Sava intensa hp

The Sava intensa hp is a High Performance Summer tire designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.

Tire review data from 25 tire reviews averaging 50% over 276,319 miles driven, and 14 tests with an average result of 12th.

Dry Grip 58%
Wet Grip 46%
Road Feedback 45%
Handling 40%
Wear 61%
Comfort 60%
Buy again 42%

First On MarketMay 2021
Wheel Size14 - 16"
Width165 - 225mm
Profile45 - 65
Rolling ResistanceC - D
Wet GripB - D
Noise (dB)69 - 71
Winter RatingNot Winter Rated

The intensa hp is ranked 174th of 203 Summer High Performance tires.

This tire has been replaced by the Sava Intensa HP2.

Tests Included

14

Best Result

8th

Worst Result

26th

Average Result

12th

Latest Tire Test Results

2019 Swedish Summer Tire Test
9th of 13 tires
  • High aquaplaning resistance.
  • Poor dry and wet handling.
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2017 ADAC 195/65 R15 Summer Tire Test
12th of 16 tires
  • Relatively low wear
  • Weak on wet roads
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SizeFuelWetNoise
14 inch
175/65R14 82 HDC70
165/60R14 75 HDC69
185/55R14 80 HDB70
15 inch
195/60R15 88 HCC71
205/65R15 94 VDD71
185/60R15 84 HCB70
195/55R15 85 HDC71
195/50R15 82 HDC71
185/60R15 88 H XLCC71
205/60R15 91 HDC71
205/65R15 94 HDD71
195/60R15 88 VCC71
205/60R15 91 VDC71
195/50R15 82 VDC71
195/55R15 85 VDC71
16 inch
205/50R16 87 WDC69
225/55R16 95 WDB71
205/45R16 83 WDC70
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Questions and Answers for the Sava intensa hp

2017-05-24 - Which tire/Tire brand can you recommend on Toyota Wish, between Good year Exellence and Sava Intensa or any other brands.

Sava is a second line brand of Goodyear, so of the two brands mention, Goodyear would likely be the better option.


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Top 3 Sava intensa hp Reviews

Given 63% while driving a Volkswagen Beetle 1303 1.6L (185/60 R15) on a combination of roads for 40,000 average miles
At first they seemed like decent tires, with good enough grip on both dry and wet road, but somewhat noisy. Sometimes driven on the limits, they offered good grip on turns. After the first 20000km (driven in ~18 months) they had lost only 10% of their performance. Still after 40000 they were moderately worn out and gave a quite safe sensation on dry, less on wet road. After 6 years and 60000km they are OK, making them "Last man standing" champions, I've never seen anything like that
Helpful 136 - tire reviewed on October 7, 2016
Given 39% while driving a Mercedes Benz 190E 2.6 tuned (205/60 R15) on a combination of roads for 35,000 spirited miles
I've driven lot's of budget tire's; Kleber, Dayton, nexen, syron, nankang.... And they all performed worse then used premium tire's!!! I'm talking about continental; 5 years old with 5.5mm from eBay... Another set of Uniroyal Rainsport 3; again used from eBay, outperforming budget tire's again and again. So since a few year's I'm buying new premium tire's and it's worth every penny.
Helpful 51 - tire reviewed on July 20, 2020
Given 81% while driving a Opel Vectra C 1.9CDTi 150bhp (205/55 R16 H) on a combination of roads for 25,000 average miles
Very good on dry, acceptable performance on wet roads. Fairly cheap summer tire if you are not very demanding driver
Helpful 40 - tire reviewed on October 18, 2020
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Given 29% while driving a Vauxhall (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 500 average miles
Please please do not buy went round a corner in the wet with these fitted to the rear of my vauxhall Corsa c 1.2 and the back end just slid right out onto the other side of the road. I wasn't even pushing the car hard. Luckily I had uniroyal rainsport 3's fitted to the front so I never completely lost it

If you want to die fit these tire , however if you wish to live DO NOT BUY THESE TYRES
Helpful 51 - tire reviewed on March 22, 2016
Given 41% while driving a Hyundai Coupe 2.0L (205/55 R16) on a combination of roads for 20,000 average miles
Will never buy again. Dangerous tires. In dry it's like you drive in wet. In wet it's like in snow.
Replaced the front ones with a second hand pair (hard used )of another brand and voila ! 100% better grip .
Helpful 32 - tire reviewed on January 24, 2016
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Given 69% while driving a Honda (205/55 R16 H) on mostly country roads for 18,500 easy going miles
These were on my UK version Accord Tourer Exec 2.4 Auto Petrol, when I bought it used about 3 years ago (today = 17/7/15) and these are definitely budget tires but are ok ish. But as I have not experienced any other make of tires on this car it is difficult to compare.

