185/55 R15 Tires

The following tires have been reviewed in 185/55 R15.
Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Dunlop Winter Response 2 (10) 86% 90% 92% 82% 87% 93%
Michelin Alpin A4 (53) 88% 95% 91% 88% 94% 93%
Michelin Primacy Alpin PA3 (8) 91% 95% 91% 76% 96% 86%
Uniroyal MS Plus 77 (7) 88% 96% 78% 88% 78% 88%
Laufenn G Fit 4S (7) 91% 93% 83% 84% 90% 90%
Nokian Line (65) 92% 90% 89% 89% 82% 86%
Goodyear UltraGrip 8 (58) 88% 92% 86% 82% 86% 87%
Semperit Speed Grip 2 (17) 89% 89% 89% 76% 87% 89%
Continental WinterContact TS 790 (5) 82% 92% 78% 88% 90% 86%
Pirelli Cinturato All Season Plus (6) 87% 87% 80% 82% 88% 92%
Achilles 122 (7) 93% 79% 89% 84% 82% 87%
Duraturn Mozzo Sport (4) 90% 80% 78% 83% 83% 88%
Dunlop SP Sport FM800 (54) 88% 87% 80% 84% 85% 84%
Barum Bravuris 3HM (66) 88% 83% 82% 80% 87% 84%
Toyo Proxes CF2 (103) 88% 83% 82% 83% 84% 86%
Vredestein Snowtrac 3 (34) 84% 91% 82% 76% 83% 86%
BFGoodrich gForce Winter (20) 85% 81% 77% 78% 83% 84%
BFGoodrich gGrip (47) 89% 79% 80% 80% 86% 85%
Firestone MultiSeason Gen 02 (9) 87% 83% 83% 88% 87% 80%
Vredestein Snowtrac 5 (6) 85% 87% 90% 80% 80% 85%
Continental WinterContact TS 850 (56) 88% 90% 85% 85% 85% 90%
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 (302) 90% 88% 84% 84% 73% 82%
Uniroyal RainExpert (132) 85% 91% 81% 76% 75% 86%
Vredestein Hi Trac (11) 91% 89% 80% 74% 83% 77%
Kumho Ecsta HS52 (12) 90% 81% 85% 84% 81% 67%
Nokian WRG2 (72) 85% 87% 83% 80% 83% 85%
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210 (26) 86% 86% 80% 81% 85% 81%
Yokohama C Drive (45) 86% 82% 83% 77% 77% 86%
Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125 (115) 90% 81% 80% 79% 80% 81%
Goodyear UltraGrip 7 Plus (30) 85% 86% 80% 65% 82% 83%
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003 (90) 91% 78% 83% 87% 71% 73%
Radar Dimax 4 Season (6) 80% 78% 76% 82% 80% 82%
Kumho Ecsta HS51 (37) 87% 83% 77% 80% 79% 85%
Michelin Energy Saver Plus (63) 83% 71% 78% 76% 91% 82%
Nankang Cross Seasons AW6 (6) 83% 80% 78% 63% 80% 82%
Falken ZIEX ZE914 EcoRun (90) 86% 82% 81% 82% 78% 76%
Forceum D800 (1) 90% 70% 80% 70% 90% 90%
Toyo Proxes T1 Sport (50) 90% 79% 86% 84% 67% 78%
Uniroyal RainSport 3 (286) 84% 92% 79% 78% 64% 83%
Viking ProTech HP (14) 83% 78% 78% 73% 82% 75%
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance (247) 86% 84% 76% 78% 73% 85%
Nokian WR D4 (71) 81% 82% 79% 79% 67% 83%
Nexen N Blue HD Plus (70) 83% 79% 77% 75% 76% 84%
Viking Protech Newgen (13) 80% 78% 66% 76% 90% 79%
Vredestein Quatrac 3 (48) 81% 86% 78% 75% 76% 76%
Vredestein Quatrac 2 (6) 83% 82% 78% 57% 84% 87%
Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 (45) 79% 85% 73% 73% 85% 83%
Roadstone Eurovis Sport 04 (64) 84% 78% 76% 77% 75% 81%
Goodyear Assurance Triplemax 2 (24) 84% 76% 73% 77% 85% 74%
Lassa DriveWays (18) 80% 81% 79% 76% 86% 68%
Pirelli Cinturato P1 Verde (46) 83% 74% 78% 73% 83% 79%
Maxxis All Season AP2 (21) 84% 80% 73% 76% 77% 72%
Viking Wintech (16) 83% 75% 76% 74% 78% 79%
Kumho Ecsta PS31 (62) 82% 78% 74% 79% 74% 78%
Tigar High Performance (22) 82% 72% 80% 75% 74% 80%
Nexen N2000 (14) 82% 76% 77% 68% 82% 77%
Petlas Velox Sport PT741 (40) 83% 76% 76% 77% 85% 70%
Lassa Impetus Revo (12) 86% 77% 78% 75% 73% 73%
Hankook Ventus V12 evo k110 (114) 84% 75% 76% 78% 74% 79%
Avon ZV5 (112) 84% 78% 77% 77% 71% 77%
Toyo NanoEnergy 3 (39) 83% 67% 74% 76% 82% 83%
Dunlop Sport BluResponse (184) 88% 84% 79% 76% 62% 83%
Toyo R27 (3) 83% 77% 83% 77% 80% 60%
Firestone TZ300A (24) 80% 79% 70% 78% 78% 74%
Jinyu YH12 (28) 81% 74% 79% 69% 79% 80%
Kumho Ecsta KU31 (165) 83% 75% 77% 76% 72% 74%
Michelin Energy Saver (136) 83% 71% 74% 71% 85% 80%
Toyo Proxes TR1 (66) 85% 75% 78% 81% 72% 67%
Infinity Ecosis (10) 80% 74% 73% 67% 73% 79%
