Hankook Kinergy GT vs Kumho Crugen HP71 — Compared

“I need a new tire, right? 215/55R18 Kumho Crugen HP71 tire showing cords on the outer sidewall. I need a new tire, right? Edit: I’m thinking about replacing just this one tire, 2023 CX-30 AWD. Tires were new Oct 2025 and have 7mm tread depth left. According to the spec sheet, this new tire would have 7.9mm of depth. Can I get away with one tire? Edit 2: Existing vs new tires would have ~1mm of difference in tread depth Read more”

“Kumho Crugen HP71 vs HP71 EV? Ended up with a screw in the shoulder of my rear driver side tire, leaking around 1PSI per hour, most likely not in a repairable spot. My current tires are about a year old, have around 13k miles on them, and tread wear on them is between 7/32 and 8/32. Purchased a used (no plugs or patched/never repaired) tire with 8/32 tread remaining thinking it would be a direct swap but once it got here I realized that the original tires are Kumho Crugen HP71 EV tires as opposed to this one being a Kumho Crugen HP71 (both 235/55/r19/101H). The car is an AWD Kia EV 6, so separate motors for front axel and rear axel but more simple setup than a fancy ICE AWD. At the rate of wear on these I probably have around 1.5-2 years (~20k miles) remaining on the original three tires before they will need to be replaced anyways. Is the difference between the regular HP71 and HP71 EV so different that I can't use this tire for a year? I believe the EV version has some foam in it to reduce noise, and supposedly it has 24% lower rolling resistance but it seems like that marketing is based on a generic tire and not necessarily the non-EV HP71 tire. Thanks!”

“Tire Recommendations Got this car recently as CPO with Kumho Crugen HP71 (non EV) tires, don’t like them much although I’m getting 5.12 mi/kWh used primarily for commute about 42 miles round trip in heavy traffic. But the problem for me is the noise I drive over 8 miles in a bridge and I feel like I know every bridge joint along with the loud hum on the coarse sections enough to disturb my audiobooks. Not doing Primacy, as many of you say they don’t last, and my current Kumho seem to be going similar to OE. Mixed reviews on the Hankook iON evo. Some say great tread life, some say it wears fast. Sounds quiet but stiff ride comes up a lot. Anyone run these on an Ioniq 5 or similar RWD EV? Also looking at Defender 2, Turanza EverDrive, Scorpion AS4, TrueContact Tour 54. Real experience with any of these on an EV, RWD especially. Open to anything else too. Thanks”