185/60 R15 Tyres

The following tyres have been reviewed in 185/60 R15.
Tyre Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
General Altimax Winter Plus (1) 90% 90% 90% 100% 100% 90%
Michelin Alpin A4 (53) 88% 95% 91% 88% 94% 93%
Lassa Snoways2 Plus (2) 100% 100% 80% 85% 90% 85%
Continental WinterContact TS 860 S (11) 88% 86% 88% 90% 93% 94%
Firestone MultiSeason Gen 02 (7) 89% 87% 87% 92% 94% 84%
Continental WinterContact TS 800 (12) 88% 93% 86% 88% 88% 89%
Chengshan Sportcat CSC 801 (2) 85% 85% 85% 85% 90% 95%
BFGoodrich gForce Winter 2 (25) 85% 90% 80% 85% 86% 91%
Nokian Line (65) 92% 90% 89% 89% 82% 86%
Nokian WR D3 (42) 91% 88% 88% 87% 85% 87%
Goodyear UltraGrip 8 (58) 88% 92% 86% 82% 86% 87%
Michelin Energy X2 Plus (6) 88% 87% 72% 88% 86% 88%
Kleber Dynaxer HP4 (16) 93% 89% 85% 73% 86% 88%
Barum Polaris 3 (18) 82% 88% 83% 80% 87% 86%
Vredestein Sportrac 5 (98) 88% 85% 84% 83% 86% 84%
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 (39) 82% 89% 81% 83% 84% 90%
Falken Eurowinter HS449 (35) 85% 87% 80% 77% 85% 84%
Toyo Proxes CF2 (103) 88% 83% 82% 83% 84% 86%
Kleber Krisalp HP3 (32) 86% 86% 83% 82% 84% 89%
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 (38) 83% 91% 78% 82% 87% 84%
Continental WinterContact TS 860 (48) 89% 92% 83% 86% 83% 86%
Falken ZE914 (98) 89% 81% 84% 81% 82% 82%
Nordman North 9 (1) 70% 90% 90% 80% 70% 70%
Michelin CrossClimate Plus (111) 88% 86% 82% 74% 88% 87%
Uniroyal RainExpert (132) 85% 91% 81% 76% 75% 86%
Matador MP 44 Elite 3 (16) 90% 84% 85% 71% 81% 78%
Vredestein Sportrac 3 (60) 85% 91% 80% 80% 76% 79%
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3 (6) 80% 82% 78% 80% 75% 86%
Continental UltraContact (11) 87% 83% 83% 72% 90% 81%
Yokohama C Drive (45) 86% 82% 83% 77% 77% 86%
Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125 (110) 89% 81% 80% 79% 80% 80%
Continental AllSeasonContact (35) 82% 87% 81% 83% 75% 82%
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons (61) 84% 83% 82% 82% 86% 82%
Michelin CrossClimate 2 (89) 86% 83% 74% 71% 84% 84%
Yokohama BluEarth GT AE51 (28) 89% 80% 78% 80% 78% 83%
Nexen N Blue 4 Season (21) 77% 82% 74% 77% 77% 83%
Dunlop SP Sport Fast Response (103) 88% 84% 84% 77% 76% 80%
Michelin Energy Saver Plus (61) 84% 72% 78% 77% 91% 83%
Toyo SNOWPROX S 942 (5) 80% 82% 76% 74% 86% 90%
Michelin Pilot Exalto (56) 86% 81% 76% 80% 83% 77%
Pirelli SNOWCONTROL Serie II (7) 79% 79% 80% 81% 83% 70%
Hankook Winter i cept RS2 (46) 85% 85% 76% 80% 86% 76%
Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun (97) 87% 83% 82% 80% 77% 79%
Michelin CrossClimate (143) 88% 85% 82% 80% 84% 89%
Goodyear Assurance Triplemax 2 (18) 86% 79% 74% 80% 84% 76%
Nokian WetProof (20) 88% 92% 76% 85% 63% 81%
Yokohama BluEarth Es ES32 (43) 83% 78% 80% 81% 74% 86%
Uniroyal RainSport 3 (286) 84% 92% 79% 78% 64% 83%
Nexen N Blue HD Plus (67) 83% 79% 78% 76% 77% 83%
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance (245) 86% 84% 76% 78% 73% 85%
Uniroyal RainExpert 3 (36) 83% 93% 78% 75% 66% 81%
Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 (43) 79% 86% 74% 73% 86% 84%
