Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 13 + 0 road tests and 2,504 + 7 owner reviews. How we score
Too close to call: Ventus Prime 4 77, Energy X2+ 76.
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Tests 78 · 13 tests Owners 71 · 2,504 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 – · none yet Owners 79 · 7 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Energy X2+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 11 / – tests | 84 | ≈ 72 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 73 | 79 |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 84.2 + 40% × 73.4 = 80
Energy X2+: 60% × 72.5 (est.) + 40% × 78.5 = 75
No road tests of dry for Energy X2+. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Energy X2+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 12 / – tests | 81 | ≈ 77 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 75 | 81 |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 80.5 + 40% × 74.6 = 78
Energy X2+: 60% × 76.6 (est.) + 40% × 81.4 = 79
No road tests of wet for Energy X2+. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Energy X2+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 70 | ≈ 70 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 68 | 76 |
Ventus Prime 4: 40% × 70.3 + 60% × 67.8 = 69
Energy X2+: 40% × 70.5 (est.) + 60% × 76.3 = 74
No road tests of comfort for Energy X2+. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Energy X2+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 8 / – tests | 58 | – |
| Reviews found online | ≈ 67 (est.) | – |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 57.6 + 40% × 66.6 (est.) = 61
No owner ratings of noise for Ventus Prime 4. The owner half is the owners’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Energy X2+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 5 / – tests | 78 | ≈ 70 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 67 | 76 |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 78.2 + 40% × 66.7 = 74
Energy X2+: 60% × 69.6 (est.) + 40% × 76 = 72
No road tests of treadwear for Energy X2+. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.35).
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Energy X2+ |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 72 | 80 |
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Energy X2+ |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 8 / – tests | 83 | – |
| Category | Hankook Ventus Prime 4 | Michelin Energy X2+ |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 77 | 76 |
| Dry | 80 | 75 |
| Wet | 78 | 79 |
| Comfort | 69 | 74 |
| Noise | 61 | – |
| Treadwear | 74 | 72 |
| Handling (owners) | 72 | 80 |
| Efficiency | 83 | – |
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
Energy X2+
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
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, covered less than 600miles. Found a small cut on the front right one. It is holding air fine. I will go to a tire shop to get checked asap, but chances that it’s ok? And what could have caused it? Hitting a curb? Thank you in advance!”
“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.”
“MOT coming up on the 29th and the rear tyres won't make it. Front tyres have a bit of wear left but I'm wondering if I should do all four now or the rears now and then the fronts sometime in about 6 months or so. Better deals on 4 tyres though ... but then I'd be throwing away 2 decent tyres with some use still in them so ... Also, looking on KiwkFit... any reason why I wouldn't go for the Ventus Prime 4s over the Michelins?”
Based on 41 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Hankook Ventus Prime 4 | B · Michelin Energy X2+ |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | — | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 66 | — |
| Rim diameters | 15″ – 20″ | — |
Hankook Ventus Prime 4
Michelin Energy X2+
Too close to call: Hankook Ventus Prime 4 and Michelin Energy X2+ are within 2 points overall. Hankook Ventus Prime 4 is stronger on dry. Michelin Energy X2+ is stronger on handling and comfort. Michelin Energy X2+ rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 7 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Michelin Energy X2+ scores 80 vs 72 on handling.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 scores 80 vs 75 on dry.
Michelin Energy X2+ scores 74 vs 69 on comfort.
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Neither, by our numbers: 78 vs 79 on the wet score, within 3 points.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4, 80 vs 75 on our dry score.
Michelin Energy X2+, 74 vs 69 on our comfort score.
Neither, by our numbers: 74 vs 72 on the treadwear score, within 3 points.
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
