Mercedes Benz E Class Tyres
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| Tyre Reviewed | Dry Grip | Wet Grip | Feedback | Handling | Wear | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continental WinterContact TS830 (30) | 90% | 95% | 90% | 84% | 85% | 91% |
| Avon AX7 (14) | 92% | 88% | 88% | 85% | 91% | 91% |
| Debica Frigo HP2 (12) | 91% | 90% | 86% | 86% | 87% | 84% |
| Fulda SportControl (40) | 92% | 87% | 85% | 83% | 85% | 86% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 (407) | 92% | 89% | 85% | 85% | 80% | 87% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 (243) | 93% | 90% | 86% | 88% | 79% | 81% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 (303) | 90% | 88% | 84% | 84% | 73% | 82% |
| Bridgestone Turanza GR90 (21) | 81% | 86% | 83% | 81% | 74% | 92% |
| Uniroyal RainExpert (132) | 85% | 91% | 81% | 76% | 75% | 86% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 (181) | 88% | 86% | 81% | 81% | 79% | 86% |
| Michelin CrossClimate Plus (113) | 87% | 85% | 82% | 73% | 87% | 86% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (322) | 91% | 88% | 81% | 84% | 73% | 78% |
| Yokohama Advan Sport V105 (42) | 91% | 82% | 83% | 83% | 76% | 78% |
| Falken Azenis FK510 (144) | 89% | 88% | 82% | 82% | 72% | 77% |
| Continental Premium Contact 6 (119) | 89% | 84% | 83% | 85% | 74% | 78% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric (141) | 90% | 87% | 82% | 78% | 70% | 80% |
| Goodyear Vector 4Seasons (62) | 84% | 83% | 82% | 82% | 85% | 82% |
| Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun (101) | 87% | 83% | 81% | 80% | 77% | 79% |
| Vredestein Ultrac Cento (22) | 83% | 78% | 76% | 73% | 86% | 82% |
| Hankook Ventus V12 evo2 (80) | 87% | 81% | 78% | 79% | 74% | 77% |
| Continental UltraContact (18) | 85% | 83% | 78% | 75% | 77% | 83% |
| Roadstone Eurovis Sport 04 (64) | 84% | 78% | 76% | 77% | 75% | 81% |
| Pirelli Cinturato P1 Verde (46) | 83% | 74% | 78% | 73% | 83% | 79% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S007A (11) | 83% | 69% | 84% | 90% | 75% | 73% |
| Dunlop SP Winter Sport 3D (40) | 81% | 84% | 80% | 77% | 76% | 77% |
| Michelin Primacy 3 (191) | 85% | 79% | 76% | 77% | 69% | 80% |
| Dunlop Direzza DZ101 (8) | 85% | 68% | 80% | 79% | 67% | 76% |
| Cooper Zeon CS6 (33) | 83% | 74% | 69% | 74% | 85% | 72% |
| Pirelli P Zero PZ4 (69) | 88% | 77% | 84% | 82% | 61% | 71% |
| Michelin Primacy HP (199) | 85% | 75% | 77% | 74% | 77% | 76% |
| Michelin Primacy LC (12) | 82% | 79% | 67% | 68% | 73% | 88% |
| Bridgestone Turanza GR100 (4) | 83% | 80% | 78% | 65% | 73% | 78% |
| Uniroyal AllSeasonExpert 2 (2) | 70% | 95% | 70% | 60% | 80% | 65% |
| Uniroyal RainSport 5 (70) | 76% | 86% | 69% | 68% | 76% | 80% |
| Falken ZE912 (200) | 82% | 74% | 75% | 70% | 71% | 79% |
| Dayton DW510 (5) | 72% | 78% | 72% | 76% | 76% | 64% |
| Falken FK452 (211) | 82% | 72% | 75% | 73% | 69% | 73% |
| Matador MP 47 Hectorra 3 (28) | 80% | 66% | 74% | 76% | 73% | 79% |
| Yokohama S Drive (65) | 83% | 69% | 75% | 77% | 71% | 68% |
| Pirelli CINTURATO P7 (182) | 83% | 73% | 73% | 75% | 70% | 74% |
