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It's not often you get the chance to test different tires on identical vehicles, and even rarer that the tires in question are two of the newest, most exciting max performance summer tires on the market, but this is exactly what we found ourselves presented with recently at Ascari race circuit.
The tires in question are the latest offerings from Continental and Dunlop, with each of the four cars being fitted with a set of Continental Sport Contact 5s, and a set of the brand new Dunlop SportMaxx RT, all in 245/40 R18. Two of the vehicles comprised of the high performance coupe from Audi, the TT S, and the other two were the the high powered Audi S4 saloon.
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2012 has started with a bang with EVO, the UKs leading high performance car magazine, publishing its 2012 summer tire test.
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Auto Bild Performance, the German version of EVO magazine have put together the tire test EVO should have. 7 wide 225/40 R18 tires on a 260bhp Mazda 3 MPS.
On test are the usual premium brands, with only Bridgestone missing from the "big 6". Also included a midrange Hankook and a budget Rockstone.
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It's always nice to have British magazines covering tire tests, and no magazine does a more thorough job than Auto Express. This years "total tire guide" covers 10 tires across 10 disciplines giving a total of 100 data points to absorb!
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The amazing American tire retailer tirerack.com has just published it's latest tire test, "Clash of the Titans: Testing Two New Max Performance Summer Heavy Hitters".
On test are 4 of the leading brands. Bridgestone is represented by the brand new S04 Pole Position, Continental has the ExtremeContact DW, Michelin brings the new Pilot Super Sport and Pirelli puts the P Zero to test.
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Sport Auto have tested seven 245/40 R18 Max Performance Summer Tires on an Audi TT RS, but which will dominate in this dry bias test?
To ensure conditions were suitable for a summer tire test, Sport Auto visited a Bridgestone test track in Italy. Taking part in the test are some of the newest tires to market, including the new Michelin Pilot Super Sport, Pirelli P Zero, Bridgestone Potenza S001 and Toyo T1 Sport, along with the existing Nokian Z G2, Dunlop Sport Maxx GT and Sava Intensa.
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If a broken car is a sign of a good tire test, breaking a Focus RS twice, then giving up and using a Sirocco R means the latest Max performance tire test from Russian magazine Auto Review should be the best tire test yet. Fortunately, it doesn't disappoint.
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The excellent German magazine Auto Bild have just published their 2011 max performance summer tire test covering 10 tires. Auto Bild decided to use the the popular 225/40 r18 tire size, fitted to vehicles such as the Golf GTI, Focus ST, Audi S3, Octavia RS and the test car used, the Mazda3 MPS.
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Auto Zeitung always put on a good tire test, and this year they’ve tested 14 different 225/45 r17 tires on an Audi A3, including new tires from Goodyear, Pirelli, Sava, Nexen and Firestone.
The results are closer than ever, with both the dry and wet performance scores hotly contested. Overall, the new Pirelli P Zero wins thanks to it’s incredibly high wet grip and strong scores in every category. The new Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 places second thanks to it's class leading braking and low rolling resistance, while the Goodyears sister tire, Dunlop Sport Maxx TT rounded out the top 3 due to it’s sporty handling and excellent grip throughout.
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It's not often you get the opportunity to try different tires on identical cars one after the other, so when we were presented with 3 Audi A7's wearing 3 different max performance summer tires in 255/35 19 there was only one thing on our mind - a subjective handling shootout!
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For the second time in 2010 EVO have published an excellent summer tire test. The first test, published in July concentrated on a RWD MX5 running 205/45 17 tires and was won by Continental with the ContiSportContact 3. In this tire test EVO have used a Renaultsport Megane 250 Cup wearing massive 235/35 r19 tires to test 9 ultra high performance / max performance tires...
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