| Test Summary | |
| Wet Braking |
Continental Sport Contact 5 Vredestein Ultrac Vorti Yokohama Advan Sport V105 |
| Dry Braking |
Continental Sport Contact 5 |
| Rolling Resistance |
ESA Tecar Spirit 5 UHP |
| Noise |
Sava intensa uhp Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 Fulda SportControl |
| Snow Braking |
Sava intensa uhp |
Of the sixteen tires tested, at least three patterns have already been replaced, with the Michelin Pilot Sport 3, Toyo Proxes T1 Sport and GT Radial Champiro HPY already superseded by the Michelin Pilot Sport 4, Toyo Proxes T1 Sport+ and GT Radial Sport Active in late 2015.
Goodyear and Dunlop are also noticeably absent from this test, with the newly released Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 and Dunlop Sport Maxx RT2 missing.
So what can we learn from this test with a number of the latest tires missing?
Continental still reign supreme with the Continental Sport Contact 5. It would have been interesting to see this tire tested against the new Dunlop, Goodyear and Michelin, but it will be a strong package to beat now Continental seem to be scoring well in the wear tests.
The second place ESA Tecar Spirit 5 UHP isn't available in the UK, but the Tecar brand seems to be offering consistently strong tires in the mid range sector, and will be one we'll be look into a little more in 2016.
With Goodyear and Dunlop missing, Pirelli and Vredestein have strong showings in third and fourth places respectively, with the Vorti continuing its theme of being a very good dry weather tire, finishing joint top in the dry tests with Yokohama.
Uniroyal will be disappointed to have finished with an average wet score and ninth place overall, and it was a disappointing result for Michelin, even taking into account the fact the Pilot Sport 3 has been replaced. Wear, usually one of Michelins strengths, scored particularly poorly, but we're still confused as how the French tire finished so far down the order with such a strong dry and wet result.
There's nothing too exciting to report in the bottom third of the table, the Fulda Sport Control is an old tire now and in need of an update, whereas GT Radial will be happy to have beaten Maxxis with an old pattern.
The full results are below, feel free to leave any comments or questions at the bottom of the page. You can find the 185/65 R15 version of the test here.
Results
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