| Rovelo Sport A1 (25) | 78% | 68% | 71% | 72% | 72% | 71% |
| Bridgestone Turanza T005 (149) | 82% | 79% | 73% | 73% | 65% | 73% |
| Sailun Atrezzo ZSR (46) | 80% | 68% | 71% | 75% | 67% | 72% |
| Kumho Ecsta LE Sport (33) | 77% | 72% | 73% | 72% | 70% | 74% |
| Hankook Icebear W300 (10) | 76% | 64% | 77% | 74% | 71% | 70% |
| Continental ContiSportContact 5 P (109) | 85% | 78% | 77% | 75% | 55% | 72% |
| Dunlop SP Sport 300 (21) | 77% | 68% | 62% | 62% | 77% | 67% |
| Pirelli P Zero Runflat (41) | 83% | 69% | 76% | 74% | 58% | 66% |
| Pirelli P 7 (85) | 79% | 69% | 71% | 68% | 73% | 65% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE050A (212) | 83% | 69% | 74% | 72% | 66% | 59% |
| Pirelli P Zero (161) | 84% | 68% | 75% | 72% | 58% | 64% |
| Bridgestone Turanza GR80 (6) | 65% | 70% | 62% | 58% | 60% | 80% |
| Goodyear EfficientGrip (141) | 77% | 68% | 63% | 61% | 71% | 71% |
| Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (165) | 79% | 69% | 69% | 67% | 63% | 64% |
| Pirelli P Zero Nero GT (36) | 81% | 64% | 63% | 68% | 70% | 64% |
| Wanli S1063 (80) | 74% | 58% | 63% | 61% | 77% | 65% |
| Maxxis MA Z4S Victra (18) | 89% | 77% | 79% | 78% | 80% | 78% |
| Michelin Pilot HX MXM4 (9) | 77% | 59% | 70% | 62% | 54% | 77% |
| Marangoni Mythos (29) | 69% | 55% | 58% | 60% | 62% | 58% |
| Continental EcoContact 6 (113) | 74% | 57% | 59% | 61% | 54% | 69% |
| Rapid p609 (34) | 68% | 55% | 57% | 60% | 62% | 58% |
| Mastersteel PROSPORT (4) | 68% | 50% | 48% | 65% | 65% | 55% |
| Sunny SN3970 (46) | 71% | 49% | 54% | 54% | 65% | 54% |
| Primewell PZ900 (59) | 72% | 58% | 54% | 57% | 57% | 50% |
| Runway ENDURO 916 Plus (45) | 66% | 53% | 52% | 54% | 62% | 41% |
| Marangoni Verso (38) | 69% | 48% | 55% | 47% | 49% | 54% |
| Falken ZE512 (27) | 67% | 47% | 52% | 50% | 45% | 55% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Run Flat (143) | 72% | 54% | 55% | 48% | 55% | 32% |
| Wanli S1088 (85) | 57% | 35% | 41% | 39% | 59% | 38% |
| Taurus 401 HighPerformance (4) | 68% | 38% | 50% | 33% | 58% | 38% |
| Linglong L688 (29) | 43% | 24% | 32% | 30% | 53% | 37% |
Mercedes Benz E Class Tyre Review Highlights
Writing about the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 given 90% (245-45-18-)
Driving on mostly motorways for 24854 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 24854 average miles
I just retired my 4x Pilot Sport 4 tyres, as the last two annual car services recommended replacement, with the most recent one stating 10% tread depth remaining (to legal limit). So I swapped them for Pilot Sport 5s on my RWD Benz w213 e300. These tyres were rotated every 10k km, balanced and alignment done. So overall the treadware has been very even. I ran 38 psi on rears and 35 psi on fronts throughout on mostly highway roads.
To be honest the tyres still had tread remaining, and I expect I may have gotten another year and 10k kms out of them till the wear indicators became flush with the tread. The only reason I swapped early is to avoid any insurance liability given the past 2 service recommendations on the car. This is a real shame, as the tires are great at 40k km.
