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Cooper CS2 looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.

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Cooper CS2 vs Hankook Kinergy 4S — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 0 + 3 road tests and 11 + 14 owner reviews. How we score

Too close to call: CS2 68, Kinergy 4S 69.

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Cooper CS2
Tire ACooper

CS2

Summer

± 8Provisional

Tests – · none yet Owners 68 · 11 reviews

Hankook Kinergy 4S
Tire BHankook

Kinergy 4S

All Season

± 7

Tests 68 · 3 tests Owners 68 · 14 reviews

Best test result: #3 of 11 in 2017 All Season VS Winter Tyre Test (dry braking)

Category by category

Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.

  1. 68

    Dry

    Kinergy 4S +1
    69
    Why this score
    SourceCS2Kinergy 4S
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 3 tests≈ 68 (est.)70
    Reviews found online6767

    CS2: 60% × 67.7 (est.) + 40% × 67.3 = 68

    Kinergy 4S: 60% × 69.7 + 40% × 67.2 = 69

    No road tests of dry for CS2. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).

  2. 68

    Wet

    Kinergy 4S +5
    73
    Why this score
    SourceCS2Kinergy 4S
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 3 tests≈ 68 (est.)74
    Reviews found online6771

    CS2: 60% × 68.5 (est.) + 40% × 66.6 = 68

    Kinergy 4S: 60% × 74.1 + 40% × 71 = 73

    No road tests of wet for CS2. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

  3. –

    Snow

    No comparison
    70
    Why this score
    SourceCS2Kinergy 4S
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 2 tests–66
    Reviews found online–77

    Kinergy 4S: 60% × 66.1 + 40% × 76.6 = 70

  4. 69

    Comfort

    CS2 +2
    67
    Why this score
    SourceCS2Kinergy 4S
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 69 (est.)≈ 68 (est.)
    Reviews found online7066

    CS2: 40% × 68.8 (est.) + 60% × 69.5 = 69

    Kinergy 4S: 40% × 68.1 (est.) + 60% × 66 = 67

    No road tests of comfort for CS2. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

    No road tests of comfort for Kinergy 4S. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

  5. –

    Noise

    No comparison
    60
    Why this score
    SourceCS2Kinergy 4S
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 2 tests–56
    Reviews found online–≈ 66 (est.)

    Kinergy 4S: 60% × 56.3 + 40% × 66.4 (est.) = 60

    No owner ratings of noise for Kinergy 4S. The owner half is the owners’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.

  6. 69

    Treadwear

    CS2 +6
    63
    Why this score
    SourceCS2Kinergy 4S
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 68 (est.)63
    Reviews found online7063

    CS2: 60% × 67.7 (est.) + 40% × 69.9 = 69

    Kinergy 4S: 60% × 62.8 + 40% × 62.9 = 63

    No road tests of treadwear for CS2. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

  7. 70

    Handling (owners)

    CS2 +6
    64
    Why this score
    SourceCS2Kinergy 4S
    Reviews found online7064
  8. –

    Efficiency

    No comparison
    67
    Why this score
    SourceCS2Kinergy 4S
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 2 tests–67
Scores at a glance
CategoryCooper CS2Hankook Kinergy 4S
Relative Score 68 69
Dry 68 69
Wet 68 73
Snow – 70
Comfort 69 67
Noise – 60
Treadwear 69 63
Handling (owners) 70 64
Efficiency – 67

Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.

Weight the categories that matter to you

Wet grip starts at “Important”. Treadwear starts at “Neutral” here: road tests measured it for at most one of the two tires, so it rests on owner reviews. Move the sliders and the scores update instantly.

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Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.

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Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.

Recomputed
Headline score
± 8

CS2

± 7

Kinergy 4S

Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.

The professional test results behind the scores

Per discipline: the average % of the best tire over every test both tires were in, and how many of those tests each one won. “Different tests” rows compare results from separate tests.

DisciplineCategoryCS2Kinergy 4SΔHead-to-head
Also published by the testers (not in the score)
Overall Ranking Overall #43/52 2015 Market Overview - Braking Test #12/30 2025 All Season 30 Tyre Braking Test – Different tests

Pros, cons & observations

Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.

Tire A CS2

Pros

  • Long-lasting tread life and slow wear rate over thousands of miles
  • Good value for money
  • Quiet operation and low noise levels

Cons

  • Subpar wet-weather grip and a tendency to slip in heavy rain
  • Prone to wheel spin during hard acceleration in dry conditions for some vehicles
  • Mediocre performance on loose surfaces
All owner themes in the CS2 review

Tire B Kinergy 4S

Pros

  • Exceptional grip and stability in wet and torrential rain conditions
  • Strong performance in snow and slush, often cited as a viable alternative to dedicated winter tires
  • High value-for-money proposition compared to premium competitors

Cons

  • Reports of premature tread wear and shorter-than-expected service life
  • Inconsistent dry-road handling and feedback compared to dedicated summer tires
  • Occasional reports of poor traction on greasy or specific wet road surfaces
All owner themes in the Kinergy 4S review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Cooper CS2 B · Hankook Kinergy 4S
CategorySummerAll Season
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available—67
Rim diameters—13″ – 18″
UTQG—500 - 600 A A

Which one should you actually buy?

Cooper CS2

Hankook Kinergy 4S

Too close to call: Cooper CS2 and Hankook Kinergy 4S are within 2 points overall. Cooper CS2 is stronger on treadwear and handling. Hankook Kinergy 4S is stronger on wet. Cooper CS2 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 11 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire A You want the longest tread life

Cooper CS2 scores 69 vs 63 on treadwear.

Pick tire A You enjoy sharp, responsive handling

Cooper CS2 scores 70 vs 64 on handling.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

Hankook Kinergy 4S scores 73 vs 68 on wet.

Tire A · Cooper CS2
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Tire B · Hankook Kinergy 4S
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CS2 or Kinergy 4S?

Which is better in the wet, CS2 or Kinergy 4S?

Hankook Kinergy 4S, 73 vs 68 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, CS2 or Kinergy 4S?

Neither, by our numbers: 68 vs 69 on the dry score, within 3 points.

Which is more comfortable, CS2 or Kinergy 4S?

Neither, by our numbers: 69 vs 67 on the comfort score, within 3 points.

Which lasts longer, CS2 or Kinergy 4S?

Cooper CS2, 69 vs 63 on our treadwear score.

How do we compare tires?

Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.

Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.

Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology