Having had a quick look at my Blogger stats this morning
there seems to be a sudden flurry of activity on my Winter tyres posts. Oh yes,
it’s snowed overnight. In fact I had a few hits on one of my earliest postings
about the EU tyre labels. These have now been introduced and I was interested to see
how various tyres now compare. I will be needing to buy new tyres for our people
carrier in the Spring so I searched on Blackcircles website to see what was on
offer. The size I went for was 205/5 R16 V (91) which are the ones I’ll be
needing. I’ve usually found Michelin to be the best Summer Tyres for this size so it is
interesting to see how they compare.
In terms of Rolling resistance, there are currently no “A”
rated tyres but the Michelin Energy Saver +, Hankook
Kinergy Eco K425 and Michelin Energy Saver in Mercedes configuration all
achieve a “B”. In terms of noise, the Dunlop SP Sport 01 (both generic and in
Mercedes guise) are the quietest. For the all important figure for braking
ability in the rain, various versions of the Michelin Energy Saver, Michelin
Primacy HP DT1, Michelin Pilot Sport 3, Hankook Ventus Prime 2 K115, Yokohama
Advan Sport V103S and Yokohama Advan
Neova AD08 all achieve an “A” rating. Based on this, my faith in Michelins
would appear well placed.
One thing that did surprise me is how
much the ratings can vary for the same tyre configured to the varying specifications for different manufacturers. However, the EU labelling is not
the whole story and it is interesting to compare the results from the tyre tests carried out by ADAC. They don’t have all the tyres available but the
latest Continental fare the best although there are no real duffers in their tests
and no Michelin tyres (as they were in mid-change when the tests were done).
Even with the EU label there is still room for tests like ADAC’s and I think
the EU could also include important information such as predicted tread life
(which is available in North American tyre labelling).
One other criticism I have of the EU
label is that it measures all tyres based on the same ambient temperature. This
leads to some of the Winter tyres looking rather poor and it would be
interesting if the EU label could show figures for typical Summer and Winter
temperatures (say, 20°C and 0°C). However, some
information is better than none at all and I would hope that the new labels
will inform some of the public (but I bet lots of people will still fit the
cheapest thing they can find).
Tyre Name
|
Energy
|
Rain
|
Noise (dB)
|
Autogrip F101
|
C
|
C
|
72
|
Autogrip P308
|
C
|
C
|
71
|
Avon ZV5
|
C
|
C
|
71
|
Bridgestone A001 Weather Control
|
F
|
B
|
72
|
Bridgestone Potenza RE040
|
E
|
C
|
72
|
Bridgestone Turanza ER30 (Ford)
|
F
|
E
|
73
|
Bridgestone Turanza ER300 (Honda)
|
E
|
C
|
70
|
Bridgestone Turanza ER300 RF (BMW)
|
F
|
B
|
72
|
Bridgestone Turenza ER300 (Mercedes)
|
E
|
B
|
70
|
Bridgestone Turenza T001
|
C
|
B
|
71
|
Continental Premium Contact 2
|
E
|
C
|
71
|
Continental Premium Contact 2 (BMW)
|
E
|
B
|
71
|
Continental Premium Contact 2
(Mercedes)
|
F
|
B
|
71
|
Continental Sport Contact (BMW)
|
F
|
C
|
74
|
Continental Sport Contact 2
|
E
|
B
|
71
|
Continental Sport Contact 2 (Audi)
|
E
|
C
|
71
|
Continental Sport Contact SSR RF
(BMW)
|
G
|
C
|
68
|
Dunlop SP Sport 01
|
E
|
B
|
67
|
Dunlop SP Sport 01 (Audi)
|
C
|
C
|
68
|
Dunlop SP Sport 01 (Mercedes)
|
E
|
B
|
67
|
Dunlop SP Sport FastResponse
|
C
|
B
|
69
|
Falken Ziex ZE-914
|
C
|
B
|
70
|
Firestone TZ300a
|
F
|
C
|
70
|
Goodyear Eagle NCT5
|
F
|
C
|
69
|
Goodyear Efficientgrip
|
C
|
C
|
68
|
Goodyear Excellence
|
F
|
B
|
68
|
Hancook Ventus S1 Evo K107
|
E
|
B
|
70
|
Hankook Kinergy Eco K425
|
B
|
B
|
70
|
Hankook Ventus Prime 2 K115
|
E
|
A
|
69
|
Kumho Ecsta HM KH31
|
C
|
C
|
74
|
Kumho Ecsta SPT KU31
|
C
|
B
|
75
|
Kumho Solus KH17
|
E
|
B
|
71
|
Michelin Energy Saver (Audi)
|
E
|
B
|
70
|
Michelin Energy Saver (BMW)
|
C
|
A
|
70
|
Michelin Energy Saver (Mercedes)
|
B
|
B
|
70
|
Michelin Energy Saver +
|
B
|
A
|
70
|
Michelin Energy Saver S1
|
C
|
A
|
70
|
Michelin Pilot Sport 3
|
F
|
A
|
71
|
Michelin Primacy HP
|
E
|
B
|
70
|
Michelin Primacy HP (Audi)
|
E
|
B
|
70
|
Michelin Primacy HP(Mercedes)
|
C
|
B
|
70
|
Michelin Primacy HP (Toyota)
|
E
|
B
|
70
|
Michelin Primacy HP DT1
|
E
|
A
|
70
|
Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure RF
(Toyota)
|
F
|
B
|
70
|
Pirelli P6000
|
F
|
C
|
72
|
Pirelli P7 Cinturato
|
E
|
B
|
71
|
Pirelli P7 Cinturato (BMW)
|
E
|
B
|
71
|
Pirelli P7 Cinturato (Mercedes)
|
E
|
B
|
70
|
Pirelli P7 Cinturato RF
|
E
|
B
|
71
|
Toyo Proxes CF1
|
F
|
C
|
70
|
Toyo TAJ48 (Mazda)
|
E
|
B
|
68
|
Uniroyal RainExpert
|
E
|
B
|
71
|
Yokohama Advan A460 (Lexus)
|
E
|
E
|
71
|
Yokohama Advan A460 (Toyota)
|
E
|
E
|
71
|
Yokohama Advan Neova AD08
|
F
|
A
|
75
|
Yokohama Advan Sport V103S (Mercedes)
|
E
|
A
|
71
|
Yokohama Advan Sport V105 (Mercedes)
|
C
|
B
|
71
|
Yokohama AVS dB E70J (Lexus)
|
E
|
B
|
70
|
Yokohama AVS dB E70JC (Subaru)
|
E
|
B
|
70
|
Yokohama C.Drive 2 (Mercedes)
|
C
|
C
|
70
|
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