2014 Auto Bild 50 Summer Tire Shootout

Fifty sets of tires, wet and dry braking from 100kph (62mph), and the best 15 tires go through to a full tire test. It's a simple concept, but it always gives us an excellent overview of the current state of the tire market.

Data analyzed and reviewed byJonathan Benson

March 6, 2014 18 min read Updated January 8, 2025

Fifty sets of 225/50 R17 tires, wet and dry braking from 62mph, and the best 15 tires go through to a full tire test on a BMW 320i Touring . It's a simple concept, but it always gives us an excellent overview of the current state of the tire market.

As usual, the results are closer in the dry, with 16 feet covering 50 sets of tires. In the wet a huge 48 feet covers the best to worse, which is nearly 4 car lengths!

Edit: The top 15 test can be found here: 2014 Auto Bild Summer Tire Test.

The Results

braking in meters

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36
Wet	46.3

Total: 82.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.7
Wet	46.9

Total: 82.6

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.6
Wet	47.2

Total: 82.8

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.4
Wet	47.5

Total: 82.9

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.6
Wet	47.7

Total: 83.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36
Wet	47.6

Total: 83.6

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.3
Wet	47.7

Total: 84

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.5
Wet	47.9

Total: 84.4

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.1
Wet	48.4

Total: 84.5

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.5
Wet	49

Total: 84.5

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.5
Wet	49.1

Total: 84.6

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.6
Wet	48.6

Total: 85.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.8
Wet	48.5

Total: 85.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.2
Wet	48.2

Total: 85.4

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.3
Wet	49.3

Total: 85.6

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.6
Wet	50.2

Total: 85.8

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.9
Wet	49.2

Total: 86.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.4
Wet	49.8

Total: 86.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.3
Wet	49.2

Total: 86.5

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.1
Wet	49.5

Total: 86.6

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.5
Wet	49.1

Total: 86.6

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.5
Wet	50.2

Total: 86.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.7
Wet	50.8

Total: 87.5

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.2
Wet	50.8

Total: 88

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37
Wet	51.1

Total: 88.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38
Wet	50.2

Total: 88.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.9
Wet	51.6

Total: 88.5

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.9
Wet	52.8

Total: 88.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38
Wet	50.7

Total: 88.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.3
Wet	52.9

Total: 89.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.6
Wet	52.9

Total: 89.5

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.5
Wet	52.4

Total: 89.9

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.4
Wet	51.6

Total: 90

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.8
Wet	52.3

Total: 90.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.5
Wet	52.6

Total: 90.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.5
Wet	53.2

Total: 90.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.9
Wet	53.9

Total: 90.8

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.7
Wet	54.4

Total: 91.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.5
Wet	53.9

Total: 91.4

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37
Wet	54.5

Total: 91.5

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.4
Wet	55.2

Total: 91.6

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.5
Wet	54.5

Total: 92

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	41
Wet	52.4

Total: 93.4

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.7
Wet	55.7

Total: 93.4

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.7
Wet	55.4

Total: 94.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.7
Wet	56.4

Total: 94.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.6
Wet	56.7

Total: 94.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.6
Wet	56.8

Total: 94.4

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.4
Wet	56.2

Total: 94.6

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	39.7
Wet	60.8

Total: 100.5

Discussion

10 comments

marcusandronicus Mar 21, 2014 archived

Out of interest , what was the test vehicle and tire size used please.

#1073
1. TireReviews marcusandronicus Mar 21, 2014 archived
  
  Sorry, silly of us not to include that information. 225/50 R17 on a BMW 320i Touring
  
  #1075
Dr Towers Mar 7, 2014 archived

where is Dunlop Sport Bluresponse?? http://www.tirereviews.co.u...

#1050
1. TireReviews Dr Towers Mar 7, 2014 archived
  
  Dunlop decided to provide the SportMaxx RT for this test
  
  #1052
2. FireFlower Dr Towers Apr 8, 2014 archived
  
  According to my knowledge Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance and Dunlop Bluresponse are (almost) same tires. Only thread pattern is different where Dunlop is responding a bit faster and Goodyear has 0.6% better fuel economy.
  
  #1100
fusion01 Mar 6, 2014 archived

Great result for Hankook if the price is as I'd expect it to be - quite a bit cheaper than the Pirelli. I purchased the Michelin Primacy 3's for our Mk2 Megane a while back (at a very good price) and so far very happy.

#1047
1. TireReviews fusion01 Mar 6, 2014 archived
  
  You might be surprised how expensive Hankook tires are now. They're almost "premium" money, but the quality reflects the performance
  
  #1048
  1. fusion01 TireReviews Mar 26, 2014 archived
    
    actually you're right. pal bought the Ventus V12's for his Seat Leon and they were silly money. Thing is I don't live in the UK and Bridgestones are way, way overpriced to the point of lunacy so you don't have much choice other than Hankook (or just buy a car with sensible sized alloys and be done with it, such as my wife's).
    
    #1079
  2. fusion01 TireReviews Mar 26, 2014 archived
    
    Paid like 80 GBP ea. for the Pirellis which I thought a complete bargain.
    
    #1080
  3. juraj TireReviews Apr 25, 2014 archived
    
    It seems Hankook has really increased the quality rapidly. I was surprised a while ago when I saw new VW cars on Hankook tires. Nowadays I think even some BMWs use them as OE.
    But still, if I had to choose between Hankook tire and usual premium brand tire of the same quality and price I would go for premium brand. For me it just feels better to see Pirelli on my car :)
    
    #1118

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