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2021 Auto Bild 16 Inch Summer Tire Test

Jonathan Benson
Data analyzed and reviewed by Jonathan Benson
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Test Results Data

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# Tire Total Score Dry Wet Comfort Value
Braking M Handling Km/H % Braking M Handling Km/H Straight Aqua Km/H % Noise dB % Wear KM Value Price/1000 Price Rolling Resistance kg / t %
1 Kumho Ecsta HS51 97.4% 34.8 3 96 98.7% 47.5 78.8 85.5 2 98.8% 68.7 96.9% 42160 3 5.81 3 245 3 9.31 86.5%
2 ▲4 Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125 96.4% 34.1 96.5 100% 46.2 78.1 81.8 98.7% 67.3 2 99% 27540 9.26 255 8.38 70.6%
3 ▲5 Michelin Primacy 4 95.8% 35.8 94.4 96.5% 47.5 76.8 83.2 97.2% 67.3 2 99% 44200 2 7.24 320 7.77 84.9%
4 ▲3 Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2 95.8% 34.5 2 95.5 98.9% 46.4 3 78.4 3 83 99% 69.2 96.2% 30600 9.15 280 9.25 69.2%
5 ▲4 Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 95.6% 36.1 94.9 96.4% 49.5 76.5 80.1 94.8% 68.6 97.1% 47940 5.74 275 7.24 2 95.7%
6 ▼4 Continental Premium Contact 6 95.3% 36.5 95.6 96.2% 46.3 2 77.2 79.7 97.7% 68.6 97.1% 41480 7.47 310 8.92 79.3%
7 ▼3 Debica Presto HP 2 94.8% 36.3 95.9 96.7% 49.9 76.7 81 94.8% 68.6 97.1% 37400 5.75 2 215 8.6 87.4%
8 ▼3 Bridgestone Turanza T005 94.8% 35.4 95.8 97.8% 49.3 77.9 81.6 96% 68.7 96.9% 31960 9.07 290 7.01 77.3%
9 ▼6 Semperit Speed Life 3 94.8% 37.7 95.1 94.5% 46.8 78.2 81.6 98.2% 67.4 98.8% 37060 7.02 360 8.63 76.9%
10 ▲5 Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun 94.5% 35.8 95.8 97.3% 49.1 76.2 83.2 95.6% 68.4 97.4% 35020 7.14 250 8.97 78.3%
11 ▼2 Firestone RoadHawk 94.5% 35.7 96.1 3 97.6% 49.3 78.8 84.3 3 97% 69.9 95.3% 27880 9.15 255 8.51 70.6%
12 ▲5 Nokian WetProof 94.1% 35.1 95.7 98.2% 49.5 77.7 81.3 95.7% 67.3 2 99% 26180 9.93 260 8.07 69.6%
13 ▲4 Kleber Dynaxer HP4 93.8% 36.2 94.8 96.2% 49.3 76.5 80.9 95.1% 66.6 100% 30600 8.17 250 8.18 75.4%
14 ▼3 Maxxis Premitra HP5 93.8% 35 95.9 98.4% 50.4 77.3 82.9 95.1% 68.7 96.9% 27880 8.97 250 9.25 69.1%
15 Fulda EcoControl HP2 93.7% 36 95.3 96.7% 52.8 77.6 83.8 93.8% 68.7 96.9% 37060 7.02 260 8.29 81.4%
16 ▼5 Uniroyal RainSport 5 93.5% 37.4 94.3 94.5% 49.9 78 86.1 96.5% 68.3 97.5% 32300 8.05 260 9.24 73.2%
17 ▲2 Dunlop Sport BluResponse 93.5% 35.4 94.5 97.1% 50.3 76.6 82.3 94.7% 69.1 96.4% 27880 9.68 270 7.28 3 73.5%
18 ▼7 BFGoodrich Advantage 93.3% 36.7 96.2 2 96.3% 49.9 75.4 81.3 94.2% 67.5 98.7% 33320 8.1 270 8.31 75.9%
19 ▼8 Toyo Proxes Comfort 93.3% 35.2 96 98.2% 51.9 77.6 80.1 93.6% 68.6 97.1% 31960 8.29 265 9.13 72.6%
20 Nexen N Blue HD Plus 93.2% 35.8 95.4 97.1% 50.2 76 79.3 93.9% 68.4 97.4% 30260 7.6 230 2 9.14 74.7%
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Dry 99% Wet 99% Comfort 97% Value 87%
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Dry Braking 34.8 M 3
Dry Handling 96 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 47.5 M
Wet Handling 78.8 Km/H
Straight Aqua 85.5 Km/H 2
Comfort
Noise 68.7 dB
Value
Wear 42160 KM 3
Value 5.81 Price/1000 3
Price 245 3
Rolling Resistance 9.31 kg / t
Dry 100% Wet 99% Comfort 99% Value 71%
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Dry
Dry Braking 34.1 M
Dry Handling 96.5 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 46.2 M
Wet Handling 78.1 Km/H
Straight Aqua 81.8 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 67.3 dB 2
Value
Wear 27540 KM
Value 9.26 Price/1000
Price 255
Rolling Resistance 8.38 kg / t
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95.8%
Dry 97% Wet 97% Comfort 99% Value 85%
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Dry
Dry Braking 35.8 M
Dry Handling 94.4 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 47.5 M
