Auto Express – August 07, 2019

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BLACKCircles,ouronlinetyre

retailertestwinner,providesthe

pricesthatweusedinthisfeature.

Thefigureswequotearewhat

thecompanychargedforafully

fittedtyreatthetimeofwritingor,

iftheproductweevaluatedwasn’t

partofBlackCircles’range,what

itwouldchargeforthem.

We alsocorroboratedthese

figuresagainstotheroutlets.

OURsolemachinetestisthekeyto
fueleconomy. Itmeasures,toindustry
standards,thepowerrequiredtoturn
aloadedtyre.Imaginepushingacar
withcorrectlyinflatedtyresandthen
with20psilessallround,andyouget
theprincipleofrollingresistance.
Theresultisbasedonanaverage
oftwotyres,witharoundafivepercent
differenceinrollingresistanceequating
toaonepercentshiftinfueleconomy.

OURSUVsizeisthebig-selling

235/50R18withspeedratings

of VorY(upto150and186mph)

and97or101weightratings.

Thethreetyrelabelratings

arealsolistedbelow.

Wetgrip(WG)andfuel

economy(RR)arerankedA-G,

withtheformerthebest.

Pass-bynoiseismeasured

indecibels;thelowerthe

figure,thebettertherating.

Notableabsencesinclude

Pirelli,whichdoesnothavea

generalreplacementtyrein

thissize;onlythosetailored

forspecificcarmakers.

Vredesteinsaiditdidnothave

asuitabletyreandBridgestone

hadstockproblemswithits

nominatedFirestoneRoadhawk.

ContinentalPremiumContact6V97

RATINGS:RR:BWG:ANoise: 72

CooperZeon4XSSportV97

RATINGS:RR:CWG:ANoise: 69

DunlopSportMaxxRT2SUVV97

RATINGS:RR:CWG:ANoise: 69

FalkenAzenisFK510SUVY101

RATINGS:RR:CWG:ANoise: 70

GoodyearEagleF1Asymmetric5Y101

RATINGS:RR:CWG:ANoise: 72

HankookVentusS1evo2 SUVV97

RATINGS:RR:EWG:ANoise: 69

MichelinPrimacy4Y101

RATINGS:RR:BWG:ANoise: 70

NokianPowerproofY101

RATINGS:RR:BWG:ANoise: 72

TYRE TEST 2019

ROLLINGRESISTANCE PRICE

WHATWETESTED

READYTOROLL

Everytrack test took place

at Uvalde in Texas, and all

but the aquaplaning were

performed by our testers