Nankang AS 1 235/45 R18 98 W XL, ZR

Car as standard came with high premium rated tyres fitted, I've worked in the tyre game for several years, I spent approx 15 years in that trade. My first opinion was to try and get new premium tyres at a good price, but over the years such tyres as nankang have made leaps and bounds in the tyre manufacturing process, as with all Motorsport teams now they find it very difficult to separate the differences of performance and agility from their race tyres, this engineering and processes are being handed down to us the average user of a product they test, maby some'll say all you pay for is the the name in many cases and this is true, but in my opinion such tyres as nankangs are a very competitive product that do and will carry on doing showing their big cousins up in a world that requires, a decent tyre of great value that helps the world go round... Read more Collapse

For 170ps is enough, I have the 370nM and sometimes on second gear I have the impression as if it’s on the verge of losing its grip. In dry conditions there’s no difference between Nankang AS 1 and the more expensive competitors (previous I had PZero). They do not wear so quickly which is a plus. In the rain you can easily go on to the 150km/h. If I want to go faster, I need to focus because sometimes slight loss of control of the car can happen. The tyre looks nicely on the rim. I had several emergency braking from 210km/h and was positively surprised. If someone wants to go faster than 150km/h regardless of the wet conditions they might reconsider buying those tyres, but if ride up to 150km/h is sufficient, they can go ahead and buy. Read more Collapse

I'm very happy with these tyres, bought them for a SUV and I drive mostly on city roads, as well as outside on dirt roads (forest, gravel, to reach construction site). In comparison to the previous one I used, these are much more quiet and durable. They are comparable to others as far as safety goes - behaviour on slippery/wet surface and when it comes to braking distance. Read more Collapse

good middle class tyre. i drove on it 10000 km with a ford S MAX without any issues. pros: price, good manufacturing quality, low noise, perfectly suitable for calm driving. cons: beware of the curves with aggressive driving, on dry can lose traction. The tyre will do well for calm, economic driving in the city but otuside of the city one can put their confidence in it. Read more Collapse

About 6 months, 6000miles in the Nankangs are wearing well. Good grip and make the hard ride of the Ds5 less noticeable. Read more Collapse