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Evo Summer Tyre Test 2015
The results of Evo’s annual summer tyre test were released this week and it made for some rather interesting (yes, I wrote interesting) reading.
As part of the test they took models from a mix of ten tyre manufacturers, with each tyre being tested in the tyre size 225/40 R18.
How The Results Were Calculated
In their write up, the magazine explained that, “in contrast to some other magazine tyre tests, subjective spectacle is a significant factor in our results, accounting for some forty per cent of the final score.”
On top of this, readers were also told that their results are weighted towards tests determine the road spectacle of the tyre – criteria such as such as lap times and braking distances.
What Car Was Used?
Tyre testing requests consistency to find out how the tyres are performing. As such, the testers knew that a “stable, predictable chassis, approachable boundaries and crisp, communicative steering” were required.
They found their reaction to this in the VW Golf GTI.
The Evo Tyre Test two thousand fifteen Results
Tester comments: “It does fall brief of very strong competition. It is the cheapest tyre here, however.”
Tester comments: “The Bridgestone didn’t perform badly in the dry tests, but during the raw treating tests it did feel very brief on grip and traction.”
Tester comments: “A strong showcasing in the raw tests wasn’t enough to earn the Michelin a decent overall result. In the dry treating tests it was markedly down on mid-corner grip compared to the best tyres.”
Tester comments: “Let down by its spectacle in the humid tests, the Hankook ranks seventh overall. It was competitive in the dry.”
Tester comments: “The Dunlop performed consistently across to score a respectable result. A 2nd place in the straight-line aquaplaning test stood out.”
Tester comments: “The Vredestein collective very first place with the Yokohama for its dry lap time. It performed well via the dry tests, but a mediocre showcasing in the moist denied it a stronger overall result.”
Tester comments: “The Goodyear is a very strong all-rounder – it finished third overall in the objective dry tests and matched that in the humid.”
Tester comments: “Having narrowly bettered the Goodyear in the final reckoning, the Pirelli scores the very first of the podium places. It’s one victory came in the moist braking test, albeit it also performed well in the dry.”
Tester comments: “The margin inbetween the top two tyres in the final reckonings couldn’t have been narrower… [the Yokohama tyre] didn’t back up its exemplary dry-weather spectacle with truly competitive wet-weather ability”
Tester comments: “The Continental managed to pull off a remarkable trick by performing superbly in both the raw and the dry tests. Tyres are typically best suited to one or the other, but the Continental proved its unparalleled breadth of capability.”