Summer Max Performance Tire Tests

Here at TireReviews we always get excited when EVO publish a tire test. Normally tire tests focus on raw numbers, dedicating pages to telling you which tire has 0.1% more grip, but forgetting to mention how the tires actually feel on the car.

Conversely EVO spend plenty of time, and dedicate 60% of the overall result, to subjective handling. With the difference in grip between the best tires on the market ever shrinking, explaining how the tires actually feel to use give people who enjoy driving a good reference point. This years test was carried out at the Bridgestone test track in Italy, on a VW Golf GTI wearing 225/45 R17 tires.

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A 444bhp Mustang Boss 302 might not be the last word in car dynamics, but it's what the Russian magazine Auto Review have chosen to use for their 2014 Max Performance tire test. Wearing massive 255/40 R19 front tires, and 285/35 R19 rears, this was never going to be an "ordinary" tire test, and the inclusion of a drifting test only highlighted the testers were out to have fun driving while getting their data. 

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As usual, the Russian magazine Auto Review have delivered a wealth of information with their summer 2013 tire test.

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While some tire tests end up testing a seemingly random selection of both new and old tires, Sport Auto seem to have hit the sweet spot with their latest summer ultra high performance tire test.

Using a VW Golf GTI, and testing 235/35 R19 tires Sport Auto took a no-nonsense approach and tested 9 of the newest, and greatest tires on the market, only omitting the brand new Dunlop Sport Maxx RT in favour of its higher performance brother, the Dunlop Sport Maxx GT.


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Traditionally, German based Auto Bild put together some of the best tire tests in the world, and in 2012 they've set a new benchmark.

Not content with picking 15 of the top tires to test, Auto Bild started with 50 of the leading tires in 225/45 R17, and subjected them to wet and dry braking, only putting through the top 15 to this test to ensure the tires on test really are the best of the best.

Subjecting just the top 15 tires from the braking tests to the usual array of handling tests have left the results closer than ever, but with some surprise tires included. Of course, with only 15 of 50 going through there's some surprise ommisions, with the Falken FK453, Yokohama Advan Sport, Vredestein Ultra Cento and Avon ZV5 not even making it to the top 25 of the knockout test.
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It's not often you get the chance to test different tires on identical vehicles, and even rarer that the tires in question are two of the newest, most exciting max performance summer tires on the market, but this is exactly what we found ourselves presented with recently at Ascari race circuit.

The tires in question are the latest offerings from Continental and Dunlop, with each of the four cars being fitted with a set of Continental Sport Contact 5s, and a set of the brand new Dunlop SportMaxx RT, all in 245/40 R18. Two of the vehicles comprised of the high performance coupe from Audi, the TT S, and the other two were the the high powered Audi S4 saloon.
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2012 has started with a bang with EVO, the UKs leading high performance car magazine, publishing its 2012 summer tire test.

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It's always nice to have British magazines covering tire tests, and no magazine does a more thorough job than Auto Express. This years "total tire guide" covers 10 tires across 10 disciplines giving a total of 100 data points to absorb!

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The amazing American tire retailer tirerack.com has just published it's latest tire test, "Clash of the Titans: Testing Two New Max Performance Summer Heavy Hitters".

On test are 4 of the leading brands. Bridgestone is represented by the brand new S04 Pole Position, Continental has the ExtremeContact DW, Michelin brings the new Pilot Super Sport and Pirelli puts the P Zero to test.

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Sport Auto have tested seven 245/40 R18 Max Performance Summer Tires on an Audi TT RS, but which will dominate in this dry bias test?

To ensure conditions were suitable for a summer tire test, Sport Auto visited a Bridgestone test track in Italy. Taking part in the test are some of the newest tires to market, including the new Michelin Pilot Super Sport, Pirelli P Zero, Bridgestone Potenza S001 and Toyo T1 Sport, along with the existing Nokian Z G2, Dunlop Sport Maxx GT and Sava Intensa.
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If a broken car is a sign of a good tire test, breaking a Focus RS twice, then giving up and using a Sirocco R means the latest Max performance tire test from Russian magazine Auto Review should be the best tire test yet. Fortunately, it doesn't disappoint.

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The excellent German magazine Auto Bild have just published their 2011 max performance summer tire test covering 10 tires. Auto Bild decided to use the the popular 225/40 r18 tire size, fitted to vehicles such as the Golf GTI, Focus ST, Audi S3, Octavia RS and the test car used, the Mazda3 MPS.


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Auto Zeitung always put on a good tire test, and this year they’ve tested 14 different 225/45 r17 tires on an Audi A3, including new tires from Goodyear, Pirelli, Sava, Nexen and Firestone.

The results are closer than ever, with both the dry and wet performance scores hotly contested. Overall, the new Pirelli P Zero wins thanks to it’s incredibly high wet grip and strong scores in every category. The new Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 places second thanks to it's class leading braking and low rolling resistance, while the Goodyears sister tire, Dunlop Sport Maxx TT rounded out the top 3 due to it’s sporty handling and excellent grip throughout.

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It's not often you get the opportunity to try different tires on identical cars one after the other, so when we were presented with 3 Audi A7's wearing 3 different max performance summer tires in 255/35 19 there was only one thing on our mind - a subjective handling shootout!

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For the second time in 2010 EVO have published an excellent summer tire test. The first test, published in July concentrated on a RWD MX5 running 205/45 17 tires and was won by Continental with the ContiSportContact 3. In this tire test EVO have used a Renaultsport Megane 250 Cup wearing massive 235/35 r19 tires to test 9 ultra high performance / max performance tires...







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