Nokian WR D4 (68) 83% 82% 78% 79% 66% 83%
Nexen Arrowspeed CP661 (12) 81% 74% 73% 75% 80% 76%
Pirelli Cinturato P1 Verde (45) 83% 75% 79% 74% 84% 80%
Sava Eskimo S3 Plus (29) 76% 75% 71% 73% 78% 83%
Nexen Winguard Snow G WH2 (10) 84% 73% 75% 76% 87% 83%
Gislaved Ultra Speed 2 (4) 88% 83% 88% 83% 63% 63%
Viking Wintech (15) 82% 76% 77% 74% 80% 82%
Dunlop SP Touring R1 (19) 83% 76% 73% 80% 82% 76%
Maxxis All Season AP2 (21) 84% 80% 73% 76% 77% 72%
Pirelli Cinturato Winter (7) 74% 87% 74% 74% 72% 81%
Firestone MultiSeason (10) 80% 75% 69% 74% 80% 76%
Toyo Proxes Comfort (12) 83% 78% 75% 68% 81% 86%
Fulda EcoControl HP (15) 82% 73% 76% 81% 78% 80%
Hankook OPTIMO K415 (54) 82% 75% 75% 73% 85% 75%
General AltiMAX RT (3) 83% 77% 67% 77% 83% 73%
Lassa Impetus Revo (12) 86% 77% 78% 75% 73% 73%
Dunlop Sport BluResponse (181) 88% 84% 79% 76% 62% 83%
GT Radial 4Seasons (6) 80% 75% 75% 68% 93% 80%
Lassa Snoways Era (12) 78% 76% 77% 75% 76% 79%
Jinyu YH12 (28) 81% 74% 79% 69% 79% 80%
Bridgestone A001 (47) 91% 92% 89% 80% 84% 83%
Michelin Energy XM2 (50) 81% 74% 73% 74% 86% 73%
Michelin Energy Saver (136) 83% 71% 74% 71% 85% 80%
Sava Eskimo S3 (33) 73% 64% 68% 71% 75% 72%
Tigar Winter 1 (10) 73% 74% 76% 70% 81% 82%
Marshal KH35 (12) 83% 76% 73% 75% 71% 76%
Hankook K425 Kinergy Eco (49) 83% 77% 77% 74% 72% 77%
Bridgestone Turanza ER300 (193) 83% 77% 77% 72% 78% 71%
Continental ComfortContact CC6 (50) 79% 66% 71% 71% 78% 89%
Kumho Ecowing ES31 (16) 79% 69% 75% 64% 77% 80%
Continental Premium Contact 5 (116) 87% 82% 76% 77% 58% 78%
Falken ZE912 (200) 82% 74% 75% 70% 71% 79%
Bridgestone Potenza RE080 (9) 80% 71% 86% 76% 72% 68%
Tyfoon Connexion 5 (1) 70% 80% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Michelin Energy E3A (10) 84% 60% 74% 74% 86% 77%
Sailun Atrezzo Elite (19) 85% 74% 76% 66% 67% 76%
Bridgestone Turanza T005 (136) 83% 81% 74% 74% 67% 74%
Dunlop SP Sport LM704 (26) 81% 60% 76% 76% 80% 80%
Nexen CP661 (10) 77% 71% 69% 72% 80% 76%
Continental Premium Contact 2 (198) 84% 77% 75% 73% 62% 73%
Kumho Solus KH15 (24) 76% 69% 71% 60% 75% 80%
Goodyear Eagle Sport All Season (14) 92% 88% 75% 81% 75% 66%
Continental PremiumContact (15) 83% 68% 72% 69% 75% 73%
Barum Brillantis 2 (31) 77% 60% 68% 67% 78% 77%
Bridgestone Blizzak LM005 (77) 78% 85% 75% 72% 61% 74%
Rapid Rapid EcoSaver (5) 83% 70% 90% 60% 65% 80%
Goodyear Excellence (125) 79% 70% 72% 71% 72% 73%
Maxxis MA P1 (20) 80% 66% 72% 64% 76% 71%
Aoteli P607 (24) 79% 64% 70% 69% 78% 71%
Yokohama BluEarth AE01 (22) 79% 73% 76% 68% 59% 75%
Kumho Ecowing ES01 KH27 (20) 76% 63% 73% 61% 76% 80%
Goodride SP06 (23) 82% 71% 67% 66% 73% 68%
Yokohama A Drive (28) 77% 64% 70% 69% 79% 70%
Linglong Green Max (36) 78% 70% 65% 69% 66% 72%
Kumho Solus KH17 (56) 76% 70% 70% 69% 67% 70%
Bridgestone Blizzak LM32 (18) 84% 69% 69% 69% 81% 72%
Radar Rivera Pro 2 (6) 68% 68% 77% 67% 68% 68%
Laufenn G Fit AS (10) 84% 71% 73% 80% 66% 83%
Yokohama E70D db (10) 73% 68% 76% 74% 71% 69%
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 (74) 82% 85% 76% 73% 56% 72%
Bridgestone Turanza AR10 (5) 76% 66% 70% 68% 67% 70%
