ZT7

<p>Poor tyres for my van . Terrible wet grip and aqa planed so bad . Wore down quickly too. Glad to be rid of them but they were cheap but worser than Chinese rivals I have had on other vehicles Would definitely to buy again</p>

Got these for the front of my lowered classic VW beetle 1973acpehrson strut suspension.
Was sceptical at first as never had Avon.
However I happened to take a roundabout way too fast in the wet, very heavy rain as well, the grip of these tyres when pushed was fantastic. The back end which has Dunlop went out sideways but the front responded to each turn of the steering wheel to compensate and did not slide in doing so stopping the skid. They saved my life. Also in the dry I have noticed on the rare occasions. That corners can be taken 5 mph faster than with other brands.

We fit these to a small fleet of 3 vans covering around 30k miles a year. They are an excellent economy tyre, and seem to last fairly well at the hands of delivery drivers who could usually care less about the wear and tear on the vehicles.
I take one of these vans home, and commute 90 miles a day on them. They are impressively quiet for a budget tyre, very comfortable on the road thanks to the squidgy sidewalls. There are a couple of sharp slip roads I have to take on my drive, and I have taken them at normal motorway speeds (70mph) and they hold impressively well in the dry and damp... In the wet however I've noticed they aquaplane very easily, and don't give much confidence on fast, sharp bends.
Steering is kind of vague feeling, the soft sidewalls make them a little rolly poly, and they don't offer much feedback. It's a little hard to tell what the tyre is doing, and how it's holding the road, but the grip is confidence inspiring, and maintain their characteristics right down to the wear bands.
For a normal, daily driver tyre they are fantastic. Affordable, surprisingly grippy, comfortable and quiet and above average wear compared to other brands.
I wouldn't go for a spirited drive around twisty back lanes on them, but for a commuter / normal driving around town tyre, they tick all the boxes. We've been through a few sets on our fleet now, and can't see myself choosing anything else.

Overall I've been happy with these tyres. They've sat quite happily on a little Peugeot 108. I've bought 3 pairs rotating the rears to the front when fronts are worn - ~30k miles a set.
Handling, noise, wet, dry all have been totally fine, even under spirited driving. I've had little hairline cracks appear in the sidewall with 2mm remaining, but forgiveable as the this pair is 3 years old.
Considering these are often 1/2 the cost of Pirelli / Continental but are actually safe to drive unlike the Nakiomo Ditchfinders and other Chinese tat, I think they are a good value proposition.
Would I put these on a Civic Type R to do a lap on the Nuremberg ring, obviously not. But worth a consideration if you want a mid tier option for a std passenger car.

Two tyres at 3 years old and use, with 23,000 miles, 4 mm of tread, they had cracks close-ish to the wheel bead on the inside of the wheel so not generally seen but deep enough for MoT failure. Very disappointing. I bought these as Avon used to be a British company and used to make good tyres (at reasonable prices) sadly no longer British nor good tyres in this experience. Another problem is another two of the same tyre were fitted two years later (just over a year, 10k-miles, ago) to make a set of four so crawling under the car with a torch may soon be required to check those. I will report on that set with another review after three years of their life, or at end of their life.