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Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun review

Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun offers safe and predictable handling, but simply have less grip than the best and is quite thirsty, too

Falken didn’t take part in our last 225/45 R17 test back in 2021, but the Ecorun is a tyre we have experience of in other sizes. Now seven years old and, as a result, overdue for replacement, it was impressive in aquaplaning, finishing third in the curved test and fourth in the straight. It was also commendably refined, almost matching the best in terms of measured cabin noise and backing that up with decent bump suppression on the road route. 

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However, in wet braking and cornering it was near the foot of the table. So it was no surprise that it was well off the pace on the soaked handling circuit, finishing last, more than a second adrift of the seventh-placed rival. It simply felt like it had less grip than its rivals, although in its defence, its lack of bite came with a safe, predictable, understeer-led handling balance. Less wet grip often comes with low rolling resistance, yet the Ecorun was a thirsty seventh out of eight, more than 12 per cent worse than the leading Pirelli. 

It was off the pace in dry braking too, finishing eighth and last, taking a full two metres longer to stop than the best. On the dry circuit it managed sixth, but it didn’t as feel sharp or composed as the best, and squealed at the limit. Plenty of room for improvement, then.

Blackcircles.com says…

“Reviews mention that the tyres perform well in all conditions, and highlight low driving noise.”

Results

Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun  
Overall97.80% 
Price£98.65 
Wet braking93.00%7th
Wet handling96.20%8th
Wet cornering98.5%=6th
Curved aquaplaning92.70%3rd
Straight aquaplaning97.30%=4th
Dry braking94.30%8th
Dry handling98.50%=6th
Cabin noise95.40%=3rd
Rolling resistance87.20%7th

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Kim has worked for Auto Express for more than three decades and all but a year of that time in the Products section. His current role as products editor involves managing the section’s content and team of testers plus doing some of the tests himself. 

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