185/65 R14 Tires
The following tires have been reviewed in 185/65 R14.
| Tire Reviewed | Dry Grip | Wet Grip | Feedback | Handling | Wear | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Meiler AS1 KM (2) | 100% | 90% | 95% | 90% | 95% | 95% |
| Dunlop SP Sport 560 (5) | 94% | 85% | 92% | 90% | 96% | 96% |
| Dunlop Winter Response 2 (10) | 86% | 90% | 92% | 82% | 87% | 93% |
| Nokian Hakkapeliitta R2 (4) | 83% | 95% | 77% | 55% | 100% | 100% |
| Nokian iLine (16) | 94% | 90% | 86% | 77% | 86% | 94% |
| Fulda Kristall Montero 3 (29) | 86% | 88% | 84% | 81% | 89% | 89% |
| Dunlop SP Winter Sport M3 (12) | 84% | 91% | 86% | 85% | 88% | 83% |
| Falken Sincera SN832 Ecorun (49) | 89% | 90% | 84% | 87% | 83% | 84% |
| Goodyear UltraGrip 8 (58) | 88% | 92% | 86% | 82% | 86% | 87% |
| Firestone Firehawk 900 (5) | 78% | 80% | 85% | 85% | 88% | 90% |
| Neuton NT3000 (4) | 98% | 75% | 88% | 88% | 83% | 78% |
| GT Radial FE1 City (4) | 95% | 85% | 83% | 75% | 93% | 90% |
| Vredestein Sportrac 5 (98) | 88% | 85% | 84% | 83% | 86% | 84% |
| Vredestein Snowtrac 3 (34) | 84% | 91% | 82% | 76% | 83% | 86% |
| Vredestein Quatrac Lite (7) | 86% | 87% | 80% | 81% | 86% | 87% |
| BFGoodrich gForce Winter (20) | 85% | 81% | 77% | 78% | 83% | 84% |
| BFGoodrich gGrip (47) | 89% | 79% | 80% | 80% | 86% | 85% |
| Hankook Optimo 4S (32) | 86% | 86% | 79% | 78% | 78% | 88% |
| Kama EURO 519 (3) | 63% | 73% | 77% | 83% | 97% | 73% |
| Uniroyal RainExpert (132) | 85% | 91% | 81% | 76% | 75% | 86% |
| Vredestein Hi Trac (11) | 91% | 89% | 80% | 74% | 83% | 77% |
| Nokian H (11) | 92% | 77% | 86% | 74% | 83% | 86% |
| Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210 (26) | 86% | 86% | 80% | 81% | 85% | 81% |
| Avon Ice Touring (8) | 85% | 84% | 70% | 69% | 94% | 80% |
| Dunlop StreetResponse 2 (22) | 87% | 83% | 84% | 84% | 71% | 80% |
| Lassa Greenways (17) | 84% | 79% | 81% | 78% | 86% | 80% |
| Goodyear Vector 4Seasons (61) | 84% | 83% | 82% | 82% | 86% | 82% |
| Dunlop SP Sport Fast Response (103) | 88% | 84% | 84% | 77% | 76% | 80% |
| Hankook Winter i cept RS2 (46) | 85% | 85% | 76% | 80% | 86% | 76% |
| Vredestein T Trac (3) | 77% | 87% | 80% | 80% | 77% | 83% |
| Michelin Energy Saver Plus (63) | 83% | 71% | 78% | 76% | 91% | 82% |
| Kleber Quadraxer 2 (14) | 82% | 75% | 87% | 82% | 83% | 87% |
| Uniroyal RainExpert 3 (36) | 83% | 93% | 78% | 75% | 66% | 81% |
| Nexen Arrowspeed CP661 (12) | 81% | 74% | 73% | 75% | 80% | 76% |
| Nexen N Blue HD Plus (70) | 83% | 79% | 77% | 75% | 76% | 84% |
| Momo Outrun M2 (9) | 88% | 91% | 77% | 74% | 71% | 79% |
| Sava Eskimo S3 Plus (29) | 76% | 75% | 71% | 73% | 78% | 83% |
| Vredestein Quatrac 2 (6) | 83% | 82% | 78% | 57% | 84% | 87% |
| Firestone Multihawk (16) | 86% | 76% | 79% | 79% | 80% | 71% |
| Cooper CS2 (11) | 81% | 68% | 81% | 79% | 82% | 84% |
| Pirelli Cinturato P1 Verde (46) | 83% | 74% | 78% | 73% | 83% | 79% |
| Maxxis All Season AP2 (21) | 84% | 80% | 73% | 76% | 77% | 72% |
| Cooper WM SA2 (6) | 80% | 77% | 77% | 72% | 80% | 73% |
| Pirelli CINTURATO P1 (32) | 81% | 74% | 77% | 73% | 80% | 84% |
| Toyo 350 (6) | 78% | 65% | 75% | 73% | 87% | 78% |
| General AltiMAX RT (3) | 83% | 77% | 67% | 77% | 83% | 73% |