From day 1 they were really smooth and rounded off bumps and edges very smoothly to the cabin. The dry grip was excellent for a heavier 255hp mid torque car. I did feel in the last 10k kms though that sometimes it was giving into barely noticeable slippage on the rears during cornering at highway speeds. But overall the grip was still 9/10 for all intents and purposes till yesterday. Taking off at the lights, it gave me immediate response and always performed it like it was a piece of cake. They never had any hesitation or squealing when I needed sudden bursts of acceleration to overtake all the bumbling rav4s in my neighbourhood.
Wet grip was also amazing till now, it evacuates with a lot of spray out the back and feels planted on the roads at highway speeds. I never felt any aquaplaning on it. I always had immense confidence on these tyres and in my car to drive at the speed limit in the cold wet roads of Melbourne. It may be a different story in tropical climes where you get fat raindrops and torrential rain; but in an English temperate wet climate, these have always performed perfectly.
My sole objective for putting on these tyres initially were to get the most comfort at the highest safety margins which ruled out touring tyres that are comfortable but are not as responsive as these high performance tyres. To this end, it excelled. One time in early summer of their first year, we were up in the mountains when temps suddenly dropped to -3’C and a snowstorm hit. These tyres still drove safely on the accumulating snow for as long as they could and only gave up on an uphill with black ice. These aren’t designed for those cold temps and those tread patterns, so to me they gave me a whole lot more that one time I asked it off them.
Comfort wise, my wife noticed that these PS4 tyres were marginally more floaty and smooth riding compared to my 1 day old PS5 tyres on the highway yesterday. On the other hand, I notice that the PS4s had slightly more noticeable tyre noise coming into the excellently insulated w213 cabin, in comparison to the new PS5 tyres. And I also noticed that tyre noise on these PS4’s had gotten louder in the last 10k km of ownership.
So all in all, the tyres were ageing, but it did everything I needed from them very, very well. That’s probably why I have no regrets swapping them out 10k kms prematurely. They would easily have gone another 10k kms to reach their tread wear indicator, with some accompanying minor performance degradation otherwise, I feel.
Overall I am very happy with the product. It fit my needs and my driving style perfectly.
To be honest the tyres still had tread remaining, and I expect I may have gotten another year and 10k kms out of them till the wear indicators became flush with the tread. The only reason I swapped early is to avoid any insurance liability given the past 2 service recommendations on the car. This is a real shame, as the tires are great at 40k km.
From day 1 they were really smooth and rounded off bumps and edges very smoothly to the cabin. The dry grip was excellent for a heavier 255hp mid torque car. I did feel in the last 10k kms though that sometimes it was giving into barely noticeable slippage on the rears during cornering at highway speeds. But overall the grip was still 9/10 for all intents and purposes till yesterday. Taking off at the lights, it gave me immediate response and always performed it like it was a piece of cake. They never had any hesitation or squealing when I needed sudden bursts of acceleration to overtake all the bumbling rav4s in my neighbourhood.
Wet grip was also amazing till now, it evacuates with a lot of spray out the back and feels planted on the roads at highway speeds. I never felt any aquaplaning on it. I always had immense confidence on these tyres and in my car to drive at the speed limit in the cold wet roads of Melbourne. It may be a different story in tropical climes where you get fat raindrops and torrential rain; but in an English temperate wet climate, these have always performed perfectly.
My sole objective for putting on these tyres initially were to get the most comfort at the highest safety margins which ruled out touring tyres that are comfortable but are not as responsive as these high performance tyres. To this end, it excelled. One time in early summer of their first year, we were up in the mountains when temps suddenly dropped to -3’C and a snowstorm hit. These tyres still drove safely on the accumulating snow for as long as they could and only gave up on an uphill with black ice. These aren’t designed for those cold temps and those tread patterns, so to me they gave me a whole lot more that one time I asked it off them.
Comfort wise, my wife noticed that these PS4 tyres were marginally more floaty and smooth riding compared to my 1 day old PS5 tyres on the highway yesterday. On the other hand, I notice that the PS4s had slightly more noticeable tyre noise coming into the excellently insulated w213 cabin, in comparison to the new PS5 tyres. And I also noticed that tyre noise on these PS4’s had gotten louder in the last 10k km of ownership.
