Vi Bilägere summer tyre test (205/55R16; 03.2015)

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Vi Bilägere Vi Bilägare , 03.2015

Swedish magazine Vi Bilägare has published in the issue 4/2015 its Summer Tire Test 2015 for the size 205/55 R16. Test vehicle was a VW Golf VII.

The test was conducted by Vi Bilägare on Continental's proving ground in Uvalde/Texas.

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			Conti Premium Contact 5	Sava Intensa HP	Nexen NBlue HD Plus	Gislaved Ultra Speed	General Altimax Sport	Nankang AS-1	Sonar SX-1 Evo	Accelera Alpha	Sailun Atrezzo SH402	Goodride RV-H680
	Unit	Importance
Country of Origin			CZ	SLO	KOR	DE	POR	CHN	CHN	IN	CHN	CHN
Tread depth	mm		7,7	7,7	7,0	8,2	8,5	7,6	7,1	7,3	7,7	7,3
Weight	kg		8,2	7,8	9,0	7,9	8,1	9,5	9,6	9,3	9,8	9,6
Hardness of Compound			77	70	72	70	67	71	70	64	64	66
Wet road
Braking Distance	m	15,0%	42,2	46,0	45,4	43,9	44,3	48,0	47,1	52,6	54,9	50,4
Aquaplaning longitudinally	km/h	15,0%	82,6	80,4	79,5	75,4	80,7	77,5	83,1	81,5	77,9	70,8
Transversal Stability (Time on Circle)	s	10,0%	11,88	12,20	12,13	12,05	12,37	12,23	12,32	13,00	13,37	13,25
Handling (lap time on the track)	s	15,0%	70,20	72,94	73,08	74,04	75,30	73,75	74,61	80,10	81,68	79,86
Dry road
Braking Distance	m	10,0%	38,5	40,5	41,8	40,9	42,1	40,7	41,2	42,7	45,2	41,5
Handling (lap time on the track)	s	5,0%	52,23	53,39	53,32	52,97	53,62	52,37	53,93	53,84	54,26	53,22
Economy and comfort
Acoustic comfort	points	7,5%	6	7,5	6	4,5	6	4,5	3	4,5	7,5	4,5
Driving comfort	points	7,5%	6	6	6	3	4,5	4,5	4,5	3	6	4,5
Rolling Resistance	coef.	7,5%	0,869	0,833	0,875	0,798	0,804	0,996	1,055	0,982	0,933	0,932
Fuel consumption (90 km/h)	L/100 km	7,5%	6,37	6,42	6,35	6,21	6,23	6,50	6,57	6,40	6,41	6,46
Overall score	points	100%	94	80	78	74,5	72,5	66	62	47	44,5	42
Place			-	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

State of origin:
DE – Germany
CHN - China
CZ - Chech Republic
IN - Indonesia
KOR - South Korea
POR - Portugal
SLO – Slovenia

SIA LANEKS, 2015

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