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 + 0 road tests and 2,532 + 8 owner reviews. How we score
Primacy HP Zero Pressure leads, 80–76 Narrow edge
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Tests 77 · 14 tests Owners 71 · 2,532 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 84 · 8 reviews
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Primacy HP Zero Pressure |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 12 / – tests | 83 | ≈ 75 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 73 | 84 |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 82.7 + 40% × 73.1 = 79
Primacy HP Zero Pressure: 60% × 74.5 (est.) + 40% × 83.9 = 78
No road tests of dry for Primacy HP Zero Pressure. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Primacy HP Zero Pressure |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 13 / – tests | 79 | ≈ 78 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 75 | 84 |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 78.6 + 40% × 74.5 = 77
Primacy HP Zero Pressure: 60% × 78.2 (est.) + 40% × 84.3 = 81
No road tests of wet for Primacy HP Zero Pressure. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Primacy HP Zero Pressure |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 70 | ≈ 72 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 67 | 84 |
Ventus Prime 4: 40% × 70.3 + 60% × 67.2 = 68
Primacy HP Zero Pressure: 40% × 71.7 (est.) + 60% × 83.8 = 79
No road tests of comfort for Primacy HP Zero Pressure. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Primacy HP Zero Pressure |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 8 / – tests | 58 | – |
| Reviews found online | ≈ 66 (est.) | – |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 57.6 + 40% × 66.3 (est.) = 61
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.
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Primacy HP Zero Pressure |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 6 / – tests | 79 | ≈ 73 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 67 | 85 |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 78.5 + 40% × 66.9 = 74
Primacy HP Zero Pressure: 60% × 73 (est.) + 40% × 84.8 = 78
No road tests of treadwear for Primacy HP Zero Pressure. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Primacy HP Zero Pressure |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 72 | 84 |
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Primacy HP Zero Pressure |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 9 / – tests | 84 | – |
| Category | Hankook Ventus Prime 4 | Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 76 | 80 |
| Dry | 79 | 78 |
| Wet | 77 | 81 |
| Comfort | 68 | 79 |
| Noise | 61 | – |
| Treadwear | 74 | 78 |
| Handling (owners) | 72 | 84 |
| 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
Primacy HP Zero Pressure
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.
“Are there any Hankook Ventus Prime 4 longevity reviews (perhaps personal experience?) The only info I was able to find is Autobild 2022 and 2024, and ADAC 2024 reviews. In the first one they expect 39k km, in the second 26k and in ADAC - 50k. I'm not sure what to believe. I'm a fairly moderate user and will be replacing stock Primacy 3s which lasted around 45k km. I would like to have something that will last around 4-5 years, which at my current usage would be around 30-35k km. If they consistently fall short of it I would probably pay a premium for a more expensive brand, but reviews give very different figures. If ADAC figures is to be trusted I would surely get them, because I would probably replace the car before I have to put on new tires. But 26k km in the latest Autobild review falls short of my expectations a bit. Are those figures typically less than real life due to more extensive testing and usage? I'm driving a compact SUV with 50/50 city highway driving and no sporty aspirations, very default usage scenario. I could pay more and get goodyear efficientgrip performance 2, but at their longevity they will probably need to be replaced out of age before I wear them down realistically, so that's why I was initially settling in more midrange priced Hankook offering. Would love any help, and appreciate the help I received in my previous post! Read more”
“Aim for rainy condition. Best are 1.Bridgestone Turanza 005 2.Hankook ventus prime 4.”
“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?”
Based on 41 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Hankook Ventus Prime 4 | B · Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | Summer |
| Vehicle type | — | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 66 | — |
| Rim diameters | 15″ – 20″ | — |
| UTQG | 200 - 420 A A | — |
Hankook Ventus Prime 4
Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure
Narrow edge: Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure — better handling, comfort and wet. Where the Hankook Ventus Prime 4 is ahead, it is by less than 3 points. Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 8 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure scores 84 vs 72 on handling.
Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure scores 79 vs 68 on comfort.
Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure scores 81 vs 77 on wet.
Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure scores 78 vs 74 on treadwear.
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Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure, 81 vs 77 on our wet score.
Neither, by our numbers: 79 vs 78 on the dry score, within 3 points.
Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure, 79 vs 68 on our comfort score.
Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure, 78 vs 74 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
