Audi A3 Sportback Tires
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| Tire Reviewed | Dry Grip | Wet Grip | Feedback | Handling | Wear | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continental WinterContact TS830 (30) | 90% | 95% | 90% | 84% | 85% | 91% |
| Vredestein Ultrac Vorti (112) | 94% | 84% | 90% | 88% | 84% | 85% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 (125) | 95% | 91% | 88% | 88% | 74% | 85% |
| Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2 (26) | 91% | 84% | 86% | 85% | 85% | 86% |
| Michelin Alpin 7 (2) | 85% | 85% | 45% | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 (407) | 92% | 89% | 85% | 85% | 80% | 87% |
| Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta (237) | 91% | 88% | 87% | 85% | 79% | 85% |
| Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 (90) | 91% | 87% | 81% | 85% | 90% | 83% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 5 (67) | 91% | 93% | 81% | 82% | 82% | 84% |
| Barum Bravuris 3HM (66) | 88% | 83% | 82% | 80% | 87% | 84% |
| Vredestein Snowtrac 3 (34) | 84% | 91% | 82% | 76% | 83% | 86% |
| Continental WinterContact TS 860 (49) | 89% | 92% | 84% | 86% | 83% | 86% |
| Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 (45) | 83% | 91% | 79% | 80% | 88% | 85% |
| Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 (302) | 90% | 88% | 84% | 84% | 73% | 82% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 (180) | 88% | 86% | 81% | 81% | 80% | 86% |
| Pirelli Sottozero Serie II (29) | 85% | 88% | 90% | 82% | 82% | 87% |
| Michelin CrossClimate Plus (113) | 87% | 85% | 82% | 73% | 87% | 86% |
| Continental AllSeasonContact (36) | 82% | 87% | 82% | 83% | 76% | 82% |
| Bridgestone Potenza Sport (104) | 92% | 87% | 90% | 91% | 62% | 72% |
| Continental Premium Contact 6 (118) | 89% | 84% | 83% | 85% | 74% | 78% |
| Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric (141) | 90% | 87% | 82% | 78% | 70% | 80% |
| Michelin Pilot Exalto (56) | 86% | 81% | 76% | 80% | 83% | 77% |
| Pirelli SNOWCONTROL Serie II (7) | 79% | 79% | 80% | 81% | 83% | 70% |
| Avon Ice Touring ST (40) | 81% | 86% | 74% | 72% | 82% | 81% |
| Michelin CrossClimate (145) | 88% | 85% | 82% | 79% | 84% | 88% |
| GT Radial Champiro HPX (12) | 87% | 88% | 87% | 87% | 68% | 70% |
| Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 (28) | 85% | 84% | 72% | 76% | 86% | 84% |
| Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance (247) | 86% | 84% | 76% | 78% | 73% | 85% |
| Nokian WR D4 (71) | 81% | 82% | 79% | 79% | 67% | 83% |
| Michelin Primacy 4 (165) | 85% | 81% | 74% | 76% | 81% | 83% |
| Dunlop SportMaxx RT (175) | 88% | 84% | 83% | 82% | 60% | 82% |
| Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2 (15) | 83% | 80% | 77% | 69% | 87% | 85% |
| Nexen Winguard Sport (21) | 82% | 79% | 78% | 65% | 85% | 81% |
| Nankang SV1 Winter Plus (14) | 80% | 72% | 72% | 71% | 81% | 82% |
| Kumho Ecsta KU31 (165) | 83% | 75% | 77% | 76% | 72% | 74% |
| Michelin Primacy 3 (191) | 85% | 79% | 76% | 77% | 69% | 80% |
| Continental Sport Contact 3 (244) | 88% | 80% | 81% | 77% | 62% | 74% |
| Michelin Primacy HP (199) | 85% | 75% | 77% | 74% | 77% | 76% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE001 (42) | 87% | 72% | 78% | 80% | 70% | 63% |
| Michelin Pilot Primacy (52) | 80% | 76% | 71% | 68% | 85% | 71% |
| Pirelli CINTURATO P7 (182) | 83% | 73% | 73% | 75% | 70% | 74% |
| Gislaved Ultra Speed (10) | 84% | 71% | 79% | 65% | 77% | 67% |
| Bridgestone Blizzak LM005 (87) | 78% | 86% | 76% | 73% | 61% | 75% |
| Continental Sport Contact 5 (216) | 86% | 82% | 79% | 76% | 51% | 73% |
| Continental ContiSportContact 5 P (109) | 85% | 78% | 77% | 75% | 55% | 72% |
| Continental Sport Contact 2 (229) | 85% | 75% | 76% | 72% | 61% | 66% |
| Nexen N Fera Sport SU2 (13) | 79% | 77% | 75% | 73% | 58% | 69% |
| Nokian i3 (6) | 72% | 68% | 82% | 68% | 65% | 77% |
| Hankook Ventus Prime K105 (20) | 78% | 63% | 74% | 64% | 66% | 77% |
| Dunlop SP Sport Maxx TT (53) | 85% | 73% | 74% | 76% | 64% | 64% |
| Bridgestone Potenza S001 (160) | 83% | 69% | 74% | 74% | 67% | 61% |
| Nokian W Plus (15) | 77% | 70% | 69% | 68% | 86% | 82% |
| Kumho Winter Craft WP52 (7) | 77% | 69% | 70% | 73% | 75% | 73% |
| Pirelli P Zero (161) | 84% | 68% | 75% | 72% | 58% | 64% |
| Goodyear EfficientGrip (141) | 77% | 68% | 63% | 61% | 71% | 71% |
| Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (165) | 79% | 69% | 69% | 67% | 63% | 64% |
| Starmaxx Ice Gripper W850 (4) | 67% | 67% | 67% | 63% | 70% | 70% |
| Pirelli PZero Rosso (109) | 81% | 66% | 70% | 68% | 59% | 62% |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE040 (47) | 79% | 58% | 74% | 70% | 65% | 57% |
| Semperit Speed Grip (3) | 70% | 73% | 63% | 67% | 63% | 57% |
| Maxxis MA Z4S Victra (18) | 89% | 77% | 79% | 78% | 80% | 78% |
| Evergreen Dynacontrol EU728 (5) | 68% | 58% | 65% | 58% | 87% | 68% |
| Constancy LY566 (3) | 60% | 53% | 63% | 53% | 73% | 73% |
| Pirelli P6 (22) | 73% | 66% | 60% | 52% | 58% | 60% |
| Accelera Alpha (131) | 65% | 44% | 53% | 48% | 69% | 56% |
| Kumho Ecsta 712 (10) | 69% | 42% | 51% | 47% | 74% | 50% |
| Zeta Ztr10 (32) | 60% | 43% | 48% | 46% | 60% | 59% |
| Event WL905 (129) | 59% | 30% | 41% | 39% | 60% | 49% |
Audi A3 Sportback Tire Review Highlights
Writing about the Michelin Alpin 7 given 92% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 1300 average miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 1300 average miles
i got this tire 1 month ago (91h), a bit early for a winter tire and there was no reviews or test. my car came with nexen n fera sport su2 91y, so i can compare, and i got wintercontact ts 870 on my old car .that tire was really good dry/snow/wet but i got 2 bubbles on sidewall with wintercontacts so i decided to try michelin this time . first impression is change in comfort . car was ok in big ondulations but in small cracks it was harsh. car felt really harsh with nexens. in alpin 7 you can easily tell the difference in soft sidewalls . (summer uhp vs winter touring obviously). i’ve done night drives in dry cold weather(2-3 celcius) in country roads. tires are less direct but gain in comfort easily neutralizes this. dry grip is ok. in wet felt really similar to nexens . and in noise alpin 7 is louder at >130 kph, but different pitch (and actually more tolerable. ) the weather is cold and dry at the moment and i will update with snow/ ice grip. my recommendation rating is 10/10 for those looking for a user review. change in comfort and refinement shocked me too much , nexens did only 25.000 kms but i am right now considering sell nexens and get pilot sport 5/ primacy 4+ for this summer. if you drive on smooth tarmac all the time maybe it is not important for you but in my country definetly we need a bit soft sidewalls with this pot holes cracks and bumps even in spirited driving :D
Writing about the Bridgestone Potenza Sport given 97% (225-45-18-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 5000 miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 5000 miles
Hi, I honestly don't understand the reviews that complain about the duration, wear etc etc. giving a poor or mediocre rating to this tire. These are true and pure uhp, they have a monumental grip on dry and wet, they are super direct and super precise, and they brake well, STOP. There is nothing else to add. If you don't want to hear noise, if you want to consume less and if you want them to last longer, the fault is not of these fantastic tires, but yours that you have not understood that you are a touring tire user. So low reviews that talk about wear and noise on Uhp tires are laughable!
Writing about the Constancy LY566 given 57% (225-40-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 20000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 20000 average miles
We're fitted on the car at purchase. Kept them on for a good while considering they were also dated 2015. Eventually changed them for kumho ps71s with 2.5mm remaining. With their poor rating in mind I never really pushed the car much with them on, especially in the wet. I found they could plain a little around 80km, after a heavy shower of rain, not something the kumhos are prone to.
Writing about the Michelin Pilot Sport 5 given 90% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 750 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 750 spirited miles
I will preface this with the fact that this is an initial review. Updates will follow.
I fitted the PS5s about 1200km ago coming from Bridgestone Potenza Sport, both on 225/45 R17 (94Y)
I have had the opportunity to test them in dry and wet conditions, on motorways and along country roads. Type of driving: commuting + spirited when possible.
