Performance in comfort

I bought these for a remapped BMW 330D, and they handled brilliantly. I wouldn't hesitate to pay more to buy them again instead of a budget unknown brand tire. They never once lost grip in the wet, even under sudden, heavy acceleration.

Great grip in wet and dry. They are quiet but do leave me feeling like the car is floating a little but when needed I know the grip is there. Maybe I'm just getting used to them after my other tires

Excellent dry grip, also very good wet grip, pretty predictable/progressive at and over the limit, very silent and comfortable too since the sidewall is on the softer side. Might not be suitable for those who likes hard sidewall but to me its still fine because my cars are already rather stiff so this tire compliments the car well. For this size, the bench mark was the Michelin PS3 but this V12E2 I feel performs equally good if not better in the dry while the PS3 only better a bit in aquaplaning resistance. With the price only about 70% of the PS3 (at least in in where I live), I'll take this V12E2 anytime any day, surely the best value for money.

Pro - Tire was imported from Korea but very affordable price. Dry was quite good, fast steering turn in, no issue for weekend B-road fun drive. Wet grip was quite good also, never facing skip or aquaplaning. Tire noise consider low for direction tire.

Con - Wear bit high

Pretty economical to run, relatively quiet, responsive with a good degree of comfort. Good feedback on the road surface, good reaction to steering inputs and predictable breakaway. You have to willfully push them to break traction which on a bigger diesel with plenty of torque is a commendable grip. Mine have covered 24k now all round and I could probably eke a bit more out of them, but the shoulders are nearly done (typical BMW), the noise level is rising from the blocks wearing down and the tire hardening through age and heat cycles. Plus of course winter approaches so I need all the depth I can get when the weather turns really nasty.
Would buy these again if I could pick up the deal I got on these first time round, but for now it's back to an old favourite - the GoodYear Eagle Assy 3.

Extremely noisy tires although they handle weather well I wish I could get a brake and and replace tires so I don’t have to keep hearing rackety noise that is tiring! Please advise

Just replaced a set of factory fitted tires. For the first 10k miles I was happy with tires , good grip with no issues other than slightly annoying road noise. Wet and dry grip were fine for a road tire the only issue being lack of feedback which meant I had no idea where the margin for error was. I deducted a point off wet grip due to a floaty feel regardless of speed in standing water At the time I thought it was just the car set up. Despite the tires still having 4mm minimum of tread left the tires degraded very rapidly with what can only be described a vague feeling through the steering as if the sidewalls had gone soft. After another 4K miles they had to go.

Wear rate was good but the drop in performance negated any advantage.

Have replaced with Michelin Pilot Sport 4’s which have transformed the car and it’s never driven so well. Bags of feedback, less offensive road noise and the car feels better poised over bumps.

In short I would use the Evo’2 again if factory fitted but would replace at the first sign of deteriation.

For my daily driver, I have always been an Goodyear Eagle F1 fan. They provide a good balance between price, wear, performance in all conditions.

When I went to replace them last time, not only did they only have 2 in stock but they had a deal on the Hankook Ventus V12's which I knew were beginning to get a bit of a following as a decent semi performance tire that were being fitted as standard equipment to some half decent new cars.

So re-booted the whole car with them and drove away. It is hard to be negative about their actual peformance in terms of grip, roadnoise and ability to handle my fairly aggressive driving style. They have been on a FWD Diesel car which is light and nimble and thrown around a little. In the dry, they really are very very good, better than the Eagle F1's easily I would say. Wet grip is so so. By no means terrible but hardly confidence inspiring but then if you are driving to conditions, they are not dangerous. I don't feel they part standing water as effectively as other tires in the price bracket. However, in the dry, they stick like s*** to a babies nappy and it is very difficult to get them to part company with the road surface. If you really push, obviously you can do it but when you do, it is always consistent. You know where the limit will be. Always a good point in my book if you like to push it.

Where these tires fall down and fall down badly is wear rate. I normally get 20k miles from the fronts on this car and these tires were dust in less than half that time and being honest, I should have replaced them sooner than I did, as performance really dropped off about 2kmiles before I replace despite there just being legal tread left. I reckon they gave me about 6.5k decent use.

With that in mind, I could not recommend these for a standard daily driver. If you are looking for well priced performance tire for a weekend play thing whilst not wanting the degradation of some aggressive Yokies or the sort, then these could be up your street but I would still probably opt for some Toyo's personally.

Just replaced them all and gone straight back to Eagle F1. Instantly you can feel a bit less grip and slightly more twitchy where the Hankooks would give more confidence but it will nearly 2yrs before I shell out £500 rather than a handful of months. The Eagle F1's perform better in the wet and whilst not as grippy in the dry, have the same level of progressive performance before letting go.

Hankook Vetus V12. Really good tire but ultimately disappointing for my own personal use.

Using it for about a year , grip wise is fine for dd and spirited but not on track due to soft side wall , overall everything is fine including grip and and tire feedback , price is consider cheap for a performance tire at this price which lead to will buy again.

Pretty good tires, been using them on my MRS for dry on racing time attack on track and daily driving.
Over the past 10k miles they have been good for me, sidewalls flex a lot but the grip is nice and progressive with plenty of warning and feedback before they give away.
Great tires for beginners and great value for money.

About 75% of my driving is on rural roads and the rest on dual carriageways/motorways. I occasionally like to push the car to put a bit more fun back into driving but am mostly sensible with little rapid acceleration/harsh braking, so I'd expect my front tires to last in excess of 25k miles.

I have these tires on the front of my C-max. The original Goodyear EfficientGrips I had on the back had lasted very well (>40k), so I stuck with Goodyears when those needed replacing.

These Hankooks started off well with low road noise and good grip in dry and wet conditions. However, the grip, particularly in the wet, has been deteriorating for the past several hundred miles. On top of that, the wear rate is awful compared to the tires these replaced (Kumho Ecsta Le Sport KU39 - which lasted about 22k) - I think I'll be lucky to see 16k on these before they reach the legal limit. Won't be buying again - I'm trying to find something that will last me a little longer than the Kumhos - 25k would be good. If I can't find anything suitable within my budget (up to about £110 each), it'll be back to the Kumhos as they are far better value for money (these Hankooks look to be costing me around 70% more per mile!).