew YS112 (11) 34% 22% 21% 21% 19% 20%
205/40 R17 Tire Review Highlights
Writing about the GT Radial SportActive 2 rated 74%
while driving a Ford Fiesta mk7
Using this tire on my wife's Ford Fiesta Sport. I have GY Asy5 on my own car. The Asy5 is much better I need to state. Even if the numbers on the reviews showing quite similar results. The GT Radial is a fair option, good value for the money, solid mid-range tire. It feels a bit hard to me, fast cornering makes understeer and comfort is also behind the Asy5. But not bad overall, better than Nankang AS2+ I had before.
tire reviewed on 2026-01-20 06:47:13
Writing about the Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003 rated 85%
while driving a Ford fiesta st
Driving on a combination of roads for 50000 spirited miles
The RE003's replaced the OEM RE050's and have clocked up over 60,000 kms. These tires have a treadwear rating of 220, much higher than RE050's, hence the increased mileage. But that takes nothing away from the crisp, direct steering response and sure footed dry grip with every turn of the wheel. The RE003's have a completely different tread pattern than 050's, with wide outer shoulders and stiffer sidewalls that make cornering enthusiastically adictive. The chassis of the Fiesta ST is brilliant, and supplemented by the RE003's, which never fail to put a smile on the dial every single time. Wet weather grip is good at the speed limit, but like any tire during heavy, persistant rain, and standing water, caution is advised. Have researched the merits of many other tires, unfortuntely, some of which aren't available due to larger wheel sizing or exorbident pricing. The RE003's consistently offer better bang for your buck for what I would describe as a talented all rounder with a sporty edge for spirited driving when the need arises. With 10 years of competiive motorsport experience driving several top track orientated tires, the RE003's are no slouch for a street tire. At the time of writing, they are again being offered, "buy 3 and get 4th free," making them better value than PS5's or Conti's or Eagles.
tire reviewed on 2026-01-06 23:53:11
Writing about the Nexen N Fera SU4 rated 73%
while driving a Ford Fiesta ST180
Driving on a combination of roads for 15000 spirited miles
This review is after 3 years of usage. Kind of hard driving on Fiesta ST all time. First two years was kinda good comparing to Barum Bravuris, especially on wet conditions. But now when it is 5mm left and 3 years past, it acts not very good. Become very noisy and harsh, very fast overheating and as soon it happens it lose all grip almost (but still safe if drive normally). Good point it survived 2 track days without damage and overall treadwear is slow, but loosing grip very fast and starts screaming even on low speeds. Also general comfort after 3 years is lost, it feel plastic now and very hard on road. I got Su1 on my audi last time, it was same scenario, while new they are good, after years it lost it characteristic signifiably
tire reviewed on 2025-11-17 04:20:34
Writing about the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 rated 81%
while driving a Suzuki Swift 1,2 2013
Driving on a combination of roads for 15000 average miles
I’ve been running the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 on my 2015 Suzuki Swift for the past four summers, and they have genuinely transformed the way the car drives. My Swift came from the factory with 17-inch wheels, which is fairly large for this model, so I needed a performance-oriented summer tire. The car originally had Hankook Ventus V12 evo2s fitted, but they were cracked, lacked grip, and generally felt past their best.

Switching to the Pilot Sport 4 was a night-and-day difference. Straight away I noticed a huge improvement in grip. The wheelspin I used to get when accelerating a bit too enthusiastically in the wet completely disappeared. Even now, with the tread about halfway worn, the tire still performs brilliantly. There’s no loss of traction in the wet, and it remains composed when cornering hard. It’s probably more tire than the Swift realistically needs, but I enjoy every bit of it and would happily recommend it.

In terms of comfort, the Michelin is noticeably better than the Hankook. My car has very stiff suspension, so I feel every bump, but the Pilot Sport 4 manages to take the edge off a little. Road noise is on the higher side, though this may be more down to the poor sound insulation of the Swift than the tire itself.

Another strong point is wet safety. I’ve driven through plenty of standing water on the motorway and haven’t experienced any aquaplaning so far, which gives a lot of confidence.

Overall, the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 is an excellent choice if you drive a relatively modest car but still enjoy pushing it as if it were something quicker. It delivers impressive grip, strong wet performance, and good comfort, even several years into its life.
tire reviewed on 2025-11-04 02:00:53
Writing about the Vredestein Quatrac Pro rated 61%
while driving a Ford Fiesta ST200
Driving on a combination of roads for 9000 spirited miles
Below is my initial review, but after 9,000 miles, my opinion has changed significantly.

Initially, these tires felt like a great all-season alternative for mild climates, offering strong dry and wet grip with progressive handling—almost like summer tires but with a winter safety net. Comfort, noise, and rolling resistance were acceptable. However, things have taken a drastic turn.

Grip has fallen off a cliff—dry performance is now just average, while wet grip has become outright poor. The Fiesta ST is known for its playful chassis and easy to obtain liftoff oversteer. However now this tires go straight into understeer followed by massive oversteer and either the ESC or the driver fighting to keep the car in a composed line, while all this is happening at 25mph. In winter conditions, they remain marginally better than a summer tire, enough to get you out of trouble on flat terrain most likely purely down to its tread pattern, but nothing more. Surprise? In hindsight, not really. Despite minimal visible wear, they have a tread wear rating of 420, which likely explains this disappointing drop-off. They just hardened and it feels that they were all grip to start with, now purely focusing on tread longevity. For an all-season tire, this level of change over three years is frustrating. Never experienced anything like this with any of my other all-season winter options in my other cars (Bridgestone, Michelin, Pirelli).

