Passenger Car Summer Max Performance Tyres
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| Tyre Reviewed | Dry Grip | Wet Grip | Feedback | Handling | Wear | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falken Azenis RS820 (4) | 95% | 93% | 95% | 98% | 83% | 93% |
| Vredestein Ultrac Pro (3) | 93% | 93% | 80% | 90% | 90% | 90% |
| Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02 (10) | 94% | 98% | 79% | 89% | 98% | 86% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S * (3) | 100% | 87% | 93% | 97% | 70% | 83% |
| Vredestein Ultrac Vorti (113) | 94% | 84% | 89% | 88% | 84% | 85% |
| Continental ExtremeContact Sport (13) | 92% | 83% | 83% | 81% | 88% | 87% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (156) | 94% | 87% | 88% | 87% | 80% | 85% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 (134) | 95% | 91% | 88% | 88% | 75% | 84% |
| Michelin Pilot Super Sport (145) | 94% | 84% | 89% | 86% | 82% | 81% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S (138) | 93% | 88% | 86% | 87% | 81% | 86% |
| Nokian zLine (83) | 91% | 90% | 89% | 87% | 76% | 85% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 (407) | 92% | 89% | 85% | 85% | 80% | 87% |
| Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta (237) | 91% | 88% | 87% | 85% | 79% | 85% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 5 (69) | 91% | 93% | 82% | 82% | 83% | 84% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 (245) | 93% | 90% | 86% | 88% | 79% | 80% |
| Continental SportContact 7 (63) | 97% | 93% | 90% | 92% | 69% | 77% |
| Falken Azenis FK520 (32) | 90% | 87% | 84% | 86% | 81% | 84% |
| Nokian Z G2 (30) | 88% | 89% | 86% | 84% | 80% | 83% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport (55) | 95% | 81% | 91% | 92% | 70% | 74% |
| Bridgestone Potenza GIII (7) | 96% | 83% | 87% | 91% | 74% | 66% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 Noble2 (34) | 89% | 83% | 83% | 78% | 73% | 87% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 (181) | 88% | 86% | 81% | 81% | 79% | 86% |
| Vredestein Ultrac Vorti Plus (4) | 88% | 83% | 93% | 88% | 75% | 68% |
| Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE004 (20) | 88% | 78% | 86% | 89% | 73% | 75% |
| Nokian Hakka Black 2 (4) | 90% | 93% | 90% | 90% | 73% | 67% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (326) | 91% | 88% | 81% | 84% | 74% | 78% |
| Bridgestone Adrenalin RE002 (108) | 90% | 82% | 82% | 80% | 77% | 77% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport (42) | 92% | 82% | 87% | 81% | 73% | 75% |
| Bridgestone Potenza Sport (107) | 92% | 87% | 90% | 91% | 61% | 72% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric (141) | 90% | 87% | 82% | 78% | 70% | 80% |
| Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003 (93) | 90% | 78% | 83% | 86% | 70% | 74% |
| Nokian PowerProof (24) | 87% | 89% | 80% | 75% | 67% | 85% |
| Continental SportContact 2 SSR Run Flat (6) | 90% | 83% | 83% | 85% | 70% | 72% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 Evo Z K129 (4) | 93% | 80% | 88% | 85% | 50% | 77% |
| Syron Street Race (5) | 100% | 80% | 96% | 90% | 52% | 56% |
| Dunlop SportMaxx RT (175) | 88% | 84% | 83% | 82% | 60% | 82% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperCar 3 (3) | 90% | 57% | 90% | 93% | 57% | 67% |
| Bridgestone Potenza s02 (18) | 90% | 79% | 87% | 87% | 65% | 63% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S007A (11) | 83% | 69% | 84% | 90% | 75% | 73% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 (54) | 86% | 84% | 72% | 73% | 71% | 78% |
| Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2 (92) | 84% | 78% | 77% | 77% | 75% | 79% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 ev (5) | 86% | 70% | 84% | 86% | 78% | 70% |
| Pirelli P ZERO ROSSO Asimmetrico (26) | 87% | 75% | 79% | 82% | 73% | 71% |
| Continental Sport Contact 6 (89) | 90% | 86% | 81% | 82% | 53% | 77% |
| Dunlop Direzza DZ101 (8) | 85% | 68% | 80% | 79% | 67% | 76% |
| Continental Sport Contact 3 (244) | 88% | 80% | 81% | 77% | 62% | 74% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 evo (44) | 81% | 73% | 76% | 73% | 75% | 72% |
| Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 (80) | 84% | 76% | 76% | 79% | 67% | 72% |
| Pirelli P Zero PZ4 (72) | 87% | 76% | 82% | 80% | 59% | 69% |
| Continental Sport Contact 5 (216) | 86% | 82% | 79% | 76% | 51% | 73% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 (157) | 84% | 78% | 76% | 73% | 60% | 65% |