Michelin Energy XM2 (52) 80% 74% 73% 74% 86% 73%
Hankook Kinergy 4S2 (39) 80% 81% 71% 73% 78% 79%
Kumho Ecsta HM KH31 (27) 81% 73% 76% 74% 72% 78%
Continental ComfortContact CC6 (51) 79% 67% 71% 71% 78% 89%
Avon ZZR (11) 89% 61% 69% 86% 70% 70%
Vredestein Sprint Classic (8) 84% 70% 77% 68% 73% 87%
Continental Premium Contact 5 (117) 87% 83% 76% 77% 58% 78%
Blacklion BH15 (13) 76% 65% 74% 74% 85% 84%
Falken ZE912 (200) 82% 74% 75% 70% 71% 79%
BCT S602 (2) 90% 70% 85% 50% 100% 70%
Hankook Optimo K406 (9) 90% 83% 87% 61% 66% 66%
Sailun Atrezzo Elite (22) 85% 74% 75% 68% 66% 74%
Dunlop SP Sport LM 705 (27) 79% 59% 69% 72% 82% 88%
GT Radial Champiro FE1 (7) 79% 73% 66% 79% 73% 76%
Nankang SV2 (30) 83% 77% 74% 74% 83% 74%
Dunlop SP Sport LM704 (27) 80% 58% 75% 75% 79% 79%
Yokohama C Drive2 (31) 79% 73% 70% 69% 71% 81%
Yokohama S Drive (65) 83% 69% 75% 77% 71% 68%
Westlake Radial RP18 (24) 80% 73% 74% 74% 77% 67%
Continental Premium Contact 2 (198) 84% 77% 75% 73% 62% 73%
Toyo T1R (288) 83% 69% 75% 75% 63% 70%
Firestone Winterhawk 2 EVO (9) 80% 70% 66% 66% 79% 76%
Avon ZX7 (44) 83% 81% 75% 74% 56% 77%
Continental PremiumContact (15) 83% 68% 72% 69% 75% 73%
Fulda Kristall Montero 2 (4) 60% 83% 65% 58% 78% 55%
Yokohama BluEarth AE01 (22) 79% 73% 76% 68% 59% 75%
Avon ZV7 (135) 82% 77% 72% 72% 58% 78%
Toyo Proxes 4 (45) 80% 63% 72% 66% 77% 74%
Hankook Ventus Prime2 (61) 79% 73% 72% 71% 67% 72%
Maxxis Mecotra ME3 (9) 86% 71% 68% 81% 63% 65%
Lassa Snoways 3 (9) 74% 73% 64% 72% 77% 70%
Bridgestone Potenza S001 (160) 83% 69% 74% 74% 67% 61%
Accelera Beta (11) 80% 59% 59% 53% 94% 75%
Continental Eco Contact 5 (89) 80% 68% 68% 68% 74% 68%
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 (75) 82% 85% 76% 73% 55% 71%
Dunlop SP Sport 01 (124) 78% 67% 71% 69% 69% 65%
Wanli S1200 (2) 80% 65% 65% 65% 55% 90%
Goodyear EfficientGrip (141) 77% 68% 63% 61% 71% 71%
Zeetex ZT1000 (6) 72% 55% 70% 70% 75% 73%
Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD2 (8) 75% 68% 70% 64% 66% 63%
Bridgestone Potenza RE040 (47) 79% 58% 74% 70% 65% 57%
Bridgestone Ecopia EP150 (62) 75% 68% 67% 66% 63% 67%
Nankang NS2 (211) 76% 58% 65% 62% 73% 62%
Landsail LS288 (36) 74% 60% 65% 61% 68% 70%
Sunitrac Focus 4000 (3) 70% 53% 63% 67% 67% 77%
Avon ZV3 (28) 72% 63% 65% 66% 58% 66%
Bridgestone Potenza RE030 (8) 81% 58% 63% 59% 91% 53%
Starfire RSR 10 (4) 75% 55% 58% 53% 57% 75%
Marangoni Zetalinea (15) 72% 45% 64% 64% 68% 57%
Davanti DX390 (25) 68% 58% 59% 60% 65% 63%
Continental EcoContact 6 (113) 74% 57% 59% 61% 54% 69%
Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL (136) 70% 47% 57% 55% 69% 48%
Maxtrek MAXIMUS M1 (74) 69% 39% 56% 52% 68% 61%
Dayton D320 (11) 73% 55% 54% 44% 49% 63%
Pirelli P6000 (175) 66% 46% 55% 48% 67% 60%
Bridgestone Supercat (21) 63% 37% 48% 52% 70% 65%
Continental Conti eContact (2) 65% 60% 65% 65% 40% 70%
BFGoodrich Advantage TA (3) 80% 67% 57% 57% 75% 50%
Marangoni Verso (38) 69% 48% 55% 47% 49% 54%
Minerva minerva F109 (6) 70% 43% 52% 50% 50% 60%
Constancy LY688 (25) 57% 43% 47% 42% 68% 50%
Silverstone KRUIZER 1 NS500 (4) 63% 43% 50% 53% 60% 55%
Wanli S1097 (7) 51% 36% 43% 40% 55% 56%
Autogrip F101 (15) 61% 42% 43% 34% 54% 49%
Nankang Green Sport Eco 2 (2) 65% 55% 10% 20% 60% 55%
Minerva minerva F105 (16) 59% 41% 47% 38% 53% 48%
Sunny SN600 (8) 65% 31% 52% 37% 47% 54%
Silverstone M5 Synergy (16) 58% 30% 46% 45% 65% 37%
Autogrip F107 (127) 58% 27% 44% 36% 60% 50%
Mohawk M112 (28) 59% 34% 44% 40% 53% 46%
Wanli S1088 (85) 57% 35% 41% 39% 59% 38%
Nankang Green Sport Eco 2 Plus (2) 50% 40% 45% 40% 40% 40%
Event GL697 (4) 53% 23% 35% 35% 58% 48%
BCT S900 (5) 54% 32% 42% 28% 28% 46%
Sunny SN3800 (63) 50% 29% 30% 29% 44% 28%
Fronway Fronwing AS (2) 35% 10% 15% 10% 50% 45%

