2018 Ace 235/45 R18 Summer Tire Test

I love my Zlines on Mercedes CLK V8 Cabrio. In NE USA, I don't drive it in winter, but sometimes in cold/wet, so it's perfect....performance tire w/all-season compound.

"It's not often you see a tire test where the highest placed premium manufacturer is placed in fifth place, and often test winning Goodyear and Michelin brands are eighth and ninth respectively..."

While that's true, it is probably slightly modified by the following:

-a Michelin PS4 or PS4s would have probably been a rather better scorer in this sort of test than a rather middle-of-the-road Prim 3. Doesn't make them 'better' tires but in what is largely a performance test sporty tires would score better. And, if you are going Primacy, why not Prim 4 rather than 3?

-Similarlry for Conti, a SportContact would surely have been a better scorer.

(Which all raises questions about what the Marketing depts at those companes were thinking when they selected whch tires to submit.)

And then there is wear. There does not appear to be a score for wear and I'd be prepared to bet that both the Conti and the Michelin would move up the order a bit if their wear scores were included with a reasonable weight..