205/65 R15 Tires
The following tires have been reviewed in 205/65 R15.
| Tire Reviewed | Dry Grip | Wet Grip | Feedback | Handling | Wear | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mastersteel Steel Winter Plus (1) | 100% | 100% | 90% | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| Michelin Alpin A4 (53) | 88% | 95% | 91% | 88% | 94% | 93% |
| Maxxis Presa Snow Wintermaxx (1) | 90% | 90% | 100% | 80% | 0% | 80% |
| Uniroyal MS Plus 77 (7) | 88% | 96% | 78% | 88% | 78% | 88% |
| Nokian Hakkapeliitta R2 (4) | 83% | 95% | 77% | 55% | 100% | 100% |
| Fulda Kristall Montero 3 (29) | 86% | 88% | 84% | 81% | 89% | 89% |
| Toyo SNOWPROX S 952 (5) | 92% | 94% | 86% | 82% | 82% | 80% |
| Kormoran Runpro B3 (1) | 90% | 80% | 80% | 70% | 0% | 90% |
| Dunlop SP Sport FM800 (54) | 88% | 87% | 80% | 84% | 85% | 84% |
| Goodyear UltraGrip 9 (39) | 82% | 89% | 81% | 83% | 84% | 90% |
| Vredestein Snowtrac 3 (34) | 84% | 91% | 82% | 76% | 83% | 86% |
| Continental WinterContact TS 850 (56) | 88% | 90% | 85% | 85% | 85% | 90% |
| Bridgestone Turanza GR90 (21) | 81% | 86% | 83% | 81% | 74% | 92% |
| Uniroyal Rain Max 3 (1) | 80% | 80% | 70% | 80% | 70% | 100% |
| Nokian WRG2 (72) | 85% | 87% | 83% | 80% | 83% | 85% |
| Vredestein Sportrac 3 (60) | 85% | 91% | 80% | 80% | 76% | 79% |
| Three A P306 (5) | 86% | 80% | 76% | 78% | 82% | 86% |
| Yokohama C Drive (45) | 86% | 82% | 83% | 77% | 77% | 86% |
| Goodyear UltraGrip 7 Plus (30) | 85% | 86% | 80% | 65% | 82% | 83% |
| Linglong Green Max HP010 (14) | 80% | 76% | 80% | 82% | 82% | 78% |
| Yokohama BluEarth Es ES32 (46) | 83% | 78% | 80% | 81% | 75% | 86% |
| Michelin Energy Saver Plus (63) | 83% | 71% | 78% | 76% | 91% | 82% |
| Nankang Cross Seasons AW6 (6) | 83% | 80% | 78% | 63% | 80% | 82% |
| Semperit Van Life 2 (1) | 90% | 100% | 80% | 80% | 100% | 60% |
| Westlake RVH680 (1) | 90% | 80% | 70% | 70% | 90% | 70% |
| Continental UltraContact UC6 (46) | 87% | 82% | 73% | 76% | 80% | 84% |
| Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3 (8) | 79% | 79% | 74% | 74% | 78% | 83% |
| Altenzo Equator (6) | 85% | 75% | 78% | 78% | 78% | 83% |
| Goodyear Assurance Triplemax 2 (23) | 84% | 77% | 73% | 78% | 86% | 76% |
| Barum Bravuris 2 (127) | 85% | 78% | 79% | 71% | 75% | 80% |
| Falken Eurowinter HS439 (17) | 86% | 83% | 86% | 81% | 83% | 77% |
| Dunlop SP Touring R1 (20) | 84% | 77% | 74% | 80% | 82% | 76% |
| Petlas Imperium PT515 (12) | 82% | 70% | 77% | 79% | 79% | 78% |
| Continental UltraContact (17) | 85% | 82% | 76% | 74% | 77% | 82% |
| Toyo Proxes CF1 (45) | 85% | 80% | 80% | 76% | 68% | 80% |
| Avon ZV5 (112) | 84% | 78% | 77% | 77% | 71% | 77% |
| Dunlop Sport BluResponse (183) | 88% | 84% | 79% | 76% | 62% | 83% |
| Austone SP 6 Athena (2) | 70% | 70% | 75% | 70% | 65% | 90% |
| Nexen Eurowin 650 (2) | 80% | 80% | 65% | 65% | 75% | 70% |
| Nexen N Blue ECO (34) | 83% | 78% | 77% | 77% | 69% | 74% |
| Sumitomo HTR AS P01 (4) | 60% | 70% | 78% | 73% | 80% | 83% |
| Michelin Energy Saver (136) | 83% | 71% | 74% | 71% | 85% | 80% |
