Excellent tyre for summer and even winter on wet road. Very quite and comfort & excellent grip on wet and dry conditions.
One of the best tyre which I bought and i'll buy again.

I have Kuhmo 275/39/19 96y fitted to my 2005 BMWE60 530d msport, I have just had to get a taxi home from Swansea to London because for the second time in 18 months I have had a blow out on the M4 whilst travelling at speed. Both times the tyre has failed on the inner wall with the tyre instantly going flat. A large section of tyre has blown out approx three inches long with a hole that I could push my finger all the way in. As I said earlier this is the second time and both times it has been a inner wall failure. Has anybody else experienced this problem and do they know if Kuhmo are aware of this possible design fault or am I just unlucky?

The worst tyre I have ever bought. Sidewalls are far too soft and dry grip is not what it should be. The rear of the car actually sways when making a sharp turn as speed above 80km/h. No, problem to get the traction control light on, never had this situation with the previous Bridgestone or Yokohama tyres. After only 600 kms I had to the Kumho's replaced by Yokohama 105V's.

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April 2019 - all new chinese Kumho tyres, 7.5mm. May 2019 - the fine tread pattern completely disappeared. August 2019 - everything was finished, on front axle 2.5mm remaining. Very-very bad in aquaplaning. About 70 km/h.
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Rubbish tires, only lasted 30,000kms. They do ok grip wise in summer but twice I've had them aquaplaning in small ruts in wet weather, the wet weather grip is terrible. They are also the noisiest tires I've ever owned. I'm looking forward to getting rid of them!

Replace them today fo the HS52, made 45000kms 27900mies (aprox), and they were ok for may work car. Had Michelein before and were not that much better in wet condition were worst.

I bought a set of 4 of these in 2016, prompted by a financially painful pot-hole experience, which made me reluctant to spash out on a replacement set of Michelins, which this was - and our three other cars are - equipped with. They were just as quiet, and satisfactory in wet and dry conditions (but untested in snow), given I don't push hard in corners, but do maintain momentum while generally averaging 60+ mpg. I swapped fronts to rears, and achieved about 25,000 miles from the set, and changed when they were down to around 2mm. Much lower mileage than I get from the usual tyres, but less at stake in this pot-hole strewn country. One tyre recently developed cracks on the inner sidewall, which would have been an MOT failure, if I hadn't been able to swap the spare there and then. I can't be sure about the cause of the cracking, which deveIoped on a rear tyre, I've repalced the front tyres with Michelins again, but have just fitted HS52s to the rear axle, to see how they fare, hoping that they do as well or better than the HS51s, and will be inspecting the inner sidewall more closely on this set.

After Long term review close 6 years, Done 47K miles on Ecsta HS51 version. I'm very pleased , one of the best tyres *All weather conditions excellent . * The rear still have tread on them . It's time for new set of tyres . I recommend these tyres to all want a great Tyre with a reasonable price not too expensive with high quality and durability.

This will be my last update on the Escata Hs51. I have done 43K miles. All type of weather conditions are excellent: grip, handling, breaking High quality and good price. No issues with blow outs for normal high speed driving excellent. For track or extreme need a upgrade for specific tyres (Track, Ultimate extreme). I recommend them for all. Winter time hopefully be updating or upgrading to the Hs52 or Ps version Will have a update and throw review on them.

never had any problems with it, my car has never gotten into a slide with these tyres, have been running these tyres for a year and still have 50% tread left. would buy again.

I've had these on for a year now, and I am very pleasantly surprised at the outright grip both wet and dry these offer. The tyres that preceded these were Falken FK510, Hankook VP3 K125 and most recently Nokian Powerproof. I found the Hankooks best for wear, Nokians were good for wet grip but did not last very long and the Falkens may as well have been made from chewing gum for the service life they gave. I know the Honda Accord Type S Tourer is a fairly heavy vehicle and has a decent bit of torque and power but I have a commute that is 80km per day so wear is a factor, the remap adds some more as well. With these HS51 I can say that I am very happy with their performance so far and would definately buy them again. Wet grip/braking and wear are my two main objectives regarding tyres and on these points and more they deliver. They are not the most fuel efficient tyres but they are very durable and that is worth more to me than some theoretical figure of fuel saving in the long run. In summary I would say that I highly recommend these tyres if you have a larger heavier car and don't want the lightweight quiet, fuel efficient tyres that have the sidewall strength of a piece of overcooked pasta, these are old school tyres that are heavy and solid and last while giving great grip and wear.

I think it’s very easy to use. The grip on dry and wet ground is very strong, and it’s not very noisy to walk on unsightly sections

Wet grip from these tyres is very impressive and inspires confidence. Dry grip is very good although perhaps slightly behind the premium Pirellis previously fitted but the Kumhos are very much quieter in terms of road noise and certainly much more comfortable than before. The car's handling qualities are compatible with the Pirellis and the Kumhos are wearing pretty consistently and at an acceptable rate. I like them. They're good value for money in my opinion and suit my style of driving.

Have these stock on my elantra. They're pretty good for what they are. Good wet grip cuz it rains a lot and I haven't had any problems in the wet. Pretty quiet on the highway and choppy pavement. Not a driver's tire though as feedback is poor and handling at the limit is average.

Tyres grip really well in the dry, but in the they feel a bit loose. I had them fitted in a audi a4 and have them for 15k km and they have 4.5 mm letf in them. Overall they are a pretty good tyre would totally buy again.