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2021 Auto Bild UUHP Summer Tire Test
- Tested size
- 265/35 R20
- Tires tested
- 9
- Disciplines
- 7
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| ft ↓ | mph ↑ | ft ↓ | mph ↑ | mph ↑ | dB ↓ | kg/t ↓ | ||||||||
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| 1 | 1 | 97.87 | 115 | 61.0 | 99.1 | 135 | 53.1 | 46.4 | 99.8 | 72.9 | 98.8 | 9.15 | 83.3 | |
StrengthsThe Potenza Sport is a new top class sports tire with excellent handling in the dry and wet, precise steering response, good balance, shortest wet and dry braking distances and good aquaplaning properties. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry99.1 × 35% = 34.69 Wet99.83 × 50% = 49.92 Comfort98.77 × 5% = 4.94 Rolling Resistance83.28 × 10% = 8.33 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 96.94 | 116 | 60.5 | 98.1 | 135 | 51.0 | 45.2 | 97.6 | 73.6 | 97.8 | 8.57 | 88.9 | |
StrengthsThe Sport Contact 6 is an excellent tire with dynamic driving behavior in the wet, short wet and dry braking distances, good comfort and low rolling resistance. ConsiderationsSlightly high noise. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry98.14 × 35% = 34.35 Wet97.63 × 50% = 48.81 Comfort97.83 × 5% = 4.89 Rolling Resistance88.91 × 10% = 8.89 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 95.62 | 116 | 62.1 | 99.4 | 142 | 49.5 | 45.2 | 94.5 | 72.0 | 100.0 | 8.88 | 85.8 | |
StrengthsThe Pilot Sport 4S is a premium summer tire with sporty dynamic handling in the dry, precise steering, short wet and dry braking distances and low rolling resistance. ConsiderationsVery expensive. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry99.44 × 35% = 34.8 Wet94.47 × 50% = 47.23 Comfort100 × 5% = 5 Rolling Resistance85.81 × 10% = 8.58 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 94.72 | 116 | 60.9 | 98.6 | 148 | 51.0 | 46.8 | 94.7 | 73.3 | 98.2 | 9.60 | 79.4 | |
StrengthsThe F1 SuperSport is a sporty summer tire with a high level of balanced performance in the dry and wet, short dry braking distances, good comfort. ConsiderationsVery expensive. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry98.58 × 35% = 34.5 Wet94.73 × 50% = 47.37 Comfort98.23 × 5% = 4.91 Rolling Resistance79.38 × 10% = 7.94 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 93.50 | 120 | 61.0 | 96.9 | 152 | 51.3 | 46.4 | 93.8 | 72.2 | 99.7 | 9.86 | 77.3 | |
StrengthsThe Vorti R is a good performance tire with sporty handling, precise steering, short dry braking distances, and a good price to performance ratio. ConsiderationsSlightly longer braking distances in the wet, increased rolling resistance. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry96.87 × 35% = 33.9 Wet93.76 × 50% = 46.88 Comfort99.72 × 5% = 4.99 Rolling Resistance77.28 × 10% = 7.73 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 93.44 | 121 | 60.3 | 96.2 | 146 | 48.7 | 45.7 | 93.1 | 74.1 | 97.2 | 9.11 | 83.6 | |
StrengthsThe S1 Evo3 has safe driving behavior and short braking distances in the dry and wet, with a direct steering response. ConsiderationsLow aquaplaning resistance, high noise. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry96.19 × 35% = 33.67 Wet93.09 × 50% = 46.55 Comfort97.17 × 5% = 4.86 Rolling Resistance83.64 × 10% = 8.36 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | 91.25 | 126 | 59.3 | 93.4 | 159 | 48.5 | 46.7 | 90.1 | 72.3 | 99.6 | 8.92 | 85.4 | |
StrengthsGood safety reserves in aquaplaning, good handling in the wet. ConsiderationsLong wet braking distances, understeer balance in dry handling. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry93.41 × 35% = 32.69 Wet90.08 × 50% = 45.04 Comfort99.59 × 5% = 4.98 Rolling Resistance85.43 × 10% = 8.54 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | 9 | 82.14 | 129 | 57.8 | 91.3 | 271 | 43.2 | 43.2 | 70.4 | 72.0 | 100.0 | 7.62 | 100.0 | |
StrengthsVery low rolling resistance. ConsiderationsLimited wet grip, very long wet and dry braking distances, bad handling and poor aquaplaning resistance. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry91.27 × 35% = 31.94 Wet70.39 × 50% = 35.19 Comfort100 × 5% = 5 Rolling Resistance100 × 10% = 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | 8 | 84.09 | 130 | 56.9 | 90.1 | 196 | 43.2 | 43.9 | 78.5 | 72.1 | 99.9 | 9.19 | 82.9 | |
StrengthsLow noise, low price. ConsiderationsVery poor in the wet, dangerously long wet and dry braking distances, spongy unbalanced handling with poor steering response. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry90.12 × 35% = 31.54 Wet78.52 × 50% = 39.26 Comfort99.86 × 5% = 4.99 Rolling Resistance82.92 × 10% = 8.29 | ||||||||||||||
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Leading with these priorities
Bridgestone Potenza Sport
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 35% Real impact 33%
- Wet Weighting 50% Real impact 61%
- Comfort Weighting 5% Real impact 1%
- Rolling Resistance Weighting 10% Real impact 5%
- Wet Braking counts for 20.5% of the score but creates 39% of the difference between the tires, because their results in it were far apart.
- Dry Handling counts for 17.5% of the score but creates only 9% of the difference, because most tires performed about the same in it.
Every discipline 7
| Discipline | Weighting | Real impact |
|---|---|---|
| Dry Braking | 17.5% | 24% |
| Dry Handling | 17.5% | 9% |
| Wet Braking | 20.5% | 39% |
| Wet Handling | 20.5% | 18% |
| Straight Aqua | 9% | 4% |
| Noise | 5% | 1% |
| Rolling Resistance | 10% | 5% |
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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