They are ok, for easy going driving, not for sport track or fast spirited driving.
Helpful 33 - tire reviewed on July 17, 2015
Given 74% while driving a Alfa Romeo (205/55 R16 V) on a combination of roads for 9,500 spirited miles
Inexpensive tires which came with the car when I bought it second hand, but do not judge by price alone. They offer respectable amounts of grip on the dry and are adequate on the wet.

On my size of tires, I notice a lot of play on the walls of the tire on softer tires and these would be classified as soft on that respect -- this hurts steering feel a little, but one can adjust for it.

However, I am not very happy about the noise, which, while not extreme, is definitely there and takes something away from a leisurly drive with the windows down.

On the positive side, they wear quite well. They have been on for around 15.000 km, last 6.000 done on a 30 km daily route part motorway/ part city conditions and they still look like they have another 15.000 km left in them under similar conditions. And I do step on it from time to time. In my country weather conditions

It is a good budget choice without sacrificing a lot of performance, but for my style of driving I would not buy again. This should not detract anyone else from buying -- it is a solid budget choice.
Helpful 42 - tire reviewed on May 28, 2015
Given 51% while driving a Renault Scenic (205/55 R16 H) on mostly country roads for 1,000 average miles
Mixed feelings about this tire. At the beginning was everything OK. half-way through their life they have turn into one peace of plastic and started to be unbearably noisy and loosing grip in wet. Road feedback and comfort just average or below average with age and wear.
Helpful 26 - tire reviewed on May 8, 2015
Given 39% while driving a Volkswagen polo dune (205/40 R17) on mostly town for 0 easy going miles
I bought 2 of these tires and it did not even last a month, the thread was still good but a simple bump and the walls get damaged, im sooo disappointed as I paid premium price for a so called good tire but to my dismay it did not even last a month, I would advise anybody to not buy this tire as e of 2 months I lost out on R1500 which is more than the average person can afford.
Helpful 25 - tire reviewed on September 5, 2014
Given 17% while driving a Mitsubishi Lancer GLXi (195/60 R15) on a combination of roads for 800 average miles
Very,very soft tire. Not good at all. With soft walls, bad car behavior when turning left or right, not good grip on wet especially. Reccomended only for slow city driving.
Helpful 27 - tire reviewed on June 18, 2014
Given 40% while driving a Hyundai Accent (185/60 R14 H) on mostly country roads for 20,000 spirited miles
Worst tires I 've ever used!!!!
Not suitable for sports driving and abrupt changes of direction or fast cornering.They are really soft tires with really soft sidewalls making them extremely dangerous in corners as they fold and the car tends to oversteer,compared to the Goodyear Duragrip I had before.
Good braking in wet though due to the soft factor I believe.
The benefit is that they don't wear quickly.
Using them since december '11.
50.000km or so.
Helpful 26 - tire reviewed on October 17, 2013
Given 21% while driving a Ford Fiesta (225/45 R17) on mostly country roads for 0 spirited miles
Wet weather the car felt as if you were on ice. Do not let a learn driver use them
Helpful 24 - tire reviewed on May 16, 2013
Given 82% while driving a Toyota Avensis (225/45 R17) on mostly town for 1 easy going miles
Replaced Bridgstone Potenza with these tires. Noise rating of 66dbs have transformed the quietness. Wonderful purchase, although somewhat difficult to get hold of. Quentin Wilson said on tv that nobody buys tires for noise rating - absolute rubbish!
Helpful 30 - tire reviewed on December 27, 2012
Given 75% while driving a Volvo s60 D5 (163) (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 30,000 easy going miles
I don't buy tires based on name but even if you do consider that these are made on licence from Goodyear so have to be better than equivalent price Chinese tires. Replaced all 4 tires at HiQ for a cost of less than £200 nearly 3 years and over 30,000 miles ago. Just had a second puncture but contemplating replacing with same. Never had any grip problems (wet or dry) and I've done a lot of motorway driving. Excellent value.
Helpful 23 - tire reviewed on November 3, 2012
Given 59% while driving a Citroën Xsara (195/55 R15) on mostly town for 10,000 average miles
Fitted a par of these on the front wheels of my Xsara 1.4 hdi as I needed a new par asap. These tires were the "best buy" on the market. Made in Slovenia but under the licence of GoodYear who owns them together with Fulda (also found out that some Sava tires are made in Germany and that also some Fulda tires are made in Sava's Slovenian factory). When I bought them they were only 2 months old as DOT stated.

I thought they would be ok for daily use, and they were, also when used in winter conditions with temperatures around 0'C. Dry and wet grip, comfort, wear etc. were good but after first 12 months the rubber got stiffened and it became very dangerous to drive. Now they are extremely dangerous on wet roads as the rubber got plastificated like it's 10 year old tire.

I would buy them again only if they would be fitted on the front wheels no longer than 12 months (when brand new) or fitted on the rear wheels for daily "town" use.

The plus side is if I can say so, that they are hard to wear out due to "plastification".
Helpful 26 - tire reviewed on March 26, 2012