Summer tire ranking 2023 - News, tests and reviews

Summer tires are undoubtedly one of the most important things in any car and you should make the best choice of them.

Get to know the 2023 summer tire ranking and find out why driving comfort on summer tires is greater than on universal tires or - worse - winter tires in high temperatures. After reading the following paragraphs, summer tires will have no secrets for you and you will gain knowledge about new summer tires.

Which summer tires are worth choosing in 2023? Ranking of the best products

Summer tires can be evaluated in terms of various parameters. One of the most important things that affects the safety of summer tires is the braking distance achieved by a car equipped with such tires. The undisputed leader in this category are the Uniroyal Rain Sport 3 tires, which are characterized by an exceptionally short braking distance on wet surfaces.

Top 10 summer tires 205/55 R16 according to ADAC

In the tests of the German automobile club ADAC (summer tire ranking 2023), described in more detail below, the best places were taken by:

1. Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 tires
2. Continental PremiumContact 6 tires
3. Michelin Primacy 4+ tires
4. Bridgeston Turanza T005 tires
5. Nokian Wetproof tires
6. tires Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN
7. Continental UltraContact tires
8. Kumho Ecsta HS52 tires
9. Hankook Ventus Prime4 tires
10. Nexen N'Fera Primus tires

This is the ranking of summer tires for this year and it is worth checking, after choosing a specific model, what place it took and how it passed summer tire tests. Such knowledge will allow you to avoid the weakest models and focus on those from the top positions of the ranking.

New products on the summer tire market - what technologies have been used?

Tire manufacturers outdo each other in presenting their customers with newer and newer systems that are to help ensure driving comfort, durability and shorter braking distances. What novelties among summer tires are worth paying attention to? Bridgestone Turanza 6 tires are one of the best performing on wet surfaces. This is due to technologies such as Techsyn - improved synthetic rubber is enriched with special silica, which increases durability while reducing rolling resistance, and Enliten technology - a special construction of the tire that reduces its weight by up to 10 percent without losing parameters. Similarly, various novelties are introduced by Goodyear. For example, the Goodyear Efficientgrip Compact 2 tires feature Wet Grip technologies - increased grip on wet surfaces, Dry Stability - greater stability on dry surfaces or Mileage Plus, i.e. increased tire durability.

Of course, there are also articles and news about tires that will not need to be pumped or tires made of 100 percent renewable materials. Airless tires are announced for next year, but it may take some time yet. Goodyear is the leader in the field of tire production from renewable materials, but they are still more show tires than production models.

On the other hand, models designed for electric cars are appearing more and more often. These include Yokohama ADVAN db V552, Michelin EV and Bridgestone Ecopia500 tyres.

It is therefore worth keeping track of new summer tires to be able to take advantage of the latest technological achievements in the field of tire production at any time.

What are the most demanding tests that summer tires have undergone in the 2023 ranking?

Probably the most trusted organization in the automotive world, ADAC tests summer, winter and all-season tires every year. The summer tire ranking made by ADAC/OAMTC (German Automobile Club and Austrian Automobile Club) is presented worldwide as the most important. All tire models are subjected to the same tests. These include braking from a speed of 80 km/h, i.e. grip tests on dry and wet roads, assessment of abrasion, assessment of noise level, rolling resistance and fuel efficiency. It is worth emphasizing here that the discrepancy in the wet braking parameter is huge - the worst tires of unknown Asian brands need almost twice as much distance to stop the car as the top models of renowned brands. The summer tire test is a very good source of knowledge about parameters such as summer tire grip or driving comfort with summer tyres.

What criteria should be considered when choosing summer tyres?

When choosing summer tires for your car, you should pay attention to a number of parameters. These are among others:

• Tire size - here the matter seems simple, the car's manual specifies which tires it should run on, but many people buy tires that differ from this size for various reasons. This phenomenon can lead to many unfavorable phenomena, for example, malfunctioning of electronic driving assistance systems (ABS, ESP, ASR and similar) or their faster wear, higher fuel consumption (with wider tires) and distortion of driving speed;
• Tire grip - this is a key parameter responsible for how well the car will drive and what its braking distance will be;
• Tire speed index - here, of course, it should be at least as recommended in the vehicle manual. Summer tires with a higher index will last longer, which means that summer tires will last longer;
• Tire load index - here you should also choose tires with an index not lower than that recommended by the car manufacturer;
• Tire noise level - this is a parameter that many people want to have as low as possible, it is also beneficial for the environment. In the era of better and better soundproofed cars, the noise of tires is often heard at low speeds;
• Rolling resistance - this is a parameter that determines the amount of fuel burned, so it's good to keep it low. However, lowering it reduces grip, so you have to look for a golden mean here if you want to drive economically or accept higher fuel consumption if you want to drive as safely and comfortably as possible;
• Tire production date - tires are considered new for 3 years from the date of manufacture. Unfortunately, this is not respected by many sellers, because the application of the standard in this respect is voluntary. After this date, tires should be marked as used. In addition to the date itself, the conditions in which the tire was stored are also important. That is why it is best to order tires in proven stores, where we can be sure that the purchased goods will be of full value.

Safety, durability, grip and driving comfort - which tires meet these requirements?

All summer, winter and all-season tires sold in Poland should meet and mostly meet the imposed standards. However, it is definitely best to focus your search on tires from the best manufacturers. Companies without history and experience often offer summer tires at much lower prices, but summer tire tests and the 2023 summer tire ranking mercilessly show that these are constructions that cannot be relied on in difficult situations, which are not lacking on our roads. The same applies to the durability of such tires. So, if you care about safety and appreciate the comfort of driving on summer tires, choose models that are ranked high in the summer tire ranking.

Remember that the so-called optimization of rims and tires should be performed with each tire change. Unfortunately, many garages, especially during the busiest tire changing periods, skip this step in order to save time and deal with the next customer. Wheel optimization is performed on a balancing machine, which allows you to select such a location of the tire relative to the rim that their unevenly distributed masses (there are always some inaccuracies and losses) cancel each other out, resulting in the smallest unbalance. Less unbalance is much easier to compensate for by adding weights if necessary.