good dry handling, good wet handling, and long tread life do not go together....


Then, again, try to be less relative. What is "good treadwear"? The number on the side of the tire is arbitrary, so that does you no good. How about in terms of mileage? Also, how do you drive, and what's your alignment? As that will also go into it. When you say "good performance" do you want something that's going to get you that next tenth off your 60' time or on a track, or are you just wanting something that's better than the crappy all seasons you're replacing?

Here's my rundown of what you listed earlier:

1) Hankook: still new, not horrible, nothing special
2) Nitto: worst tire ever. It's an all season compound with an aggressive tread pattern. They also have the saftey record of Firestone. I personally had 2 of these things blow sidewalls off for no apparent reason
3) Kumho 712s, these come in 2 compounds, differentiated by the V or Z speed ratings. I had the V's, the less sticky compound, and lets just say, i hope the Z's were a lot sticker, because the V's sucked in my opinion. Especially in wet, where my Azenis, a tire with a bad reputation for poor wet weather performance, were MUCH more confidence inspiring.

4) The Yoko ES100. This is the best performance tire you listed. They have a relatively small tread width for given section width, but still seem to handle quite well. Most people I know who've tried these were faily happy with them.

Beyond that....

Azenis, if you're willing to replace tires every 15,000 miles to get better performance, these are for you. There's nothing that touches these in the dry.

Kumho MX, if anything is going to touch the Azenis, it's these, and they are also as a nice price level, along with the Azenis.

S-03 and KDW2, great tire, but a bit expensive, comparable to the KDW2. Very good all around, but probably not the best at anything, again, like the KDW2

Kumho 711, a BASIC high performance tire. These might be what youre looking for if you want 30,000 miles out of set of tires, and don't need that last tenth of a second. I run these as my daily driver tires, and have even autocrossed on them a few times. Better than the V rated 712s IMO, and they work well for MY PURPOSES. That said, I only get ~8,000 miles out of a set of rears, because I've autocrossed them ~50 runs, and have -2 degrees of camber with toe in on the back of the MR2.

There's a decent rundown at what you should be looking at, and my best objective opinions about each of the tires.