I'll need to replace them soon, even though they still look fresh. As I don't need to drive this car frequently anymore during winter months, I'll be reverting to a single UHP summer setup (Pilot Sport 5).
Downgrading my rating and recommendation accordingly.
tire reviewed on 2025-02-28 09:21:19
Writing about the Kumho V70a rated 76%
while driving a Fiat 500 Abarth
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 spirited miles
Fitted a set of soft compound v70a's and they have performed really well during motorkhana events. Plenty of grip and stiff side walls for stability. Haven't tried them on track in the wet but have been using them as a daily and have had no issues on rainy days. My only concern would be how quick they wear but that is to be expected for soft compounds. Also cheaper than most of it's contenders.
tire reviewed on 2025-02-20 11:24:02
Writing about the Nexen N Fera SU1 rated 47%
while driving a Ford Fiesta ST180
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 spirited miles
When I bought my Fiesta ST180, it had a full set of these Nexens on the car. When I checked it over at the dealer, and being a mechanic, im not scared to look under the car. Upon doing so, I saw the inside front tire had side wall splits. These where easily 2-4 inches in length. (Bare this in mind)

I bought the car, but told the dealer about the tire. I asked for a MOT as well, and Ill buy the car no quibbles.

Ive had the car 5 years. And only used these tires to keep it all matching at the same. The grip levels dry and wet are fair. How ever during the colder months the car likes to wheel spin in certain inclines, pulling away. And feels very pushy.

Ive even took these tires on a track day. I was surprised with the fair performance again, They like to edge wear a fair bit I find.

Now to my MAJOR gripe with this tire. In the 5 years ive owned this car. Ive put NINE tires on it. I think two tires where replaced due to wear. The rest where due to the sidewalls splitting on the inside. Upon googling, you will find lots of other people suffering from the same. Ive not driven the tires flat. They just seem to suffer from British roads a little too badly I find. I do try to avoid pot holes and ruts as best as possible. But it seems the build quality of these tires are just so poor, you could probably sneeze on them and the tire would split.

Ive seen worse MOT'ing cars. But Ive got a tire thats 6 months old, with 1-2 inch splits in the side wall on the inside.

Id personally avoid this brand. Im looking into other tires within my budget, and now just going to replace all 4, and hopefully not need to change tires again after 6 months.
tire reviewed on 2025-01-25 10:25:31
Writing about the Triangle SporteX TH201 rated 80%
while driving a Suzuki swift sport
Driving on a combination of roads for 20000 spirited miles
Epic performance for cheap tires! Previous to this , used to shell out hundreds of dollars for bridgestone re001, re002 and re003 over the years.. what a waste of money!. Look forward to taking the car on country roads and mountain passes. So much more comfortable than the bridgestone adrenalin range as well. only catch is degraded grip in wet compared to dry at higher speeds, but its not horrible , and the not the most durable of tires, which is fine with me since they are so cheap to replace.

I also have these tires installed on a 2007 subaru legacy gt... same experience, but less skittish in the wet due to awd.
tire reviewed on 2025-01-24 17:50:17
Writing about the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 rated 93%
while driving a Fiat 500 Abarth
Driving on a combination of roads for 7000 spirited miles
Fitted these Goodyear Eagle Asymmetric 6 tires to my Abarth 595 competizione before a trip to the Nurburgring after seeing some positive reviews and WOW what a tire, got me there and back and performed excellently on track then spent the last 6000 miles with mostly spirited driving and these just grip brilliantly wet or dry, They are a little noisy but thats a tiny downside when you consider the performance you get from them.
tire reviewed on 2025-01-17 01:44:59
Writing about the Avon ZV7 rated 53%
while driving a Ford Fiesta ST180
Driving on a combination of roads for 9000 average miles
Centres worn down to 3mm outer edges still on 5-6mm. Car had tracking done when the tires where fitted, suspension all good and tire pressures definitely not over inflated. Handling is ok, wet grip good enough for what is classed as a mid range tire but surprised me a few times when i expected to have grip and didnt! Will not buy again.
tire reviewed on 2024-07-29 16:27:49
Writing about the General G Max AS 07 rated 94%
while driving a Mazda MX5
Driving on mostly town for 300 spirited miles
Mine is a wierd size tire, fits the Mazdaspeed miata and who knows if anything else. I went through 3 sets of original spec Toyo tires in 39k miles before I found these. Treadwear is supposed to be MUCH better, traction is great (seems just as good), comfort and noise is better than the stock tires--I wish I had found these sooner!
tire reviewed on 2024-06-09 17:03:55
Writing about the Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun rated 76%
while driving a Ford Fiesta
Driving on a combination of roads for 20000 average miles
Only had these for about 20,000km - but still 5mm tread left.
Very reliable in wet and dry, decent feedback and comfortable as well as decent MPG return - I would definitely buy these again.
tire reviewed on 2024-04-25 06:26:13
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