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175/45 R13 Tyres

Everything we know about the 175/45 R13 tyre size: 1 owner reviews covering 7,500 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tyres you can actually buy in it.

  • 1owner reviews
  • 7,500 milescovered on them
175/45 R13 To scale, mm
Ø 488 175 79 13" 79

What does 175/45 R13 mean?

A 175/45 R13 tyre is 175 mm wide, its sidewall is 45% of that width (79 mm) tall, and it fits a 13 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 488 mm.

Section width175 mm
Sidewall height79 mm
Rim diameter13" (330 mm)
Overall diameter≈ 488 mm
Circumference≈ 1,532 mm
Revolutions per km≈ 653
Revolutions per mile≈ 1,050

Also written as

175/45R13 175/45 ZR13 175-45-13 175 45 13

Figures are calculated from the nominal size. A loaded, rolling tyre runs a few percent smaller, and true widths vary slightly between makes.

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What cars use 175/45 R13 tyres?

The cars most often running this size in our owner reviews. Each links to the best rated tyres for that exact car.

Renault Clio 1.2 mark RL Oasis 1 reviews in this size

What drivers say about their 175/45 R13 tyres

The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.

90%
Continental Eco Contact 3 175/45 R13 Renault Clio 1.2 mark RL Oasis 7,500 miles May 15, 2009
Simply no other rival. My car now feels like it has powers steering.

Grip levels are incredible, tyres squeel very comfortably and giving amazing feedback. Stick like glue in dry and wet conditions

Significantly reduced my braking distances and fuel consumption. After buying these for my car (first car) i will, from now on, buy the top of the range tyres and these are just that. 10/10 for almost everything and definatly recommeneded

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Owner ratings are submitted through the review form on this site, naming the tyre, the size and the distance covered, and are checked by hand before publication. Test results come from independent published tyre tests indexed by size, and label values from the EU EPREL database.

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