2019 ADAC Summer Tire Test 185/65 R15 - Tire reviews and ratings

Test Summary
Wet Braking	Bridgestone Turanza T005 Firestone RoadHawk
Dry Braking	Bridgestone Turanza T005
Wear	Bridgestone Turanza T005
Rolling Resistance	Maxxis Mecotra ME3
Snow Braking	Michelin CrossClimate Plus
Snow Handling	Giti GitiSynergy E1

The 2019 summer tire test season is underway,with the first published car tire test by the German motoring organisation ADAC.

This year ADAC have tested sixteen 185/65 R15 summer tire patterns using a VW Polo, and interestingly included the Michelin CrossClimate instead of the Michelin Energy Saver+ as the Michelin "summer" tire.

Impressively, the Michelin scores third overall, with the lowest wear on test, and only a slight weakness in the dry. When you consider this is the only tire of the sixteen that will have any sort of snow capabilities, it's a mighty impressive result.

Bridgestone manage to continue their strong run of results for the T005, which is a tire that seems to work really well in the smaller sizes, and the seemingly refreshed Vredestein Sportrac 5 finishes an excellent second place.

Other notably strong results are the Firestone Roadhawk in fourth place overall, which is the midrange brother of the Bridgestone, and the low priced Maxxis finishing in seventh.

Surprisingly weak results go to the Continental Premium Contact 5 due to very poor wear characteristics (which has been greatly improved in the Premium Contact 6), and a very lowly fifteenth place for the Pirelli Cintuato P1 Verde, which was poor in the wet.

Sadly ADAC never supply the test data, just the overall scores which can be found below. Be sure to check out the ADAC website for all the excellent details on how they test, and the score weighting they apply to the overall results.

Results

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1st: Bridgestone Turanza T005
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 9 Wet: 8.2 Rolling Resistance: 7.4 Noise: 6.2 Wear: 8 Overall: 8 Very balanced summer tires with top marks on dry and wet roads. None mentioned. Read Reviews Buy from £71.72
2nd: Vredestein Sportrac 5
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 7.4 Wet: 7.6 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Noise: 7 Wear: 9 Overall: 7.8 Very balanced summer tires, especially good on wet roads and low wear. None mentioned. Read Reviews Buy from £105.16
3rd: Michelin CrossClimate+
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 6.8 Wet: 7.2 Rolling Resistance: 7.2 Noise: 6.8 Wear: 11 Overall: 6.8 Top marks in wear, good on wet roads. A little weak in the dry compared to the best on test. Read Reviews Buy from £80.35
4th: Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 8.2 Wet: 6.6 Rolling Resistance: 8.6 Noise: 6.2 Wear: 8 Overall: 6.6 Especially good on dry roads and low fuel consumption. A little weak in the wet compared to the best on test. Read Reviews Buy from £65.80
5th: Firestone RoadHawk
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 9 Wet: 6.4 Rolling Resistance: 7 Noise: 6.2 Wear: 7 Overall: 6.4 Top marks on dry roads. A little weaker in the wet, slightly high fuel consumption. Read Reviews Buy from £66.99
6th: Kumho Ecowing ES01 KH27
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 6.4 Wet: 6.4 Rolling Resistance: 8 Noise: 6.4 Wear: 8 Overall: 6.4 Good fuel consumption and wear. Slightly weak in the dry and wet. Read Reviews
7th: Maxxis Mecotra ME3
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 8.2 Wet: 6.4 Rolling Resistance: 9.2 Noise: 7.2 Wear: 7 Overall: 6.4 Very low fuel consumption, very good in the dry. A little weak in the wet. Read Reviews
8th: Toyo Proxes CF2
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 7.6 Wet: 6.4 Rolling Resistance: 8 Noise: 7.4 Wear: 8 Overall: 6.4 Good in the dry. A little weak in the wet. Read Reviews
9th: Continental Premium Contact 5
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 7.6 Wet: 7.2 Rolling Resistance: 7.4 Noise: 7 Wear: 6 Overall: 6 Good in the dry and wet. High wear. Read Reviews Buy from £94.99
10th: Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 8.4 Wet: 6 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Noise: 6.4 Wear: 9 Overall: 6 Good in the dry and low wear. Relatively weak in the wet. Read Reviews
11th: Semperit Comfort Life 2
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 6.2 Wet: 6 Rolling Resistance: 7.4 Noise: 6.4 Wear: 7 Overall: 6 None mentioned. Relatively weak in the dry and wet. Read Reviews
12th: Giti GitiSynergy E1
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 6.4 Wet: 5.6 Rolling Resistance: 8.8 Noise: 7.8 Wear: 7 Overall: 5.6 Low fuel consumption, low wear. Relatively weak on dry and wet roads. Read Reviews
13th: Petlas Imperium PT515
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 6 Wet: 5.4 Rolling Resistance: 7.4 Noise: 6.6 Wear: 7 Overall: 5.4 None mentioned. Relatively weak on dry and wet roads. Read Reviews
14th: Hankook Kinergy Eco 2
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 7.2 Wet: 5.2 Rolling Resistance: 8.6 Noise: 7.2 Wear: 7 Overall: 5.2 Very low fuel consumption, good in the dry. Relatively weak in the wet. Read Reviews Buy from £67.99
15th: Pirelli Cinturato P1 Verde
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 7.4 Wet: 5.2 Rolling Resistance: 8 Noise: 7 Wear: 8 Overall: 5.2 None mentioned. Relatively weak in the wet. Read Reviews Buy from £66.58
16th: Linglong Green Max HP010
185/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Dry: 6 Wet: 6.4 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Noise: 7 Wear: 5 Overall: 5 None mentioned. Relatively weak on dry roads, high wear. Read Reviews