Charts Are Budget Tires Finally Good Enough 8 Cheap Tires VS 1 Premium Tire

Below are all the data points for the Are Budget Tires Finally Good Enough? 8 Cheap Tires VS 1 Premium Tire, displaying how each tire performed across all test categories. The spider chart below provides a complete overview of performance, where one hundred percent represents the best performance in each category. The larger the area covered by each tire's plot, the better its overall performance.

How to read these charts: For each test category, data is presented relative to the best performing tire. The direction indicates whether lower or higher values are better - pay close attention to this when interpreting results.

Performance Overview

This radar chart shows relative performance across all test categories, with 100% representing the best performance in each category. Reference tires may have gaps where data is not available.

Continental PremiumContact 7

Tomket Sport Series 1

Nankang Econex NA1

Winrun R330

Davanti DX390

Triangle SporteX TH201

King-Meiler Sport 1 KM

Maxtrek MAXIMUS M1

Double-Coin DC99

Dry Performance Overview

Dry Braking (M)

Dry braking in meters (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Continental PremiumContact 7 with a result of 35.27 M. The difference between best and worst was 11.8%.

Dry Handling (s)

Dry handling time in seconds (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Continental PremiumContact 7 with a result of 51.73 s. The difference between best and worst was 3.1%.

Subj. Dry Handling ( Points)

Subjective Dry Handling Score (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Continental PremiumContact 7 with a result of 100 Points. The difference between best and worst was 70%.

Wet Performance Overview

Wet Braking (M)

Wet braking in meters (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Continental PremiumContact 7 with a result of 31.58 M. The difference between best and worst was 31.4%.

Wet Handling (s)

Wet handling time in seconds (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Continental PremiumContact 7 with a result of 84.85 s. The difference between best and worst was 11.9%.

Subj. Wet Handling ( Points)

Subjective Wet Handling Score (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Continental PremiumContact 7 with a result of 100 Points. The difference between best and worst was 50%.

Wet Circle (s)

Wet Circle Lap Time in seconds (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Continental PremiumContact 7 with a result of 11.5 s. The difference between best and worst was 10.2%.

Straight Aqua (Km/H)

Float Speed in Km/H (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Continental PremiumContact 7 with a result of 74.91 Km/H. The difference between best and worst was 13.8%.

Curved Aquaplaning (m/sec2)

Remaining lateral acceleration (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Continental PremiumContact 7 with a result of 3.3 m/sec2. The difference between best and worst was 30.3%.

Comfort Performance Overview

Subj. Comfort ( Points)

Subjective Comfort Score (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Winrun R330 with a result of 100 Points. The difference between best and worst was 10%.

Noise (dB)

External noise in dB (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Double-Coin DC99 with a result of 70.2 dB. The difference between best and worst was 5.6%.

Value Performance Overview

Price

Price in local currency (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Double-Coin DC99. The difference between best and worst was 46.8%.

Rolling Resistance (kg / t)

Rolling resistance in kg t (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Tomket Sport Series 1 with a result of 8.28 kg / t. The difference between best and worst was 15.7%.

Overall Findings

Based on the weighted scoring from all tests, here are the overall results:

Position	Tire	Score
1	Continental PremiumContact 7	99.6%
2	Tomket Sport Series 1	90.9%
3	Nankang Econex NA1	87.5%
4	Winrun R330	87.1%
5	Davanti DX390	85.2%
6	Triangle SporteX TH201	83.3%
7	Maxtrek MAXIMUS M1	82%
8	King-Meiler Sport 1 KM	81.9%
9	Double-Coin DC99	70.4%

Test Winner

Continental PremiumContact 7

99.6%

Are Budget Tires Finally Good Enough? 8 Cheap Tires VS 1 Premium Tire

Performance Overview

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Dry Performance Overview

Dry Braking (M)

Dry Handling (s)

Subj. Dry Handling ( Points)

Wet Performance Overview

Wet Braking (M)

Wet Handling (s)

Subj. Wet Handling ( Points)

Wet Circle (s)

Straight Aqua (Km/H)

Curved Aquaplaning (m/sec2)

Comfort Performance Overview

Subj. Comfort ( Points)

Noise (dB)

Value Performance Overview

Price

Rolling Resistance (kg / t)

Overall Findings

Test Winner

Continental PremiumContact 7

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