| Continental ContiSportContact 5 P (109) | 85% | 78% | 77% | 75% | 55% | 72% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S007 (6) | 86% | 76% | 85% | 70% | 54% | 54% |
| Continental Sport Contact 2 (229) | 85% | 75% | 76% | 72% | 61% | 66% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S04 Pole Position (3) | 90% | 73% | 73% | 87% | 40% | 67% |
| Continental Sport Contact 3 SSR Run flat (27) | 83% | 73% | 72% | 74% | 71% | 57% |
| Yokohama Advan Sport ZPS (3) | 83% | 73% | 70% | 73% | 70% | 57% |
| Dunlop SP Sport Maxx TT (53) | 85% | 73% | 74% | 76% | 64% | 64% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S001 (161) | 83% | 69% | 74% | 74% | 67% | 60% |
| Pirelli P Zero Runflat (41) | 83% | 69% | 76% | 74% | 58% | 66% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE050 (57) | 83% | 69% | 76% | 69% | 66% | 61% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE050A (212) | 83% | 69% | 74% | 72% | 66% | 59% |
| Pirelli PZero Nero (140) | 83% | 66% | 71% | 71% | 67% | 64% |
| Continental Sport Contact 5 SSR Runflat (30) | 88% | 75% | 78% | 76% | 50% | 57% |
| Pirelli P Zero (164) | 84% | 68% | 75% | 71% | 57% | 64% |
| Bridgestone Potenza s03 (7) | 86% | 54% | 70% | 67% | 71% | 60% |
| Pirelli P Zero Silver (3) | 67% | 67% | 67% | 57% | 80% | 77% |
| Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (165) | 79% | 69% | 69% | 67% | 63% | 64% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD2 (8) | 75% | 68% | 70% | 64% | 66% | 63% |
| Pirelli PZero Rosso (109) | 81% | 66% | 70% | 68% | 59% | 62% |
| Falken FK453 (30) | 77% | 70% | 63% | 60% | 60% | 69% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S02A (5) | 75% | 65% | 70% | 65% | 63% | 63% |
| Nokian Hakka Black (4) | 80% | 83% | 58% | 63% | 70% | 53% |
| Dunlop SP Sport 9000 (60) | 75% | 64% | 64% | 61% | 65% | 62% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S001 RFT (61) | 72% | 59% | 67% | 65% | 73% | 49% |
| Dunlop SP Sport Maxx ROF (10) | 79% | 69% | 66% | 59% | 44% | 65% |
| Yokohama ADVAN Sport (35) | 76% | 66% | 64% | 65% | 47% | 50% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Run Flat (143) | 72% | 54% | 55% | 48% | 55% | 32% |
Passenger Car Summer Max Performance Tyres with no reviews
BFGoodrich g Force Phenom TA, Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Pole Position, Bridgestone Potenza S01, Bridgestone Potenza S01R, Continental MaxContact MC7, Continental Sport Contact M3, Cooper Zeon RS3 S, Dunlop SP Sport Maxx 060+, Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar, Hankook Ventus Evo, Kumho Ecsta Sport, Michelin Pilot Sport 4 N, Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 ZP, Michelin Pilot Sport S 5, Michelin Pilot Super Sport Zero Pressure, Nokian Hakka Black 3, Nokian Powerproof 1, Pirelli P Zero Direzionale, Pirelli P Zero PZ5, Pirelli P Zero Rosso Direzionale
Passenger Car Summer Max Performance Tyres Tyre Review Highlights
Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02 rated 88% while driving a Infiniti G37
Driving on mostly country roads for 2500 spirited miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 2500 spirited miles
Good deal when on sale for such a high performance tire. The TW rating and performance is a good street daily mix. Have not experienced any hydro planing even with the increased width. Car is G37s (big brakes) 6mt with hks digresive coil overs and extra 1 deg camber in front and back. Very sporty feel and will tram line on undulating road + tar snakes
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003 rated 80% while driving a Toyota Camry
Driving on mostly country roads for 5000 spirited miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 5000 spirited miles
Good tyres s all around. I have used them every day for about a year now, and the wear on them is quite good, only having to replace them now. The grip on them in the dry is really good; they are quite responsive. The grip was also really good in the wet when they were new. However, after a couple months of use, the grip changed to be significantly worse and unpredictable in the wet compared to the dry. I know I only drive an old Toyota Camry, but you would be surprised how many cars I beat in races on tight and twisty roads, all thanks to these tryes, the car handles way better than it would on normal tyres. Overall, I would recommend them great tires.
