2023 ADAC Summer Tire Test

We like this simple chart explanation. As a Athens concrete contractor , our work also needs good testing and data. The picture helps kids and adults understand. We think learning about tires is helpful and fun.

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Question cannot find answer: When / why do tire mfg companies no longer show both min psi with the max psi.
While I understand one tire may max at 51psi but asked to inflate to your own car guide (like 32-34psi), there must be a minimum psi that the mfg would say its my falt for driving (say at 20psi) where the integeraty of the tire would be challenged.

really liked your video testing the impact of adding weight to pickup truck rear axle. I think that it would be a very interesting and popular video if you performed a similar test on a FWD vehicle to evaluate how adding mass over the rear axle affects braking distances on snow or ice. There just does not seem to be a solid answer to this question, and therefore actual testing would be very valuable info. I think it would be most useful if the test was performed with snow tires installed, and even better if the effect of studded tires could also be included as an additional variable (could potentially change the results of the added mass). Thanks

Thanks for such epic test.
If EC6 join these test will be better

Sadly, once again, they sort of set wear above safety making the test nice for fleet managers but bad news for customers.

What is the true average annual mileage of a privately owned car in central Europe? Around 10.000 km / year, there are some drivers that do more and there are many more that do even less. I'm talking about private, not company cars. Let's get back to the average. Say, 4k km are done on winter set, so 6.000 km / year on summer tires. There is absolutely no chance those like the Goodyears would be worn out unless being absolute threat to everything on the road after ten or even more years. Actually they will be unsafe in half the time (own experience with previous Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance model - great when new, completely lost traction after five years causing extremely extended braking distances and wheel spinning on slippery surfaces even for cautious and gentle drivers. Borrowed a pair of new, confirmed the old tires to be the problem, so they had to go. Who would voluntarily reaplce tires with still half of tread depth as I did?

Currently I am using Nokian Wetproof (which are praised for braking distances and excellent wet and dry grip which I can confirm) but these (and Vredestein Ultrac) are usually devaluated for low expected mileage around 30.000 km. Honestly, I'd happily replace worn tires every five or six years if they are as safe as when new instead of being rear-ended by hypermilers with 'eternal' Michelin or Goodyear on traffic lights.

Sadly, such pressure on extreme wear durability inevitably leads to tires being worse and less safe for private customers.

That's a lot of data to digest! At ADAC's link we've got at the page's bottom the test pdf's where there's even more data relating to dry and wet performance, the way ADAC usually presents it. Unfortunately, they went through a lot of effort and money to test all these tires when they could have tested a smaller amount of them but of many different premium and budgets models (and even different weight/speed indexes for each model). For instance: the Contis EC5, EC6, PC5, Michelin Pilot Sport 4, Primacy 4, Goodyear EGP, Hankook Prime 3, Pirelli Cinturato P1 Verde, Bridgestone Ecopia EP150 and Turanza ECO, Maxxis Premitra HP5 and Mecotra 3, Falken Sincera SN832, Yokohama BluEarth GT and BluEarth-ES, Vredestein Ultra, etc. So much money wasted in so many crappy tires!... Maybe I'm being ungrateful, but on my opinion, this is not a great way to celebrate 50 years of tire testing!

Two things: first, the performance of the P7C2 is oddly out of alignment with TR's own assessment; second, might we have the descriptive commentary for the other tires?