Built from every independent test result and vetted owner review we hold for this tire - the evidence is all further down the page. Data updated January 2025.
How comfortable and quiet are the Vredestein Sportrac 3?
Owners rate the Vredestein Sportrac 3 7.9 out of 10 for comfort and noise across 51 reviews.
How well do the Vredestein Sportrac 3 wear, according to owners?
Owners rate the Vredestein Sportrac 3 7.6 out of 10 for wear across 51 reviews. 22 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles, and the typical review covers 7,000 miles.
Would owners buy the Vredestein Sportrac 3 again?
86% of owners say they would buy the Vredestein Sportrac 3 again, based on the 59 owner reviews that answered the question. 51% of them gave it the highest possible answer.
What do owners say about the Vredestein Sportrac 3's wet grip?
Of the 49 owner reviews analyzed for the Vredestein Sportrac 3, 34 mention wet grip: 33 praise it (confident wet grip) and 1 criticise it (weak wet grip). One owner wrote: "these are far superior in the wet". Read those reviews
What do owners say about the Vredestein Sportrac 3's dry grip?
Of the 49 owner reviews analyzed for the Vredestein Sportrac 3, 20 mention dry grip: 19 praise it (strong dry grip) and 1 criticise it (limited dry grip). One owner wrote: "The grip in wet and dry is outstanding". Read those reviews
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What do owners say about the Vredestein Sportrac 3's road noise?
Of the 49 owner reviews analyzed for the Vredestein Sportrac 3, 18 mention road noise: 6 praise it (quiet) and 12 criticise it (noisy). One owner wrote: "noisy like wheel hub bearing is out". Read those reviews
What does the Vredestein Sportrac 3 replace?
The Vredestein Sportrac 3 is the successor to the Vredestein Sportrac 2 in Vredestein's range.
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Across 60 owner ratings the Vredestein Sportrac 3 averages 82%. Owners rate Wet Grip highest at 9.1 out of 10 and Wear lowest at 7.6. 22 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 92% of owners score it 70% or better.
Owner ratings averaged from 60 ratings
Owner score82%
Wet Grip91%
Dry Grip85%
Road Feedback80%
Handling80%
Comfort79%
Wear76%
Featured reviews
Most helpful 49%
“I used them whole spring and summer in Georgia. negative sides: noisy like wheel hub bearing is out, no stability and screaming when cornering in summer. positive: perfect traction in rain, perfect stability in water...”
“Ive always bought Continental Tires and now after buying these Vredestien Tires, i realise Continental Tires are superior and better. I will defintely buy Continental again.BMW being a rear wheel drive, the Vredestien...”
“I'm from Portugal, I have this tires more than a year. In the first kilometers I thought this was an awful tires. After a while it reveals to be an excellent tire, dry is perfect, wet is excellent. A litlle noise when...”
I used them whole spring and summer in Georgia.
negative sides: noisy like wheel hub bearing is out, no stability and screaming when cornering in summer.
positive: perfect traction in rain, perfect stability in water, avoiding aquaplaning
I still have this tires but not going buy again
86%
Member
SEAT
225/45 R17
8,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Average
I have been running these Sportrac3's for around 8000 miles or so now and they are excellent, really good in the wet and have never had any concerns whatsoever. They corner well with a lot of positive feedback and when hitting deep puddles after the recent wet spell that we have just endured these tires were faultless, no sign's of aquaplaning.
In the run up to winter late 2013 I was touring over to the lakes and the temp suddenly dropped to just above freezing, when I had pulled over for a quick stop, out of interest I felt the tires they had warmed up nicely, most other summer tires would still be rock hard at this point!
Its a shame they are being slowly phased out for the new Sportrac5's as I have them fit on my partner and daughters cars also - A great tire and would definitely buy again.
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This is a pretty good tire, and would recommend it to all the people who drive normal/sportive. Very safe tire in wet. I now run 8000 km with it on my (starlet glanza V) and the profile is now 3.5mm at the front and 5.6mm at the back. And now put the front to the back. And now considering to buy 2 new Bridgestone potenza re002 because the side wall of the vredestein is not stiff enough when you are doing quick cornering. Long corner grip is superb.
I have them for 20 000km so far very predictive and very progressive in grip loss in both braking and speedy turning providing very good feedback. I would say that they are even better than my winter tires on wet surface in the 5C to 10C weather temperature range.I don`t have any complains about road noise. Unfortunately i think Sportrac 5 is coming on their place so they will be no longer available , so sad , cause they hold really steady in corners that i believe is because of the tread design with the big side contact surface :(
These tires are great. Having bought a RWD and living in the Pennines, I went for something that performed well in the wet and these are just the job. I frequently push the car quite hard and have never felt with these tires that control is an issue. Personally, I don't find them noisy at all(others have commented to the contrary). The ride is nice and at high speeds, they hug the road like a best friend, in both wet and dry. Can't fault them at all. I'll be replacing them for winter though - silly not to.
Fantastic tires. So good i am on my second set. I do over 40k a year mainly motorway driving.
Awesome in the wet- breaking distance much better than my last set ( pirrelli p7) and no problem with aquaplanning. The tires were even pretty good in the snow. I have gone through a lot of quality tires but these are far superior in the wet and great dry grip too. Have never had a problem with the noise - dont find them much louder than any of the others.
Had 2 of these on my VW Sharran.
Good handling in wet/dry.
I drive pretty fast on motorways.
But 1 note!! As other have noticed: NOISE!!
If you're after a quite tires- don't choose these.
After 8000 or 10000 I thought the same thing, that my bearing wheel has gone.
Had 4 of these put on my 2.0 TDi Passat 2 years ago and i can honestly say that they are an excellent tire. The grip is excellent though marginally better in the wet (i live in the north of Scotland so no issues there). The only downside is the noise. They were noisy from the outset but as they have worn the noise has increased dramatically, so much so i thought my wheel bearings had gone. 22K later and im now replacing them as a set as the fronts are down to minimum and i cannot bear the noise from the rears. I would use again but nobody currently has them in stock locally and Kwikfit are doing me a deal on Falken ZE914's.
Superb tires, good wet and dry performance, great milage, 35k miles with one front to rear swap at 18k miles. Changing now to Snowtrac 3 for the winter.
Wouls have again without question.
These really make the difference. I changet the origimal Michelin tires (only 35 000km)and I'm really impressed. On wet road it's even better. They do have a model with board protection and I recomend it.
The only issue is how many km will use them....
