Passenger Car Summer Max Performance Tires
Below are all the reviewed passenger car summer max performance tires on Tire Reviews. Please click into each tire for further details.
| Tire Reviewed | Dry Grip | Wet Grip | Feedback | Handling | Wear | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vredestein Ultrac Vorti Plus (3) | 93% | 93% | 93% | 93% | 90% | 80% |
| Falken Azenis FK520 (15) | 92% | 88% | 87% | 89% | 79% | 88% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 (79) | 95% | 92% | 90% | 88% | 77% | 86% |
| Vredestein Ultrac Vorti (111) | 94% | 84% | 90% | 89% | 85% | 85% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S * (3) | 100% | 87% | 93% | 97% | 70% | 83% |
| Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02 (5) | 94% | 98% | 76% | 82% | 95% | 86% |
| Continental ExtremeContact Sport (13) | 92% | 83% | 83% | 81% | 88% | 87% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (154) | 94% | 88% | 88% | 87% | 80% | 85% |
| Nokian zLine (82) | 92% | 91% | 90% | 88% | 77% | 86% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S (127) | 93% | 88% | 86% | 87% | 82% | 86% |
| Michelin Pilot Super Sport (142) | 94% | 84% | 89% | 86% | 82% | 81% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 5 (41) | 93% | 94% | 81% | 80% | 87% | 84% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 (225) | 93% | 90% | 86% | 88% | 80% | 81% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 (404) | 92% | 89% | 85% | 85% | 80% | 87% |
| Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta (237) | 91% | 88% | 87% | 85% | 79% | 85% |
| Continental SportContact 7 (37) | 97% | 93% | 91% | 91% | 71% | 75% |
| Nokian Z G2 (30) | 88% | 89% | 86% | 84% | 80% | 83% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport (46) | 96% | 83% | 91% | 93% | 67% | 75% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 (173) | 89% | 87% | 82% | 82% | 79% | 87% |
| Bridgestone Potenza GIII (7) | 96% | 83% | 87% | 91% | 74% | 66% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 Noble2 (32) | 88% | 83% | 83% | 80% | 72% | 88% |
| Bridgestone Potenza Sport (80) | 93% | 88% | 91% | 92% | 64% | 74% |
| Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE004 (14) | 88% | 80% | 85% | 87% | 76% | 75% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (300) | 90% | 88% | 81% | 84% | 73% | 78% |
| Bridgestone Adrenalin RE002 (108) | 90% | 82% | 82% | 80% | 77% | 77% |
| Nokian Hakka Black 2 (3) | 90% | 95% | 90% | 90% | 70% | 65% |
| Nokian PowerProof (23) | 87% | 90% | 80% | 75% | 71% | 87% |
| Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003 (86) | 91% | 78% | 83% | 87% | 71% | 73% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric (140) | 91% | 88% | 82% | 78% | 70% | 80% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport (41) | 92% | 82% | 86% | 81% | 73% | 75% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 Evo Z K129 (3) | 90% | 83% | 90% | 80% | 60% | 77% |
| Continental SportContact 2 SSR Run Flat (6) | 90% | 83% | 83% | 85% | 70% | 72% |
| Syron Street Race (5) | 100% | 80% | 96% | 90% | 52% | 56% |
| Dunlop SportMaxx RT (172) | 88% | 85% | 83% | 82% | 60% | 82% |
| Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2 (86) | 85% | 79% | 79% | 80% | 76% | 81% |
| Bridgestone Potenza s02 (18) | 90% | 79% | 87% | 87% | 65% | 63% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S007A (11) | 83% | 69% | 84% | 90% | 75% | 73% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 (39) | 89% | 86% | 75% | 72% | 68% | 77% |
| Pirelli P Zero PZ4 (55) | 89% | 80% | 85% | 82% | 63% | 72% |
| Pirelli P ZERO ROSSO Asimmetrico (26) | 87% | 75% | 79% | 82% | 73% | 71% |
| Continental Sport Contact 6 (85) | 91% | 87% | 82% | 83% | 52% | 77% |
| Dunlop Direzza DZ101 (8) | 85% | 68% | 80% | 79% | 67% | 76% |
| Continental Sport Contact 3 (244) | 88% | 80% | 81% | 77% | 62% | 74% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 evo (44) | 81% | 73% | 76% | 73% | 75% | 72% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 (80) | 84% | 76% | 76% | 79% | 67% | 72% |
