First time on non-premium tires (€ 72,00 per corner fitted) replacing a set of excellent PIRELLI P ZERO ROSSO ASIMETRICO (bargain price at € 95.00 per corner fitted 4 years ago - nice wear lasting already 60.000 km after an axle change at 40.000 km - great dry and wet grip as new - vast diminuation after 15.000 km). So far excellent dry grip (braking and acceleration comparable to new Pirellis' and factory's ContiSportContact2) and an improvement on comfort compared to both of them, probably because of claimed softer sidewalls (fine ride and acceptable noise up to 100 km/h).
Re-review after several thousands of kilometres on both wet and dry, curious to see cornering abilities. Not yet scoring for wet grip - road feedback, progressivenes, wear and buy again.

Perfect tires

Bought these 3 years ago and yeah I probably have to do a geometery on my car but I can see very excessive wear on the outside while there is absolutely no wear on my winter Nokian tires. Also those Michelins I had before these Matadors lasted 9 years with almost no wear at all, only that the rubber started to crack already. I should mention that my Matador tires were made in Portugal. Just don't save the money so hard, you won't save them anyway. Even though those made somewhere else than Portugal might be a better quality.

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Its an average budget tire. It has an expected and slightly below average level of wet grip and dry grip. It wears as expected for a budge tire too. I will go back to a hankook ventus s3 after this cost cutting and mildly disappointing experience.

I think these are the best tires I have had soo far. They are really good in wet conditions even cornering and setting off the grip is really good. And even better in the dry. I would buy these tires again.

Probably the worst tires I ever had, barely grips in the dry and even worse in the rain.

Bought these for my 2006 Skoda Fabia 1.2 (not exactly a car to set the world alight with so-called power). These tires were a welcome upgrade from the cheap things that were on it when I purchased the car. These tires were very good in the dry and made the car feel very planted on the road, however, in the wet they'd be absolutely hopeless as they'd be very prone to spin when setting off at the likes of roundabouts. I'd only buy these again if they were better in the wet.

Fitted to A BMW 3 series having had Pirelli P Zero before and to be honest the only difference I have noticed is the money left in my wallet

I have driven around 10k km on these tires and I have mixed feelings. GOOD: - very good dry grip - tires are really quiet - decent handling and road feedback - perfect price BAD: - average wear - everything gets worse when it starts raining, tires have absolutely no grip o wet! (compare to other tires I had like Dunlop Bluresponse or even very average Bridgestone Turanza ER300) - surprisingly when it rains more they have good aquaplaning resistance NOTE: - based on size they can be made in Slovakia, France, Germany etc. I have feeling that those from Western Europe are different, my parents in law have 205/55/16 from Germany and when you touch the rubber it feels different

Matador tires are very popular budget brand in my country (Slovakia). Therefore pricing on these is really attractive and only reason for which I would consider them again. These tires are decent in the dry, but in rainy weather they get slippery, especially in colder conditions (7-15 C as it is still a summer tire). They are so bad in the wet that I am always looking forward to my Sava Eskimo hp2 when the autumn starts. and it does tell you something about a summer tire when it gives the driver less confidence then economy winter tire on the wet. Another complaint about these tires is the soft side wall, so I would strongly advise against these for a sporty drive. I regularly drive on these also in 205/50 R15 size, and they are slightly more bearable.

Wery bad on water

After 40000 km it is time to change the mp47. The verdict. Very good traction in wet and dry conditions, good traction in snow and very good wear and definitely I would buy them again. For the price or even for a premium brand it is a very good deal!

I had these on the back of my four wheel drive estate. They lasted 12,000 miles through summer and never lost grip in the wet or dry, but it would be more interesting to try them on the front next time. Aside from average wear resistance, the only issue I have with them is the necessity to inflate the tires slightly over recommended/other brands to make them sit comfortably. I think for the right price these can be a good middle range tire. They DID loose grip when heavily worn in the wet, actually quite considerably. Not a problem when new/moderately worn.

I have 35000 km with this tires it's fantastic

First 1000km and only positive things to say. First time buying low budget tires and i think i'll do it again. Previous tires bridgestone TURANZA ER300. Very happy with those too, but expensive and harder sidewalls and noisy above 110-120 km