2014 Auto Bild 50 Summer Tire Shootout

Fifty sets of 225/50 R17 tires, wet and dry braking from 100kph (62mph), and the best 15 tires go through to a full tire test on a BMW 320i Touring . It's a simple concept, but it always gives us an excellent overview of the current state of the tire market.

As usual, the results are closer in the dry, with 5 meters covering 50 sets of tires. In the wet a huge 14.5 meters covers the best to worse, which is nearly 4 car lengths!

Edit: The top 15 test can be found here: 2014 Auto Bild Summer Tire Test.

The Results

braking in meters

Click here to view Results as a single table and adjust the score weighting based on your own driving needs!

1st: Pirelli Cinturato P 7 Ecoimpact
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 82.3 Dry: 36 Wet: 46.3 Read Reviews
2nd: Hankook Ventus Prime2
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 82.6 Dry: 35.7 Wet: 46.9 Read Reviews
3rd: Michelin Primacy 3
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 82.8 Dry: 35.6 Wet: 47.2 Read Reviews Buy from £127.42
4th: Continental Sport Contact 5
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 82.9 Dry: 35.4 Wet: 47.5 Read Reviews Buy from £119.11
5th: Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 83.3 Dry: 35.6 Wet: 47.7 Read Reviews Buy from £116.16
6th: Bridgestone Turanza T001
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 83.6 Dry: 36 Wet: 47.6 Read Reviews Buy from £129.19
7th: Point S Summerstar Sport 2
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 84 Dry: 36.3 Wet: 47.7 Read Reviews
8th: General Altimax UHP
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 84.4 Dry: 36.5 Wet: 47.9 Read Reviews
9th: Fulda SportControl
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 84.5 Dry: 36.1 Wet: 48.4 Read Reviews
10th: Sava intensa uhp
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 84.5 Dry: 35.5 Wet: 49 Read Reviews
11th: Dunlop SportMaxx RT
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 84.6 Dry: 35.5 Wet: 49.1 Read Reviews Buy from £128.74
12th: Atlas Sport Green
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 85.2 Dry: 36.6 Wet: 48.6 Read Reviews
13th: Kumho Ecsta KU39
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 85.3 Dry: 36.8 Wet: 48.5 Read Reviews
14th: Nexen N Fera SU1
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 85.4 Dry: 37.2 Wet: 48.2 Read Reviews Buy from £99.28
15th: Apollo Aspire 4G
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 85.6 Dry: 36.3 Wet: 49.3 Read Reviews
16th: Nokian zLine
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 85.8 Dry: 35.6 Wet: 50.2 Read Reviews
17th: Yokohama Advan Sport V105
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 86.1 Dry: 36.9 Wet: 49.2 Read Reviews Buy from £106.88
18th: Uniroyal RainSport 2
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 86.2 Dry: 36.4 Wet: 49.8 Read Reviews
19th: Matador MP 46 Hectorra 2
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 86.5 Dry: 37.3 Wet: 49.2 Read Reviews
20th: Fortuna F2900
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 86.6 Dry: 37.1 Wet: 49.5 Read Reviews
21st: Platin RP 410 Diamant
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 86.6 Dry: 37.5 Wet: 49.1 Read Reviews
22nd: BFGoodrich gGrip
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 86.7 Dry: 36.5 Wet: 50.2 Read Reviews
23rd: High Performer Sport HS3
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 87.5 Dry: 36.7 Wet: 50.8 Read Reviews
24th: Kleber Dynaxer HP 3
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 88 Dry: 37.2 Wet: 50.8 Read Reviews
25th: Toyo Proxes T1 Sport
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 88.1 Dry: 37 Wet: 51.1 Read Reviews
26th: Wanli S1063
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 88.2 Dry: 38 Wet: 50.2 Read Reviews
27th: Vredestein Ultrac Cento
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 88.5 Dry: 36.9 Wet: 51.6 Read Reviews
28th: Maxxis PRO R1
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 88.7 Dry: 35.9 Wet: 52.8 Read Reviews
29th: Semperit Speed Life
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 88.7 Dry: 38 Wet: 50.7 Read Reviews
30th: Meteor HP Sport
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 89.2 Dry: 36.3 Wet: 52.9 Read Reviews
31st: Landsail LS988
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 89.5 Dry: 36.6 Wet: 52.9 Read Reviews
32nd: Star Performer TNG UHP1
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 89.9 Dry: 37.5 Wet: 52.4 Read Reviews
33rd: Sunny SN3970
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 90 Dry: 38.4 Wet: 51.6 Read Reviews
34th: Firestone TZ300A
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 90.1 Dry: 37.8 Wet: 52.3 Read Reviews
35th: Goodride SV308
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 90.1 Dry: 37.5 Wet: 52.6 Read Reviews
36th: Porsche 997 911 Carrera 4
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 90.7 Dry: 37.5 Wet: 53.2 Read Reviews
37th: Falken FK453
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 90.8 Dry: 36.9 Wet: 53.9 Read Reviews
38th: GT Radial Champiro UHP1
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 91.1 Dry: 36.7 Wet: 54.4 Read Reviews
39th: Avon ZV5
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 91.4 Dry: 37.5 Wet: 53.9 Read Reviews
40th: Minerva minerva F105
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 91.5 Dry: 37 Wet: 54.5 Read Reviews
41st: Riken Maystorm 2 B 2
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 91.6 Dry: 36.4 Wet: 55.2 Read Reviews
42nd: Cooper Zeon CS6
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 92 Dry: 37.5 Wet: 54.5 Read Reviews
43rd: Sonar SX2
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 93.4 Dry: 41 Wet: 52.4 Read Reviews
44th: Accelera PHI
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 93.4 Dry: 37.7 Wet: 55.7 Read Reviews
45th: Hifly HF805
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 94.1 Dry: 38.7 Wet: 55.4 Read Reviews
46th: Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 94.1 Dry: 37.7 Wet: 56.4 Read Reviews
47th: Sunew YS618
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 94.3 Dry: 37.6 Wet: 56.7 Read Reviews
48th: Pace PC10
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 94.4 Dry: 37.6 Wet: 56.8 Read Reviews
49th: Sunitrac Focus 9000
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 94.6 Dry: 38.4 Wet: 56.2 Read Reviews
50th: Marangoni Verso
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 100.5 Dry: 39.7 Wet: 60.8 Read Reviews