| Continental Sport Contact 5 (207) | 87% | 82% | 79% | 76% | 51% | 73% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S007 (5) | 85% | 75% | 83% | 65% | 58% | 65% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 (157) | 84% | 78% | 76% | 73% | 60% | 65% |
| Continental ContiSportContact 5 P (105) | 85% | 79% | 76% | 75% | 54% | 72% |
| Continental Sport Contact 2 (229) | 85% | 75% | 76% | 72% | 61% | 66% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S04 Pole Position (3) | 90% | 73% | 73% | 87% | 40% | 67% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S001 (156) | 84% | 70% | 75% | 75% | 67% | 62% |
| Continental Sport Contact 3 SSR Run flat (27) | 83% | 73% | 72% | 74% | 71% | 57% |
| Yokohama Advan Sport ZPS (3) | 83% | 73% | 70% | 73% | 70% | 57% |
| Dunlop SP Sport Maxx TT (53) | 85% | 73% | 74% | 76% | 64% | 64% |
| Pirelli P Zero Runflat (40) | 84% | 70% | 77% | 74% | 58% | 66% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE050 (57) | 83% | 69% | 76% | 69% | 66% | 61% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE050A (211) | 83% | 69% | 74% | 72% | 66% | 59% |
| Pirelli PZero Nero (139) | 83% | 66% | 71% | 71% | 67% | 64% |
| Pirelli P Zero (153) | 84% | 69% | 75% | 72% | 58% | 64% |
| Bridgestone Potenza s03 (7) | 86% | 54% | 70% | 67% | 71% | 60% |
| Continental Sport Contact 5 SSR Runflat (29) | 87% | 75% | 78% | 75% | 48% | 56% |
| Pirelli P Zero Silver (3) | 67% | 67% | 67% | 57% | 80% | 77% |
| Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (161) | 79% | 69% | 69% | 67% | 63% | 64% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD2 (8) | 75% | 68% | 70% | 64% | 66% | 63% |
| Pirelli PZero Rosso (109) | 81% | 66% | 70% | 68% | 59% | 62% |
| Falken FK453 (30) | 77% | 70% | 63% | 60% | 60% | 69% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S02A (5) | 75% | 65% | 70% | 65% | 63% | 63% |
| Nokian Hakka Black (4) | 80% | 83% | 58% | 63% | 70% | 53% |
| Dunlop SP Sport 9000 (60) | 75% | 64% | 64% | 61% | 65% | 62% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S001 RFT (57) | 74% | 60% | 66% | 67% | 73% | 50% |
| Dunlop SP Sport Maxx ROF (10) | 79% | 69% | 66% | 59% | 44% | 65% |
| Yokohama ADVAN Sport (35) | 76% | 66% | 64% | 65% | 47% | 50% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Run Flat (142) | 72% | 54% | 55% | 49% | 55% | 32% |
Passenger Car Summer Max Performance Tires with no reviews
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Pole Position, Bridgestone Potenza S01, Bridgestone Potenza S01R, Continental Sport Contact M3, Cooper Zeon RS3 S, Dunlop SP Sport Maxx 060+, Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar, Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar 3, Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 ev, Michelin Pilot Sport 4 N, Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 ZP, Michelin Pilot Sport S 5, Michelin Pilot Super Sport Zero Pressure, Pirelli P Zero Direzionale, Pirelli P Zero Rosso Direzionale
Passenger Car Summer Max Performance Tires Tire Review Highlights
Bridgestone Potenza S001 rated 46% while driving a Lexus IS300h
Driving on mostly motorways for 15000 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 15000 average miles
Fitted to a company car so have no choice but to use them. I do about 30k a year and have found these tires to be underwhelming at best. Tire wear is poor for a car that does most of its miles on the motorway, often needing new ones at only 15k, my Jaguar XF fitted with Dunlop's would do 30k in a heavier more powerful car. Dry grip is OK as long as its warmish, wet / cold grip is very poor. The tire feels OK but its hard to tell as the car, Lexus IS300h, is not a sporty drive but is very comfortable which I think effects the ride more than the tires. Overall would not put these on if the car was mine.
