205/45 R16 Tyres

The following tyres have been reviewed in 205/45 R16.
Tyre Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 (31) 93% 91% 87% 89% 87% 86%
Vredestein Ultrac Satin (43) 92% 88% 87% 88% 85% 91%
BFGoodrich gForce Profiler 2 (24) 92% 85% 87% 84% 89% 85%
Michelin Alpin 5 (23) 85% 93% 84% 77% 91% 89%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 (234) 93% 90% 86% 88% 80% 81%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 (406) 92% 89% 85% 85% 80% 87%
Nexen N Fera SU4 (68) 91% 88% 84% 79% 80% 88%
Barum Bravuris 3HM (66) 88% 83% 82% 80% 87% 84%
Toyo Proxes CF2 (103) 88% 83% 82% 83% 84% 86%
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08R (43) 95% 73% 91% 93% 72% 70%
Falken ZE914 (98) 89% 81% 84% 81% 82% 82%
Continental ContiMaxContact MC6 (33) 92% 80% 80% 90% 75% 81%
Continental WinterContact TS 850 (56) 88% 90% 85% 85% 85% 90%
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 (300) 90% 88% 84% 84% 73% 82%
Goodyear Eagle UltraGrip (5) 84% 86% 82% 84% 86% 74%
Toyo R1R (30) 95% 81% 91% 90% 60% 70%
Hankook Winter i cept evo (28) 80% 79% 76% 72% 80% 79%
Vredestein Sportrac 3 (60) 85% 91% 80% 80% 76% 79%
Kumho Ecsta HS51 (35) 87% 85% 77% 80% 80% 86%
Westlake SA 57 (6) 85% 77% 80% 83% 88% 67%
Mabor Sport Jet 3 (7) 83% 77% 79% 81% 87% 77%
Hankook Ventus RS4 (18) 87% 73% 85% 89% 86% 63%
Neuton NT5000 (66) 88% 77% 81% 76% 84% 83%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (310) 90% 88% 81% 84% 73% 78%
Semperit Speed Grip 3 (6) 83% 83% 78% 78% 86% 88%
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE002 (108) 90% 82% 82% 80% 77% 77%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Directional 5 (30) 87% 81% 79% 85% 76% 78%
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003 (89) 91% 78% 83% 87% 71% 74%
Uniroyal RainSport 2 (226) 85% 91% 78% 76% 76% 80%
Michelin Pilot Sport (41) 92% 82% 86% 81% 73% 75%
Michelin Pilot Exalto (56) 86% 81% 76% 80% 83% 77%
Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun (97) 87% 83% 82% 80% 77% 79%
General Altimax Sport (32) 80% 79% 79% 78% 87% 80%
Maxxis MA iPro Victra iPro (22) 88% 78% 83% 84% 68% 76%
Yokohama BluEarth Es ES32 (43) 83% 78% 80% 81% 74% 86%
GT Radial Champiro HPX (12) 87% 88% 87% 87% 68% 70%
Uniroyal RainSport 3 (286) 84% 92% 79% 78% 64% 83%
Kumho Winter Craft WP51 (14) 81% 75% 71% 72% 82% 84%
Kumho Ecsta KU39 (123) 86% 78% 80% 76% 73% 81%
Bridgestone B340 (1) 80% 70% 70% 70% 100% 80%
Kumho Ecsta PS31 (60) 82% 79% 76% 79% 75% 79%
Barum Bravuris 2 (127) 85% 78% 79% 71% 75% 80%
Nexen N9000 (12) 84% 80% 81% 80% 77% 77%
Dunlop SportMaxx RT (174) 88% 84% 83% 82% 60% 82%
Bridgestone Potenza RE71R (13) 98% 80% 85% 93% 53% 40%
Nexen N Fera SU1 (128) 84% 76% 76% 78% 74% 82%
Hankook Ventus RS2 Z212 (13) 91% 61% 82% 80% 74% 69%
Hankook OPTIMO K415 (54) 82% 75% 75% 73% 85% 75%
Hankook Ventus V12 evo k110 (114) 84% 75% 76% 78% 74% 79%
Kumho Ecsta PS71 (59) 86% 81% 80% 79% 74% 72%
Avon ZV5 (112) 84% 78% 77% 77% 71% 77%
Toyo R888 R (26) 93% 64% 85% 88% 64% 63%
Jinyu YH12 (28) 81% 74% 79% 69% 79% 80%
Kumho Ecsta KU31 (165) 83% 75% 77% 76% 72% 74%
Westlake Sport SA37 (6) 82% 62% 82% 80% 83% 77%
Dunlop Direzza DZ101 (8) 85% 68% 80% 79% 67% 76%
Toyo Proxes TR1 (64) 85% 76% 78% 81% 72% 67%
Continental Sport Contact 3 (244) 88% 80% 81% 77% 62% 74%
Cooper Zeon CS6 (33) 83% 74% 69% 74% 85% 72%
Avon ZZ3 (115) 84% 75% 78% 75% 70% 74%