Compared to Bridgestones when new, the PS5s have more (and more, and more) grip on dry surfaces. The car is planted on 4 wheels, the feeling is to have an AWD car instead of a FWD.
Where the Bridge showed a “dancing” rear during spirited driving, with the Mich you are on rails. And that is confidence inspiring.
On wet surfaces no differences at all.
When it comes to handling and feedback at the wheel, distinctions must be made.
Sportiness increases proportionally with speed! As long as you are travelling at low speeds, I agree with Johnatan that these tires are slightly slow in following the steering wheel commands (in this the Bridgestones gave a quicker feel), but the higher the speed increases, the more the tires respond instantly to steering wheel input. And it doesn't just depend on the steering-assist calibration, the feel during turn-in is exactly the same as the Bridgestones, without being too nervous at the limit. With the PS5s you are forced to drive very fast. And, oh, they are lovely!
The only drawback, for me, is the road feedback. The refinement over bumps is achieved at the expense of the rubber-to-road connection.
It is the French way of conceiving sportiness, but for cars of modest performance to be used every day on the road (no track), I think it is a compromise you can live with.
As for wear, the tires came with 8mm tread depth. I'll update the review after 10k kms
I fitted the PS5s about 1200km ago coming from Bridgestone Potenza Sport, both on 225/45 R17 (94Y)
I have had the opportunity to test them in dry and wet conditions, on motorways and along country roads. Type of driving: commuting + spirited when possible.
Compared to Bridgestones when new, the PS5s have more (and more, and more) grip on dry surfaces. The car is planted on 4 wheels, the feeling is to have an AWD car instead of a FWD.
Where the Bridge showed a “dancing” rear during spirited driving, with the Mich you are on rails. And that is confidence inspiring.
On wet surfaces no differences at all.
When it comes to handling and feedback at the wheel, distinctions must be made.
Sportiness increases proportionally with speed! As long as you are travelling at low speeds, I agree with Johnatan that these tires are slightly slow in following the steering wheel commands (in this the Bridgestones gave a quicker feel), but the higher the speed increases, the more the tires respond instantly to steering wheel input. And it doesn't just depend on the steering-assist calibration, the feel during turn-in is exactly the same as the Bridgestones, without being too nervous at the limit. With the PS5s you are forced to drive very fast. And, oh, they are lovely!
The only drawback, for me, is the road feedback. The refinement over bumps is achieved at the expense of the rubber-to-road connection.
It is the French way of conceiving sportiness, but for cars of modest performance to be used every day on the road (no track), I think it is a compromise you can live with.
As for wear, the tires came with 8mm tread depth. I'll update the review after 10k kms
Writing about the Bridgestone Potenza Sport given 69% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 22000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 22000 spirited miles
Before the Potenza, I had two set of Dunlop Sport Maxx, RT as OEM tire and then RT2, both great great tires, the perfect blend of sportiness and endurance, with only wet grip as weaker point. I decided yo give a chance to Bridgestone.
I've made already 35k km (22k miles) on them. The tires are quite worn, I think I could put another 5-6 k km before change.
I'll split the review into two main sections, NEW tire and WORN tire because the feedback has changed during quite two years of ownership.
NEW tire. Coming from Dunlop, the first thing I've noticed was a slightly better initial turn-in, not a huge difference however. The feedback at the steering wheel is more or less the same. But with Bridgestone the car feels more nervous; if you push hard on a curvy road you can feel the rear weaving too much. I think that's because the overall balance for the tires is front-oriented. And, for me, this is not confident inspiring.
As for the grip, on summer's hot tarmacs the dry grip was not so good. The tires feels "soapy" and too much sensitive on inflate pressure. At the OEM pressure, the tires offered very poor dry grip; reducing it of 0.2-0.3 bar, the overall feeling improved a little, but with an increase in fuel consumption. Bridgestone doesn't like hot temperatures and they need to work with low pressure. Copy-paste with Battlax S22 OEM tires I found on my bike.
WORN tire. Ageing seems to be great for Bridgestone. But I think that it's not wizardry, but just wear who has improved the tire surface in contact. With quite 40k kms and two years old, now the car is less nervous, it feels more planted. Dry grip is improved and the pressure-sensibility is reduced. Only cabin noise is getting worse, but it's directly related to wear (less rubber = noise increment).
As for wet grip, in this scenario the Potenza are phenomenal. Even now that there're worn, they've loosed nothing about grip, feedback, precision and safety. They are really a wet UHP tire!
Will I buy them again? Balancing dry and wet grip, fuel consumption (increased), road feedback, feeling, and wear the answer is NO. They are good tires, but I think that there's something better on the market. The think I really disliked was the road behaviour on dry surfaces, too nervous from new. For me there’re not a sporty tire; struggling at the wheel could be funny for someone, not for me.
