Ive a 1.9 TDi sport Passat. It’s been remapped and a few tweaks It is driven hard most of the time on variety roads from motorway to B roads and minor roads. I think these are possibly the best wet grip tyres I’ve tried. Easily better than a certain brand of ‘wet-sport’ tyres. I will fit them to impreza when it requires them probably next month amd see how they go on it.
But first class tyres no noticeable difference in performance compared to ones £50+ more expensive.

Ok, I left a review of this tyre in October 2016.
Reporting back after 13000 miles. I have rotated the tyres twice since fitting and they are now between 5 and 6 mm tread depth. My driving is steady on mainly A roads at 40-50 mph. The tyres shift water very well, they are still good when the temp is below zero. I'm very happy with them, and when they reach 3 mm will buy them again without hesitation.

We run two Peugeot 407 Coupes which are big heavy cars (uses the Citroen C6 chassis but with conventional double wishbone and IRS suspension) and the cars have covered 25,000 miles between them on Avon ZV7s.

Grip is superb in the dry and wet, although I have noticed that when cornering in the wet on a bumpy road they are prone to breaking grip for a millisecond before gripping again.

Tyre wear isn't too excessive but the first pair of fronts were munched in 10,000 miles (I change mine at 3mm). I also have a sporty 206 wearing Pirelli Cinturato and an MG Midget on Yokohamas, both of which show no signs of wear despite spirited driving, although fewer miles and lighter cars, so maybe not a great comparison!

Comfort is good and we recently drove 2000+ miles to the South of France and back, whisper quiet and enough meat to make driving at speed on French roads a pleasure.

Early days-200 miles since fitted. Noticeably quieter than the [worn] Prestivo S1s and Avon ZV5s they replaced. Have not been pushed to the limits of adhesion when cornering or braking- and hopefully never will be. Useful slight bulge at the side might spare the alloys some time. Impressed so far.

I have had altogether 8 of these tyres on 2 cars (215/55R16 on a Vectra and 205/55R16 on a Kia Ceed 1st gen) and, together with my wife, have done more than 22000 miles on them.
So, good points first. These tyres wear well - a set of them lasted for 14000 miles in the front of my diesel Vectra, and would have lasted about 15500 miles if I didn't have to change them before a very long driving holiday abroad. This is good for the front axle of a Vectra with the heavy 1.9 litre lump, especially after my previous Uniroyals. I also managed to buy them quite cheap, up to a point.
The grip in the dry is not bad, provided the road is in a decent condition. For some reason on the Vectra they behave much better than on the Kia - goes on to say that the tyre characteristics have to match the suspension. They also lose the grip progressively and tell you they do so, again on a decent road.
Now to the bad points:
They aren't very good in the wet, which in British climate is not ideal... Not much grip altogether, but the worst point is their tendency to aquaplanning. In my driving life I have used some better and worse tyres but when it comes to aquaplanning, these come as one of the worst. Any water deeper than 2mm, any speed greater than 50mph, and bang! goes the grip and handling, and you start feeling more like a passenger than a driver. Which, in British climate and with knackered roads full of ruts and tracks, is very bad. So Avon is a British company, right? One would think they'd have made a tyre suitable for downpours... But maybe I'm spoiled after these previous Uniroyals.
Three more things: they are quite noisy, especially after a while, they have subjectively a rather high rolling resistance, and they don't like worn, tired roads, especially grater-like wear of the surface (lots of small bumps with different asphalts coming from wear and repairs). Which again, in today's Britain... ;)
I had 8 of them in 2 cars, mostly because they were attractively priced. However, with their price going up fast, I can't recommend them any more. Either be honest to yourself, do a research, pay £20 less and buy something budget that fares similarly in the tests (yes, some are around), or cough up around £15-25 more and get something that is premium, not only aspires to be.

Bought the Signum four years ago with 47000 on the clock. It came with a set of budgets all round. The critics when it was new had two main moans. The first was that road noise in the cabin was excessive and secondly it looked like a Vectra.
After about 15000 miles I was fed up with the noise in the cabin and decided to change the tyres to see if it would reduce the noise at all and settled on Avon ZV5's for the rear. Instant improvement. The noise in the cabin was noticeably reduced.
It also produced another surprise. I do a regular run (every couple of months) via the Chunnel and France to Belgium (400 mile round trip). When I bought the car it indicated an average of 36mpg. With the ZV5,s it went up to 38mpg.
Now to the ZV7's (At last I hear you all say - if you are still with me). It just carries on getting better. I still only paid £66 each for what has proved to be an excellent tyre. Mileage improved yet again to 41mpg and the cabin noise was reduced even further. The 5's are showing little sign of wear after 5000 miles and the 7's at 2000 miles still look brand new.
Overall I don't think it is possible to get a better value for money tyre than these Avons.
Still have one complaint - The Signum still looks like a bloody Vectra.

