Relative Score (0–100): 60% professional tests, 40% owner reviews.
Ventus Prime 4 is ahead, 76–64
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Tests 77 · 13 tests Owners 74 · 2,495 reviews
Best test result: #4 of 55 in 2024 Summer Tyre Market Overview (overall ranking)
“Simbolul cu mașina și fulgerul de pe Hankook Ventus Prime 4 arată că anvelopa e compatibilă și cu mașini electrice (EV), nu că e destinată exclusiv lor. Poate fi folosită fără probleme și pe mașini cu motor termic.”
Tests – · none yet Owners 62 · 9,870 reviews
Best test result: #9 of 18 in 2022 ADAC 16" SUV Summer Tyre Test (overall ranking)
“ES31s are fine, they're your usual budget tyre. Certainly not meant for any spirited driving or for sport type cars. I've had them before on the front my my Yaris and they were acceptable, got maybe 40,000km out of them.”
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecowing ES31 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | 83 | – |
| Reviews found online | 76 | 63 |
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecowing ES31 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | 80 | – |
| Reviews found online | 76 | 64 |
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecowing ES31 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | 70 | – |
| Reviews found online | 71 | 65 |
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecowing ES31 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | 61 | – |
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecowing ES31 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | 76 | – |
| Reviews found online | 69 | 62 |
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecowing ES31 |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 74 | 59 |
| Category | Hankook Ventus Prime 4 | Kumho Ecowing ES31 |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 76 | 64 |
| Dry | 80 | 65 |
| Wet | 78 | 65 |
| Comfort | 70 | 67 |
| Noise | 63 | – |
| Treadwear | 73 | 63 |
| Handling | 74 | 59 |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
Wet grip and treadwear start at “Important” — the two things buyers rank highest. Move the sliders and the scores update instantly.
Neither tire has a score here yet, so this weight changes nothing.
Ventus Prime 4
Ecowing ES31
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
Each result is shown as % of the best tire in that test. “Same test” rows are the strictest comparison: both tires were measured side by side.
| Discipline | Category | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecowing ES31 | Δ | Both? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Ranking | Overall | 25% #4/55 · 2024 Summer Tyre Market Overview | 11% #9/18 · 2022 ADAC 16" SUV Summer Tyre Test | +13.9 | Different tests |
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score
Community opinion on the Hankook Ventus Prime 4 is largely positive, with drivers viewing it as a comfortable, quiet, and capable touring tire. Users frequently praise its strong dry and wet performance alongside its compelling price-to-performance ratio compared to premium alternatives like Michelin. Some uncertainties exist regarding long-term tread wear and slight fuel economy impacts, but owners generally report satisfactory everyday reliability.
“Found a cut on one of my tires, is it 100% cooked? Three month old Hankook Ventus Prime 4 and I found a cut/split. It’s holding air fine but it is cooked?”
“Top top top guma, stavio prosle godine kad sam kupio auto, odmah na Kupres isao, snijega i leda bilo dosta, ali izdale me nisu Imam i ljetne hankook ventus prime 4 isto odlicna guma”
“Aim for rainy condition. Best are 1.Bridgestone Turanza 005 2.Hankook ventus prime 4.”
Based on 41 community posts
The Kumho Ecowing ES31 is generally viewed as an affordable, budget-friendly mid-range summer tire that offers good durability and dry grip, making it popular among commuters and rideshare drivers. However, opinions are mixed regarding its wet weather performance, with some users reporting poor wet grip while others find it acceptable for cautious, everyday driving.
“Kumho ecowing es31 é o melhor custo benefício, tem classificação B de consumo e C de aderência, eu já tive pneu da Kumho e gostei da aderência e é um pneu macio pra conforto. Continental Power Contact 2 tbm é uma boa opção. Eu não recomendo xbri, farroad, ling long, speedmax, pois tem durabilidade baixa.”
“Tengo las kumho ecowing es31 y ninguna queja, siempre respondieron bien aunque la verdad manejo como un abuelo, solo una vez frene fuerte en la panamericana y nunca bloquearon, las volveria a poner en otro auto.”
“The EU label is all over the place. But none have A-A-A as far as I can tell. Did not score good in wet in the test on the site. Wear rate on a Mazda 2 should be decent with almost anything. Why not look at all seasons? Sava All weather and Kumho Solus are closest to the ES31 in price.”
Based on 12 community posts
| Attribute | A · Hankook Ventus Prime 4 | B · Kumho Ecowing ES31 |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | — | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 66 | 39 |
| Rim diameters | 15″ – 20″ | 13″ – 18″ |
Hankook Ventus Prime 4
Kumho Ecowing ES31
Winner: Hankook Ventus Prime 4 — better dry, handling and wet. It leads or ties in every category we score.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 scores 80 vs 65 on dry.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 scores 74 vs 59 on handling.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 scores 78 vs 65 on wet.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 scores 73 vs 63 on treadwear.
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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.
Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score.
