Drivers largely praise the Vredestein Sportrac 5 for strong dry and wet grip, stable handling, quiet ride, and impressive longevity for the price, with many noting it transforms confidence and comfort. High-scoring reviews frequently report excellent braking and aquaplaning resistance, plus good value and durability across high mileages. A minority of users-often with sportier cars-criticize soft sidewalls and vague steering feel, and some report weaker wet braking or confidence in heavy standing water. Overall sentiment is strongly positive with only a few low-score outliers.
What owners mention most counted across 86 reviews
Ok now... My previous set was a MICHELIN PILOT EXALTO 2 but I couldn't find a set of those, so I chose the VREDS because of their stiff profiles (they were not cheap). Vreds aren't as good as the Exaltos, although braking in wet and wear is similar. They tend to be noisy and cornering is less responsive. ANYWAY the problem was that they were DEFECTIVE (ALL 4 of them)! Car was moving to the left on its own when I took my hands off the steering wheel!!! After some tests, it was obvious that I was dealing with "TIRE CONICITY"! I contacted ApolloVredestein and they approved to change my front tires... The car was OK. After some miles, I moved the front wheels to the back of my car and there it is again: car is moving to the left again! 4 DEFECTIVE TIRES OUT OF 4! Will I buy them again? Absolutely not!
I had these fitted on my Peugeot 206. Were pretty good, not problems in the rain. Sold the car when they had 30k km on them. Still 5.5mm
Also have these on my current Volvo C30 on the rear and they are at 65k km and still 3.5mm. (205/50/17) But these were on them from a former owner and don't have the correct load index (89 instead of 93)
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Got these to replace a set of worn out Michelin Primary HP tires on the Ford Focus.
Firstly you need to understand that a couple of years previously i'd had the standard suspension upgraded by swapping it out for Bilstien B12 Gas shocks with matching Eibach springs, due to rubbish A & B roads causing suspension damage, After which I had the whole set up laser aligned by the tuning company that fitted the suspension.
Anyways , following this , the better handling from this swap led to a downside.The tire noise transmitting through the body from the Michelin's on all road surfaces increased considerably.When it came time to change, i got a set of 4 x Sportrac 5's all round.Firstly the road noise reduced noticeably.It was still there, but not as bad.
Handling: - At first I though I'd made a huge mistake. The handling seemed sloppy and the car seemed wayward.However I persevered and as the tires scrubbed in over the next few thousand miles, the grip level has kept on increasing.
12000 mile later and they are now gripping really well in both wet and dry conditions, almost like a premium sports tire. The wear rate also seems very good.
Knowing what i know now.I will definitely put them on again , when it becomes time to replace them, and put up with scrubbing the next set in as well.
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Many told me that Vredestein Sportrac 5 tire is not worth looking at, but they were wrong.
Rubber is excellent on wet roads (60% of my mileage was on wet roads so far since rain if falling 3 weeks now), on dry road is OK.
Braking distance is exemplary, both in dry and wet. Since I do not have sport car, I cannot give feedback for track, but sure can say that this tire has better performance on my car than Continental PremiumContact which I have previously for 3 years.
Wear seems very good.
Have done 41K on these tires in North India. Over 50% of the treed still remains, easily looks like will go 40 K more.... superb handling, braking and comfort. Except to occasional punctures no problems at all...great tires...
Very bad tires for a sport car , sidewalls are so so so soft , tires are pumping, grip is rather good but you lose all driving precision, very very poor sensations. I hate these tires
The tire is very good except for 2 things
1. noisy compared to Bridgestone GR90, or Goodyear Excellence
2. Very Very low fuel economy. When changed to tires to Sportrac 5, I clearly noticed the car does not accelerate as normal, I thought that the tire pressure is low.
Very poor. I looked hard for some tires to fit the small size wheels of the MR2, these seemed to get good reviews for some reason! As soon as I had them on the car, I wanted them off.
The car instantly lost steering feel, however the biggest problem has been the softness of the tires. The car rolls massively on these tires. The more I drove with the more I became unhappy with them. Grip wise they are very poor, especially in the wet. Front end grip has dropped significantly, before I couldn't get the car to understeer in the dry, however the sportracs made that possible sadly.
Really rather terrible as a sport tire. Totally ruined the car in every area.
