215/50 R16 Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Pirelli Winter Carving Edge (2) 85% 85% 90% 85% 95% 100%
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport (55) 95% 81% 91% 92% 70% 74%
Continental Premium Contact 6 (118) 89% 84% 83% 85% 74% 78%
Dunlop SportMaxx RT (175) 88% 84% 83% 82% 60% 82%
Nokian WeatherProof (31) 80% 84% 79% 79% 74% 87%
Kumho Solus HS51 Harmony Sports (5) 85% 80% 65% 65% 80% 90%
Michelin Primacy HP (199) 85% 75% 77% 74% 77% 76%
Continental Premium Contact 2 (198) 84% 77% 75% 73% 62% 73%
Nexen N6000 (63) 81% 70% 74% 65% 71% 74%
Goodyear Excellence (126) 79% 70% 72% 71% 72% 74%
RoadX RXMOTION 4S (9) 73% 58% 63% 68% 71% 54%
Triangle TR918 (11) 65% 30% 57% 46% 76% 62%
Kumho Ecsta 712 (10) 69% 42% 51% 47% 74% 50%

215/50 16 Tire Review Highlights

Continental Premium Contact 6 rated 76% while driving a Honda Prelude 2.2vtec
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 spirited miles
The tire has great levels of grip in the dry. Steering is precise and predictable near and at the limit. Tires overheat quite quickly under track use conditions.

Tire is a lot quieter than PS4, but it is not a quiet tire. Wet grip exists, but it is not great.
tire reviewed on 2024-06-16 09:19:37
RoadX RXMOTION 4S rated 37% while driving a Ford Fiesta
Driving on mostly town for 6000 average miles
Terrible tires, noisy and awful wet grip. Came on the car from Arnold Clarke they will be changed before they are worn out.
tire reviewed on 2022-08-01 12:07:18
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport rated 93% while driving a Honda Civic 1.8 VTEC Sport
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 spirited miles
I have been using the tires for about 5k km and can say it's really good. I was using PS4 before this and can say the grip on wet and dry are similar. Can't say much about the wear as I can't drive now during pkp :p. Overall I highly recommend the tires as it is budget friendly and really good.
tire reviewed on 2021-06-18 07:13:52
Nexen N6000 rated 64% while driving a MINI Cooper
Driving on a combination of roads for 0 miles
Cheap tire and nice wear after near 6 month.
Under rain condition this tires are an HORROR.
In the highway after taking some water on the road I lost totally the car control.
I had never happened in worse conditions with Bridgestones Potenza.
tire reviewed on 2016-09-05 13:26:41
Pirelli Winter Carving Edge rated 96% while driving a Mazda 3 Series
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 average miles
No comments left
tire reviewed on 2016-07-19 18:43:02
Nokian WeatherProof rated 78% while driving a Volkswagen 1.8 20vT Sport
Driving on mostly country roads for 5000 spirited miles
So far run 5000k miles and found them to be as good as Wintracs for winter conditions with excellent cold dry grip, cold wet grip and frosty conditions, and hard packed snow. More recently with warmer dry roads I've found their limit rather more easily than I'd expected, considering these are touted as 'all season' tires. They are quiet compared to the summer tires I changed from but that's no surprise considering those are Bridgestone Potenzas with a 40% profile. Straight line stability at high speed is not as good as I would expect from a good 'all season' tire - not as good as the Vredestein Quatrac, for example.
tire reviewed on 2016-04-03 13:18:06
Kumho Solus HS51 Harmony Sports rated 70% while driving a Fiat Coupe 20 Valve Turbo
Driving on mostly town for 150 easy going miles
Ive used kumho ecsta, ku36 & ku39 and found them great value. Great grip up to 8 or 9 tenths but push harder & they start to lose grip. Great in the wet too. They were very comfortable & quiet which made long jrnys much less tiring, this is mostly down to how soft they are specially in the side wall compared to other brands so not the most durable (15 months or 12000 miles on average), the tread lasts longer than the tires grip so it wud still get through MOT but had lost a lot of grip by then. Just had these new HS ones about 150 miles ago so not really pushed them yet but these initially felt even more comfy & wet & dry felt very good..seems to have faded slightly already but cud just b me pushing them without realising it...will update this review once I've had a few more hundred miles & motorway jrnys. Once fully bedded in (100ish miles including motorway speeds) will push them in the corners too.
tire reviewed on 2015-02-12 17:38:52
Michelin Primacy HP rated 87% while driving a Audi A4 1.8T S Line
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
No comments left
tire reviewed on 2014-10-02 02:32:03
Michelin Primacy HP rated 39% while driving a Ford Focus
Driving on mostly town for 9500 average miles
No comments left
tire reviewed on 2014-08-13 17:09:43
Dunlop SportMaxx RT rated 90% while driving a TVR Chimaera
Driving on mostly country roads for 1000 spirited miles
Excellent tire in all conditions. Made my TVR safe and predictable even on standing water. Has given me the confidence to accelerate and brake in wet without wincing.
tire reviewed on 2013-03-17 11:15:42
Continental Premium Contact 2 rated 74% while driving a Peugeot 406 Coupe SE (3.0 ltr V6)
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
Very comfortable tires, quite good in the wet and exceptionally silent. Good wear, reasonable grip. Not terribly exciting tires though, buy if touring is the priority.
tire reviewed on 2012-04-20 08:18:06
Triangle TR918 rated 56% while driving a Ford Galaxy
Driving on a combination of roads for 50000 spirited miles
Slides all over in the wet.DO NOT BUY. Get Event as an alternative budget tire
tire reviewed on 2011-10-12 16:38:55
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