| Toyo NanoEnergy 3 (39) | 83% | 67% | 74% | 76% | 82% | 83% |
| Toyo Celsius (15) | 82% | 74% | 69% | 64% | 80% | 80% |
| Dunlop Sport BluResponse (184) | 88% | 84% | 79% | 76% | 62% | 83% |
| Tigar Winter 1 (11) | 74% | 75% | 77% | 71% | 81% | 82% |
| Norauto Prevensys 4 (3) | 70% | 73% | 73% | 87% | 67% | 83% |
| Jinyu YH12 (28) | 81% | 74% | 79% | 69% | 79% | 80% |
| Kumho Ecsta KU31 (165) | 83% | 75% | 77% | 76% | 72% | 74% |
| Matador MP 54 Sibir Snow (2) | 75% | 80% | 75% | 70% | 85% | 60% |
| Michelin Energy Saver (136) | 83% | 71% | 74% | 71% | 85% | 80% |
| Fulda Kristall Montero (2) | 90% | 85% | 85% | 75% | 65% | 65% |
| Michelin Energy XM2 (52) | 80% | 74% | 73% | 74% | 86% | 73% |
| Delinte DH2 (14) | 81% | 67% | 75% | 78% | 81% | 75% |
| Hankook K425 Kinergy Eco (49) | 83% | 77% | 77% | 74% | 72% | 77% |
| Nokian All Weather Plus (6) | 88% | 87% | 80% | 76% | 92% | 62% |
| Toyo TEO plus (16) | 80% | 65% | 69% | 73% | 80% | 85% |
| Falken ZE912 (200) | 82% | 74% | 75% | 70% | 71% | 79% |
| Matador MP 16 Stella 2 (10) | 83% | 65% | 75% | 70% | 83% | 77% |
| Durun A2000 (3) | 77% | 67% | 77% | 70% | 77% | 70% |
| Continental Eco Contact 3 (54) | 80% | 78% | 73% | 68% | 74% | 78% |
| Goodyear Hydragrip (13) | 74% | 88% | 68% | 75% | 70% | 68% |
| Goodyear DuraGrip (17) | 81% | 72% | 69% | 70% | 76% | 75% |
| Nankang Cross Sport SP 9 (6) | 80% | 77% | 58% | 76% | 78% | 80% |
| Dunlop SP Sport LM 705 (27) | 79% | 59% | 69% | 72% | 82% | 88% |
| Yokohama C Drive2 (31) | 79% | 73% | 70% | 69% | 71% | 81% |
| Fulda Carat Progresso (13) | 78% | 72% | 75% | 74% | 71% | 72% |
| Antares Ingens A1 (3) | 93% | 63% | 67% | 77% | 73% | 67% |
| Bridgestone Turanza T005 (149) | 82% | 79% | 73% | 73% | 65% | 73% |
| Firestone TZ200 (26) | 80% | 70% | 70% | 70% | 75% | 72% |
| Kumho Solus KH15 (24) | 76% | 69% | 71% | 60% | 75% | 80% |
| Kleber DYNAXER HP2 (14) | 80% | 70% | 74% | 67% | 71% | 74% |
| Achilles Platinum (7) | 87% | 77% | 64% | 70% | 71% | 64% |
| Continental PremiumContact (15) | 83% | 68% | 72% | 69% | 75% | 73% |
| Fulda Kristall Montero 2 (4) | 60% | 83% | 65% | 58% | 78% | 55% |
| Maxxis MA P1 (20) | 80% | 66% | 72% | 64% | 76% | 71% |
| Kumho Ecowing ES01 KH27 (20) | 76% | 63% | 73% | 61% | 76% | 80% |
| Bridgestone Ecopia EP200 (19) | 75% | 68% | 71% | 68% | 72% | 80% |
| Avon ZT5 (29) | 81% | 67% | 73% | 65% | 73% | 74% |
| Yokohama A Drive (28) | 77% | 64% | 70% | 69% | 79% | 70% |
| Maxxis Mecotra ME3 (9) | 86% | 71% | 68% | 81% | 63% | 65% |
| Kumho Solus KH17 (56) | 76% | 70% | 70% | 69% | 67% | 70% |
| Kumho Solus KH16 (5) | 75% | 65% | 75% | 70% | 68% | 80% |
| Fulda EcoControl (23) | 80% | 67% | 66% | 69% | 69% | 72% |
| Cordiant Snow Cross (1) | 60% | 50% | 70% | 70% | 0% | 70% |
| Continental Eco Contact 5 (89) | 80% | 68% | 68% | 68% | 74% | 68% |
| Nokian W Plus (15) | 77% | 70% | 69% | 68% | 86% | 82% |
| Dunlop SP Sport 01 (124) | 78% | 67% | 71% | 69% | 69% | 65% |
| Firestone Firehawk SZ90 (25) | 77% | 68% | 74% | 71% | 70% | 60% |
| Wanli S1200 (2) | 80% | 65% | 65% | 65% | 55% | 90% |
| Tigar Sigura (10) | 77% | 73% | 72% | 64% | 61% | 67% |
| Viking Snow Tech II (10) | 76% | 66% | 76% | 53% | 76% | 74% |
| Goodyear Vector 5 (7) | 69% | 74% | 73% | 56% | 61% | 74% |
