Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 14 + 1 road tests and 2,521 + 187 owner reviews. How we score
Ventus Prime 4 is ahead, 75–57
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Tests 77 · 14 tests Owners 71 · 2,521 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 21 in 2022 Auto Bild Summer Tyre Test (dry handling)
“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 72 · 1 test Owners 50 · 187 reviews
Best test result: #4 of 11 in 2022 Tire Rack Extreme Performance Track Tyre Test (dry handling)
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecsta V730 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 12 / 1 tests | 83 | 72 |
| Reviews found online | 73 | 76 |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 82.7 + 40% × 73 = 79
Ecsta V730: 60% × 71.6 + 40% × 76.3 = 73
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecsta V730 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 13 / – tests | 79 | ≈ 44 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 75 | 21 |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 78.6 + 40% × 74.5 = 77
Ecsta V730: 60% × 43.8 (est.) + 40% × 21.4 = 35
No road tests of wet for Ecsta V730. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecsta V730 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) | – | ≈ 59 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | – | 35 |
Ecsta V730: 60% × 59.3 (est.) + 40% × 35.1 = 50
No road tests of snow for Ecsta V730. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecsta V730 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 70 | ≈ 64 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 67 | 45 |
Ventus Prime 4: 40% × 70.3 + 60% × 67.4 = 69
Ecsta V730: 40% × 64 (est.) + 60% × 45.3 = 53
No road tests of comfort for Ecsta V730. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecsta V730 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 8 / – tests | 58 | ≈ 66 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | ≈ 66 (est.) | 61 |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 57.6 + 40% × 66.4 (est.) = 61
Ecsta V730: 60% × 66.4 (est.) + 40% × 61.1 = 64
No owner ratings of noise for Ventus Prime 4. The owner half is the owners’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.
No road tests of noise for Ecsta V730. The test half is the tested tires’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecsta V730 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 6 / – tests | 79 | ≈ 62 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 67 | 55 |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 78.5 + 40% × 66.9 = 74
Ecsta V730: 60% × 62.2 (est.) + 40% × 54.6 = 59
No road tests of treadwear for Ecsta V730. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecsta V730 |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 72 | 69 |
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecsta V730 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 9 / – tests | 84 | – |
| Category | Hankook Ventus Prime 4 | Kumho Ecsta V730 |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 75 | 57 |
| Dry | 79 | 73 |
| Wet | 77 | 35 |
| Snow | – | 50 |
| Comfort | 69 | 53 |
| Noise | 61 | 64 |
| Treadwear | 74 | 59 |
| Handling (owners) | 72 | 69 |
| Efficiency | 84 | – |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
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.
Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
Ventus Prime 4
Ecsta V730
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
Per discipline: the average % of the best tire over every test both tires were in, and how many of those tests each one won. “Different tests” rows compare results from separate tests.
| Discipline | Category | Ventus Prime 4 | Ecsta V730 | Δ | Head-to-head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Handling | Dry | 99% #6/20 · 2024 AutoBild Summer Tyre Test | 99% #4/11 · 2022 Tire Rack Extreme Performance Track Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Also published by the testers (not in the score) | |||||
| Overall Ranking | Overall | #11/16 2026 ADAC Summer Tyre Test | #4/11 2022 Tire Rack Extreme Performance Track Tyre Test | – | 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?”
“Hankook Ventus Prime 4 vs Kumho Ecsta HS52? Hey there! Went to this reddit after reading a lot of reviews on the website, a bit of a newbie in general. I have read about many models and settled on 2 possible ones due to pricing and availability in my country (not looking for any other options). In my price range and requirements I've settled on Ventus Prime 4 initially (50% cheaper than Primacy that my car came stock with), but have also seen some good stuff said about HS52. I was quite settled on the first one since it scored very well in 2022 Autobild review, but now that 2024 came out a lot of numbers are completely different (predicted tread life alone took a huge dive) and Hankook is now 4 positions lower than Kumho. To add to this, Hankook was only 10% more expensive thank Kumho in my country, but now there was a price drop and and now there is 20% price difference, so set of Kumhos comes out noticeable cheaper. Spec wise they seems very similar with some trade-offs in different departments. I'm not really looking to save as much money as possible, but with latest reviews I'm not sure if there is any improvement worth paying for. Any thoughts? Thanks. Read more”
“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”
Based on 41 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Hankook Ventus Prime 4 | B · Kumho Ecsta V730 |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | — | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 66 | 6 |
| Rim diameters | 15″ – 20″ | 15″ – 19″ |
| Tread depth | — | 8.5/32″ |
| UTQG | 200 - 420 A A | 200 A A |
| Sidewall | — | Blackwall |
| Max pressure | — | 51 psi |
| Sizes in common | 3 | 3 |
Hankook Ventus Prime 4
Kumho Ecsta V730
Winner: Hankook Ventus Prime 4 — better wet, comfort and treadwear. Pick the Kumho Ecsta V730 if noise matters most to you.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 scores 77 vs 35 on wet.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 scores 69 vs 53 on comfort.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 scores 74 vs 59 on treadwear.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 scores 79 vs 73 on dry.
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Hankook Ventus Prime 4, 77 vs 35 on our wet score.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4, 79 vs 73 on our dry score.
Kumho Ecsta V730, 64 vs 61 on our noise score.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4, 69 vs 53 on our comfort score.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4, 74 vs 59 on our treadwear score.
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
