2018 AutoBild Summer Tire Overview

Every year Auto Bild test over fifty tires in wet and dry braking test to decide which twenty tires make it through to the full summer tire test.

Data analyzed and reviewed byJonathan Benson

March 6, 2018 18 min read Updated January 8, 2025

Every year Auto Bild test over fifty tires in wet and dry braking test to decide which twenty tires make it through to the full summer tire test. In 2018 they have used the popular 195/65 R15 summer touring tire size.

The spread of dry braking results was higher than usual this year. The best dry braking tire on test, the Hankook, stopped the car from 62mph in 113 feet, and the worse 139 feet. This 26 feet difference might not sound like a huge amount, but it is the difference of stopping or hitting an object at around 26 mph!

The spread in the wet was even larger. The Bridgestone was best in the wet, stopping the car from 50 mph in 113 feet, where as the worst tire on test took a massive 58 feet further, totaling 170 feet. That's over 4 car lengths further and a huge residual speed at time of accident.

Below is the braking details of all 51 tires tested. Be sure to visit Tire Reviews next week for the full tire test which covers dry and wet handling, aquaplaning, noise, comfort and fuel use of the top twenty tires.

Results

Braking from 62mph in the dry and 50mph in the wet

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	34.5
Wet	35.2

Total: 69.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.7
Wet	34.3

Total: 70

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.2
Wet	36.5

Total: 71.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.2
Wet	36

Total: 72.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.4
Wet	36

Total: 72.4

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.7
Wet	35.9

Total: 72.6

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.7
Wet	34.5

Total: 73.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36
Wet	37.3

Total: 73.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	35.6
Wet	38.1

Total: 73.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	36.8
Wet	37

Total: 73.8

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.5
Wet	37.6

Total: 75.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.1
Wet	37

Total: 75.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.7
Wet	37.5

Total: 75.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.5
Wet	38

Total: 75.5

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.5
Wet	38.7

Total: 76.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.3
Wet	38.2

Total: 76.5

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37
Wet	39.6

Total: 76.6

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	39.2
Wet	37.7

Total: 76.9

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.9
Wet	39.2

Total: 77.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.3
Wet	39.1

Total: 77.4

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	39.4
Wet	38.3

Total: 77.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.7
Wet	40.2

Total: 77.9

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	39.1
Wet	38.9

Total: 78

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.1
Wet	39.9

Total: 78

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.4
Wet	40.7

Total: 78.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.7
Wet	40.5

Total: 78.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	37.8
Wet	40.5

Total: 78.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.3
Wet	40.4

Total: 78.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	39.9
Wet	38.8

Total: 78.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38
Wet	40.8

Total: 78.8

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.3
Wet	40.6

Total: 78.9

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	39.3
Wet	39.6

Total: 78.9

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.9
Wet	40.5

Total: 79.4

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	41.1
Wet	38.4

Total: 79.5

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	40
Wet	39.8

Total: 79.8

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.4
Wet	42.9

Total: 81.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	40.5
Wet	40.9

Total: 81.4

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	39.9
Wet	41.6

Total: 81.5

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.2
Wet	43.5

Total: 81.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	40.1
Wet	41.6

Total: 81.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.9
Wet	42.9

Total: 81.8

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	39.9
Wet	44.2

Total: 84.1

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	38.4
Wet	45.9

Total: 84.3

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	42.4
Wet	42.6

Total: 85

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	39.6
Wet	46.1

Total: 85.7

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	39.7
Wet	48.5

Total: 88.2

All discipline results (2)

Test	Result
Dry	41.2
Wet	51.9

Total: 93.1

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