| Michelin Energy XM2 (52) | 80% | 74% | 73% | 74% | 86% | 73% |
| Michelin Primacy LC (12) | 82% | 79% | 67% | 68% | 73% | 88% |
| Bridgestone Turanza GR100 (4) | 83% | 80% | 78% | 65% | 73% | 78% |
| Bridgestone Turanza ER300 (193) | 83% | 77% | 77% | 72% | 78% | 71% |
| Continental Premium Contact 5 (117) | 87% | 83% | 76% | 77% | 58% | 78% |
| Falken ZE912 (200) | 82% | 74% | 75% | 70% | 71% | 79% |
| Pirelli P6000 Powergy (11) | 83% | 67% | 71% | 75% | 85% | 70% |
| Sailun Atrezzo Elite (22) | 85% | 74% | 75% | 68% | 66% | 74% |
| Nankang SV2 (30) | 83% | 77% | 74% | 74% | 83% | 74% |
| Continental Premium Contact 2 (198) | 84% | 77% | 75% | 73% | 62% | 73% |
| Kumho Solus Vier KH21 (5) | 83% | 85% | 80% | 78% | 53% | 60% |
| Goodyear Excellence (126) | 79% | 70% | 72% | 71% | 72% | 74% |
| Bridgestone Ecopia EP200 (19) | 75% | 68% | 71% | 68% | 72% | 80% |
| Kormoran Road Performance (25) | 80% | 63% | 66% | 69% | 74% | 77% |
| Yokohama A Drive (28) | 77% | 64% | 70% | 69% | 79% | 70% |
| Kumho Solus KH17 (56) | 76% | 70% | 70% | 69% | 67% | 70% |
| Hankook Ventus Prime K105 (20) | 78% | 63% | 74% | 64% | 66% | 77% |
| Dunlop SP Sport 300 (21) | 77% | 68% | 62% | 62% | 77% | 67% |
| Laufenn G Fit AS (10) | 84% | 71% | 73% | 80% | 66% | 83% |
| Yokohama Aspec A349 BluEarth (11) | 72% | 59% | 69% | 78% | 87% | 65% |
| Michelin Energy (42) | 71% | 65% | 59% | 61% | 84% | 76% |
| Bridgestone Turanza T001 (107) | 80% | 70% | 69% | 67% | 63% | 72% |
| Bridgestone Turanza GR80 (6) | 65% | 70% | 62% | 58% | 60% | 80% |
| Starmaxx Ice Gripper W850 (4) | 67% | 67% | 67% | 63% | 70% | 70% |
| Bridgestone B 390 (9) | 86% | 79% | 84% | 80% | 76% | 80% |
| Nankang Toursport 611 (8) | 73% | 45% | 70% | 66% | 79% | 74% |
| Barum Bravuris (19) | 79% | 57% | 63% | 64% | 65% | 68% |
| Sailun Atrezzo SH402 (12) | 71% | 54% | 64% | 64% | 60% | 67% |
| Apollo Acelere (5) | 70% | 53% | 63% | 55% | 68% | 65% |
| Radar RPX900 (9) | 60% | 50% | 55% | 53% | 65% | 69% |
| Viking CityTech II (12) | 69% | 44% | 59% | 51% | 77% | 71% |
| Nankang XR611 (21) | 64% | 41% | 55% | 54% | 69% | 59% |
| Dextero DC808 (1) | 90% | 70% | 90% | 90% | 10% | 30% |
| Federal Super Steel 657 (8) | 70% | 51% | 48% | 51% | 75% | 55% |
| Pirelli P6000 (175) | 66% | 46% | 55% | 48% | 67% | 60% |
| Primewell PS830 (15) | 61% | 57% | 46% | 54% | 49% | 55% |
| Marangoni Verso (38) | 69% | 48% | 55% | 47% | 49% | 54% |
| Primewell VALERA TOURING (29) | 72% | 60% | 38% | 40% | 47% | 49% |
| Hifly HF201 (34) | 57% | 43% | 49% | 43% | 45% | 56% |
| Hifly Super2000 (12) | 66% | 48% | 43% | 46% | 52% | 41% |
205/65 15 Tire Review Highlights
Continental UltraContact rated 63% while driving a Toyota Avensis verso
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 average miles
