2016 ADAC Tyre Test - 185/65 R15
Much like the
225/45 R17 test ADAC published at the same time, the ADAC 185/65 R15 tyre test looks at sixteen premium and mid range tyres, but this time has selected tyres intended to be fitted to smaller town and city cars. The biggest surprise of the test was this time delivered by Vredestein, with the Sportrac 5 dominating the test, and beating the wet weather master Continental Premium Contact 5 in the wet tests. The Vredestein must have gone through a life cycle update, as in 2015 the best result it could manage was fifth overall, and over placed near the bottom of the tests it took part in.
The Dunlop and Goodyear combination of closely matched premium touring tyres once again traded blows in the tests to finish nearly identically overall in third and fourth places, while Hankook rounded out the top five with another balanced performance.
Nokian once again had a good result in sixth place, and Kumho finally had a decent test result, finishing seventh with no real negative qualities of the Eco Wing ES01.
Infinity will be proud they managed to beat Michelin, with the premium French brand pushing the balance between wet grip and wear too far towards wear for the ADAC testers, and Bridgestone struggled to balance wet and dry grip, scoring too highly in the dry, like Michelin losing points in the heavily weighted wet testing.
Full details below, if you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them at the end of the page.
Results
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| Best tyre for dry roads | Nexen N Blue HD Plus
Continental Premium Contact 5
Bridgestone Turanza T001 |
| Best tyre for wet roads | Vredestein Sportrac 5 |
| The lowest fuel use | Michelin Energy Saver Plus |
| The lowest wear | Michelin Energy Saver Plus |
| The quietest tyre | Infinity Ecosis
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 | 1st: Vredestein Sportrac 5
Total: 37.6 / Dry: 8.4 / Wet: 8 / Rolling Resistance: 7.8 / Noise: 5.4 / Wear: 8
Positive: Very balanced summer tyre with top marks on wet roads, very good in the dry
Negative: None mentioned
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 | 2nd: Continental Premium Contact 5
Total: 37.4 / Dry: 8.8 / Wet: 7.4 / Rolling Resistance: 8 / Noise: 5.2 / Wear: 8
Positive: Very balanced tyre with top marks in the dry
Negative: None mentioned
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 | 3rd: Dunlop Sport BluResponse
Total: 37.2 / Dry: 8.6 / Wet: 7.4 / Rolling Resistance: 8.4 / Noise: 4.8 / Wear: 8
Positive: Very balanced tyre, particularly good on dry roads, also strong in the wet and low fuel consumption
Negative: None mentioned
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 | 4th: Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance
Total: 35.8 / Dry: 8 / Wet: 7.8 / Rolling Resistance: 7.8 / Noise: 4.2 / Wear: 8
Positive: Very balanced tyre, strong in the wet and dry
Negative: None mentioned
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 | 5th: Hankook K425 Kinergy Eco
Total: 37 / Dry: 8.6 / Wet: 7.6 / Rolling Resistance: 8 / Noise: 5.8 / Wear: 7
Positive: Very balanced, particularly good in the dry
Negative: None mentioned
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 | 6th: Nokian Line
Total: 36.2 / Dry: 8.6 / Wet: 7.4 / Rolling Resistance: 8.4 / Noise: 4.8 / Wear: 7
Positive: Very balanced, particularly good in the dry, low fuel consumption
Negative: None mentioned
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 | 7th: Kumho Ecowing ES01 KH27
Total: 35.8 / Dry: 8.2 / Wet: 7.2 / Rolling Resistance: 7.8 / Noise: 5.6 / Wear: 7
Positive: Very balanced summer tyre, strong in the dry
Negative: None mentioned
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| 8th: Sava intensa hp
Total: 34 / Dry: 6.6 / Wet: 7.6 / Rolling Resistance: 7.6 / Noise: 4.2 / Wear: 8
Positive: Strong in the wet
Negative: A slight weakness in the dry
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| 9th: Infinity Ecosis
Total: 34.6 / Dry: 6.8 / Wet: 6.4 / Rolling Resistance: 7.4 / Noise: 7 / Wear: 7
Positive: low noise
Negative: A slight weakness in the wet and dry
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| 10th: Michelin Energy Saver Plus
Total: 38 / Dry: 7.8 / Wet: 6.4 / Rolling Resistance: 8.8 / Noise: 5 / Wear: 10
Positive: Top marks for fuel consumption and wear, good in the dry
Negative: A slight weakness in the wet
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| 11th: Barum Brillantis 2
Total: 35.2 / Dry: 7 / Wet: 6 / Rolling Resistance: 7.6 / Noise: 5.6 / Wear: 9
Positive: Low wear
Negative: Weak in the wet
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| 12th: Bridgestone Turanza T001
Total: 38 / Dry: 8.8 / Wet: 6 / Rolling Resistance: 8.6 / Noise: 5.6 / Wear: 9
Positive: Top marks in the dry, low fuel consumption
Negative: Weak in the wet
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 | 13th: Nexen N Blue HD Plus
Total: 35.2 / Dry: 8.8 / Wet: 5.8 / Rolling Resistance: 8.2 / Noise: 4.4 / Wear: 8
Positive: Top marks in the dry
Negative: Weak in the wet
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| 14th: Semperit Comfort Life 2
Total: 34.4 / Dry: 7.8 / Wet: 5.6 / Rolling Resistance: 7.8 / Noise: 4.2 / Wear: 9
Positive: Low wear
Negative: Weak in the wet
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| 15th: Nankang Green Sport Eco 2
Total: 32.2 / Dry: 7.2 / Wet: 4.4 / Rolling Resistance: 7.2 / Noise: 5.4 / Wear: 8
Positive: None mentioned
Negative: Weak in the wet, high fuel consumption
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| 16th: GT Radial Champiro VP1
Total: 28.6 / Dry: 5.6 / Wet: 1 / Rolling Resistance: 7.6 / Noise: 5.4 / Wear: 9
Positive: Low wear
Negative: Very weak in the wet and dry
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