Best Tires for the Ford S Max Titanium X Sport

Ridiculous wear rate on my ford smax.
Quickest wearing tires I've ever bought.
Handling and grip is good when they are fresh but rapidly drops off. Wet grip is non existent. With half life tires atm

Purchased 12 months ago and to be honest they are nice to drive with good grip in all conditions.. However, I just went to have new rears fitted to find my front two tires have worn to 2MM in 12 months. The S-SMAX is a bit heavy on tire use but I expected better than this as I have had Avons before and they have lasted a lot longer than this.

Had Falken Azenis 510s for three years now. For a sport biased tire it was surprisingly comfortable and quiet. Good grip levels as expected, but would break traction under strong acceleration. Cornering traction was very good. Only downside seems wear, the driven tires need replacing after 20.000 miles of mixed use.

Recently put 4x Sailun Atrezzo ZSR on my S-Max. History as to why first: Had Goodyear Eagle F1's on the rear that were shot and Mich Primacy 4's on the front. I was going to replace the 4 F1's with a cheaper tire (about £100 each) but a blow-out forced a tire change on the front. Only ones ATS had was Mich Primacy 4's @ £158.00 each!! So had to have two on front. Don't rate the P4's at all. A job change meant commuting 60 miles a day went down to 16 miles a day. So decided to look at decent tires at less than £100 each. Decided to go for the ZSR's all round. (£66 each from National Tires). Was apprehensive at first but the ZSR's are a great tire. Ride comfort is the same as far as I can tell, but I am using different roads (but of a similar type) with new job. They grip very well, (not used in wet yet) & no difference in fuel economy . They may be just slightly nosier but not sure as using different roads as previously mentioned. They are well worth considering. Not sure what they'd be like on a performance car but my S-Max 2.0Tdci has a remap to 210Bhp and it's a big car. No confidence lost at all with the Sailun Atrezzo ZSR's. Have yet to tow the caravan with them but do not see problems cropping up there. Will be buying again, no hesitation. For normal road use on a family car with a 'spirited' driving style, I will not be paying top prices again. I was a tire snob before, but these are very, very good at less than half the price of what I used to pay. Tire technology and methods of manufacture are leagues ahead of where they were years ago. These are better than I thought, very happy with decision I made. Will buy again.

While these tires perform well in dry and wet conditions after 10000 miles I can say predominant dry driving will wear these tires quickly. Switching tires back to front half way is advised as the drive tryes lose adhesion after some wear, which translates poor wet driving grip.

Tried these on the front of my 200 bhp S Max. Great grip as per expected from Contis however as other reviews they were getting to be slicks after 5000 miles. The S Max on sports suspension with 18' alloys does eat tires but this was comical. New car has arrived on these with self seal and after 5000 miles still have plenty of tread maybe the VW CC is lighter on the front or they could have changed the compound.

never had winter tires so thought I'd give them a try and was amazed when the snow came in 2012/2013 never got stuck when others did, will say not that great in the wet but the snow and slush is where they perform.
I mad a point in driving to Manchester over snake pass in heavy snow and was even able to overtake.
car is S max ecoboost with 250bhp so in the dry the tires do kick the traction control in so not as good as summer tires.
this year of 2014 / 2015 ive fitted Michelin alpine 3.

Totally amazed at the quality of these tires, no matter how hard I push I have not managed to get them to let go, wear rate is very low and noise levels also very low. Comfort is superb as is cost, will continue to buy these and put them on the wifes car also.

Amazing good tire. I'm speechless of how good it is on my car.

Buy far a superior tire and made by continel I had a rep friend in tire industry for last 16 years he had them on his and his family's car so asked and he told me the best kept secret a good tire all round and great price for a quality mid range tire will be keeping them on my car for the future ..