Membat Passion (3) 87% 77% 70% 37% 70% 70%
Cordiant Sport 3 (1) 70% 70% 60% 60% 90% 50%
Continental Eco Contact 5 (88) 80% 67% 68% 68% 74% 68%
Dunlop SP Sport 01 (124) 78% 67% 71% 69% 69% 65%
Nexen CP641 (33) 75% 59% 62% 67% 76% 70%
Goodyear Eagle NCT5 (91) 75% 61% 68% 61% 78% 69%
Barum Polaris 5 (11) 70% 71% 66% 66% 68% 73%
Yokohama dB super E spec (6) 72% 55% 70% 68% 66% 80%
Avon ZT7 (11) 79% 73% 69% 64% 60% 72%
Bridgestone Ecopia EP150 (57) 75% 68% 68% 67% 64% 68%
Goodyear EfficientGrip (138) 77% 68% 63% 61% 71% 71%
Aptany RP203 (7) 76% 66% 71% 73% 49% 67%
Petlas Progreen PT525 (6) 73% 70% 60% 70% 82% 60%
Wanli S1063 (80) 74% 58% 63% 61% 77% 65%
Dunlop SP2000 (14) 78% 70% 73% 62% 59% 62%
Viking FourTech (4) 65% 70% 63% 58% 85% 65%
Bridgestone Turanza ER30 (43) 78% 61% 67% 62% 72% 57%
Nexen N Blue HD (13) 76% 74% 66% 62% 60% 58%
Bridgestone Potenza RE030 (8) 81% 58% 63% 59% 91% 53%
Bridgestone B250 (48) 66% 55% 61% 62% 70% 64%
Pace Toledo TL1000 (13) 71% 55% 61% 59% 70% 59%
Davanti DX390 (24) 69% 60% 62% 60% 65% 63%
Continental EcoContact 6 (93) 75% 59% 58% 61% 54% 69%
Viking CityTech II (12) 69% 44% 59% 51% 77% 71%
Federal Formoza FD1 (14) 75% 59% 51% 54% 61% 59%
Autogrip P308 (26) 66% 52% 56% 50% 60% 61%
Accelera Alpha (130) 65% 44% 53% 49% 69% 56%
Kumho Solus 4 All Weather (1) 70% 70% 60% 50% 20% 80%
Roadstone CP661 Classe Premiere (9) 59% 44% 54% 51% 66% 53%
Rotalla F108 (7) 67% 44% 48% 40% 65% 65%
Durun A One (21) 67% 46% 59% 51% 45% 49%
Sava intensa hp (25) 58% 46% 45% 40% 61% 60%
Autogrip Grip 200 (9) 69% 40% 47% 50% 48% 46%
Dunlop SP Sport 2030 (9) 64% 58% 48% 49% 38% 38%
Autogrip F101 (15) 61% 42% 43% 34% 54% 49%
Atlas Green 4S (5) 58% 40% 50% 40% 38% 60%
Fullrun HP199 (79) 48% 28% 32% 33% 53% 27%

185/60 15 Tyre Review Highlights

Goodyear EfficientGrip rated 100% while driving a Skoda
Driving on a combination of roads for 65000 easy going miles
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tyre reviewed on 2024-03-14 18:59:44
Kleber Krisalp HP3 rated 75% while driving a Skoda
Driving on a combination of roads for 20000 spirited miles
My fifth consecutive winter on this set of tyres, and the Kleber are often competitive performers in their own right in smaller sizes and higher profiles. Decent feedback throughout the operating spectrum, I've always sensed the limits and never felt I don't know what's going on. Dry cornering grip swiftly washes out in higher temperatures -- it is a winter tyre after all (a few comments on this at the end). Otherwise, in its operating range it is utterly predictable in normal driving and progressive in its tendency to understeer. In the wet, well tested this winter, it's agile and grippy, resisting aquaplaning very well particularly in corners. A question mark over straight line performance in big puddles as it has worn, more cautious. Braking - well in all the above, as I don't seem to have tested its limits so far, thankfully. Not even one ABS shudder. Snow, mainly fresh or slushy, very good grip and handling. Less experience of durably packed sub-zero snow over these years, even at higher altitude.