Driving in Ireland so plenty of wet weather testing!!! Top class tyres on wet roads, great wet grip, good dry grip, they take a longer amount of time to bed in than Bridgestone, nokian, and Yokohama's did, hope this longer bedding in time will give better wear rate. Quite tyre, low road noise. Ride is ok, on the firm hard side if anything. Only over 4000 miles covered, so far i would buy again.

I'll start with the negatives as this is how it started with my purchase of these tyres. Not that they are bad at all just not quite what they were made up to be. Firstly they do not have what anyone would call a rim protection flange as advertised, sidewall sits flush with the rim as any other normal tyre. The tread looks ugly in the wheel arch too (too many groves). Hopefully it dosent bother most people but I'm quite fussy over small details so it's something to consider. I purchased the XL version hoping for it to he a stiffer all round tyre, turns out the sidewalls are very soft still feels like it's rolling under the car taking bends at any kind of moderate speed. I also noticed the centre groves are not as deep as the outer ones and even with me driving throwing the car round corners the centre was down to 1.6mm and the outer edges were still at 2.6mm and I always maintained the pressure stated in my cars manual. Anyway bad points over this tyre would suit mums driving their children about perfect it has a lot of grip for the price in both wet and dry very predictable and lasts a decent amount of time. Lasted me a total of 15k in a mix of normal and rather spirited drives on the front of a fwd car. It's a good tyre for safety and will corner ok but not as well as the previous zv5 did.

Quite disappointed. Replaced worn Goodyear tyres. Chose these based on price and grip / noise ratings more than anything. More comfortable and quiter ride than Goodyear's to start with ........... Until i got onto a motorway ! Immediately felt a wobble / vibration through steering wheel and assumed one of the tyres wasn't balance properly. Could also hear the oscillation as well. Left it a week to see if. It settled but it felt worse once on a long motorway run. On returning i jacked the car up and spun the front wheels in gear. Tyre carcase could be seen moving up and down so appeared not to be round. Tread also appealed to "wander" while spinning. The fitting company decided to re-ballance all 4 wheels. It didn't make any difference. They then took each tyre off of the rims and refitted them and rebalanced them all and then, put the front wheels on the back. Still it vibrates, now through the floorpan more than the steering wheel, which confirms my suspicions that the front tyres (now on the back) were not perfectly round. Just had confirmation that the fitting company, with Avon's agreement, will now replace all 4 tyres under warranty (about 1000+ miles done now). I am very pleased with this decision and hope this resolves the issue.

Replaced the Goodyear Eagles and there are some notable differences. Firstly the grip in the wet isn't as good, the car feels a touch less connected to the road but not in a way that's alarming. There is definitely more tyre noise on rough surfaces, not that its too intrusive but it's definitely there and isn't going away with use. Other than those couple of points, the Avon's are superb and complement the car well. The grip in the dry is excellent and they handle well in tight or twisty bends. Having used various tyre brands in the past, I will be buying them again as they represent a fantastic balance between cost and performance. After so few miles the wear is negligible but they seem a harder compound than the Goodyear Eagles so I would expect them to last a touch longer. Overall, I'm very happy with the Avon ZV7 tyre.

Replaced a set of Dunlop Sportmaxx RT with these Avon tyres, primarily due to the Avon's being around £20 a corner cheaper.
Only covered a few hundred miles, but so far the Avon's are just as good in both the wet and dry.
A little louder in the cabin than the Dunlop's were, but not by a huge amount.
Overall i'm extremely happy with these tyres and would definitely recommend both these or the Dunlop's for an MX5 on 16" wheels!

A superb touring tyre, great comfort and a huge improvement on previous Pirelli P7 and Continentals. A UK made tyre and it seems like they are making these for UK conditions, because all weathers the tyres inspire nothing but confidence. I've had Michelins, Pirellis and Continentals on the front this is certainly the best of the lot. It is a summer tyre of course but warms up very well in Winter, even sub zero so that you don't experience the 'skittiness' of summer tyres in the cold and the wet. Quiet in the cabin, smart looking, the rim protector decent and overall there is nothing not to like. I'm waiting until my rears wear down and will definitely fit these all round. Too soon to really talk about wear, only 2000 miles but overall this in a premium tyre at a mid price and a great choice.