195/60 R14 Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
GT Radial Champiro BXT (4) 95% 90% 90% 85% 85% 70%
Toyo Proxes CF2 (103) 88% 83% 82% 83% 84% 86%
Tigar Hitris (9) 88% 90% 78% 83% 73% 76%
GT Radial Champiro 228 (5) 84% 82% 84% 86% 70% 88%
Goodyear UltraGrip 7 Plus (30) 85% 86% 80% 65% 82% 83%
Nexen N Blue HD Plus (70) 83% 79% 77% 75% 76% 84%
Petlas Imperium PT515 (12) 82% 70% 77% 79% 79% 78%
Toyo Proxes CF1 (45) 85% 80% 80% 76% 68% 80%
Hankook K425 Kinergy Eco (49) 83% 77% 77% 74% 72% 77%
Falken ZE912 (200) 82% 74% 75% 70% 71% 79%
Goodyear Hydragrip (13) 74% 88% 68% 75% 70% 68%
Westlake Radial RP18 (24) 80% 73% 74% 74% 77% 67%
Falken Azenis RT 615 K (2) 85% 75% 65% 90% 35% 70%
Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 (157) 84% 78% 76% 73% 60% 65%
Goodyear Eagle NCT5 (91) 75% 61% 68% 61% 78% 69%
Debica Passio (3) 73% 73% 53% 60% 63% 53%
Primewell PS830 (15) 61% 57% 46% 54% 49% 55%
Forceum D600 (1) 40% 70% 50% 30% 30% 80%

195/60 14 Tire Review Highlights

Westlake Radial RP18 rated 72% while driving a Toyota Tercel
Driving on a combination of roads for 2000 spirited miles
I needed tires for my autoX competition car when I am not racing it. Primarily during winter months.

I purposely run a slight upsize to aid in ride comfort to help dull out the stiff suspension.

Price drove the decision. In all honesty I really like these tires for what they are. Surprisingly decent in the dry. Wet traction does suffer but as long as your mindful with your inputs its work able. I actually found myself driving around on these quite a bit this year chasing some tuning issues and I didnt want to cycle out the race tires.

Would absolutely consider again if I need another budget tire for a similar, non-primary driving situation.
tire reviewed on 2023-11-18 20:19:53
Falken Azenis RT 615 K rated 70% while driving a Honda Fit (Jazz)
Driving on mostly country roads for 8000 spirited miles
My review is based on the RT615K+ variant.

Not many options in 14" sizing. Glad i went with the Falkens. Because of the high sidewalls their character will be a bit different from more normal sizing.

Really enjoyed having these on. Will likely get them again. Just a very friendly 200TW tire. Decent dry grip but outshone by other 200TW. Took a little bit too get heat into on the street but easier than RS4 IMO. Wet grip surprisingly good in light to medium rain. Breakaway always very progressive and easy to manage. Lasted 12,000kms on my car with a lot of very heavy miles, one trackday, and bad alignment chewing out the insides.
Worked okay down to 5C, though harder to get fully warm at those Temps.

A good beginner semi-slick or a sporty daily for someone living in warmer climates. Better than RE003/Trackhawk Indy 500. Worse than RS4
tire reviewed on 2023-11-02 14:53:30
GT Radial Champiro BXT rated 97% while driving a Hyundai Unknown
Driving on mostly town for 0 average miles
Excellent dry and wet grip never seen before inspite of 7 years in work
tire reviewed on 2023-03-22 02:14:07
Westlake Radial RP18 rated 74% while driving a Toyota Tercel
Driving on mostly country roads for 100 average miles
I only have less then 100miles on these. So far much nicer then the 10yo Falken 912s they replaced. These are a slight oversize for my car to help cope with the race spec suspension on my car which is set up for competitive autocross. The tires might see 1000miles a year. So I did not need anything special. Just something for the offseason and inbetween races. The car is not driven much beyond racing it, if I do its to work on it or the occasional cars and coffee. I might do some race stints far away next season so these will be my travel tires to avoid anything happening to the Falken 660s I race on. So far the ride is most excellent. Like disturbingly good. And the grip is actually decent given the design criteria. The few times I purposely pushed the car in the wrong places to see what they would do resulted in fine dry grip and manners. No rain or snow yet. Steering inputs are smooth and direct. I run the tires at 28psi front, 26 rear...car weights 2100lbs. Fwd turbo. I do not hoon much on the street the car is numbered and stickered up so generally pretty average other then some WOT pulls when I am working on ECU tunes.
tire reviewed on 2023-01-15 19:07:25
GT Radial Champiro 228 rated 90% while driving a Toyota Corona
Driving on mostly country roads for 7000 spirited miles
Awesome tires, replaced the Supercats i had on the car. Huge decrease in road noise and grip better in the wet than the supercats did in the dry. I tend to drive twisty costal roads and they are superb on the corners. Only downside is they feel skiterish on gravel roads and mud tracks.
tire reviewed on 2018-05-17 17:01:16
Falken ZE912 rated 76% while driving a Peugeot 206 1.6 xt
Driving on a combination of roads for 20000 spirited miles
Contradictory personality, tough sidewall , firm but must confess it made me up to take it to the border of the car's limitations!
tire reviewed on 2018-01-04 10:25:58
Hankook K425 Kinergy Eco rated 88% while driving a Honda Accord
Driving on mostly town for 300 spirited miles
I have fitted these to replace Michelin Energy E3A as well as Energy Saver+ (I had two sets of wheels).