| Nexen CP641 (33) | 75% | 59% | 62% | 67% | 76% | 70% |
| Goodride H550A (1) | 90% | 50% | 70% | 50% | 50% | 80% |
| Goodyear Eagle NCT5 (91) | 75% | 61% | 68% | 61% | 78% | 69% |
| Goodyear EfficientGrip (141) | 77% | 68% | 63% | 61% | 71% | 71% |
| Aptany RP203 (7) | 76% | 66% | 71% | 73% | 49% | 67% |
| GT Radial Champiro ECO (12) | 73% | 60% | 61% | 66% | 64% | 64% |
| Bridgestone Ecopia EP150 (62) | 75% | 68% | 67% | 66% | 63% | 67% |
| Dunlop SP StreetResponse (7) | 81% | 84% | 79% | 77% | 78% | 69% |
| Nexen N Blue HD (13) | 76% | 74% | 66% | 62% | 60% | 58% |
| Avon ZV3 (28) | 72% | 63% | 65% | 66% | 58% | 66% |
| Momo North Pole W1 (1) | 70% | 90% | 60% | 60% | 40% | 50% |
| Pirelli P3000 (17) | 74% | 57% | 66% | 58% | 65% | 67% |
| Bridgestone B250 (48) | 66% | 55% | 61% | 62% | 70% | 64% |
| Habilead ComfortMax AS H202 (7) | 77% | 69% | 65% | 63% | 74% | 74% |
| Gislaved Urban Speed (3) | 60% | 53% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 70% |
| Infinity INF 049 (12) | 70% | 54% | 59% | 51% | 78% | 59% |
| GT Radial Champiro VP1 (5) | 78% | 56% | 66% | 66% | 55% | 56% |
| Pirelli P6 (22) | 73% | 66% | 60% | 52% | 58% | 60% |
| Laufenn I FIT (6) | 67% | 30% | 43% | 52% | 78% | 85% |
| Barum Brillantis (17) | 65% | 49% | 61% | 44% | 79% | 59% |
| Nankang XR611 (21) | 64% | 41% | 55% | 54% | 69% | 59% |
| Dayton D210 (2) | 75% | 55% | 60% | 65% | 35% | 45% |
| Pirelli P6000 (175) | 66% | 46% | 55% | 48% | 67% | 60% |
| Fortuna Fortuna Winter Challenger (1) | 80% | 50% | 50% | 50% | 80% | 30% |
| Sava PERFECTA (20) | 69% | 41% | 55% | 56% | 56% | 57% |
| Marangoni Verso (38) | 69% | 48% | 55% | 47% | 49% | 54% |
| Maloya Crono 480 (1) | 70% | 50% | 80% | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| Ceat Spider (4) | 68% | 30% | 40% | 35% | 88% | 50% |
| Semperit Comfort Life (4) | 58% | 43% | 55% | 45% | 63% | 53% |
| Winrun R380 (4) | 60% | 53% | 45% | 48% | 48% | 55% |
| Marshal KR11 (3) | 50% | 27% | 33% | 53% | 70% | 57% |
| Starfire W 200 (4) | 53% | 47% | 57% | 47% | 43% | 47% |
| Autogrip F101 (15) | 61% | 42% | 43% | 34% | 54% | 49% |
| Nankang S600 (11) | 60% | 39% | 47% | 47% | 65% | 39% |
| Mentor M400 (3) | 60% | 27% | 47% | 50% | 53% | 30% |
| Interstate IST 30 (1) | 50% | 50% | 30% | 30% | 0% | 30% |
185/65 14 Tire Review Highlights
Dunlop Sport BluResponse rated 75% while driving a Mazda 323 1.6 BJ Touring / Protege
Driving on a combination of roads for 3500 easy going miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 3500 easy going miles
Very quiet and comfortable tires with reassuring roadholding on wet and dry roads. However, straight line stability at highway speeds is so-so, to put it mildly. Winter is coming and I just changed the Dunlops for wintertires (Continental WinterContact). This really transformed the car when driving at 100 km/h and above. It now tracks straight ahead. On the Dunlops, I was constantly correcting the steering to keep it on track and in a straight line. I somehow got used to it, but the Contis demonstrate how unstable the Dunlops really are at highway speeds. Next Summer, I'll experiment with a higher tire pressure than recommended in the car manual. If this won't help, I'll replace these tires with something better.
