The best tire for my compact SUV. Top grip in dry and wet.

This tire is not gives comfortable feels but road grip is good also one thing more is that feels too much noise in cabin. So I will not purchase again and not recommended these tires.

Strong grip on dry ground, strong drainage in rainy days, good support, and buy next time

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When I am look tires for my newly buy used Alphard Hybrid, I was attracted by the ad saying the AE61 is quiet and comfortable. However after trying for 2 months 9000 km. I found it's comfortability and qietness only realize on those newly build road surface. In Japan most road is good but it it not the case in the rest of the world. It is bumpy and noisy on those aged road surface. Grip and handling is ok. Tire wall is too stiff. I will look for another brand after 50k km.

Having tried many types of tires in my 30+ years of driving, I finally have an opportunity to try out the latest AE61 on my new car. After 22000 km, in wet, ponding and dry weather mainly in city driving. I found it to be very responsive, good performance in wet and dry braking and good stability. Tire wear is very even and about 55%. So tread-wear is very reasonable for a “performance” tire. Shoulder is rigid and provide stable cornering even in ponding conditions. It was also cheaper by about 30 USD than the branded tires I intended to buy. Certainly worth my $ so far. Need to see how will the tires performed when reaching 20% of tread left. It’s fuel efficient too although my car is a hybrid.

Handling is pretty good,even on wet conditions and not so smooth surface,the grip i would say is amazing the downside is when you go on unpaved road the tire is far from comfortable