K425s are very comfortable tires. Their shock absorption is slightly better than both Michelins and vibration when driving has been reduced quite a bit. Rebound after passing the gap is managed really well, not like pogo stick and they settle quickly. Noise is very quiet compare to Michelins, too. I can hear them slightly however, they are similar to air noise when driving and not annoying at all. Even on rough tarmac surfaces, the noise level doesn't go up or change much, which is rather impressive. Comfort wise, I feel as if my car had a upgrade to more expensive saloon.

At low to mid speed range, initial turn in response is not as sharp as Michelins, or I could say mild, not like those more sporty tires such as BS Potenza. However, once the car starts turning with adequate roll, K425s hold very well and are stable throughout the corner. Also it is easy to keep the line I aim at than Michelins. At motorway speed, K425 are easy to keep the straight line however, I feel Michelins are slightly better. On the high speed corner, K425s are excellent, similar to at lower speed as above, and I felt confident jumping into the bends.

In the wet, I haven't had much chance to push K425 but I didn't feel any uneasiness so far. As a trial, I intentionally drove only one side of tires into large puddles on the road several times but there were no disturbance to the steering wheel, which is very different from Michelins.

Most impressive aspect of K425s is their low rolling resistance, in my case. In several occasions, when I am following the car in front with throttle off, I need to use brakes as my car keeps on going without losing the momentum than other cars in the traffic. It is evident when I am driving down hill, even if it is very slight, I could close the throttle and my car keeps on gliding. As expected, the mpg went up about 10%. This is partially because E3A has relatively high rolling resistance however, it is great news to me.

Overall, K425s are very comfortable tires and I highly recommend considering the cheaper price than those top brand tires - as the moment I don't feel any reason to pay more to by Michelin or Continentals. Its response when turning in is not as good as more sporty tires however, for family car users these are safe and comfortable option.
tire reviewed on 2017-07-31 20:56:01
Goodyear UltraGrip 7 Plus rated 89% while driving a Audi 1.8T Quattro
Driving on a combination of roads for 50000 spirited miles
I have bought a set of these tires 6 years ago, and they have been one of the best buys ever. I have driven them every winter for the past 6 years, I have driven about 60000 miles, and I do not have any complaints what so ever.

Road feedback was perfect, you can feel when the tire has had enough, wet grip was awesome, fresh-snow-grip was amazing.

tire reviewed on 2016-10-06 15:58:58
Debica Passio rated 47% while driving a Audi 1986 Audi 80 1.8S
Driving on a combination of roads for 50000 spirited miles
I bought a set of 4 tires back in April 2010. I have driven about 30000km a year, switching from summer to winter tires (GoodYear UltraGrip 7 - I have left a feedback for them too) on time.

The first 3-4 years they were really good and I was actually surprised, road feedback was pretty good, noise was acceptable, dry grip was good and the wet grip was even better.

The last 2 years they were like driving on plastic tires. Road feedback became terrible, a bit harder braking was impossible and I would start understeering immediately, driving by the speed limit almost became a challenge. The tires were always stored in a garage.

I bought them because they were the cheapest tires, I didn't have money to buy anything better because I had just bought a set of 4 winter tires the previous month.

I would recommend these tires only if you are about to sell the car and want to brag about having just bought a set of "new" tires. You can drive them for about 3 years and the 4th year start looking for a new set of tires.
tire reviewed on 2016-09-19 03:07:56
Nexen N Blue HD Plus rated 100% while driving a Audi 80 2.0E Sport
Driving on mostly country roads for 3000 spirited miles
Absolutely brilliant. Very good price, amazing grip wet and dry. Fitted to an old Audi which is very front heavy and is prone to understeer, never had any understeer or lack of grip since fitting and the car gets driven hard.
tire reviewed on 2016-06-15 09:06:09
Toyo Proxes CF2 rated 81% while driving a Honda crx vtec 91
Driving on mostly town for 500 average miles
Very good tires for their price.I couldn't find other tires for my ee8 crx vtec with these oem dimensions so i didn't have other options.But they handle very good and i'm very pleased with my purchase.
tire reviewed on 2016-02-27 17:42:56
Tigar Hitris rated 64% while driving a Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8i LS hatchback
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 average miles
Good value for money, safe feel to them. The only tire I've had on the back that I know will get me round a roundabout safely. The dry grip is far too easy to induce wheelspin. And on the front only got 10K, backs only half worn.
tire reviewed on 2014-07-20 23:32:32
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