Vehicles using 265/35R21 tires include:

• Volvo XC60
• Tesla Model S
• Porsche Taycan
• Mercedes-Maybach SL-Class AMG
• Chrysler 300C
• Audi A8
• Aston-Martin DB11

1. Yokohama Advan Sport A/S Plus - Best UHP All-Season tire

Let’s kick this list off with a tire that offers a great balance of year-round traction with thrilling performance, the Advan Sport A/S Plus from Yokohama. The Yokohama Advan Sport A/S Plus is covered by a 55,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty and is built for durability with a high-turnup sidewall, long-wearing silica-rich tread compound, and robust internal construction, netting a SimpleScore of 9.1 for longevity. Extra-large outboard shoulder blocks and 2-in-1 intermediate blocks are designed to deliver cornering and steering responses that are crisp and correct, registering a SimpleScore of 8.7 for handling. In wet or dry conditions, the Advan Sport A/S Plus is dependable and secure with circumferential grooves, lateral grooves, Z-shaped grooves, and Yokohama’s innovative Wavy Sipes, all working as a system to mitigate hydroplaning on wet pavement and provide mechanical grip and adhesion on dry roads for a traction score of 8.8. All in all, the Yokohama Advan Sport A/S Plus would be an excellent choice for a variety of sporty coupes, sedans, and crossovers.

2. Bridgestone Potenza Sport - Best UHP tire

Next, we come to the Bridgestone Potenza Sport. The Potenza Sport is designed as an ultra-high-performance (UHP) tire that’s a balance of the best of both worlds: dependable traction and a composed, quiet ride along with driving dynamics that are exhilarating and confident on wet or dry pavement. The Potenza Sport starts with a next-generation silica-rich rubber formulation that offers sticky mechanical grip on the pavement, molded into a performance-oriented tread pattern that’s designed to keep the most rubber possible planted on the road. Four wide circumferential grooves remove water from the contact patch, enhancing wet–weather performance and avoiding hydroplaning. A network of 3D sipes boosts tread rigidity for great cornering response and wet-weather traction, and a tuned tread pattern helps to ensure a quiet ride by canceling certain resonances and frequencies. By our calculations, that comes out to a SimpleScore of 9.9 for handling and 9.9 for traction. The Potenza Sport does fall behind a bit when it comes to longevity, with a SimpleScore of 7.3. The Potenza Sport isn’t covered with a tread life warranty (most UHP tires aren’t), and isn’t a usable tire for winter conditions: the softer, stickier tread formulation will stiffen up and lose traction in colder weather. Like all UHP summer tires, the Potenza Sport shouldn’t be used if temperatures are below 40-45 degrees F.

3. Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 EV - Best Winter tire

Next up, let’s talk about a winter tire designed specifically for EVs, the Hakkapeliitta R5 EV from Nokian. You’d probably assume that a Finland-based tire manufacturer would have plenty of expertise in designing tires for the demands of a Scandinavian winter, and you’d be dead on with that assumption. Nokian (yes, the same parent company as Nokia phones) has invested decades of R&D in developing next-generation winter tires, and the Hakkapeliitta R5 EV is packed with innovations and features to help you safely get through rough winter conditions. The Hakkapeliitta R5 is a big, big departure from the heavy, noisy, clunky “snow tires” of 40 years ago. The low rolling resistance of the Hakkapeliitta R5 EV makes it a great candidate for a winter tire for hybrids and EVs. Nokian’s Double Block Grip pattern gives this tire the kind of handling and ride quality that are more like a Grand Touring tire as well as dependable winter grip, with SimpleScores of 9.9 for traction and 8.6 for handling. Arctic Grip Crystals embedded into the tread are designed to add friction for the same kind of reliable traction you’d expect with a studded winter tire, except without the noisy ride, damage to pavement surfaces, and legal restrictions that always go along with studded tires. The tread compound and construction of the Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 is also designed for durability, bringing in a SimpleScore of 9.2 for longevity. As always, winter tires like the Hakkapeliitta R5 EV shouldn’t be used in warmer conditions. The tread compound of winter tires is softer and more flexible, will wear quickly in warmer weather, and shouldn’t be used if temps are above 45 degrees F. In case you were curious about the name, “Hakkapeliitta” is the Finnish word for that country’s 17th-century cavalry troops. The Hakkapeliitta R5 EV is, as you’d expect, Three Peak Mountain Snowflake certified.

4. Falken Azenis FK460 A/S - Great UHP All-Season tire

Here at SimpleTire, our team has been pretty impressed with just about everything in the Falken brand lineup, and the Azenis FK460 A/S is no exception. The Falken Azenis FK460 A/S is a versatile tire that inspires confidence for its consistent grip in all kinds of weather, with its advanced 4D Nano tread compound. It just seems logical that any tires are going to lose traction as tread depth wears down, but the innovative Emerging Grooves tech of the Azenis FK460 A/S is designed to deliver extended performance as the grooves open up and expand even as tread depth gets thinner. The Canyon Groove design and circumferential grooves with chamfered edges deliver enhanced grip in wet or wintry conditions, working as a system for a traction score of 8.6. Owing in part to the wear resistance and durability of that 4D Nano tread compound, Falken covers the Azenis FK460 A/S with a 50,000 mile warranty, pulling in a SimpleScore of 9.1 for longevity. Braking performance, steering response, cornering, and road manners are all direct and accurate with this tire, for a SimpleScore of 8.8 for handling. We also should mention here that the Azenis FK460 A/S is refined and quiet on the highway, with grooves that are acoustically tuned to keep road noise to a minimum by cutting wind noise and canceling certain frequencies and resonances. The overall average SimpleScore for the Falken Azenis FK460 A/S is a very strong 8.7.

5. Hankook Ventus S1 AS (H125) - Good UHP All-Season tire

Let’s wrap this list up with one more great UHP/all-season tire, the Ventus S1 AS (H125) from Hankook. The Ventus S1 AS (H125) is designed around a silica-rich tread formulation that’s capable of year-round grip and long wear (earning a longevity score of 8) and dry-road handling and cornering get a boost with a wider outboard shoulder block for extra tread block stiffness and resistance to cornering G forces (for a handling score of 9.3). The Hankook Ventus S1 AS (H125) also has extra-wide grooves and a dense sipe pattern for traction in wet or wintry conditions, and a reinforced shoulder that’s designed for rigidity when you’re pushing it hard around corners, maintaining a stable contact patch the whole time. Hankook backs the Ventus S1 AS (H125) with a 50,000 mile manufacturer’s tread life warranty.

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