Good handling, too.. they make the Renault 8 feel like a perfectly equilibrated car.
Perfect tyres for driving downhill at break-neck speeds of over 135kmh or for drifting at the hairpins of the Envalira mountain pass in Andorra.
Everything we know about the 135/80 R15 tyre size: 1 owner reviews covering 1,000 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tyres you can actually buy in it.
EU label values are declared for each individual size, so the figures here are exact for 135/80 R15 rather than a range across a model. 2 tyres carry label data in this size. The most common load index is 73 (up to 365 kg per tyre). Speed ratings on offer: T (190 km/h).
The quietest 135/80 R15 tyres are labelled at 69 dB external noise:
Label values come from the EU EPREL database and apply to the EU market versions of each tyre. Wet grip and rolling resistance run from class A (best) to E; noise is the measured drive-by figure. A good label is a floor, not a verdict - the tests and owner ratings above tell you far more.
A 135/80 R15 tyre is 135 mm wide, its sidewall is 80% of that width (108 mm) tall, and it fits a 15 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 597 mm.
| Section width | 135 mm |
|---|---|
| Sidewall height | 108 mm |
| Rim diameter | 15" (381 mm) |
| Overall diameter | ≈ 597 mm |
| Circumference | ≈ 1,876 mm |
| Revolutions per km | ≈ 533 |
| Revolutions per mile | ≈ 858 |
135/80R15 135/80 ZR15 135-80-15 135 80 15
Figures are calculated from the nominal size. A loaded, rolling tyre runs a few percent smaller, and true widths vary slightly between makes.
The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.
Review your tyres and help the next driver choose. It takes about five minutes, and every review on this page came from a driver who took them.
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.
The Tyre Reviews Score rates each tyre out of 10 using independent test results and the full body of owner reviews, so you can check a car-specific ranking against the wider evidence.
Every test published as a Tyre Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tyres independently since 2007.