GT Radial FE1 City rated 74% while driving a Mitsubishi carisma
Driving on mostly motorways for 3000 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 3000 average miles
Great summer tire, very responsive on dry and especially warmer weather. Below 10 degrees C the performance starts to heavily decay.
They seem to barely wear, still having as much profile as when I bought them 5.000km ago.
In the wet, they don't give much confidence and you quickly start to lower your speed when it rains a lot just so you can keep control of the direction your car is going in.
They seem to barely wear, still having as much profile as when I bought them 5.000km ago.
In the wet, they don't give much confidence and you quickly start to lower your speed when it rains a lot just so you can keep control of the direction your car is going in.
Dunlop SP Sport 560 rated 99% while driving a Hyundai Accent MC
Driving on a combination of roads for 62 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 62 average miles
2015 Hyundai Accent. No other premium tire at the reasonable price comes close in all categories. Accent with 91kw on front tires decimates all other makes.
Nankang Cross Sport SP 9 rated 84% while driving a Peugeot 206 1.4 90hp
Driving on mostly town for 60000 average miles
Driving on mostly town for 60000 average miles
Braking on dry ground is very good but on wet ground it is a little weak which is normal
It is a very durable tire and wears out very slowly
In terms of comfort, it is as comfortable as Korean tires and the sound does not penetrate into the car
It is a very durable tire and wears out very slowly
In terms of comfort, it is as comfortable as Korean tires and the sound does not penetrate into the car
Dunlop SP Sport LM 705 rated 56% while driving a Peugeot 206 1.6 16v NFX
Driving on mostly country roads for 30000 average miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 30000 average miles
In dry roads has normal grip and it's ok but in wet and specialy Ice & Snow It has no grip. In wet it's more better than snow but in snow it's really awful! I lose my grip several times in the snow road and I save my car with hard tries for getting stable.
It's comfort, mostly touring tire and if you want a touring and soft tire this model of Dunlop keeps you satisfied.
It's comfort, mostly touring tire and if you want a touring and soft tire this model of Dunlop keeps you satisfied.
Bridgestone Turanza T005 rated 94% while driving a Nissan almera 1.5
Driving on a combination of roads for 2021 miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 2021 miles
Very good it saved me from a carambola. When my front one came to a sudden stop skidding in heavy rain I braked hard and the tire saved me by stopping without skidding. Excellent, I will put it again for sure
Nexen Arrowspeed CP661 rated 87% while driving a Renault Unknown
Driving on mostly country roads for 20000 average miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 20000 average miles
have these fitted to kangoo van and car and ford focus 1.6d, good all round tire .they have nexan,arrowspeed or roadstone name on the tires but they are all the same CP 661s. sizes i use are 185 65, 185 70,14. and 205 55 16,
Toyo Celsius rated 81% while driving a Toyota Corolla
Driving on a combination of roads for 37500 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 37500 average miles
Best all season tires I've had on my car. No noise, no problem whatsoever. Nothing to say bad for normal consumer use. Never lost control on my car in any condition with the Toyo Celsius. Same goes for my family members who has been driving the car since early after their after their 18th birthday. First set lasted 60000 km. Second set on of Toyo Celsius on now. Prior had more expensive and cheap tires on. Toyo made the difference for me . On all 3 my cars I use Toyo all season tires.