So all in all, the tyres were ageing, but it did everything I needed from them very, very well. That’s probably why I have no regrets swapping them out 10k kms prematurely. They would easily have gone another 10k kms to reach their tread wear indicator, with some accompanying minor performance degradation otherwise, I feel.
Overall I am very happy with the product. It fit my needs and my driving style perfectly.
Writing about the Continental EcoContact 6 given 36% (275-35-20-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 1200 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 1200 spirited miles
By far the worst tyre I drove in the last 10 years.
Noise and ride comfort are all right.
Grip in dry is ok if you take it slow but as soon as you speed up in corners, the tyre struggles to keep you on the road.
Wet grip and wet breaking are the worst I’ve ever experienced in my life. At first I could not believe the car would drift sideways that easy at normal acceleration on a wet road, figured that that part of tarmac must have been greasy or something. Then tried the same on 4-5 diferent places and realized just how bad and dangerous this tyre is.
Wet breaking - ABS kicking in on maximum breaking at 30 km/h !?!
After driving it on 3 different occasions / days on wet roads, decided to get rid of the tyre after only 2.000 km I drove it.
I cannot believe such a terrible and dangerous tyre is used as an OEM and delivered as a first set you get on the car which costs over 100.000 €.
I understand it reduces CO2, but safety must be more important that CO2.
Absolutely terrible.
Noise and ride comfort are all right.
Grip in dry is ok if you take it slow but as soon as you speed up in corners, the tyre struggles to keep you on the road.
Wet grip and wet breaking are the worst I’ve ever experienced in my life. At first I could not believe the car would drift sideways that easy at normal acceleration on a wet road, figured that that part of tarmac must have been greasy or something. Then tried the same on 4-5 diferent places and realized just how bad and dangerous this tyre is.
Wet breaking - ABS kicking in on maximum breaking at 30 km/h !?!
After driving it on 3 different occasions / days on wet roads, decided to get rid of the tyre after only 2.000 km I drove it.
I cannot believe such a terrible and dangerous tyre is used as an OEM and delivered as a first set you get on the car which costs over 100.000 €.
I understand it reduces CO2, but safety must be more important that CO2.
Absolutely terrible.
Writing about the Rovelo Sport A1 given 61% (245-45-19-)
Driving on mostly motorways for 150 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 150 average miles
Tyre felt heavy. Car seemed difficult to accelerate to 150km/hr.Very noisy
Writing about the Avon AX7 given 89% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 28000 easy going miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 28000 easy going miles
Good medium price tyre from a great original British company
Writing about the Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Run Flat given 42% (245-65-20-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 6000 easy going miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 6000 easy going miles
Gotta say, I’ve had some serious bad luck with my Merc E400 and its Bridgestone 245/35R20 run-flat boots.
It had new wheels and tyres when I bought it with 14k miles on it last year. (Bought from a friend so I saw them installed by Wembley Tyres).
Since then, I’ve done ~10k and have got through three tyres, two of which blew on the inside rims, and one cracked wheel. I can’t believe I’ve gone through the better part of £2k in less than 18 months.
I’m based in London where you can seldom reach 30mph but where speed calming and potholes are ubiquitous. That said, I drive carefully, not aggressively, usually on the car’s eco setting for fuel economy.
The car itself is wonderful, but I’m beginning to worry about what it rolls on.
I know run-flats have poor reputations for durability and ride comfort, but I had them on my previous car for the seventeen years / 100k miles I owned it and hardly got through any more (Pirelli Zero 205/55) boots in all that time.
Bridgestone are a premium brand but are they really this fragile?
Seriously considering another brand or even saving a packet on non-runflats and slime….
It had new wheels and tyres when I bought it with 14k miles on it last year. (Bought from a friend so I saw them installed by Wembley Tyres).
Since then, I’ve done ~10k and have got through three tyres, two of which blew on the inside rims, and one cracked wheel. I can’t believe I’ve gone through the better part of £2k in less than 18 months.
I’m based in London where you can seldom reach 30mph but where speed calming and potholes are ubiquitous. That said, I drive carefully, not aggressively, usually on the car’s eco setting for fuel economy.
The car itself is wonderful, but I’m beginning to worry about what it rolls on.
I know run-flats have poor reputations for durability and ride comfort, but I had them on my previous car for the seventeen years / 100k miles I owned it and hardly got through any more (Pirelli Zero 205/55) boots in all that time.
Bridgestone are a premium brand but are they really this fragile?
Seriously considering another brand or even saving a packet on non-runflats and slime….
Writing about the Taurus 401 HighPerformance given 43% (245-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 average miles
I got one of these for my E Class Merc , it was a rushed purchase due to needing MOT. I usually put Continentals all over my car. My car is a rear wheel drive car and has a powerful 3.0 engine. In the wet the tyre will not maintain grip and it freaks out the cars computer which will flash , low traction warning, then it can place the car in low boost ( limp home mode) until you stop and restart the car. Tyres on the rear no longer match and that seems to be very bad, also this tyre does not seem to perform well. It seems ok in dry condition's though and cant really complain..
Writing about the Continental UltraContact given 86% (225-55-16-)
Driving on mostly motorways for 5000 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 5000 average miles
Mercedes W211 e200k.
After five years with uniroyal rain sport 3,I changed them with continental ultra contact.
The car now is extremely quiet in highways and very comfortable in b roads.
I ve also seen an improvement in fuel consumption.
It is a highly recommended tyre for those who want comfort ride,fuel economy and good handling in different weather conditions.
On the other hand the cost is high.
Writing about the Uniroyal AllSeasonExpert 2 given 76% (215-55-16-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 easy going miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 easy going miles
These tyres are outstanding in the wet, very good aquaplaning resistance, and a very confident ride feeling even at high speeds in the wet. The winter performance on fresh snow is good, on slush it is far better than its higher priced sibling from the same business group (the Continental AllSeasonContact). On dry surfaces they feel rather soft, however this doesn't deteriorate further at very high sumer temperatures. Dry braking isn't their strength, and also the handling feels a bit spongy (but a good match to my car's a bit nervous steering, which the tyres calm down a bit). Their biggest minus is that they are very prone to get flat spots even after parking only for a few hours, and it takes some while (10-15 km of quick driving) that they smoothen out again. This is particularly happening at temperatures below 10 °C, less in summer. A car problem can be ruled out, as this doesn't happen with a second set of tyres which was mounted temporarily for testing purposes.
To summarize: outstanding in the wet, fully sufficient under winter conditions, and acceptable for the calm driver in the hot/dry. Wear is very low.
Would buy them again if they hadn't this annoying flat spot issue.
Writing about the Roadstone Eurovis Sport 04 given 77% (225-55-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 average miles
Eurovis sport 04 best value tyre on the market
In my opinion just as good as mid / premium brands which l bought in past Great drive handle well on dry & wet roads & wear evenly
Writing about the Continental Premium Contact 6 given 60% (235-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 15000 easy going miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 15000 easy going miles
They have lasted under 15,000 miles of gentle driving on the front of the car (ie not the driving wheels, and I never turn the car steering when stationary).
Other than that they are okay.
Writing about the Michelin CrossClimate Plus given 73% (225-55-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 30000 easy going miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 30000 easy going miles
Handling has been good especially in the dry. I did aquaplane once in heavy rain on the motorway and trusted them less in the wet after that. Seem very prone to punctures, I do about 20k miles a year and I’ve had 2 or 3 per year. The tread pattern seems to pick up and logged stones between the tread. I’ve already had 2 sets of these on my current car and tend to replace the rears first then all 4 next time. I’m about to replace them with CC2, although I was tempted to get the Goodyear 4 seasons gen 3 (for longer tread life) but trouble getting them in stock in some places.
Writing about the Bridgestone Turanza T005 given 50% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly motorways for 20000 easy going miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 20000 easy going miles
I had T005 tyres fitted January 2021. At recent Mot, I was advised that tyres have less than 3mm left and need to be replaced. I have clocked up 20000 miles. Have to be the worst wearing tyres I have had on a car in 30 years. The Bridgestone ER300 I had previously lasted 3 times longer, 65000 miles.
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