This Is The Most Comprehensive High-Performance Tyre Test You'll Ever See
If you want a set of reasonably large, high-performance tyres from a premium brand, you have a difficult choice to make. You could go for Michelin’s Pilot Sport 4 S, or perhaps the Continental Sport Contact 6. It’d be foolish to discount Goodyear’s new Eagle F1 Supersport boots, too.
But which is the better tyre, and are the premiums worth the money over mid-range choices? That’s what Tyre Reviews set out to discover at Continental’s Uvalde, Texas test facility. Here, the ‘Holy Trinity’ of premium performance tyres were put against the less expensive Falken Azensis FK510, Kumho Ecsta PS91, Toyo Proxes Sport and Vredestein Ultrac Vorti. Finally, there’s a budget option, just to mix things up a little further.
There are wet and dry handling tests, wet and dry braking tests, and even a noise test. It’s worth watching the full thing to get properly schooled up on those bits of rubber that keep you on the tarmac, but we’ll chuck in this one spoiler: the budget tyre is hilariously poor throughout most of the video. Try to act shocked.
Source: YouTube/TyreReviews.com
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
I know they’ve just said whats in the video but is it me or does carthrottle never talk about Pirelli P Zeros? Or just Pirelli at all
I did try and include Pirelli in the test, however they only make a * marked BMW approved P Zero in that size which wouldn’t be fair as the rest of the tyres were aftermarket fitment
Been running my 370Z on continental sport contact 6 since February, took about 500km to get them really bedded in, is that normal?
It should only be a few miles to scrub them in for top grip, but new tyres can feel strange due to high tread depth and more block movement until you get more used to it
Michelin’s PS4-S and Continental SC-6 for the win :)
For me, it’s the Landsail and Dayton branded tyres for my daily use. Super cheap and quite slippery in wet. Great for insurance claim accidents!
Are Yokohama tires not common in the UK?? Would love to see their UHP tires being tested as well
Going to have to take all 4 accelera tyres off my scooby then 😂😂😂 no more budget for me!
German motors demand german rubber. Anything less is sub-par. Germans have excellent rubber compounds so why put japanese or french rubber on your beloved autobahn cruiser? makes naught sense
Chinese all the way!