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2021 Auto Bild 19 inch Summer Tire Test

Jonathan Benson
Data analyzed and reviewed by Jonathan Benson
7 min read Updated
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  1. Stave Jakinson archived

    opinion on falken fk510 in this dimension? better than hankook?

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    1. TireReviews Stave Jakinson archived

      I'd guess they'd be very close! FK520 is now out though

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  2. blaz archived

    hi, i have a question about the tire. I watched last year’s tests and can’t decide which one to buy. I have dimension 235 / 35R19. I choose between hankook s1 evo3, ultrac vorti +. I drive calmly, sometimes dynamically, I drive 10-12k a year. I want a tire that is safe in the wet and good in the dry. I know that you are the best at this and your opinion would help me the most.

    thank you very much

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    1. TireReviews blaz archived

      I would take the Hankook of those two.

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  3. Kurt Phillips archived

    What was the test car? Gutted I haven't tried my new Bridgestones yet as I've not had my car for over 3 weeks :(

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    1. TireReviews Kurt Phillips archived

      I believe it was the Seat Cupra R, basically a Golf GTI in a dress :)

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  4. Scour archived

    My personal winner is the Pirelli PZ4. Looks like it´s very good in Handling.
    Some surprises: The old Dunlop RT2 is at same level as the newer Goodyear F1 A5, strong result of the Ultrac Vorti.

    The two worst tires are from Keskin who say these tires are engineered in Germany, but it´s manufactured for a cheap price somewhere else

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    1. Jacopo Scour archived

      The Pirelli seems to do very well in the wet handling tests and it is not shabby in the dry either. If they could sort the rolling resistance they would be up there with the best.

      I wonder if the dual compound is limited to the OEM sport car variants.

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      1. Scour Jacopo archived

        I´m not sure whether rolling resistance and wet handling can be combined optimal. The best tire in rolling resistance is the 14th place and have awful wet grip.

        Looks like Conti came close to a good compromise, but the other good tires in the wet handling, the PZ4 and the Potenza are far away in rolling resistance

        My personal opinion: Wet handling is much more important than rolling resistance. I´ve drive for many years company cars with tires like Michelin Energy Saver and Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance and would not buy it for my own car.

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  5. Asier archived

    I think you are performing these weeks a test with a very similar group of tires. It will be interesting to see if the results look like similar!

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    1. TireReviews Asier archived

      You are correct, and yes it will be :)

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