Tests – · none yet Owners – · 1 review (needs 5)
Cooper Sport AS looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.
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Cooper Sport AS vs Dunlop Direzza DZ102 — 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 + 0 road tests and 1 + 22 owner reviews. How we score
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Tests – · none yet Owners 62 · 22 reviews
Category by category
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
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Dry
No comparison65Why this score
Source Sport AS Direzza DZ102 Professional tests (TWG score) – ≈ 66 (est.) Reviews found online – 64 Direzza DZ102: 60% × 66.3 (est.) + 40% × 63.8 = 65
No road tests of dry for Direzza DZ102. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).
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Wet
No comparison67Why this score
Source Sport AS Direzza DZ102 Professional tests (TWG score) – ≈ 68 (est.) Reviews found online – 66 Direzza DZ102: 60% × 68.1 (est.) + 40% × 66 = 67
No road tests of wet for Direzza DZ102. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
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Comfort
No comparison62Why this score
Source Sport AS Direzza DZ102 Professional tests (TWG score) – ≈ 67 (est.) Reviews found online – 58 Direzza DZ102: 40% × 67.1 (est.) + 60% × 58.2 = 62
No road tests of comfort for Direzza DZ102. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
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Treadwear
No comparison60Why this score
Source Sport AS Direzza DZ102 Professional tests (TWG score) – ≈ 63 (est.) Reviews found online – 56 Direzza DZ102: 60% × 62.5 (est.) + 40% × 55.9 = 60
No road tests of treadwear for Direzza DZ102. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).
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Handling (owners)
No comparison61Why this score
Source Sport AS Direzza DZ102 Reviews found online – 61
Scores at a glance
| Category | Cooper Sport AS | Dunlop Direzza DZ102 |
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| Relative Score | – | 64 |
| Dry | – | 65 |
| Wet | – | 67 |
| Comfort | – | 62 |
| Treadwear | – | 60 |
| Handling (owners) | – | 61 |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
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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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Headline score
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Sport AS
64
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Direzza DZ102
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
Pros, cons & observations
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
Tire A Sport AS
Pros
- Outstanding reduction in road noise
- Excellent grip in dry conditions
- Reliable traction in wet weather
Tire B Direzza DZ102
Pros
- Excellent price-to-performance ratio
- Strong dry pavement grip and cornering stability
- Surprisingly high levels of ride comfort for a performance tire
Cons
- Rapid or inconsistent tread wear
- Inconsistent wet weather performance and hydroplaning resistance
- Increased road noise as the tire ages
Specs side by side
| Attribute | A · Cooper Sport AS | B · Dunlop Direzza DZ102 |
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| Category | All Season High Performance tires | Summer |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
Which one should you actually buy?
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Cooper Sport AS
64
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Dunlop Direzza DZ102
Only Dunlop Direzza DZ102 has enough test and review data for a Relative Score, so there is no head-to-head winner yet.
Tire A · Cooper Sport AS
Tire B · Dunlop Direzza DZ102
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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