The 2018 Gute Fahrt test is a confusing tyre test for a number of reasons. Firstly is tests both summer and all season tyres in the same dry and wet tests, but fails to include the all season class leading Michelin CrossClimate or cover the all season tyres snow performance.

Secondly, even though it is testing the very popular 205/55 R16 tyre size, it uses some strange / old tyre patterns, ie the Bridgestone Turanza T001 which has now been replaced twice, and the Continental EcoContact 5 instead of Premium Contact 5.

Thirdly, it doesn't give any dry and wet handling times or data, it just rates the tyres "very good, good and ok" which doesn't really give much insight, and lastly the tyre with the best overall braking result, the Hankook Ventus Prime 3 was placed seventh overall.

It's debatable as to whether this should be published at all on Tyre Reviews, but it does give some interesting data on how the all season tyres compare to the summer tyres during dry and wet braking, so it was worth inclusion.

If you want to try and make more sense of it, feel free to head over to the Gute Fahrt website and see the full data.

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Results

1st: Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Very strong in the wet and dry with excellent balance. High levels of comfort too. None mentioned. Very Good. Read Reviews    Buy from £71.19
1st: Continental AllSeasonContact
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Better than the Goodyear in the dry. Balanced performance. Compared to the summer tyres poor dry and wet performance, especially in braking. Good. Read Reviews    Buy from £83.39
2nd: Pirelli Cinturato P7 Blue
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	A very balanced tyre, performing well in braking and handling tests. Average aquaplaning result. Very Good. Read Reviews
2nd: Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Balanced all season tyre. Compared to the summer tyres poor dry and wet performance, especially in braking. Good. Read Reviews    Buy from £80.27
3rd: Fulda MultiControl
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Very good comfort levels. Weak in the wet and dry. Satisfactory. Read Reviews
3rd: Bridgestone Turanza T001
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Very balanced and easy to handle at the limit of grip. Precise steering, good wet grip, good wet and dry braking. Average rolling resistance. Very Good. Read Reviews    Buy from £91.00
4th: Firestone RoadHawk
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Strong in all tests, excellent dry braking, very good wet handling, strong resistance to aquaplaning. Average rolling resistance. Very Good. Read Reviews    Buy from £70.70
5th: Continental Eco Contact 5
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Best rolling resistance on test, good wet braking. Average dry braking, poor aquaplaning resistance. Good. Read Reviews    Buy from £79.02
6th: Dunlop Sport BluResponse
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Low rolling resistance, good dry braking, excellent dry handling. Average wet braking, average aquaplaning. Good. Read Reviews    Buy from £70.03
7th: Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Excellent safety with best overall dry and wet braking result. Good dry handling. Average wet handling with understeer. Average comfort. Good. Read Reviews    Buy from £76.69
8th: Nexen N Blue HD+
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Good wet braking and handling Average dry performance. Good. Read Reviews
9th: Laufenn S fit EQ
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Low price. Weak in the dry and wet. Satisfactory. Read Reviews