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 rated 87% while driving a Mercedes Benz A250 AMG Sport
Driving on mostly town for 10 spirited miles
Driving on mostly town for 10 spirited miles
I Purchased a set of 4 for my Mercedes A250 AMG, used for 2 years approx and I can proudly say this tyre gets into the Top 5 easily alongside brands like Michelin, Bridgestone, Pirelli and Continental.
I would highly recommend whether you are driving a normal car or a sport car.
Really worth the money compared to the other brands!
I would highly recommend whether you are driving a normal car or a sport car.
Really worth the money compared to the other brands!
Bridgestone Potenza Sport rated 74% while driving a Jaguar XF
Driving on mostly country roads for 3000 spirited miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 3000 spirited miles
Bought a set of these to replace a set of Goodride SA-37. Wow, these things are very sporting biased with grip levels in the dry/warm being absolutely stunning. In the wet they remain safe as houses and don't mind standing water either. All very good??? Not quite, as their performance quite dramatically drops of cliff when you get cold weather (im thinking anything a few degrees centigrade and below). Its not to the point of being dangerous (aka loosing traction), but there is noticeable difference in 'feel', as if the car is suddenly running on a set of super hard cheap rubber. I would never expect a tyre to perform 'the same' in cold conditions but the change is quite disconcerting, especially when you are used to such a high amount of grip.....Adding half an inch of snow in to the mix resulted in a car that had zero braking at all which was quite shocking (I will now not even attempt to use the car if there is a hint of snow about..... Due to sporting nature, these are also fairly noisy and I also don't think they will last very long looking at the treadwear values...... I purchased these as I had such a good price on them (must have been a mis-price by retailer to be honest, at £70 odd quid a corner and then proceeded to knock £100 off a set of 4), but i would not buy again (at full price anyway), when Michelin Sport 5's or similar tyres available at similar cost that may not be 'quite' so grippy in the warm, but less 'lifeless' in the cold an not 'lethal' in a snow flurry......
Pirelli P Zero PZ4 rated 20% while driving a BMW X5
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 easy going miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 easy going miles
Worst tires I have ever purchased. The original Continental tires went almost 37,000 miles while these only managed 10,000.
Falken Azenis FK520 rated 83% while driving a SEAT 184hp TDI Leon
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 average miles
Very good peak grip in both wet and dry. They are comfier than the fk510s and quieter as well. The handling is very nice and the grip is very progressive you can very easily feel it beginning to slip before there are any problems. Fantastic value for money would certainly buy again.
Hankook Ventus S1 Evo Z K129 rated 80% while driving a SEAT Cupra Formentor 2022
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 average miles
Great grip and feeling in the dry, decent grip in the wet, absolutely no grip when it's cold but that's expected.
The wear is not great, they don't last much but until they do, they are fun.
The wear is not great, they don't last much but until they do, they are fun.
Continental SportContact 7 rated 80% while driving a BMW 530d F10
Driving on a combination of roads for 15500 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 15500 spirited miles
I recommend these tyres as I've managed 15k miles that's down to 2mm as this is when I started to notice the wet grip disappearing. Dry grip doesn't change on wear nor cold weather in the UK. I drive some what spirited most of the time.I used these in light snow and a week old they were lovely for a high performance summer tyre!
I did want to give the Goodyear F1 SS & Yokohama Advan AD09 ago but decided to stick with the Conti! As I could only list one size of tyre that is the rear, Front is 245/40/19 - So its a BMW 530d it has a lot of torque! The Conti's did the job well! That is all year round for two years. Dry grip great, Wet grip great! No issues with Aqua planning! Best tyre I've had so far! I'm still yet to try the PS4s tyres!
IMO - your not going to find a better tyre to use in the UK on a Bimmer!
I did want to give the Goodyear F1 SS & Yokohama Advan AD09 ago but decided to stick with the Conti! As I could only list one size of tyre that is the rear, Front is 245/40/19 - So its a BMW 530d it has a lot of torque! The Conti's did the job well! That is all year round for two years. Dry grip great, Wet grip great! No issues with Aqua planning! Best tyre I've had so far! I'm still yet to try the PS4s tyres!
IMO - your not going to find a better tyre to use in the UK on a Bimmer!
Pirelli P Zero PZ4 rated 49% while driving a BMW M2 Competition
Driving on mostly country roads for 8000 average miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 8000 average miles
Dire. Even worse than the regular Pirelli Zeros, which were acceptable until they wore down to near the limit. These are the same, they're dangerous even with a few extra mm of tyre tread above the legal limit. The one saving grace for the old Pirelli Zeros was that they weren't that pricey for a 'premium' tyre, but that's gone out the window for these PZ4s as they're dearer than Contis. I am so glad to be getting rid of them, it seems to me that they've taken all the worst points of the old PZ1s and just made these wear down even quicker, and with a higher price. Awful tyre. Switching to either SportContact 7 or Eagle F1s, both great tyres.
