Which Tyre?

[BIG DUNC]

I am about to buy a pair of rear tyres. The size is 225/35 - 17.

There is not much choice in that size, and black circles, my preffered supplier, lists only four:

Yokohama S drive
Falken FK452
Hankook V12 EVO
Yokohama A520

My big priority if best grip. I am not too concerened about how long it lasts, or how much it costs.
The car is a Smart forfour Brabus, so quite light.
Which of the above will give best grip?

Edited by BIG DUNC on Monday 28th November 13:11

[MGSteve]

I have Falken 452's on the ZT260 at the moment, purchased after reading lots of glowing reports about them online. I find grip in the dry and wet is poor compared to the Avon ZZ3's I had previously.
I'm so unimpressed with them that I wont be refitting them in the spring when the winter wheels & tyres come off, despite having a good 15-20K miles worth of life left in them.

Unfortunately I don't have any experience of the others on your list though, so don't know how they compare the 452's.

[snowmuncher]

I've just been driving round on some Hankook V12 EVO

They were mediocre basically.
Seem geared more for longer life than lots of grip.

[S7Paul]

I've previously used these websites to help me decide which tyres to buy:-

http://www.tyretest.com/

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/