Beware of these tires!! Initially i was very impressed with these tires. Very comfortable, quiet (except on concrete surfaces), excellent dry and wet grip and safe on aquaplanning. I have never driven on a tire that has such a good mix between comfort (soft sidewalls) and driving dynamics. The sidewalls don't fold over when cornering which gives the tire a great feedback, much much better then Michelin Primacy 4. The wear rate is excellent too, they have lost 1mm after 15.000kms. HOWEVER, the car started to vibrate at 110km/h+ only a couple weeks after installation. I had re-balanced the wheels but the vibrations remained. After i put on my 2nd set, winter wheels, i decided to re-balance these Continentals again, and to my surprise 3 out of 4 had gone completely out of shape! They are no longer round! One wheel needed 35 grams on the first balancing, now it needs over 90 grams and the tire is egg-shaped, and so are two others! Continental have zero interest in helping me out because i already drove too much on them (i do 30.000km's a year). I work at a garage so i know what i'm talking about, the car has no issues when driving on different tires on the same set of wheels. Very, very dissapointed because this tire gave me everything i wanted. My confidence in Continental has gone out the window completely and i now switched to Fulda EcoControl HP after previous good experiences with this brand.
Note: After a chat with the local tire fitters, it appears that i'm not the only one with this issue. Also happens to AllSeasonContant apparently.
TLDR: Great performance in all aspects, but go completely out of shape very quickly thus causing incurable vibrations in the car. AVOID.
Note: After a chat with the local tire fitters, it appears that i'm not the only one with this issue. Also happens to AllSeasonContant apparently.
TLDR: Great performance in all aspects, but go completely out of shape very quickly thus causing incurable vibrations in the car. AVOID.
The work amazing on the front axle of a pickup truck when compared to commercial rated tires with hard compounds. They won't last, but if you drive a bad vehicle without ABS it's worth the low tread life.
Kormoran Road Performance rated 40% while driving a Renault
Driving on mostly country roads for 6000 average miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 6000 average miles
Worn down completely after 6,000 miles (10,000 km)
The worst tire I ever put on my car.
The worst tire I ever put on my car.
Petlas Imperium PT515 rated 70% while driving a Renault
Driving on mostly town for 20000 average miles
Driving on mostly town for 20000 average miles
Good noise and shock absorption, way better than my old michelin green X. Grip is pretty good from getgo before they warm up compared to others I used, but only serviceable in rain. Fuel consumption is more compared to green x, but i exclusively drive in start stop traffic so not really noticeable in my use case.
For hard cornering its way better than green x's but thats not saying much considering those are eco hypermiling tires.
I got them for a pretty good deal, and they are available in some of the hard to find sizes, which was why I bought these.
For hard cornering its way better than green x's but thats not saying much considering those are eco hypermiling tires.
