2019 ACE Summer Tire Test

9 Premium Touring Summer tires tested in 205/55 R16 | Published April 4th, 2019 by Jonathan Benson

Test Summary
Wet Braking	Continental Premium Contact 6 Bridgestone Turanza T005
Dry Braking	Nokian WetProof
Wear	Nokian WetProof
Rolling Resistance	Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance
Snow Handling	Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125
Ice Braking	Nokian WetProof Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125

The ACE / GTU tire test is always a funny one, as they go to a lot of effort to test the tires, but then provide no data at all, only the overview scores.

For this reason, we always keep the commentary low, but it's important to have the test results on Tire Reviews, as the more tests published the better right?

This year, ACE have tested nine 205/55 R16 patterns using a Skoda Octavia Estate. ACE put a large percentage of the score weighting on wet performance, which has led to the first victory for the new Nokian WetProof!

The full results of the test are super close, so keep in mind just because a tire is mid-table, doesn't make it a bad tire.

Results

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

1st: Nokian WetProof
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 306 Dry: 45 Wet: 66 Rolling Resistance: 17 Noise: 8 Cost: 17 Overall: 153 Read Reviews
2nd: Dunlop Sport BluResponse
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 304 Dry: 49 Wet: 63 Rolling Resistance: 18 Noise: 7 Cost: 15 Overall: 152 Read Reviews Buy from £70.03
3rd: Continental Premium Contact 6
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 302 Dry: 51 Wet: 62 Rolling Resistance: 17 Noise: 7 Cost: 14 Overall: 151 Read Reviews Buy from £79.99
4th: Bridgestone Turanza T005
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 300 Dry: 51 Wet: 60 Rolling Resistance: 18 Noise: 6 Cost: 15 Overall: 150 Read Reviews Buy from £67.94
5th: Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 292 Dry: 48 Wet: 59 Rolling Resistance: 15 Noise: 7 Cost: 17 Overall: 146 Read Reviews Buy from £71.50
6th: Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 286 Dry: 45 Wet: 56 Rolling Resistance: 19 Noise: 8 Cost: 15 Overall: 143 Read Reviews Buy from £71.19
6th: Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 286 Dry: 49 Wet: 51 Rolling Resistance: 16 Noise: 10 Cost: 17 Overall: 143 Read Reviews Buy from £76.69
8th: Michelin Primacy 4
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 274 Dry: 43 Wet: 57 Rolling Resistance: 17 Noise: 8 Cost: 12 Overall: 137 Read Reviews Buy from £86.67
9th: Pirelli CINTURATO P7
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 260 Dry: 40 Wet: 52 Rolling Resistance: 16 Noise: 7 Cost: 15 Overall: 130 Read Reviews Buy from £66.98