[TPR] tire shoppers . . .

[David in Durango]

In the current print issue(Aug, 2012) of C&D has their newest tire test done with Tire Rack. They pit 9 tires in a series of test with 2 E92 BMW 328i coupe(RWD). I am sure in a while the result will be online, but here is the paraphrased results....


9) Pirelli P-Zero(94Y, 220AA A, $161)
8) Dunlop Direzza Star Spec: (90W, 200 A A, $143)
7) Toyo Proxes R1R (91W, 140 AA A, $176)
6) Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2(94Y, 300 AA A, $147)
5) Continental Extremecontact DW (91W, 340 AA A, $133)
4) Hankook Ventus R-S3(94W, 140 A A, $140)
3) Yokohama Advan Neova AD08(91W, 180 AA A, $199)
2) Bridgestone Potenza S-04 Pole Position(91W, 280 AA A, $166)
1) Michelin Pilot Super Sport(94Y, 300 AA A, $177)

The top 3 in each test category:
Dry AutoX: Yokohama(59.7), Michelin(+0.2), Dunlop(+0.5)
Wet AutoX: Continental(62.5), Michelin(+0.1), Goodyear(+0.5)
Dry Braking: Hankook(78), Bridgestone/Continental/Toyo(80, tied), Yokohama(81)
Wet Braking: Goodyear(100), Bridgestone/Toyo(101, tied), Continental/Michelin(103, tied)
Dry Skidpad: Hankook/Yokohama(0.91, tied), Michelin(0.90), Bridgestone(0.89)
Wet Skidpad: Michelin(0.86), Bridgestone(0.85), Goodyear(0.84)
Sound Level at 50mph: Bridgestone/Continental/Goodyear/Michelin/Pirelli(65, tied), Hankook/Toyo/Yokohama(66, tied), Dunlop(67)



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