185/55 15 Tire Review Highlights

Fronway Fronwing AS rated 23% while driving a Renault Twingo GT
Driving on a combination of roads for 2000 spirited miles
Truly awful tires. The car felt unstable at any speeds above 20mph. Motorway speed made the tires very unstable and the car literally wobbled. All tire pressures set to 32psi. Gave no confidence on handling.

Wet weather grip was no existent. Tires defeated by heavy rain resulted in aqua planing and subsequent spin out at 60mph. Genuinely scary tires.

Swapped to toyo tires and car transformed.
tire reviewed on 2024-10-28 06:32:14
Toyo Proxes TR1 rated 70% while driving a Renault Thalia 1.416V
Driving on a combination of roads for 13000 spirited miles
This was my second summer with this tire (20,000km/12.500 miles) and I am just trying to wear them out, so I can replace them. It was a dry summer, atypical for Hungary, so the inadequacies in the wet were not exposed too often. However, even a damp road causes embarrassing wheel-spin (only 72kW/98BHP) at traffic lights and squealing tires on familiar sharp corners, taken enthusiastically. No such problem with my all-season Hankook 4S2 tires, which are used only for winter.
tire reviewed on 2024-10-23 14:12:09
Fronway Fronwing AS rated 27% while driving a Renault Twingo GT
Driving on a combination of roads for 2000 spirited miles
The worst tires ive ever had. They have made the car unstable in the dry and very dangerous in the wet to the point of spinning out in heavy rain.
tire reviewed on 2024-10-18 08:14:41
Hankook Kinergy 4S2 rated 80% while driving a Fiat 500
Driving on mostly town for 3000 spirited miles
Substituting the Michelin Crossclimate2 previously mounted, the benefits are very clear: less noise, more grip, super balanced, less rolling resistance.
The question marks are now the behavior in snow and ice, and the duration.
tire reviewed on 2024-09-29 11:49:35
Avon ZX7 rated 60% while driving a Toyota Yaris 1.5 ts
Driving on mostly town for 20000 spirited miles
I was pleased with these tires until one needed to be replaced due to a tear in the sidewall. The tire fitter pointed out to me that all four had developed longitudinal cracks. This was on 3-year-old tires that had covered less than 20k.
tire reviewed on 2024-08-03 00:16:49
Dunlop SP Sport LM 705 rated 89% while driving a Honda Jazz
Driving on mostly country roads for 1000 average miles
This is only one month usage. 100-120 km/h mild corner handling awesome(dry way). I took corner safe, but other cars struggled. Steering wheel abruptly turning left to right and right to left beetwen vehicles was safe (120-140 km/h and dry way).