This brings me to my comment. My natural environment for the past three decades has largely been subalpine, and within a handful of kms in all directions winter tyres are compulsory. And yes, in practice they have been a must. Even with the noticeable impact of changing climate a grippier tyre in winter remains essential because of the risk of a sudden if short-lived return of snowfall just when you're out there. Firstly, this tyre has been my faithful and robust workhorse, coping with the associated crud like mud streams, fallen branches, rocks and stones, and holes that are now more frequently found on 'warmer' but wet alpine roads, and without warning. It's kept me and my car safe.
Secondly, I'll be moving shortly but will still be around these parts in winter. I'm wondering if my winter swap won't be to an all-seasons tyre (I value summer tyres in summer). I'd like to see more testing of all tyres at or beyond the upper extremes of their temperature ranges (eg. 10-17°C and 32-45°C - these have been my realities for the last decade).
No comment on wear - difficult to judge through the low mileage Covid years, plus tyres make immense progress in the time that I keep a set. One final comment: in general, I've had better experiences with smaller cars on winter tyres.
tyre reviewed on 2024-02-06 13:03:19
Bridgestone Turanza T005 rated 81% while driving a Suzuki
Driving on mostly town for 50000 average miles
Good tyre for that car,very good wear,after 6 years it is time for change,I will buy them again
tyre reviewed on 2024-01-29 19:08:53
Nexen N Blue 4 Season rated 83% while driving a SEAT ibiza 1.4
Driving on mostly country roads for 38000 spirited miles
Excellent tyres, good price/value rate.
tyre reviewed on 2024-01-18 13:26:03
Bridgestone Blizzak LM005 rated 47% while driving a SEAT Toledo
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 average miles
First winter the tyres were good. The next one almost crashed twice. Almost no grip on snow and ice. Wet was acceptable, but still bad. For 3 winters (probably ~15000 km), already below 4mm tread. I'll never buy them again.
tyre reviewed on 2023-11-20 14:55:00
Nordman North 9 rated 83% while driving a Toyota Yaris
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 average miles
At first I was skeptical about this tire, as I live in Canada Calgary, snowfalls are high and this tire brand is new and has no reviews online. The tread design is based on the Nokian Hakka 9.

Dry, the noise is noticeable because of the studs, but in wet conditions you won’t notice the noise which actually surprised me. I have driven over 100 km/h on wet conditions, it’s quiet.

In the snow, it handles amazingly. I have entered tight corners at (40 km/h) to see if the car would understeer or oversteer. Guess what? It doesn’t, it keeps me stable.
In the ice, lots of traction from stop and go. (Sometimes I drive aggressively but most of the time I drive normally and slow)
In slight curves, (driving fast, not highway but on residential roads, people in my area drive 30-40 km/h on those curves but I drive 60 km/h on those curves) i can predict that the car is going to slip or not which is a good thing as the tire is predictable.