Wet Handling 76.8 Km/H
Straight Aqua 83.2 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 67.3 dB 2
Value
Wear 44200 KM 2
Value 7.24 Price/1000
Price 320
Rolling Resistance 7.77 kg / t
Dry 99% Wet 99% Comfort 96% Value 69%
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Dry
Dry Braking 34.5 M 2
Dry Handling 95.5 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 46.4 M 3
Wet Handling 78.4 Km/H 3
Straight Aqua 83 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 69.2 dB
Value
Wear 30600 KM
Value 9.15 Price/1000
Price 280
Rolling Resistance 9.25 kg / t
Dry 96% Wet 95% Comfort 97% Value 96%
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Dry
Dry Braking 36.1 M
Dry Handling 94.9 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 49.5 M
Wet Handling 76.5 Km/H
Straight Aqua 80.1 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 68.6 dB
Value
Wear 47940 KM
Value 5.74 Price/1000
Price 275
Rolling Resistance 7.24 kg / t 2
Dry 96% Wet 98% Comfort 97% Value 79%
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Dry
Dry Braking 36.5 M
Dry Handling 95.6 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 46.3 M 2
Wet Handling 77.2 Km/H
Straight Aqua 79.7 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 68.6 dB
Value
Wear 41480 KM
Value 7.47 Price/1000
Price 310
Rolling Resistance 8.92 kg / t
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94.8%
Dry 97% Wet 95% Comfort 97% Value 87%
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Dry
Dry Braking 36.3 M
Dry Handling 95.9 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 49.9 M
Wet Handling 76.7 Km/H
Straight Aqua 81 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 68.6 dB
Value
Wear 37400 KM
Value 5.75 Price/1000 2
Price 215
Rolling Resistance 8.6 kg / t
Dry 98% Wet 96% Comfort 97% Value 77%
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Dry
Dry Braking 35.4 M
Dry Handling 95.8 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 49.3 M
Wet Handling 77.9 Km/H
Straight Aqua 81.6 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 68.7 dB
Value
Wear 31960 KM
Value 9.07 Price/1000
Price 290
Rolling Resistance 7.01 kg / t
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94.8%
Dry 95% Wet 98% Comfort 99% Value 77%
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Dry
Dry Braking 37.7 M
Dry Handling 95.1 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 46.8 M
Wet Handling 78.2 Km/H
Straight Aqua 81.6 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 67.4 dB
Value
Wear 37060 KM
Value 7.02 Price/1000
Price 360
Rolling Resistance 8.63 kg / t
10
94.5%
Dry 97% Wet 96% Comfort 97% Value 78%
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Dry
Dry Braking 35.8 M
Dry Handling 95.8 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 49.1 M
Wet Handling 76.2 Km/H
Straight Aqua 83.2 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 68.4 dB
Value
Wear 35020 KM
Value 7.14 Price/1000
Price 250
Rolling Resistance 8.97 kg / t
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94.5%
Dry 98% Wet 97% Comfort 95% Value 71%
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Dry
Dry Braking 35.7 M
Dry Handling 96.1 Km/H 3
Wet
Wet Braking 49.3 M
Wet Handling 78.8 Km/H
Straight Aqua 84.3 Km/H 3
Comfort
Noise 69.9 dB
Value
Wear 27880 KM
Value 9.15 Price/1000
Price 255
Rolling Resistance 8.51 kg / t
12
94.1%
Dry 98% Wet 96% Comfort 99% Value 70%
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Dry
Dry Braking 35.1 M
Dry Handling 95.7 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 49.5 M
Wet Handling 77.7 Km/H
Straight Aqua 81.3 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 67.3 dB 2
Value
Wear 26180 KM
Value 9.93 Price/1000