Comfort of tire is perfect.

Noise of tire is little.

I have not tried under wet way. But ı will write
tire reviewed on 2024-06-24 04:33:21
Dunlop SP Sport LM 705 rated 76% while driving a Honda Jazz
Driving on mostly town for 0 spirited miles
I have bought a Dunlop LM705W 185/55/r15 86V tire. I used tihs only one week. I should have bought a comfort tire. There were only two alternatives. Kumho HS52 and Dunlop LM705W. Kumho might better chouise for grip. Kumho was lower price also. But I chose comfort. Dry grip is good but I felt slide wet road in corner 70-80 km/h little bit. This might be wrong review for only one week. My old tire Dunlop FM800 handling was better than this. But comfort of this tire is perfect. Road noise is minimum.
tire reviewed on 2024-05-29 08:39:34
Duraturn Mozzo Sport rated 77% while driving a Fiat 500
Driving on mostly town for 15000 easy going miles
Cheap but reliable so far. 15k done so still waiting to see how they work.
tire reviewed on 2024-05-25 08:15:27
Dunlop SP Sport FM800 rated 94% while driving a Honda Jazz
Driving on mostly town for 75 easy going miles
I used this tire 75.000 km, nearly 8 year and all season, on all ground type (mostly in city). But cracked started on tire. I should change a new one.
tire reviewed on 2024-05-22 07:56:00
BFGoodrich Advantage TA rated 43% while driving a Mazda 2 1.5 sport
Driving on a combination of roads for 10563 spirited miles
Running the XL version of the T/A's but that doesn't change the fact that the compound used in these tires is garbage. road too hot? driving on mushy crap, cold? nice and stiff but hardly any grip, wet and cold? good luck, you'll need it.

the tires are a good grip range in the wet and dry, certainly better then XM2's i was on but the unpredictability of the compound you never know what the hell it's going to do, some days i can drift on these by pushing it hard round a corner, other days it does nothing but roll to an uncomfortable level. The side walls are softer then my bicycle tires, although the irony is you need to run low tires pressures to even get good contact patch or handling so you lose out on the "comfort" not that it was even there to begin with because its so damn soft all it does is cause crap handling. 1000kg car? yea na, handles like a boat with these.. it holds the power but that's about all it does. for the price its a ripoff, $800 for these useless rubber bands. might work better on a heavier car around 1400kg but at that point you would want a superior tire to prevent poor handling since you would need to modulate your tire pressures away form square to staggered. I did replace my rear shocks and handling improved but that just says the tires are so bad that it needs soft suspension to even function adequately, not what id expect from a tire this overpriced.

final verdict for me, id rather go with the lower grip astronomically better handling MX2, i mean they suck in the wet and don't always hold the power even though its only 83kw, but hell at least when i get in the car and set the PSI correctly it handles how it should with no random changes with temperature or moisture. hell if you are wondering how good the XM2's are, they aren't but they were built well, well enough that the Pilot Sport 5's are based off them.
tire reviewed on 2024-04-20 10:32:17
Infinity Ecosis rated 84% while driving a Alfa Romeo 145 T Spark
Driving on mostly town for 22000 average miles
After 6 years and 35.000 km on the road the conclusion is that this is, maybe, the best tire I've ever bought for my car. For sure there are better tires out there in the market, we all agree to that. But INFINITY turns out to be a very strong and valuable player.
The grip and brake on the wet are surprisingly little better than on dry terrain and even near the limit I was always confident that I have control without to worry about unpleasant surprises.
Now days, as expected, the driving is dangerous, the tires are dry and not efficient anymore. But still have a lot of material on the tread, wear is something that never bothered me. For example, in comparison with Nexen N blue hd plus, wear was something a had to have in mind because pieces were falling off the tread. With Infinity never had to worry about wear. Unfortunately, for some reason, the brand is no more distributed in my country and that sucks. I'm about to try TOYO PROXES COMFORT as replacement.
tire reviewed on 2024-03-08 04:01:36
Laufenn G Fit 4S rated 99% while driving a Opel Corsa C
Driving on mostly town for 1000 miles
Exelent tires on my corsa C
tire reviewed on 2023-11-22 08:14:29
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