For the studs, compared to Nokian Hakka 9, even though it has the same tread design, the studs on nokian hakka 9 have 2 types of studs, the triangular one on the shoulders. On the north 9, the shoulder studs and middle studs are all the same and no triangular ones.

I was about to buy the continental VikingContact 7 but I decided to go for this tire as it was cheaper and has studs.
tyre reviewed on 2023-10-26 19:33:39
Avon ZT7 rated 60% while driving a Skoda
Driving on mostly town for 23000 average miles
Two tyres at 3 years old and use, with 23,000 miles, 4 mm of tread, they had cracks close-ish to the wheel bead on the inside of the wheel so not generally seen but deep enough for MoT failure. Very disappointing. I bought these as Avon used to be a British company and used to make good tyres (at reasonable prices) sadly no longer British nor good tyres in this experience. Another problem is another two of the same tyre were fitted two years later (just over a year, 10k-miles, ago) to make a set of four so crawling under the car with a torch may soon be required to check those. I will report on that set with another review after three years of their life, or at end of their life.
tyre reviewed on 2023-10-10 23:47:39
Dunlop Sport BluResponse rated 57% while driving a Suzuki Swift
Driving on mostly town for 20 average miles
Since day 1 i wasn't satisfied with those tires. I drove mostly in the city and they are terrible. I only have two big trips and they are good on nice open and wet roads, especially when they are warm but they need a lot of time to warm up in the city and there is no traction even with a light rain. They are quiet and last though. Today i had my tires changed and try my luck with another big brand,witch is a lot cheaper too and the first impressions are good. So i dont think i m gonna put dunlops again.
tyre reviewed on 2023-09-18 14:51:36
Continental UltraContact rated 82% while driving a Toyota Sienta
Driving on mostly town for 200 average miles
I stand corrected: my previous review states that my new Ultracontacts started out at 6.5mm tread depth.
Using a vernier caliper, I've established it is around 7.5-7.8mm, so not too far from the nominally desired 8mm tread depth.

Tyres still function fine and yes, the lack of the 'Squeek!' and 'Eeeek!' sounds from slipping/skidding is still very much noticeable, vs my past Blue Earth GT AE-51 and Ecocontact 6 tyres.
tyre reviewed on 2023-09-11 05:51:26
Continental UltraContact rated 80% while driving a Toyota Sienta
Driving on mostly motorways for 50 average miles
Finally, I went full circle and went back to having Continental tyres.
Was on 3 sets of Conti PremiumContact 5 for a few years till they discontinued it afterwards tried its lacklustre cousin EcoContact 6 because CPC6 isn't for my wheel size.
Went on to having Yokohama Blue Earth GT AE51 and just after 2.5 years from manufacture, those tyres seem to be slipping/skidding frequently for some unknown reason even with 5-6 mm of tread left for the last few months. Changed to Ultracontacts a few days ago and suddenly the slippages are mostly gone - most noticeably those on indoor parking flooring and ramps, gradients of humps. Tyre squeal noise is very soft vs past EcoContact6 and AE51, when doing tight turns. If feel I can trust Continental tyres for the grip they provide. These ultracontacts behave very similarly to my old PremiumContact 5. Unfortunately, this also extends negatively to the ride comfort and noise. They are noticeably much noisier and less plush (I can feel every rough bit and road marking I go over) than the Blue Earth AE51 I replaced them with. Anyhow, rainy season is coming and I don't have many choices where I am for my wheel size. Only time will tell if they wear well - my CPC5 worn down terribly just after 25000km (3-4mm left) but they say these made-for-EU Ultracontacts have some new formulation to reduct wear from abrasion. Note that these Ultracontacts start off with about 6.5mm of tread when new so I am also not happy about this short-changing (normally I expect new tyres to start off with 8mm tread height).
tyre reviewed on 2023-09-04 05:48:58
Goodyear Assurance Triplemax 2 rated 84% while driving a Honda City
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 average miles
The tyres are safe most importantly but are on the noisier side. Offers good stability even during aquaplaning.
tyre reviewed on 2023-09-02 07:52:56
Gislaved Ultra Speed 2 rated 78% while driving a Toyota Vios
Driving on mostly town for 6000 easy going miles
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tyre reviewed on 2023-09-01 06:19:42
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