2018 Ace 235/45 R18 Summer Tire Test

11 Ultra High Performance Summer tires tested in 235/45 R18 | Published April 11th, 2018 by Jonathan Benson

Test Summary
Wet Braking	Pirelli P Zero
Dry Braking	Kumho Ecsta PS71
Rolling Resistance	Semperit SpeedLife 2
Snow Handling	Pirelli P Zero
Snow Handling	Falken Azenis FK510 Kumho Ecsta PS71 Hankook Ventus S1 evo2
Ice Braking	Maxxis Premitra HP5
Ice Handling	Falken Azenis FK510

It's not often you see a tire test where the highest placed premium manufacturer is placed in fifth place, and often test winning Goodyear and Michelin brands are eighth and ninth respectively, but that's exactly what the 2018 ACE / GTU 235/45 R18 tire test shows.

Sadly, ACE / GTU haven't provided any data to show how they came to this result, instead choosing to score the various tests such as dry braking with a relative score, so we can't be sure exactly how they came to this order.

What we do know is that the test was done using a heavy, all wheel drive, 280 bhp VW Passat Estate, which might have had an impact on the overall results, but it would have still been useful to see things like braking distances and lap times to enable us to make our own judgement.

With this in mind, make sure you look at other tire tests and user reviews to get a bigger picture of the market place, as the lessons from this test are somewhat limited.

Results

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1st: Falken Azenis FK510
235/45 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 150 Dry: 35 Wet: 57 Subjective: 11 Wet Subjective: 9 Rolling Resistance: 16 Noise: 9 Cost: 13 Read Reviews
2nd: Kumho Ecsta PS71
235/45 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 149 Dry: 35 Wet: 59 Subjective: 9 Wet Subjective: 8 Rolling Resistance: 14 Noise: 9 Cost: 15 Read Reviews Buy from £141.90
2nd: Nokian zLine
235/45 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 149 Dry: 37 Wet: 55 Subjective: 10 Wet Subjective: 8 Rolling Resistance: 18 Noise: 7 Cost: 14 Read Reviews
4th: Hankook Ventus S1 evo2
235/45 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 146 Dry: 35 Wet: 57 Subjective: 11 Wet Subjective: 8 Rolling Resistance: 15 Noise: 9 Cost: 11 Read Reviews
5th: Continental Premium Contact 6
235/45 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 145 Dry: 37 Wet: 55 Subjective: 11 Wet Subjective: 8 Rolling Resistance: 18 Noise: 7 Cost: 9 Read Reviews Buy from £144.39
6th: Maxxis Premitra HP5
235/45 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 142 Dry: 38 Wet: 50 Subjective: 7 Wet Subjective: 7 Rolling Resistance: 16 Noise: 7 Cost: 17 Read Reviews
7th: Pirelli P Zero
235/45 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 142 Dry: 39 Wet: 50 Subjective: 12 Wet Subjective: 8 Rolling Resistance: 16 Noise: 8 Cost: 9 Read Reviews
8th: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3
235/45 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 139 Dry: 34 Wet: 51 Subjective: 11 Wet Subjective: 8 Rolling Resistance: 17 Noise: 8 Cost: 10 Read Reviews Buy from £123.88
9th: Michelin Primacy 3
235/45 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 137 Dry: 35 Wet: 49 Subjective: 11 Wet Subjective: 8 Rolling Resistance: 17 Noise: 8 Cost: 9 Read Reviews
10th: Semperit SpeedLife 2
235/45 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 135 Dry: 29 Wet: 49 Subjective: 10 Wet Subjective: 6 Rolling Resistance: 20 Noise: 8 Cost: 13 Read Reviews
11th: Vredestein Ultrac Satin
235/45 R18 3PMSF: no	Total: 134 Dry: 32 Wet: 49 Subjective: 11 Wet Subjective: 8 Rolling Resistance: 15 Noise: 8 Cost: 11 Read Reviews Buy from £139.99