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
I have upgraded SPORTRAC5 from GT3 with amazing results. Tires are super silent, much smoother, steering is smooth & light, Drive is like gliding on good surfaces and on bad roads it does take lot of nuisance off. Overall good tires. These tires are launched in India recently only and I am one of the first ones to go in for these tires. I choose this from Micellin PS3 ST and Pirelli Cinturato P7. On the wear rate I cannot say anything as its very early. Considering the road conditions in India, I would say this would be one of the harshest test that these tires are subject to now. But as such tire is strongly made, light in weight, good tread, strong sidewalls, So overall a very balanced tires and should come out good in this test for durability...will post review again after 5000 kms drive.
Just bought the third set of four tires for my VW Jetta, and I cannont fault these tires for price and overall performance.I only paid £59 for each tire at M&M Tires in Caerphilly (what a bargain!!)
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Grip: Superb - no complaints, even near freezing. Drags a fair bit in standing water but grip never flinches. Feels totally planted in the dry and wet.
Steering: Excellent turn-in, steering feels heavy but communicative. Lets you know about camber and tramlines, but I prefer it that way. Very stable and planted even with quick steering changes - never gets snappy. Heavy steering can be annoying for tight parking.
Noise: Not bad. Not great. Moderate road noise but fairly neutral sounding and not too rumbly. Worse at low speed. No whining or buzzing, just road roar. Overall I have no issue with it, but there are better options around if you want quiet. Note: my car is not great for road noise in general.
Ride: Fairly firm, taut and very well damped. Not bouncy or crashy. Overall very pleased. Doesn't crash all over the place over potholes even when cold.
Wear: no idea.
Fuel: Only used when fairly cold outside. About average. Not a fuel economy tire, but not enough worse to bother me.
Overall: A good, solid, firm feeling sporty tire available in non-sporty sizes with no real drawbacks. Lots of confidence, good fun to drive on, far better than I expected, and would totally buy again. Feels like I've had a suspension upgrade. Oh, and they're very reasonably priced.
Just beware that it's a tire that lets you know what's going on at the front wheels. If you want to feel isolated from it, maybe there are better options.
Oh, and the tire in general looks pretty classy, in case that's your thing.
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To replace all four tires at a reasonable cost replacing my worn out but impressive Michelin PS2's I thought was going to be impossible to match performance. Reading reviews on this website changed that when fitted Sport Trac 5's, they didn't match the Michelins but surpassed them. On dry surfaces a major improvement not just in grip but vehicle handling, on wet where the PS2's were outstanding the Sport trac's matched. They look similar to the Michelins but with firmer construction, a little bit harsher ride over bumps and road noise on cornering but other wise quiet runners. A steel at £71 a corner for the performance and quality with improved handling and braking.
very underrated in my opinion good price think I paid £75 fitted a good all round tire grip first class in both wet and dry these are a slightly harder compound so you can feel every lumb and bump but lasting alot longer than michiln ps3 5stars
Very suprised at just how well these tires preformed, The first thing i noticed was that they were much quiter that the goodyears that were on before them. The grip they offer in both wet and dry is as good as any top brand tire I have ever used. I have done 25K driving on these tires (50% B-Road 40% A-Road and 10% moterway) and expect to nearly get 30K KM from them. I will def fit these tires again and highly recommend them.
Having been very impressed by my winter tires - Vredestein Snowtrac 3,I decided to have Vredestein Sportrac 5 for summer tires. My first impression was that they are very quiet and give a feeling of great stability and confidence. The first big test happened when I came round a blind corner at a fair speed, in the wet,and found a sheep and her two lambs standing in the middle of the road. A big emergency stop on a wet road with a bit of lock on the steering ensued. The car doesn't have ABS but it was not necessary. No wheels locked, it stopped beautifully.
I have just returned from a 2000 mile trip in Southern Ireland- plenty of work for tires and suspension. Irish roads in general are not nearly as good as UK roads but there are occasional stretches of broad empty highway. On these good bits of road I had a fine time trying the tires to their limits but discovered it was almost impossible within the limits of sane driving to get the back end to move much at all. I had to stop this fine game when my passenger complained of me "hurtling through the corners". These tires are amazingly grippy.
So, very good in the wet, very good in the dry and nice and quiet. As for wear, well there are no signs of wear yet. Having spent nearly £550 on a set of winter and a set of summer tires I expect not to have to buy any more tires for two or three years and I am very pleased to have chosen Vredesteins. I can recommend them, especially if you like an occasional hurtle!
Car was on original Bridgestone Turanza ER30,never impressed by them,alot of bump thump and very noisy. Fitting the Vredestein Sporttrac 5 (from your reviews) have only done 1200 miles but the immediate difference was amazing, much reduced bump thump the car has gone quiet except I can now hear everything else thats going on !The handling has improved so much and a much nicer drive alround. The mileage does include a hard run to Devon and back, an excellent result and on current evidence would buy again, have to wait and see how the wear factor turns out.
Superb tires recommended - go get Vredestein you won't be disappointed.
Better than Continental Sportcontact 2 and Michelin Primacy HP in terms of grip, feedback, wet weather performance and comfort/quietness. Both models of tire I have had previously. Seriously good grip, quiet and look good too. Recommended.
