Auto Bild has named Michelin “Manufacturer of the year – Summer 2019” for the consistency of its braking results in the last 5 summer tyre tests.
Michelin, best braking in all summer conditions
Always ready to conduct tests, Auto Bild reviews its latest tests of summer tyres. The German magazine has combined the results of its last five tests of summer and all season tyres to determine the brand whose tyres have the shortest braking distances on all surfaces. And it is Michelin who is crowned tyre manufacturer of the year 2019. SUV, sports, city and passenger cars: tyres from the French brand have performed consistently in Auto Bild tests. Close behind, the Pirelli and Goodyear tyres which have relatively short wet and dry braking distances in summer conditions.
In Auto Bild’s 2018 all season tyre tests for SUVs, the Michelin CrossClimate SUV has the shortest braking distance of all the tyres tested, whether for wet or dry braking, ahead of the Vredestein Quatrac 5 and the Goodyear Vector 4Seasons SUV Gen-2.
In the 2018 all season tyre tests for city cars, only the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 has shorter wet and dry braking distance than the Michelin CrossClimate + which is second ahead of the Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-2.
In its 2019 comparison tests of summer tyres for passenger cars, it is the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 which dominates braking tests in wet and dry conditions, a few centimeters behind the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 and the Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3.
In the 2019 test of summer tyres for SUVs, Michelin was not selected since the Pilot Sport 4 SUV tyre was not yet launched. It is the Continental Premium Contact 6 and Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 tyres, exactly equal in combined dry and wet tests, which have the shortest braking distances. They are followed by the Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125.
In the latest Auto Bild 2019 test of UHP sports tyres, it is the Pirelli P Zero PZ4 which has the shortest braking distance ahead of the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 and the Continental Premium Contact 6.