Continental MaxContact MC7 rated 82% while driving a Volkswagen Polo Sedan 1.6
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 average miles
Change from Hankook Ventus P4 to MC7. The biggest change is comfort..sidewall is soft and tyre noise is reduce. Will review againt at its end life
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 rated 87% while driving a Volkswagen Passat B8 Estate 2.0TFSI 280hp
Driving on a combination of roads for 30000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 30000 spirited miles
This is an exceptional tyre, hard to break traction in the wet or dry. Comfortable, confident and long lasting for a performance tyre.
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 rated 72% while driving a BMW 330d
Driving on mostly motorways for 13200 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 13200 average miles
Due to the odd/rare size of the rear tyres fitted to my car (a 2010 330d), their was only a choice of 2 decent tyres, these and the even older Goodyear Asymmetric 2s.
Compared to the A2's I had before the PS4 is a revelation in the wet, the grip in the wet was absolutely staggering (above 7C, below which any summer tyre will increasingly struggle), it felt like it almost matched the A2s grip in the dry! Truly amazing grip in the wet!
Grip in the dry seemed good too, although I never pushed them cornering.
A big downside though was the rate they wore at, I nearly got caught out hitting the legal wear limit (1.6mm), I usually change tyres at 2.5mm.
Although this was partly due to my mileage shooting up that year (due to a job change), it was also down to how quickly the tyres were wearing, from new to ~1.6mm (for the NSR, OSR was ~2.7mm) in about 13.2 k miles. Whereas the last set of GY A2s lasted ~18.6k (rears again).
Their is the mitigating circumstance that I found the rear tracking was out shortly after replacing them, by how much I don't know because the garage's printer wasn't working and they didn't bother to take a photo of it either! That said, it was tracking straight and the outer and inner edges and groves had worn similarly, although the rear was tramlining somewhat (which reduced quite a bit after having it tracked).
Also it seems that the factory pressures are too high for the rears making them wear more in the middle, see their final tread depths below (for each main groove) and make your own mind up. But certainly the A2s pumped up to the same pressures and likely the rear tracking had been a bit out for years as the rear tramlining issue (mainly on the concrete bit of the south part of the M25!) had also been around for years!
NSR 3.2, 2.4, 1.6, 2.7
OSR 3.5, 2.7, 2.7, 3.5
Since then I've fitted Goodyear Asymmetric 6s (I had to downsize slightly to 245/40 17 to get them), and actually their not faring much better :(, they've covered 12.6k miles and are down to 3mm in the ctr grooves already (I can't recall what the outer's were, but theirs a smaller difference than the PS4s, which is at least partly down to the slightly lower pressure I use now, 2.5 Bar vs 2.7, not to mention the tracking being done at the beginning of their life).
Compared to the A2's I had before the PS4 is a revelation in the wet, the grip in the wet was absolutely staggering (above 7C, below which any summer tyre will increasingly struggle), it felt like it almost matched the A2s grip in the dry! Truly amazing grip in the wet!
Grip in the dry seemed good too, although I never pushed them cornering.
A big downside though was the rate they wore at, I nearly got caught out hitting the legal wear limit (1.6mm), I usually change tyres at 2.5mm.
Although this was partly due to my mileage shooting up that year (due to a job change), it was also down to how quickly the tyres were wearing, from new to ~1.6mm (for the NSR, OSR was ~2.7mm) in about 13.2 k miles. Whereas the last set of GY A2s lasted ~18.6k (rears again).
Their is the mitigating circumstance that I found the rear tracking was out shortly after replacing them, by how much I don't know because the garage's printer wasn't working and they didn't bother to take a photo of it either! That said, it was tracking straight and the outer and inner edges and groves had worn similarly, although the rear was tramlining somewhat (which reduced quite a bit after having it tracked).
Also it seems that the factory pressures are too high for the rears making them wear more in the middle, see their final tread depths below (for each main groove) and make your own mind up. But certainly the A2s pumped up to the same pressures and likely the rear tracking had been a bit out for years as the rear tramlining issue (mainly on the concrete bit of the south part of the M25!) had also been around for years!
NSR 3.2, 2.4, 1.6, 2.7
OSR 3.5, 2.7, 2.7, 3.5
Since then I've fitted Goodyear Asymmetric 6s (I had to downsize slightly to 245/40 17 to get them), and actually their not faring much better :(, they've covered 12.6k miles and are down to 3mm in the ctr grooves already (I can't recall what the outer's were, but theirs a smaller difference than the PS4s, which is at least partly down to the slightly lower pressure I use now, 2.5 Bar vs 2.7, not to mention the tracking being done at the beginning of their life).
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