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2012 ACE Touring Summer Tire Test

Jonathan Benson
Data analyzed and reviewed by Jonathan Benson
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Discussion

13 comments
  1. Shah archived

    which tire is better dunlop sp sport fast response or continental premium contact 5 on 15 inch rims.

    #806
  2. Dr Towers archived

    P7 done for rolling resistance but officially gets a "C" score on the tire label (which is unusually good - Efficientgrip officially an F)....??

    #786
  3. J Dias archived

    I would like to understand why cinturato P7 both wins on several tests and then are put near the budget tires on this one..

    #635
  4. Bud archived

    Efficient Grip scores 131 which should position it as no4 not no7?

    #589
    1. TireReviews Bud archived

      The results were weighted in favour of safety related scores which our automatic totalling sadly doesn't reflect. The overall order is as the magazine printed!

      #591
  5. Rick archived

    Efficient Grip better than Sportrac 3? I don't think so...!

    #538
    1. TireReviews Rick archived

      Interesting comment, have you driven on both? Tire performance can vary from size to size, so you might find in a different size the scoring is slightly different.

      #539
      1. Rick TireReviews archived

        No, I driven only Efficient Grip, but I was thinking of trying the Sportrac 3 next spring. I said "I don't think so" because I
        had two of them on the front axle of my Grande Punto, mounted at the end of
        October before putting the winter tires, instead of 2 Bridgestone Turanza
        ER300 "eat" on the inside due to incorrect convergence of my car. After
        about 1.500/2.000 kilometers traveled, I decided to give it back (fortunately the tire dealer has deducted the cost of them from my winter tires) because it didn't fit
        my driving style too soft for my taste... Don't get me wrong, on normal
        road tires it were great, potholes didn't feel close to it, but going on
        the highway (and I go there every day) I had to make numerous
        micro-corrections, even on straight road, but the "problem", if you can
        call that,
        was when it faced the high speed corners, instead of rigid feel, you felt the rubber deformed like a jelly... Oh
        well, I have overdone it a bit, but this is to give you an idea of
        ​​the feelings I felt when I was driving... So, in my humble opinion the Efficient Grip are much recommended for those with a normal drive, but for those
        like me who has a guide which is positioned midway between touring and
        sport, are not very marked.As winter tires, I put the Goodyear Ultragrip 8 and I found that Efficient Grip were even more soft of the first!

        #541
  6. Mel Stead archived

    The Guildford Tire Co. Fitted  P C 5s to my 407 Sport xs 235x45x18   in the spring last year , I have run Conti for years and these are the best yet ! 

    #532
    1. TireReviews Mel Stead archived

      Premium Contact 5's aren't on the market yet! The Sport Contact and Eco Contact 5 were both released last year.

      #533
      1. Melstead TireReviews archived

        I stand corrected, Sport contact 5 they were , like driving on rails !

        #534
        1. TireReviews Melstead archived

          Not going to argue with that - they're very good tires!

          #535