2018 ADAC Summer Tire Test 175/65 R14 - Tire reviews and ratings

Test Summary
Wet Braking	Maxxis Mecotra ME3
Dry Braking	Continental Premium Contact 5
Wear	Falken Sincera SN832 Ecorun
Rolling Resistance	Apollo Amazer 4G Eco
Noise	Firestone Multihawk 2
Snow Braking	Pneumant Summer ST2 Kleber Dynaxer HP 3 Vredestein T Trac 2 Fulda EcoControl Goodyear EfficientGrip Compact

In 2018, German test body ADAC have tested fourteen 175/65 R14 summer tires, and sixteen in the larger 205/55 R16 size.

In this 175/65 R14 test, the mid range brands dominate! Falken impressively win the test and continue their run of recently form with the SN832 Ecorun having a very balanced overall performance. The Continental owned brand Semperit finishes in second place, owing to an excellent wet performance, and third place was the best result a premium manufacturer could manage with the Dunlop proving to be a well balanced tire.

Fourth to sixth are back to mid range brands, with the Michelin owned Kleber keeping the Michelin speciality at work, by having both low wear and a good dry and wet performance for fourth place. Fifth and sixth places were awarded to sister brands Vredestein and Apollo, both scoring excellent result in the rolling resistance tests, but still being acceptable in the wet.

It looks like Continental was marked down heavily for wear, as the Premium Contact 5 was otherwise a strong tire, winning the wet testing, where as Goodyear in tenth again struggled with wet performance.

The one bit of raw data we've seen from this test was the best wet braking (Continental) stopped the car in 42.7m, and the worst (Sava) stopped the car in 52.2m.

More results below, or check out the ADAC website for the full details.

Results

The overall results are weighted 20% dry, 40% wet, 10% noise and comfort, 10% fuel consumption and 20% wear

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

1st: Falken Sincera SN832 Ecorun
175/65 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 42.6 Dry: 8.8 Wet: 7.6 Comfort: 4.4 Rolling Resistance: 7.4 Wear: 7 Overall: 7.4 Very balanced summer tires, especially good on dry roads, good in the wet None mentioned Read Reviews
2nd: Semperit Comfort Life 2
175/65 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 42.4 Dry: 7.4 Wet: 8 Comfort: 5 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Wear: 7 Overall: 7.2 Very balanced summer tires, especially good on wet roads None mentioned Read Reviews
3rd: Dunlop StreetResponse 2
175/65 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 42 Dry: 8.4 Wet: 6.8 Comfort: 4.8 Rolling Resistance: 8.2 Wear: 7 Overall: 6.8 Good on dry roads When compared to the best, slightly weak in the wet Read Reviews Buy from £59.88
4th: Kleber Dynaxer HP 3
175/65 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 40.2 Dry: 8.4 Wet: 6.4 Comfort: 3.8 Rolling Resistance: 7.2 Wear: 8 Overall: 6.4 Good on dry roads, relatively low wear A little weaker on wet surfaces, relatively high fuel consumption, noisy Read Reviews
5th: Vredestein T Trac 2
175/65 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 40.6 Dry: 7 Wet: 6.4 Comfort: 4.4 Rolling Resistance: 8.4 Wear: 8 Overall: 6.4 Relatively low fuel consumption and wear Slightly weak in the wet Read Reviews Buy from £61.26
6th: Apollo Amazer 4G Eco
175/65 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 41.6 Dry: 8.4 Wet: 6.2 Comfort: 5 Rolling Resistance: 8.8 Wear: 7 Overall: 6.2 Lowest fuel consumption, good in the dry A little weak in the wet Read Reviews
7th: Pirelli Cinturato P1 Verde
175/65 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 39.2 Dry: 7.2 Wet: 6.2 Comfort: 4.6 Rolling Resistance: 8 Wear: 7 Overall: 6.2 Low fuel use A little weak in the wet Read Reviews Buy from £62.99
8th: Pneumant Summer ST2
175/65 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 41.6 Dry: 8 Wet: 6.2 Comfort: 4.8 Rolling Resistance: 8.4 Wear: 8 Overall: 6.2 Relatively low fuel use, low wear A little weak in the wet Read Reviews
9th: Continental Premium Contact 5
175/65 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 42 Dry: 8.6 Wet: 8.2 Comfort: 5 Rolling Resistance: 8.2 Wear: 6 Overall: 6 Best in the wet, good in the dry High wear Read Reviews
10th: Goodyear EfficientGrip Compact
175/65 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 40.6 Dry: 8.2 Wet: 5.8 Comfort: 5 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Wear: 8 Overall: 5.8 Good in the dry, low wear Relatively weak in the wet Read Reviews Buy from £65.52
11th: Fulda EcoControl
175/65 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 39.4 Dry: 7.2 Wet: 5.6 Comfort: 5.2 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Wear: 8 Overall: 5.6 Relatively low wear Weak in the wet Read Reviews
12th: Firestone Multihawk 2
175/65 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 39.8 Dry: 8.8 Wet: 5.4 Comfort: 6 Rolling Resistance: 7.2 Wear: 7 Overall: 5.4 Very good in the dry, quiet High fuel consumption, weak in the wet Read Reviews Buy from £72.85
13th: Maxxis Mecotra ME3
175/65 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 38.4 Dry: 9 Wet: 5.2 Comfort: 3.8 Rolling Resistance: 8.2 Wear: 7 Overall: 5.2 Best dry performance Weak in the wet Read Reviews
14th: Sava PERFECTA
175/65 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 37.2 Dry: 8.6 Wet: 4.6 Comfort: 4.8 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Wear: 7 Overall: 4.6 Good in the dry Very weak in the wet Read Reviews