Norauto Prevensys 4 rated 56% while driving a Ford Focus MK1
Driving on mostly motorways for 0 average miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 0 average miles
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Maxxis Mecotra ME3 rated 56% while driving a Nissan Cube
Driving on mostly town for 6000 average miles
Driving on mostly town for 6000 average miles
Worst on dry and wet road. The tire only last for 5,000 KM, after that it become hard so fast and losing grip. The tire isn't reliable for the emergency brake or avoid the accident. Terrible noise after 60Km/h. Good for uncle driving style.
Kleber Quadraxer 2 rated 91% while driving a Peugeot 405
Driving on a combination of roads for 8500 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 8500 spirited miles
For it's price it's 10/10.
Driving them for 1,5y (~15 000km) on a secondary/weekend car. Was driving on all types of roads, non asphalted, dirty rocky roads and through many potholes (F* Balkan roads). In dry conditions grip is good (actually very good) handling too but on very high temperatures (40+ °C summers) it's easy to loss a bit of grip with aggressive driving on rears but nothing dramatic just slight drift so 9 for grip and handling on dry.
Wet conditions F* amazing. Handling and braking is excellent though one thing if there's a lot of water on the road or it's raining really heavy staring becomes a bit heavier (again nothing to worry about) and actually i become liking that feel because in my opinion driver is geting more control and it's harder to oversteer and so to lose control. In such weather they are becoming noticeably louder (little bit annoying humming sound) so 9 again. Generally they are very quiet except in heavy rain.
They are doing fine about potholes(here's a lot of 'em) no deformation or what so ever. Not that quite on hitting them but again not much loud also doing fine job on suspending hits.
Snow, pleasant surprise again. Wet snow fine, breakin is excellent, handling too startin grip not sooooo good but still doable. No problem with acceleration. Dry snow same just without issues with starting grip and a bit better handling, breaking feels same.
Ice, ok this is tricky territory. I don't know any tire that's particularly good on it unless it's hardened with metal crampons (forbidden in my country) so i'll compare them with winter continental one I have on other car (195/65/R15).
Handling is actually good, i managed to go through completely frozen downhill with a lot of control and with breaking so let's say it's a good pass. Starting on ice isn't soo easy but experienced drivers shouldn't struggle. Grade 7
Only unpleasant situations was accidentally breaking on fresh mud on asphalted highway (mud was 2-3cm tick because truck carrying wet soil from construction site had accident with container door), not sure any tire (except those for off road jeep exclusive ones) would do any better.
For ALL-Season tires they are excellent. I buy them because i don't have room to store another set of tires and was very sceptical but after 100km my scepticism gone and i was thrilled.
Definitely buying them again except if somting better comes at same price.
I wouldn't recommend all-season tires for those how live in climate with heavy snowy winter (Scandinavia) or for those living in mountains, and definitely not for south Europe(Greece, South Italy, Spain) /Middle east countries with extremely hot summers, tires won't last long. But those in west/middle Europe with moderate winters and not extreme summers go ahead. Hope this helps.
Nokian iLine rated 67% while driving a Fiat Punto 2001 1,2i
Driving on mostly country roads for 12500 spirited miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 12500 spirited miles
As far as your daily commuter these tires are nice but if you live in an area that has bad road conditions (potholes, light sand/gravel or any kind of bad asphalt really) these tires are the worst. Its been 20K kilometers since i've bought these brand new in mid 2020 and now its mid 2022. The wear indicator has gone down from 8th level to the 4th level. Up until that point the tires were absolutely hooking to the ground, nearly no slip whilst charging hard corners at 90kmh, 0 slip whilst braking, absolutely awesome. However as the tire wore out (QUITE QUICKLY i might add, there are literal parts of the tread that has visibly and deeply shaved off in multiple locations and these tires are veeeery weak against any kind of hard roads.) i can only go hard up about 80kmh, sometimes the tires just randomly understeer and they're quite unpredictable. One of the fav things i like about this tire is that it has never even ONCE oversteered, not a single time. Wet driving in heavy rain almost felt like the same in dry, excellent rainy weather performance (including braking) but as i have mentioned if the area you live in has bad surface conditions AND if you like to drive hard, consider the very poor life expectancy of these tires. i was planning on switching these ones to the rear but im afraid the unpredictable behavior of the tire makes it unsafe for the way i drive my car. However, very quiet and light tires! If you dont drive hard and the road surface is acceptable, these tires are the literal best for their price.
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