2017 Auto Bild Summer Tire Shootout

This year Auto Bild have taken 52 summer tires in 225/50 R17, put them through wet and dry braking, and taken the top 20 through to a full tire test.

This year there are new tire patterns by Continental, Bridgestone Fulda, Sava and Toyo. Sadly Michelin are being represented by the Primacy 3, not the new Pilot Sport 4.

Below is the result of the wet and dry braking, and almost unsurprisingly Continental win the first test of 2017 with the new Premium Contact 6.

The main surprises? Bridgestone have a really strong wet braking result, winning the wet test where usually they struggle to perform, Falken have upset some of the big brands with an excellent balanced performance, and the well regarded Nokian has been beaten by brands like Maxxis and Leao (who are a new brand for 2017!)

The full test result will be published in March.

Results

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

1st: Continental Premium Contact 6
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 69.9 Dry: 34.9 Wet: 35 Read Reviews Buy from £119.30
2nd: Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 70 Dry: 34.3 Wet: 35.7 Read Reviews
3rd: Falken Azenis FK510
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 70.3 Dry: 35.5 Wet: 34.8 Read Reviews
4th: Pirelli Cinturato P7 Blue
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 70.7 Dry: 34.1 Wet: 36.6 Read Reviews Buy from £126.08
5th: Bridgestone Turanza T001 Evo
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 70.8 Dry: 36.2 Wet: 34.6 Read Reviews
6th: Uniroyal RainSport 3
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 71.1 Dry: 36.4 Wet: 34.7 Read Reviews Buy from £114.66
7th: Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 72.7 Dry: 34.4 Wet: 38.3 Read Reviews Buy from £105.98
7th: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 72.7 Dry: 35.2 Wet: 37.5 Read Reviews Buy from £138.54
9th: Fulda SportControl 2
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 73 Dry: 35.1 Wet: 37.9 Read Reviews
10th: Michelin Primacy 3
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 73.2 Dry: 34.6 Wet: 38.6 Read Reviews Buy from £133.60
11th: Sava Intensa UHP 2
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 73.6 Dry: 35.3 Wet: 38.3 Read Reviews
12th: Vredestein Ultrac Satin
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 73.7 Dry: 36.2 Wet: 37.5 Read Reviews
13th: Kumho Ecsta HS51
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 74.9 Dry: 36.9 Wet: 38 Read Reviews
14th: Toyo Proxes Sport
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 75 Dry: 36.7 Wet: 38.3 Read Reviews Buy from £112.22
15th: Yokohama Advan Fleva V701
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 75.1 Dry: 34.9 Wet: 40.2 Read Reviews Buy from £112.48
16th: Leao Nova Force
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 75.3 Dry: 36.4 Wet: 38.9 Read Reviews
17th: Avon ZV7
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 75.5 Dry: 35.8 Wet: 39.7 Read Reviews Buy from £95.41
18th: Maxxis Premitra HP5
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 75.9 Dry: 35.4 Wet: 40.5 Read Reviews
19th: Cooper Zeon CS8
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 76.2 Dry: 37 Wet: 39.2 Read Reviews
20th: Nokian zLine
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 76.3 Dry: 36.1 Wet: 40.2 Read Reviews
21st: Apollo Aspire 4G
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 77.2 Dry: 35.8 Wet: 41.4 Read Reviews
22nd: Nexen N Fera SU1
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 77.3 Dry: 37.1 Wet: 40.2 Read Reviews Buy from £100.45
24th: Nankang Sportnex AS2+
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 77.5 Dry: 36.7 Wet: 40.8 Read Reviews Buy from £87.67
25th: Zeta Ztr10
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 77.7 Dry: 37 Wet: 40.7 Read Reviews
26th: Aeolus STEERINGACE AU01
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 77.7 Dry: 36.6 Wet: 41.1 Read Reviews
27th: BFGoodrich gGrip
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 78 Dry: 36.2 Wet: 41.8 Read Reviews
28th: Federal Formoza AZ01
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 78.2 Dry: 37.6 Wet: 40.6 Read Reviews
29th: Hifly HF805
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 78.4 Dry: 37.5 Wet: 40.9 Read Reviews
31st: Viking ProTech HP
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 79.3 Dry: 37.6 Wet: 41.7 Read Reviews
33rd: Barum Bravuris 3HM
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 79.7 Dry: 37.6 Wet: 42.1 Read Reviews
34th: GT Radial Champiro FE1
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 80.1 Dry: 37.3 Wet: 42.8 Read Reviews
35th: Gislaved Ultra Speed
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 80.1 Dry: 38.4 Wet: 41.7 Read Reviews
37th: Star Performer TNG UHP1
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 80.2 Dry: 37.4 Wet: 42.8 Read Reviews
38th: Fortuna F2900
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 80.3 Dry: 38.2 Wet: 42.1 Read Reviews
42nd: Nordexx NS9000
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 81.5 Dry: 37.9 Wet: 43.6 Read Reviews
43rd: Delinte DH2
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 81.7 Dry: 38.3 Wet: 43.4 Read Reviews
44th: Rovelo RPX 998
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 82.1 Dry: 37.7 Wet: 44.4 Read Reviews
45th: Kleber Dynaxer HP 3
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 82.4 Dry: 37.7 Wet: 44.7 Read Reviews
47th: Radar Dimax R8
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 83.1 Dry: 38 Wet: 45.1 Read Reviews
48th: Formula Formula Energy
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 83.9 Dry: 37.4 Wet: 46.5 Read Reviews
49th: Zeetex HP1000
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 84.3 Dry: 38.5 Wet: 45.8 Read Reviews
50th: Tristar SportPower
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 84.4 Dry: 37.1 Wet: 47.3 Read Reviews
51st: Achilles 2233
225/50 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 85.3 Dry: 36.3 Wet: 49 Read Reviews