Price 260
Rolling Resistance 8.07 kg / t
13
93.8%
Dry 96% Wet 95% Comfort 100% Value 75%
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Dry
Dry Braking 36.2 M
Dry Handling 94.8 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 49.3 M
Wet Handling 76.5 Km/H
Straight Aqua 80.9 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 66.6 dB
Value
Wear 30600 KM
Value 8.17 Price/1000
Price 250
Rolling Resistance 8.18 kg / t
14
93.8%
Dry 98% Wet 95% Comfort 97% Value 69%
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Dry
Dry Braking 35 M
Dry Handling 95.9 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 50.4 M
Wet Handling 77.3 Km/H
Straight Aqua 82.9 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 68.7 dB
Value
Wear 27880 KM
Value 8.97 Price/1000
Price 250
Rolling Resistance 9.25 kg / t
Dry 97% Wet 94% Comfort 97% Value 81%
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Dry
Dry Braking 36 M
Dry Handling 95.3 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 52.8 M
Wet Handling 77.6 Km/H
Straight Aqua 83.8 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 68.7 dB
Value
Wear 37060 KM
Value 7.02 Price/1000
Price 260
Rolling Resistance 8.29 kg / t
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93.5%
Dry 95% Wet 97% Comfort 98% Value 73%
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Dry
Dry Braking 37.4 M
Dry Handling 94.3 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 49.9 M
Wet Handling 78 Km/H
Straight Aqua 86.1 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 68.3 dB
Value
Wear 32300 KM
Value 8.05 Price/1000
Price 260
Rolling Resistance 9.24 kg / t
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93.5%
Dry 97% Wet 95% Comfort 96% Value 74%
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Dry
Dry Braking 35.4 M
Dry Handling 94.5 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 50.3 M
Wet Handling 76.6 Km/H
Straight Aqua 82.3 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 69.1 dB
Value
Wear 27880 KM
Value 9.68 Price/1000
Price 270
Rolling Resistance 7.28 kg / t 3
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93.3%
Dry 96% Wet 94% Comfort 99% Value 76%
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Dry
Dry Braking 36.7 M
Dry Handling 96.2 Km/H 2
Wet
Wet Braking 49.9 M
Wet Handling 75.4 Km/H
Straight Aqua 81.3 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 67.5 dB
Value
Wear 33320 KM
Value 8.1 Price/1000
Price 270
Rolling Resistance 8.31 kg / t
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93.3%
Dry 98% Wet 94% Comfort 97% Value 73%
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Dry
Dry Braking 35.2 M
Dry Handling 96 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 51.9 M
Wet Handling 77.6 Km/H
Straight Aqua 80.1 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 68.6 dB
Value
Wear 31960 KM
Value 8.29 Price/1000
Price 265
Rolling Resistance 9.13 kg / t
Dry 97% Wet 94% Comfort 97% Value 75%
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Dry
Dry Braking 35.8 M
Dry Handling 95.4 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking 50.2 M
Wet Handling 76 Km/H
Straight Aqua 79.3 Km/H
Comfort
Noise 68.4 dB
Value
Wear 30260 KM
Value 7.6 Price/1000
Price 230 2
Rolling Resistance 9.14 kg / t
Not every driver has the same priorities. Adjust the category weightings above to re-rank the tires based on what matters most to your driving style.
Scores are colour-coded from red (weakest) through yellow to green (strongest) to help you quickly spot each tire's strengths and weaknesses.
The original test ranking is shown in the # column. Arrows indicate how each tire moves when your custom weighting is applied.
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