Michelin Pilot Sport 5 rated 86% while driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI Performance Mk. 7.5
Driving on a combination of roads for 7000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 7000 average miles
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Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 rated 90% while driving a BMW 325i
Driving on track for 500 spirited miles
Driving on track for 500 spirited miles
Excellent wet grip. Because of these tires i won two timeattack events this season in wet. Also good in dry but overheats quickly.
Bridgestone Potenza S001 rated 60% while driving a Subaru 2015+ STI
Driving on mostly town for 3500 average miles
Driving on mostly town for 3500 average miles
After 2 years and 3,500 miles the outside sidewalls of all 4 tires began cracking and crazing on contacting Bridgestone I was given numerous "excuses" including u/v light,tire dressing,short journeys and road contaminants in my reply I had to asked the technician why he had not including Covid and Climate Change amongst these comical excuses. I have previously run Bridgestone on my last 2 cars,both purchased from new, and not had any complaints but will now fit my car with Dunlop Maxx ,which were on the car when purchased from new and were good for 20k, something I regret not doing in the first place but I had always preferred Bridgestone until now.I can only add that the response and service I received from Bridgestone regarding the matter was pathetic and definitely not what I expected from a company of this stature!
G.Hall
G.Hall
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 rated 96% while driving a Volkswagen CC
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 spirited miles
I've driven my GY ASYM6 for more than 7k km now and I can say fullhearted that it saved me more than once due to its superior handling and breaking power. No squeaking, no ABS taking control, no heart in your guts, just tons of grip both in wet and dry conditions. However, this shouldn't come as a surprise considering the premium badge. On the down side, the noise is somewhat obvious, especially considering my frameless doors.
Continental Sport Contact 6 rated 74% while driving a Volkswagen Golf R estate
Driving on mostly town for 0 average miles
Driving on mostly town for 0 average miles
I don’t know how people are getting under 20,000km on sport contact 6 you must be flogging your cars everywhere. I run these on a 2019 golf R wagon and I’m getting minimum 35,000km if I really take it easy I’ll get 40-45 thousand Km. These are a great tire they may not perform AS well as Michelin pilot sport or other high performance tires but they have great durability.
Got PZ4 RFT on a new M340i LCI. It's love-hate relationship so far. Above average in the dry, but lacking grip at the limit. Very poor in the wet, car is tail happy even at low speeds. Comfort is fine, not very noisy.
They are ok, but my previous PS4 (not S) were more linear and predictable in all situations, especially in the wet and cold. Could drive them at 2 degrees C with no problem at all.
They are ok, but my previous PS4 (not S) were more linear and predictable in all situations, especially in the wet and cold. Could drive them at 2 degrees C with no problem at all.
Continental ContiSportContact 5 P rated 89% while driving a Mercedes Benz E Class Estate
Driving on a combination of roads for 50000 easy going miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 50000 easy going miles
Exceptional hard wearing tire. 3 mots running have highlighted 3-2mm have done 12000 used 1mm. Front wheel Mercedes e220. Driving normally. Just replaced same again.
Michelin Pilot Sport 5 rated 90% while driving a Renault
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 spirited miles
Swapped my 4x Continental Contact Sport 6’s with PS5’s. My car is a Renault Megane RS 280 EDC.
My Conti’s wear worn out to indicators when I swapped these. The initial impressions were not great. Car had more under steer and felt like I was on cheap Chinese tires.
However, after about 1,000kms these tires are amazing in both the dry and the wet. Fantastic grip, considering my car has 206kw at the from wheels with only electric front diff.
I was able to use launch control for the first time!
My car used to light up the front wheels and smoke and not move on launch, now it grips hard off the line with no fuss.
Best part of this tire is it’s predictability, on the old tires if I entered a bend very quickly I could step the back out and do a rear drift, this is the nature of the cars handling which is superb anyway, now with the PS5’s I can do the same manoeuvre and the back will step out a bit but it’s so much more progressive and communicative. This is the PS5’s best quality, it’s a great tire for having plenty of vigorous fun around the twisters and always maintains a level of predictability no matter how hard you push them. Yes, the PS4 S, is a better tire for the track but for the road this tire is right up there.