Next tires will be Michelin PS 5
I've made already 35k km (22k miles) on them. The tires are quite worn, I think I could put another 5-6 k km before change.
I'll split the review into two main sections, NEW tire and WORN tire because the feedback has changed during quite two years of ownership.
NEW tire. Coming from Dunlop, the first thing I've noticed was a slightly better initial turn-in, not a huge difference however. The feedback at the steering wheel is more or less the same. But with Bridgestone the car feels more nervous; if you push hard on a curvy road you can feel the rear weaving too much. I think that's because the overall balance for the tires is front-oriented. And, for me, this is not confident inspiring.
As for the grip, on summer's hot tarmacs the dry grip was not so good. The tires feels "soapy" and too much sensitive on inflate pressure. At the OEM pressure, the tires offered very poor dry grip; reducing it of 0.2-0.3 bar, the overall feeling improved a little, but with an increase in fuel consumption. Bridgestone doesn't like hot temperatures and they need to work with low pressure. Copy-paste with Battlax S22 OEM tires I found on my bike.
WORN tire. Ageing seems to be great for Bridgestone. But I think that it's not wizardry, but just wear who has improved the tire surface in contact. With quite 40k kms and two years old, now the car is less nervous, it feels more planted. Dry grip is improved and the pressure-sensibility is reduced. Only cabin noise is getting worse, but it's directly related to wear (less rubber = noise increment).
As for wet grip, in this scenario the Potenza are phenomenal. Even now that there're worn, they've loosed nothing about grip, feedback, precision and safety. They are really a wet UHP tire!
Will I buy them again? Balancing dry and wet grip, fuel consumption (increased), road feedback, feeling, and wear the answer is NO. They are good tires, but I think that there's something better on the market. The think I really disliked was the road behaviour on dry surfaces, too nervous from new. For me there’re not a sporty tire; struggling at the wheel could be funny for someone, not for me.
Next tires will be Michelin PS 5
Writing about the Nexen N Fera Sport SU2 given 56% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly motorways for 7000 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 7000 average miles
This tire was fitted on my Audi A3 8Y Sportback from factory. Handling on dry and wet was 'good', but nothing mindblowing. Wear was really bad though. What's even worse, tire got serious damage at its shoulder ribs after ~7000km which ended up being just "bad material / quality control from factory", as it was explained to me by the guy who replaced them. I would never buy them again, for safety reasons.
Writing about the Goodyear EfficientGrip given 100% (205-55-16-)
Driving on mostly motorways for 11000 easy going miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 11000 easy going miles
very happy with goodyear efficent grip performance 2 tires ive done 11.000 miles and still alot of tread left.there great quality premium tires
Writing about the Kumho Winter Craft WP52 given 78% (205-55-16-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 average miles
I have WP52 on my A3 Sportback. Very good tire, excellent grip on snow, and dry roads, satisfy grip on wet road.
Writing about the Bridgestone Blizzak LM005 given 80% (205-50-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
I had very little snow and ice conditions here in Zagreb/Croatia and that was the reason why I bought Bridgestone lm005 and except of tire wear everything else was just as you reviewed it couple od years ago.
Writing about the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 given 70% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 average miles
After driven 5000 km all in dry conditions , I really dont know what the manufactuer had on their goals when they plan this tire but definately its not an UHP tire at all.
Grip is ok but for a fresh new tire is expected but pretty much an understering apears when cornerning.
Braking is ok but not something extraordinary .Tested at a bit high speed after a little hard braking the car seems to behave unsteable (lower the front edge too much).
Although i drive a car with a sport suspension, due to the way the design of the tire to increase the impact patch during turnings, braking, or passing roads malfactions the tire behave as an extra suspension in uncordination and as the tread is soft the car feels unsteable again. So i prefer driving far away from the car limits because i am confident on how the tire reacts .
The only positive i see is that it is very comfort tire with low noise soft and light with low rolling resistance and less fuel consumsion.
At the end this is not a sporty tire and with less wear than As5.
Writing about the Michelin Pilot Sport 5 given 95% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 spirited miles
Great tires, they feel very refined and sophisticated with no harshness and are perfectly round. Gives a great feeling of safety with endless grip in both wet and dry conditions. Quiet too, only some "singing" around 120 km/h, but none at 110 km/h or 130 km/h
Writing about the Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 given 90% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 spirited miles
I've been running Goodyear tires consistently for around 10 years now and I don't think I'd buy any other make from now on. During that time i've always defaulted to F1 Asymmetric (2's, 3's and 5's) but thought I fancied something more comfort biased for once. These are incredible tires and I think the best I've ever had in 30 years of driving. Smooth, quiet, comfortable yet still dynamic, sporty and fun when required. Just an excellent all round summer tire that suits my style of driving (brisk but not mad into corners etc). Absolutely superb.
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