I got them for a pretty good deal, and they are available in some of the hard to find sizes, which was why I bought these.
Laufenn G Fit AS rated 77% while driving a Nissan Teana 2.5
Driving on a combination of roads for 5700 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 5700 average miles
Excellent grip during dry and wet conditions, would buy again
Goodyear Assurance Triplemax 2 rated 73% while driving a Toyota Innova
Driving on mostly town for 1000 average miles
Driving on mostly town for 1000 average miles
Fitted this tires to replace Michelin Primacy for Toyota Kijang Innova (Diesel). Was about to buy Michelin again, but they no longer manufacture the Primacy for my tire size (had to downgrade to Energy XM2+ with the same price as the Primacy), so I looked for another option. The Goodyear Assurance Triplemaxx came highly recommended in one of the Indonesian automotive online forum (best value), and with 1-year warranty I decided to give it a try. Initially, good grip when dry, while wet grip is also OK. It's not noisy (same noise level as my previous Michelin Primacy).
But there are two things I don't like about these tires:
1. When cornering at somewhat higher speed in the motorways, they roll (I feel like the car is wobbly), while with Primacy, I don't notice this.
2. They don't look as sleek as other tires because they're a bit bulgy on the sides.
However, considering the price (it's about half the price of Primacy) + 1-year warranty, I'd recommend the Goodyear Assurance Triplemax 2.
Michelin Energy XM2 rated 82% while driving a Mitsubishi magna
Driving on mostly town for 10000 easy going miles
Driving on mostly town for 10000 easy going miles
Had four years and done 16,000 kms. Still looking new. Very quiet with nice road feel and feedback. About to fit 1" larger diameter wheels and will definitely be fitting another set of these.
Austone SP 6 Athena rated 73% while driving a Kia Motors Forte
Driving on mostly country roads for 0 average miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 0 average miles
It's nice product and affordable and pocket friendly and also worth every penny you spent.
Uniroyal Rain Max 3 rated 83% while driving a Ford transit
Driving on mostly motorways for 9777 easy going miles
Driving on mostly motorways for 9777 easy going miles
I’ve got a set on my work horse Ford transit. can’t complain about anything really, they grip well and general wear isn’t bad
Viking CityTech II rated 61% while driving a Toyota avalon xls 2001
Driving on mostly town for 42000 average miles
Driving on mostly town for 42000 average miles
After driving about 26000km in three years, all 4 tires have been worn and 2 front wheels have been worn to the safety limit. The tires are adjusted every 10000km. At the beginning, I gave enough confidence to stop on dry and wet ground, but the ordinary comfort and noise suppression may not be particularly prominent because my car is a Toyota Avalon xls 2001 and 80% commutes in the city. The advantage is that because of its hard sidewalls, it is very competent for cornering on mountain roads and has good handling. However, the Treadwear 280 tires have only this life and are not economical. If you want to commute, you should make other choices. I want to try the falken ze310r next.
Dunlop SP Touring R1 rated 84% while driving a Toyota Innova
Driving on a combination of roads for 20 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 20 average miles
Tires have been on for three years now... Owned the car for one year. Tires have never had any issues with traction, have plenty of tread left, and perform well enough for a family vehicle.
Just got back from a wet, windy mountain journey and no issues whatsoever. No loss of traction on switchback inclines requiring gear one, in the rain. Vehicle is RWD.
Continental UltraContact UC6 rated 99% while driving a Toyota Corolla Altis
Driving on a combination of roads for 13000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 13000 average miles
I have been using these tires in my corolla from 20,000kms. To be honest, they are the best tires I have had so far. Dry grip and braking is just superb, and even on rain sometimes it grips so good that it feels like i'm on dry patch instead of a wet one. Soft and comfortable tires with pretty less noise. Noise has increased a little, but that's pretty common at this mileage. Make sure you protect sidewalls as they're pretty soft. 10/10 for this tire. Truly its ultra contact.
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