To top it off, the sidewall is super sexy, best I’ve seen with quality look AND feel.
I’d recommend this for any hot hatch like a Golf R, Focus RS, BMW 140iM or similar.
My car feels like a 4WD and it’s a front wheel drive, couldn’t imagine what they would do for a 4WD hot hatch!! Highly recommend!!!!!!
My Conti’s wear worn out to indicators when I swapped these. The initial impressions were not great. Car had more under steer and felt like I was on cheap Chinese tires.
However, after about 1,000kms these tires are amazing in both the dry and the wet. Fantastic grip, considering my car has 206kw at the from wheels with only electric front diff.
I was able to use launch control for the first time!
My car used to light up the front wheels and smoke and not move on launch, now it grips hard off the line with no fuss.
Best part of this tire is it’s predictability, on the old tires if I entered a bend very quickly I could step the back out and do a rear drift, this is the nature of the cars handling which is superb anyway, now with the PS5’s I can do the same manoeuvre and the back will step out a bit but it’s so much more progressive and communicative. This is the PS5’s best quality, it’s a great tire for having plenty of vigorous fun around the twisters and always maintains a level of predictability no matter how hard you push them. Yes, the PS4 S, is a better tire for the track but for the road this tire is right up there.
To top it off, the sidewall is super sexy, best I’ve seen with quality look AND feel.
I’d recommend this for any hot hatch like a Golf R, Focus RS, BMW 140iM or similar.
My car feels like a 4WD and it’s a front wheel drive, couldn’t imagine what they would do for a 4WD hot hatch!! Highly recommend!!!!!!
Two new tires on my A4 in February, 7000 miles ago and they're being replaced now in September because they're almost bald. Can't believe how bad these have lasted on mostly motorway mileage when the 2 original ventus from the factory are still going strong from 3 years ago. Never buying these again.
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 rated 83% while driving a Infiniti G35 2008
Driving on mostly country roads for 10000 spirited miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 10000 spirited miles
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Good tires for the price. Those are the least problematic to balance from all my previous tires (dunlop rt2 - worn 80% in 15-20k miles , GY efficient grip, Toyo sport - the worst to balance).
When used in regular commute and highways the are perfect. Handling is good in wet and dry conditions. when pushed to max, they keep the pace, but it is clear that the stiffness is missing a bit in corners (when pushing to the limit).
Good tires for the price. Those are the least problematic to balance from all my previous tires (dunlop rt2 - worn 80% in 15-20k miles , GY efficient grip, Toyo sport - the worst to balance).
When used in regular commute and highways the are perfect. Handling is good in wet and dry conditions. when pushed to max, they keep the pace, but it is clear that the stiffness is missing a bit in corners (when pushing to the limit).
Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 rated 87% while driving a Tesla Model 3 LR
Driving on mostly motorways for 34000 spirited miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 34000 spirited miles
I've been thoroughly impressed with the Hancook Ventus S1 Evo 3 tires that came supplied on my Tesla Model 3, Long Range, Dual Motor. As a high-performance car enthusiast, I always purchase high performance tires, and these have exceeded my expectations.
They had slightly less grip in wet conditions than dry, but overall these tires have demonstrated outstanding performance on the road.
What truly surprised me is their durability. Reaching 34,000 miles before needing replacement is quite an achievement. It's a testament to their quality and longevity.
Before trying these tires, I hadn't considered the Hancook brand, but now I'm replacing them with the same model without hesitation. They've proven to be a perfect fit for my Tesla Model 3, and I highly recommend them to anyone seeking a combination of efficiency, performance, and longevity in their tires.
They had slightly less grip in wet conditions than dry, but overall these tires have demonstrated outstanding performance on the road.
What truly surprised me is their durability. Reaching 34,000 miles before needing replacement is quite an achievement. It's a testament to their quality and longevity.
Before trying these tires, I hadn't considered the Hancook brand, but now I'm replacing them with the same model without hesitation. They've proven to be a perfect fit for my Tesla Model 3, and I highly recommend them to anyone seeking a combination of efficiency, performance, and longevity in their tires.
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