2016 ADAC Tire Test 185/65 R15 - Tire reviews and ratings

Test Summary
Wet Braking	Nexen N Blue HD Plus Continental Premium Contact 5 Bridgestone Turanza T001
Dry Braking	Vredestein Sportrac 5
Rolling Resistance	Michelin Energy Saver Plus
Snow Braking	Michelin Energy Saver Plus
Snow Handling	Infinity Ecosis

Much like the 225/45 R17 test ADAC published at the same time, the ADAC 185/65 R15 tire test looks at sixteen premium and mid range tires, but this time has selected tires intended to be fitted to smaller town and city cars.

The biggest surprise of the test was this time delivered by Vredestein, with the Sportrac 5 dominating the test, and beating the wet weather master Continental Premium Contact 5 in the wet tests. The Vredestein must have gone through a life cycle update, as in 2015 the best result it could manage was fifth overall, and over placed near the bottom of the tests it took part in.

The Dunlop and Goodyear combination of closely matched premium touring tires once again traded blows in the tests to finish nearly identically overall in third and fourth places, while Hankook rounded out the top five with another balanced performance.

Nokian once again had a good result in sixth place, and Kumho finally had a decent test result, finishing seventh with no real negative qualities of the Eco Wing ES01.

Infinity will be proud they managed to beat Michelin, with the premium French brand pushing the balance between wet grip and wear too far towards wear for the ADAC testers, and Bridgestone struggled to balance wet and dry grip, scoring too highly in the dry, like Michelin losing points in the heavily weighted wet testing.

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Results

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1st: Vredestein Sportrac 5
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 37.6 Dry: 8.4 Wet: 8 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Noise: 5.4 Wear: 8 Very balanced summer tire with top marks on wet roads, very good in the dry None mentioned Read Reviews Buy from £105.16
2nd: Continental Premium Contact 5
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 37.4 Dry: 8.8 Wet: 7.4 Rolling Resistance: 8 Noise: 5.2 Wear: 8 Very balanced tire with top marks in the dry None mentioned Read Reviews Buy from £94.99
3rd: Dunlop Sport BluResponse
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 37.2 Dry: 8.6 Wet: 7.4 Rolling Resistance: 8.4 Noise: 4.8 Wear: 8 Very balanced tire, particularly good on dry roads, also strong in the wet and low fuel consumption None mentioned Read Reviews Buy from £73.04
4th: Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 35.8 Dry: 8 Wet: 7.8 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Noise: 4.2 Wear: 8 Very balanced tire, strong in the wet and dry None mentioned Read Reviews Buy from £65.80
5th: Hankook K425 Kinergy Eco
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 37 Dry: 8.6 Wet: 7.6 Rolling Resistance: 8 Noise: 5.8 Wear: 7 Very balanced, particularly good in the dry None mentioned Read Reviews Buy from £78.99
6th: Nokian Line
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 36.2 Dry: 8.6 Wet: 7.4 Rolling Resistance: 8.4 Noise: 4.8 Wear: 7 Very balanced, particularly good in the dry, low fuel consumption None mentioned Read Reviews
7th: Kumho Ecowing ES01 KH27
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 35.8 Dry: 8.2 Wet: 7.2 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Noise: 5.6 Wear: 7 Very balanced summer tire, strong in the dry None mentioned Read Reviews
8th: Sava intensa hp
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 34 Dry: 6.6 Wet: 7.6 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Noise: 4.2 Wear: 8 Strong in the wet A slight weakness in the dry Read Reviews
9th: Infinity Ecosis
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 34.6 Dry: 6.8 Wet: 6.4 Rolling Resistance: 7.4 Noise: 7 Wear: 7 low noise A slight weakness in the wet and dry Read Reviews Buy from £56.34
10th: Michelin Energy Saver+
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 38 Dry: 7.8 Wet: 6.4 Rolling Resistance: 8.8 Noise: 5 Wear: 10 Top marks for fuel consumption and wear, good in the dry A slight weakness in the wet Read Reviews Buy from £97.28
11th: Barum Brillantis 2
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 35.2 Dry: 7 Wet: 6 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Noise: 5.6 Wear: 9 Low wear Weak in the wet Read Reviews
12th: Bridgestone Turanza T001
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 38 Dry: 8.8 Wet: 6 Rolling Resistance: 8.6 Noise: 5.6 Wear: 9 Top marks in the dry, low fuel consumption Weak in the wet Read Reviews Buy from £81.99
13th: Nexen N Blue HD+
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 35.2 Dry: 8.8 Wet: 5.8 Rolling Resistance: 8.2 Noise: 4.4 Wear: 8 Top marks in the dry Weak in the wet Read Reviews
14th: Semperit Comfort Life 2
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 34.4 Dry: 7.8 Wet: 5.6 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Noise: 4.2 Wear: 9 Low wear Weak in the wet Read Reviews
15th: Nankang Green Sport Eco 2
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 32.2 Dry: 7.2 Wet: 4.4 Rolling Resistance: 7.2 Noise: 5.4 Wear: 8 None mentioned Weak in the wet, high fuel consumption Read Reviews
16th: GT Radial Champiro VP1
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 28.6 Dry: 5.6 Wet: 1 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Noise: 5.4 Wear: 9 Low wear Very weak in the wet and dry Read Reviews