I'm running jimny stock tyres on a first gen 1.6 vitara. My car isn't exactly fast and the on road traction and braking are just fine for my car. The road to my house is about 400 meters of very rough and steep offroad trail. After about 15000 km of driving the outer tread is worn way past the tread depth indicators. These tires will probably be fine for highway driving but for rough, steep uphill they got smoked pretty quick.
195/85 R15 Tyres
Everything we know about the 195/85 R15 tyre size: 3 owner reviews covering 60,000 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tyres you can actually buy in it.
- 3owner reviews
- 60,000 milescovered on them
- 1tyres made in this size
What does 195/85 R15 mean?
A 195/85 R15 tyre is 195 mm wide, its sidewall is 85% of that width (166 mm) tall, and it fits a 15 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 713 mm.
| Section width | 195 mm |
|---|---|
| Sidewall height | 166 mm |
| Rim diameter | 15" (381 mm) |
| Overall diameter | ≈ 713 mm |
| Circumference | ≈ 2,238 mm |
| Revolutions per km | ≈ 447 |
| Revolutions per mile | ≈ 719 |
Also written as
195/85R15 195/85 ZR15 195-85-15 195 85 15
Figures are calculated from the nominal size. A loaded, rolling tyre runs a few percent smaller, and true widths vary slightly between makes.
What cars use 195/85 R15 tyres?
The cars most often running this size in our owner reviews. Each links to the best rated tyres for that exact car.
What drivers say about their 195/85 R15 tyres
The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.
Best tyre I've ever used, so, so excellent in every condition which is so important here in Thailand with so much rain and extremely varied road surfaces, highly, highly recommended I wouldn't by anything else for my Nissan Tiida 1.8
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Where this data comes from
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.
About the TR Score
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.
Who does the testing
Every test published as a Tyre Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tyres independently since 2007.