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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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Dunlop Direzza DZ102 vs Cooper Sport AS — 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 22 + 1 owner reviews. How we score

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Cooper Sport AS
Tire BCooper

Sport AS

All Season High Performance tires

Tests – · none yet Owners – · 1 review (needs 5)

Category by category

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

  1. 65

    Dry

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    Why this score
    SourceDirezza DZ102Sport AS
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 66 (est.)–
    Reviews found online64–

    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).

  2. 67

    Wet

    No comparison
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    Why this score
    SourceDirezza DZ102Sport AS
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 68 (est.)–
    Reviews found online66–

    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).

  3. 62

    Comfort

    No comparison
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    Why this score
    SourceDirezza DZ102Sport AS
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 67 (est.)–
    Reviews found online58–

    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.

  4. 60

    Treadwear

    No comparison
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    Why this score
    SourceDirezza DZ102Sport AS
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 63 (est.)–
    Reviews found online56–

    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).

  5. 61

    Handling (owners)

    No comparison
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    Why this score
    SourceDirezza DZ102Sport AS
    Reviews found online61–
Scores at a glance
CategoryDunlop Direzza DZ102Cooper Sport AS
Relative Score 64 –
Dry 65 –
Wet 67 –
Comfort 62 –
Treadwear 60 –
Handling (owners) 61 –

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Direzza DZ102

Sport AS

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 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
All owner themes in the Direzza DZ102 review

Tire B Sport AS

Pros

  • Outstanding reduction in road noise
  • Excellent grip in dry conditions
  • Reliable traction in wet weather
All owner themes in the Sport AS review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Dunlop Direzza DZ102 B · Cooper Sport AS
CategorySummerAll Season High Performance tires
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover

Which one should you actually buy?

Dunlop Direzza DZ102

Cooper Sport AS

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 · Dunlop Direzza DZ102
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Tire B · Cooper Sport AS
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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