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2017 Mid Range Tire Test
- Tested size
- 205/55 R16
- Tires tested
- 10
- Disciplines
- 4
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| ft ↓ | s ↓ | ft ↓ | s ↓ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 99.22 | 128 | 95.00 | 99.6 | 163 | 71.15 | 99.0 | |
StrengthsVery precise steering in wet and dry, good grip ConsiderationsNoisy compared to the best in test (but good for a runflat!) Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry99.56 × 41% = 40.82 Wet98.99 × 59% = 58.4 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 98.55 | 128 | 96.46 | 98.7 | 159 | 73.40 | 98.5 | |
StrengthsGood wet grip, well balanced tire ConsiderationsHigher noise level compared to the best on test Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry98.68 × 41% = 40.46 Wet98.47 × 59% = 58.09 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 97.56 | 129 | 95.91 | 98.7 | 166 | 73.00 | 96.8 | |
StrengthsHigh grip in the wet, good braking in the dry ConsiderationsAn "unpleasant noise", slow steering in the wet Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry98.71 × 41% = 40.47 Wet96.76 × 59% = 57.09 | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 96.88 | 129 | 95.30 | 99.1 | 170 | 73.50 | 95.3 | |
StrengthsGood in the wet and dry ConsiderationsNone mentioned Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry99.15 × 41% = 40.65 Wet95.31 × 59% = 56.23 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 96.90 | 131 | 95.37 | 98.4 | 170 | 72.53 | 95.9 | |
StrengthsVery good handling in the wet ConsiderationsNone mentioned Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry98.37 × 41% = 40.33 Wet95.87 × 59% = 56.56 | |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 95.27 | 127 | 94.89 | 100.0 | 179 | 75.06 | 92.0 | |
StrengthsGood handling in the dry ConsiderationsDifficult balance in the wet with oversteer and understeer Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry100 × 41% = 41 Wet91.98 × 59% = 54.27 | |||||||||
| 7= | 8 | 95.06 | 127 | 96.50 | 99.0 | 176 | 75.60 | 92.3 | |
StrengthsGood balance in the dry ConsiderationsUndersteer in the wet, relatively weak dry grip Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry99.04 × 41% = 40.6 Wet92.31 × 59% = 54.46 | |||||||||
| 7= | 9 | 94.75 | 129 | 95.86 | 98.6 | 179 | 74.92 | 92.1 | |
StrengthsGood levels of comfort ConsiderationsSlow steering in dry and wet Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry98.61 × 41% = 40.43 Wet92.07 × 59% = 54.32 | |||||||||
| 9 | 7 | 95.12 | 132 | 96.26 | 97.5 | 175 | 74.22 | 93.4 | |
StrengthsGood handling in the wet ConsiderationsRelatively weak in the dry Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry97.55 × 41% = 39.99 Wet93.44 × 59% = 55.13 | |||||||||
| 10 | 10 | 92.93 | 129 | 96.86 | 98.1 | 187 | 76.03 | 89.3 | |
StrengthsQuiet ConsiderationsOversteer and understeer in the wet, relatively weak dry grip Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry98.1 × 41% = 40.22 Wet89.35 × 59% = 52.71 | |||||||||
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These are calculated scenarios, not new test awards. The published verdict may reflect judgement, close results and factors outside this calculation.
Not ranked: a measurement needed for these weights is missing. Missing results are not treated as zero or redistributed.
Reference tires provide context only. They do not set the benchmark and cannot win the personalised ranking.
Weighting vs real impact
What decides this ranking
The weighting is how much each category counts. The real impact is how much of the difference between the tires it creates: a discipline in which every tire performed about the same barely changes the order, however much it counts.
No weighting is recorded for this test, so the weighting here starts from Tire Reviews’ season defaults, not from the test’s own scoring.
- Dry Weighting 41% Real impact 15%
- Wet Weighting 59% Real impact 85%
- Wet Braking counts for 29.5% of the score but creates 60% of the difference between the tires, because their results in it were far apart.
- Dry Braking counts for 20.5% of the score but creates only 7% of the difference, because most tires performed about the same in it.
Every discipline 4
| Discipline | Weighting | Real impact |
|---|---|---|
| Dry Braking | 20.5% | 7% |
| Dry Handling | 20.5% | 8% |
| Wet Braking | 29.5% | 60% |
| Wet Handling | 29.5% | 25% |
How it is worked out: each discipline’s weighting is multiplied by the spread of its results (the gap across the middle half of the tires, as a percentage of the best result), then shared out so that all the disciplines add up to 100%. It estimates what separates the tires; it is not a second set of weights, and it follows the weights you set.
How your ranking is calculated
Each discipline is scored against the best non-reference tire in the full test field: best ÷ result × 100 when lower is better, or result ÷ best × 100 when higher is better. Discipline scores are rounded to two decimal places, then combined using your weights.
Within-category weights divide that category’s share of the overall score. A 50% wet category and 40% wet-braking share give wet braking 20% of the total. A weight is a scoring priority, not a measure of its actual effect on the ranking: the performance gaps matter too. What decides this ranking ↑
Published joint positions are preserved separately. Calculated positions tie only when their underlying scores match; two displayed scores can look equal after rounding.
A zero weight excludes that category or discipline. At least one active discipline is required, and the disciplines in every active category must have a positive total.
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