2016 ADAC Tyre Test 225/45 R17 - Tyre reviews and ratings

Test Summary
Wet Braking	Continental Sport Contact 5 Vredestein Ultrac Vorti Yokohama Advan Sport V105
Dry Braking	Continental Sport Contact 5
Rolling Resistance	ESA Tecar Spirit 5 UHP
Noise	Sava intensa uhp Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 Fulda SportControl
Snow Braking	Sava intensa uhp

The 2016 ADAC 225/45 R17 summer tyre test is a classic ADAC by-the-numbers tyre test, with the results driven from data rather than subjective scoring.

Of the sixteen tyres tested, at least three patterns have already been replaced, with the Michelin Pilot Sport 3, Toyo Proxes T1 Sport and GT Radial Champiro HPY already superseded by the Michelin Pilot Sport 4, Toyo Proxes T1 Sport+ and GT Radial Sport Active in late 2015.

Goodyear and Dunlop are also noticeably absent from this test, with the newly released Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 and Dunlop Sport Maxx RT2 missing.

So what can we learn from this test with a number of the latest tyres missing?

Continental still reign supreme with the Continental Sport Contact 5. It would have been interesting to see this tyre tested against the new Dunlop, Goodyear and Michelin, but it will be a strong package to beat now Continental seem to be scoring well in the wear tests.

The second place ESA Tecar Spirit 5 UHP isn't available in the UK, but the Tecar brand seems to be offering consistently strong tyres in the mid range sector, and will be one we'll be look into a little more in 2016.

With Goodyear and Dunlop missing, Pirelli and Vredestein have strong showings in third and fourth places respectively, with the Vorti continuing its theme of being a very good dry weather tyre, finishing joint top in the dry tests with Yokohama.

Uniroyal will be disappointed to have finished with an average wet score and ninth place overall, and it was a disappointing result for Michelin, even taking into account the fact the Pilot Sport 3 has been replaced. Wear, usually one of Michelins strengths, scored particularly poorly, but we're still confused as how the French tyre finished so far down the order with such a strong dry and wet result.

There's nothing too exciting to report in the bottom third of the table, the Fulda Sport Control is an old tyre now and in need of an update, whereas GT Radial will be happy to have beaten Maxxis with an old pattern.

The full results are below, feel free to leave any comments or questions at the bottom of the page. You can find the 185/65 R15 version of the test here.

Results

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1st: Continental Sport Contact 5
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 39 Dry: 9.6 Wet: 8.2 Comfort: 5.4 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Wear: 8 Very balanced summer tire with top marks on wet and dry roads None mentioned Read Reviews Buy from £90.62
2nd: ESA Tecar Spirit 5 UHP
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 38.2 Dry: 8.6 Wet: 7 Comfort: 5.8 Rolling Resistance: 9.4 Wear: 7.4 Very balanced with top marks in fuel consumption, good in the wet and dry None mentioned Read Reviews
3rd: Pirelli P Zero
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 37.2 Dry: 8.2 Wet: 8 Comfort: 5.8 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Wear: 7.4 Very balanced tyre, good in the wet and dry None mentioned Read Reviews
4th: Vredestein Ultrac Vorti
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 36.8 Dry: 9.6 Wet: 7 Comfort: 5.8 Rolling Resistance: 7 Wear: 7.4 Very balanced summer tyre, particularly good int he dry None mentioned Read Reviews
5th: Hankook Ventus S1 evo2
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 36.2 Dry: 8.4 Wet: 6.8 Comfort: 5.4 Rolling Resistance: 8.2 Wear: 7.4 Good in the dry, relatively low fuel consumption A little weak in the wet compared to the best on test Read Reviews Buy from £91.99
6th: Sava intensa uhp
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 38 Dry: 7.6 Wet: 6.8 Comfort: 6 Rolling Resistance: 7.2 Wear: 10.4 Top marks in wear A little weak in the wet compared to the best on test Read Reviews
7th: Nokian zLine
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 34.6 Dry: 7.6 Wet: 6.6 Comfort: 5 Rolling Resistance: 8 Wear: 7.4 Low fuel consumption A little weak in the wet compared to the best on test Read Reviews
8th: Yokohama Advan Sport V105
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 36.8 Dry: 9.6 Wet: 6.6 Comfort: 5 Rolling Resistance: 6.6 Wear: 9 Top marks in the dry, low wear A little weak in the wet compared to the best on test, high fuel consumption Read Reviews Buy from £91.07
9th: Uniroyal RainSport 3
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 34 Dry: 6.4 Wet: 7 Comfort: 5 Rolling Resistance: 8.6 Wear: 7 Relatively low fuel consumption A little weak in the dry compared to the best on test, high wear Read Reviews Buy from £96.04
10th: Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 36.8 Dry: 9.4 Wet: 7.4 Comfort: 6 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Wear: 6.4 Particularly good on dry roads, good in the wet Relatively high wear Read Reviews
11th: Toyo Proxes T1 Sport
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 34 Dry: 8.8 Wet: 6.2 Comfort: 5.4 Rolling Resistance: 7.2 Wear: 6.4 Good in the dry A little weak in the wet compared to the best on test, relatively high wear Read Reviews
12th: Firestone Firehawk SZ90
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 33.6 Dry: 7.6 Wet: 6 Comfort: 4.4 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Wear: 8 Low wear Weak in the wet Read Reviews
13th: Fulda SportControl
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 36 Dry: 6.2 Wet: 6 Comfort: 6 Rolling Resistance: 8.4 Wear: 9.4 Low wear, low fuel consumption Relatively weak on both wet and dry roads Read Reviews
14th: Semperit SpeedLife 2
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 35.4 Dry: 7 Wet: 6 Comfort: 5.2 Rolling Resistance: 8.8 Wear: 8.4 Low fuel consumption and wear Weak in the wet Read Reviews
15th: GT Radial Champiro HPY
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 34.6 Dry: 9 Wet: 5.6 Comfort: 5.6 Rolling Resistance: 8 Wear: 6.4 Very good in the dry Weak in the wet, high wear Read Reviews
16th: Maxxis Victra Sport VS01
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 33.8 Dry: 8.8 Wet: 4.4 Comfort: 5.2 Rolling Resistance: 8 Wear: 7.4 Good in the dry Weak on wet roads Read Reviews