2015 Off Road SUV 4x4 Tire Test

9 Premium Touring Summer tires tested in 255/55 R18 | Published April 13th, 2015 by Jonathan Benson

Test Summary
Wet Braking	Continental ContiSportContact 5 SUV
Dry Braking	Nokian zLine SUV
Rolling Resistance	Nokian zLine SUV Toyo Proxes T1 Sport SUV
Snow Handling	Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric SUV Maxxis M36

The 2015 Off Road Magazine SUV and 4x4 tire test covered 9 tires in 225/55 R18 on a Mercedes ML250.

As the tires on test are "soft road" tires, not designed to travel offroad, Off Road Magazine only saw fit to test them in the dry and wet, ignoring any potential off road qualities these tires could have.

The top 5 tires were all given the "highly recommended" rating, places six to eight being just "recommend", and the Maxxis in ninth being the only tire to be graded as "Adequate".

The Results

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1st: Nokian zLine SUV
255/55 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 30 Dry: 8 Wet: 9 Rolling Resistance: 9 Noise: 4 Good handling and braking on dry and wet roads Expensive Read Reviews
2nd: Continental ContiSportContact 5 SUV
255/55 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 19 Dry: 9 Wet: 6 Rolling Resistance: 3 Noise: 1 Good results on dry and wet surfaces High noise level Read Reviews Buy from £150.38
3rd: Dunlop SP QuattroMaxx
255/55 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 18 Dry: 6 Wet: 6 Rolling Resistance: 2 Noise: 4 Very balanced characteristics, short braking distances on wet roads Relatively high noise levels, relatively high rolling resistance Read Reviews
4th: Pirelli Scorpion Verde
255/55 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 15 Dry: 6 Wet: 5 Rolling Resistance: 3 Noise: 1 Good results on dry and wet surfaces The highest level of noise Read Reviews Buy from £148.62
5th: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric SUV
255/55 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 22 Dry: 5 Wet: 6 Rolling Resistance: 3 Noise: 8 Highest resistance to aquaplaning, good comfort Average handling on dry surfaces Read Reviews Buy from £146.22
6th: Kumho Crugen HP91
255/55 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 18 Dry: 2 Wet: 3 Rolling Resistance: 7 Noise: 6 High resistance to aquaplaning, low rolling resistance Average handling and long braking distances on wet surfaces Read Reviews Buy from £91.99
7th: Toyo Proxes T1 Sport SUV
255/55 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 18 Dry: 3 Wet: 3 Rolling Resistance: 9 Noise: 3 Low rolling resistance Average handling on dry and wet surfaces Read Reviews
8th: Vredestein Ultrac Vorti
255/55 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 11 Dry: 2 Wet: 1 Rolling Resistance: 1 Noise: 7 Acceptable results in the dry Weak results in the wet Read Reviews
9th: Maxxis M36
255/55 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 13 Dry: 1 Wet: 1 Rolling Resistance: 3 Noise: 8 Low rolling resistance, low noise Weak results in the wet Read Reviews