Simply if you suppose Jonathan Benson at Tire Critiques can’t go deeper on a tire check, he finds a method to make it occur. His newest comparability brings the present crop of ultra-high-performance tires from main manufacturers to a observe for moist and dry testing. Solely now, longevity and environmental impacts are elements within the total scoring.
The six contenders for this check embrace the Michelin Pilot Sport 5, Bridgestone Potenza, Continental PremiumContact 7, Goodyear Eagle F1 Uneven 6, Yokohama Advan Sport V107, and the Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3. The check automobile is a beautiful VW Golf GTI sizzling hatchback, and the venue is an undisclosed location in France the place it’s supposed to be sunny. Apparently, Benson handled loads of rain throughout every week of testing, however there have been sufficient dry stretches to seize good knowledge. Additionally, Benson’s check didn’t embrace Pirelli due to time/area constraints, and the truth that a brand new P Zero is popping out quickly.
As per traditional, his exhaustive check routine samples every tire in quite a lot of circumstances. Going past merely moist and dry, Benson notes particular temperatures of the tires, the observe, and the water in making his evaluations. The overview is that there actually isn’t a loser within the group; Benson was impressed with every tire. However that mentioned, some do carry out higher than others.
By the numbers, 5 seconds separated the quickest (Bridgestone) from the slowest (Michelin) in moist circumstances, however Benson notes the Bridgestone as being quite snappy and liable to oversteer. For moist braking, Continental holds a marked benefit over the others. In dry circumstances, there was solely a two p.c distinction from the best-performing tire (Goodyear) to the worst (Yokohama), and lap occasions have been barely 1.5 seconds aside with the Yoko popping out on high.
Particular to this analysis is a put on check. For that, Benson turned to Euro-based Dekra, identified for complete product testing. All tires have been utilized in real-world circumstances and put in on a fleet of automobiles pushed in a convoy over a selected route. Tires have been rotated between automobiles to account for doable variations in automobile setup, and drivers switched between the automobiles as effectively. Utilizing a laser scanner, Michelin recorded the very best put on traits however this time, there was a substantial hole between worst and first. Yokohama and Bridgestone ranked final, with a 33-percent distinction in comparison with the Pilot Sport 5.
One other new check for this evaluation included environmental affect. In brief, this measures how a lot rubber particulates a tire will launch in common driving circumstances. On that entrance, Michelin once more scored the very best with 65.7 milligrams per 1 kilometer traveled, or 0.00014 kilos each six-tenths of a mile. After all, that quantity will go manner up do you have to determine to get pleasure from a smoky burnout.
With the numbers from every analysis factored in, the Continental PremiumContact 7 scored the very best. That mentioned, Benson additionally provides subjective opinions on different manufacturers, relying on particular driving kinds. The video on the high of the article spells this out, or you possibly can take a good deeper dive at tire-reviews.com.