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Hankook Kinergy GT vs Kumho Solus KL21 — 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 + 14 owner reviews. How we score
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Tests – · none yet Owners 47 · 14 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 comparison53Why this score
Source Kinergy GT Solus KL21 Professional tests (TWG score) – ≈ 58 (est.) Reviews found online – 45 Solus KL21: 60% × 58.2 (est.) + 40% × 44.5 = 53
No road tests of dry for Solus KL21. 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 comparison57Why this score
Source Kinergy GT Solus KL21 Professional tests (TWG score) – ≈ 60 (est.) Reviews found online – 52 Solus KL21: 60% × 60.2 (est.) + 40% × 51.6 = 57
No road tests of wet for Solus KL21. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
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Snow
No comparison52Why this score
Source Kinergy GT Solus KL21 Professional tests (TWG score) – ≈ 59 (est.) Reviews found online – 41 Solus KL21: 60% × 59.4 (est.) + 40% × 40.5 = 52
No road tests of snow for Solus KL21. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.37).
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Comfort
No comparison52Why this score
Source Kinergy GT Solus KL21 Professional tests (TWG score) – ≈ 65 (est.) Reviews found online – 44 Solus KL21: 40% × 64.5 (est.) + 60% × 43.8 = 52
No road tests of comfort for Solus KL21. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
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Treadwear
No comparison56Why this score
Source Kinergy GT Solus KL21 Professional tests (TWG score) – ≈ 60 (est.) Reviews found online – 50 Solus KL21: 60% × 60.4 (est.) + 40% × 49.8 = 56
No road tests of treadwear for Solus KL21. 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 comparison44Why this score
Source Kinergy GT Solus KL21 Reviews found online – 44
Scores at a glance
| Category | Hankook Kinergy GT | Kumho Solus KL21 |
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| Relative Score | – | 54 |
| Dry | – | 53 |
| Wet | – | 57 |
| Snow | – | 52 |
| Comfort | – | 52 |
| Treadwear | – | 56 |
| Handling (owners) | – | 44 |
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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Kinergy GT
54
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Solus KL21
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 Kinergy GT
Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.
Tire B Solus KL21
Pros
- Impressive treadwear and longevity reported by many users, with several achieving over 30,000 to 40,000 miles
- Good ride comfort and low road noise under normal driving conditions
- Affordable replacement pricing compared to premium tier brands
Cons
- Extremely poor grip and significantly increased braking distances on fresh or compact snow and ice
- Isolated reports of extreme premature wear or complete tread failure under 20,000 miles
- Structural deformation issues reported by at least one user
Specs side by side
| Attribute | A · Hankook Kinergy GT | B · Kumho Solus KL21 |
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| Category | Grand Touring All-Season | All Season |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 6 | 5 |
| Rim diameters | 17″ – 18″ | 17″ – 20″ |
| Sizes in common | 1 | 1 |
Which one should you actually buy?
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Hankook Kinergy GT
54
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Kumho Solus KL21
Only Kumho Solus KL21 has enough test and review data for a Relative Score, so there is no head-to-head winner yet.
Tire A · Hankook Kinergy GT
Tire B · Kumho Solus KL21
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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