Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 (K127) review
Relative score 60% tests + 40% owners
Better than 31% of the summer tires we score.
Owners 47 · 4 reviews analysed Road tests 71 · 2 tests
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Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 (K127) has a Relative Score of 58 out of 100 among summer tires. In 5 road tests with an overall ranking it finished first 0 times and in the top three 2 times. Testers rate it best for wet (77) and weakest for efficiency (58). 4 owner reviews rate it 47 out of 100.
Two scoring systems, side by side
Owner scores come from reviews found online; road-test scores come from instrumented tests. Where they disagree, it is usually a discipline owners rarely push to the limit.
How scores work
- Relative score
- 0–100. Blends road tests (60%) and owner reviews (40%) category by category, the same way on every TireWheelGuide page. With only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from it, so the score stays closer to average. It needs at least one road test or five owner reviews.
- Road tests
- 0–100 per score, from published tests, newer tests counting more. Each result is compared with every other tire in the same test, so a win against a strong field counts for more. The average tested tire gets 70, the best 100; with only one or two tests a tire stays nearer 70. The discipline rows show % of the best tire in that test.
- Owner reviews
- 0–100 from the owner reviews we found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates and scaled like the road tests: the average tested tire gets 70. With only a few reviews a tire stays near the average.
By owner reviews
47/100From 4 owner reviews analysed, scaled like the road tests: the average tested tire gets 70.
By road tests
71/100Scaled across every tested tire: the average gets 70, the best 100.
5 published test appearances (2 in the score)
Placement within each field. Open a test for the discipline-by-discipline result.
2023 ACE/ARBÖ/GTÜ 2023 Summer Tire Test R18 · 245/45R18
7th of 10
| Discipline | Placement | Field position |
|---|---|---|
| Wet Braking | 1st of 10 | |
| Wet Handling | 6th of 10 | |
| Dry Braking | 4th of 10 | |
| Dry Handling | 7th of 10 | |
| Exterior Noise | 3rd of 10 | |
| Rolling Resistance | 5th of 10 | |
| Straight Aquaplaning | 7th of 10 | |
| Curved Aquaplaning | 10th of 10 | |
| Dry Handling (tester's mark) | 2nd of 10 | |
| Wet Handling (tester's mark) | 4th of 10 | |
| Wet | 8th of 10 | |
| Dry | 5th of 10 |
Source: ACE/ARBÖ/GTÜ 2023
2023 UTAC Summer Tire Test R17 · 225/45R17
2nd of 11
Only the final ranking was published for this test, not the results per discipline.
Source: UTAC
2022 AUTO Straßenverkehr Summer Tire Test R19 · 245/45R19
3rd of 10
| Discipline | Placement | Field position |
|---|---|---|
| Wet Braking | 1st of 10 | |
| Wet Handling | 4th of 10 | |
| Dry Braking | 2nd of 10 | |
| Dry Handling | 10th of 10 | |
| Exterior Noise | 8th of 10 | |
| Rolling Resistance | 7th of 10 | |
| Straight Aquaplaning | 9th of 10 | |
| Curved Aquaplaning | 8th of 10 | |
| Dry Handling (tester's mark) | 7th of 10 | |
| Comfort (tester's mark) | 5th of 10 | |
| Wet Handling (tester's mark) | 1st of 10 | |
| Wet Lateral Stability | 3rd of 10 | |
| Steering Response | 9th of 10 | |
| Safety | 1st of 10 |
Source: AUTO Straßenverkehr
2020 TCS Summer Tire Test R18 · 225/40R18
14th of 15
Only the final ranking was published for this test, not the results per discipline.
Source: TCS
2019 Auto Motor und Sport UHP Summer Tire Test R20 · 245/30R20
4th of 8
Only the final ranking was published for this test, not the results per discipline.
Source: Auto Motor und Sport
Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 (K127) specs & sizes
Prices vary by size, so each one links out separately.
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Tread depth | 8.3/32″ |
| UTQG | 260 A A |
| Sidewall | Blackwall |
| Max pressure | 50 psi |
| EU label: wet grip | A in 79% of sizes |
| EU label: energy | C in 65% of sizes |
| EU label: external noise | 67–75 dB |
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