Rovelo Sport A1 (20) 79% 69% 71% 75% 75% 75%
Nankang NS2R (58) 89% 66% 82% 84% 72% 56%
Yokohama Parada Spec 2 (118) 92% 59% 80% 80% 69% 71%
Bridgestone Potenza RE720 (20) 84% 77% 75% 77% 64% 70%
Maxxis MA Z1 Victra (64) 88% 77% 73% 77% 71% 66%
Bridgestone Turanza ER300 (193) 83% 77% 77% 72% 78% 71%
Uniroyal RainSport (25) 78% 88% 68% 78% 72% 74%
Falken ZE912 (200) 82% 74% 75% 70% 71% 79%
Bridgestone Turanza T005 (136) 83% 81% 74% 74% 67% 74%
Maxxis Premitra HP5 (34) 84% 77% 74% 75% 66% 69%
Michelin Pilot Primacy (52) 80% 76% 71% 68% 85% 71%
Falken FK452 (211) 82% 72% 75% 73% 69% 73%
Federal 595RSR (51) 86% 66% 76% 80% 72% 57%
Nankang SV2 (30) 83% 77% 74% 74% 83% 74%
Yokohama S Drive (65) 83% 69% 75% 77% 71% 68%
Rotalla RU01 S Pace (25) 83% 72% 71% 70% 71% 78%
Nexen N Fera SUR4G (5) 94% 84% 60% 83% 46% 48%
Avon ZV7 (123) 83% 78% 73% 72% 60% 79%
Continental Premium Contact 2 (198) 84% 77% 75% 73% 62% 73%
Toyo T1R (288) 83% 69% 75% 75% 63% 70%
Kumho Solus KH15 (24) 76% 69% 71% 60% 75% 80%
Nexen N8000 (79) 79% 74% 68% 66% 68% 79%
Nexen N6000 (63) 81% 70% 74% 65% 71% 74%
Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 (157) 84% 78% 76% 73% 60% 65%
Yokohama BluEarth AE01 (22) 79% 73% 76% 68% 59% 75%
Jinyu YU61 (46) 80% 65% 68% 63% 73% 75%
Continental Sport Contact 2 (229) 85% 75% 76% 72% 61% 66%
Altenzo Comforter (87) 78% 59% 69% 62% 75% 79%
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx TT (53) 85% 73% 74% 76% 64% 64%
Uniroyal RainMax 2 (2) 55% 70% 90% 50% 55% 65%
Pirelli P 7 (85) 79% 69% 71% 68% 73% 65%
Jinyu YU63 (52) 78% 62% 67% 66% 72% 72%
Continental Eco Contact 5 (88) 80% 67% 68% 68% 74% 68%
Pirelli PZero Nero (140) 83% 66% 71% 71% 67% 64%
Jinyu Gallopro YH18 (9) 79% 56% 60% 70% 71% 74%
Goodyear Eagle NCT5 (91) 75% 61% 68% 61% 78% 69%
Goodyear EfficientGrip (138) 77% 68% 63% 61% 71% 71%
Pirelli P Zero Nero GT (36) 81% 64% 63% 68% 70% 64%
Wanli S1063 (80) 74% 58% 63% 61% 77% 65%
Evergreen EU72 (48) 75% 61% 60% 60% 73% 67%
Dunlop SP2000 (14) 78% 70% 73% 62% 59% 62%
Nankang NS2 (211) 76% 58% 65% 62% 73% 62%
Maxxis MA Z4S Victra (18) 89% 77% 79% 78% 80% 78%
Landsail LS288 (36) 74% 60% 65% 61% 68% 70%
Yokohama BluEarth AE50 (35) 73% 66% 67% 68% 59% 68%
Hankook Ventus V2 Concept (12) 87% 79% 79% 81% 75% 80%
Accelera PHI R (27) 76% 52% 68% 68% 64% 73%
Bridgestone Turanza ER30 (43) 78% 61% 67% 62% 72% 57%
Nexen N3000 (45) 73% 55% 63% 62% 63% 67%
Achilles 2233 (20) 77% 47% 63% 64% 71% 65%
Federal 595EVO (39) 74% 46% 69% 64% 72% 54%
Hero Milanza HZ1 (20) 74% 53% 65% 61% 64% 59%
Davanti DX390 (24) 69% 60% 62% 60% 65% 63%
Toyo T1S (10) 66% 49% 63% 57% 65% 65%
Marangoni Zetalinea (15) 72% 45% 64% 64% 68% 57%
Goodyear Ultra Grip Performance 2 (9) 79% 73% 74% 71% 70% 81%
Infinity INF 050 (19) 66% 47% 59% 54% 78% 51%
Kenda KAISER KR20 (64) 66% 46% 55% 54% 71% 55%
Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL (136) 70% 47% 57% 55% 69% 48%
Primewell PZ900 (59) 72% 58% 54% 57% 57% 50%
Accelera Alpha (130) 65% 44% 53% 49% 69% 56%
Minerva EMI Zero UHP (3) 70% 70% 65% 37% 33% 50%
Falken ZIEX ZE329 (10) 76% 53% 56% 60% 33% 49%
Achilles ATR Sport (54) 62% 42% 54% 48% 62% 57%
Hankook Ventus K104 (11) 68% 42% 50% 44% 55% 61%
Sava intensa hp (25) 58% 46% 45% 40% 61% 60%
Infinity INF 05 (68) 56% 31% 42% 39% 62% 45%
Silverstone M5 Synergy (16) 58% 30% 46% 45% 65% 37%
Wanli S1088 (85) 57% 35% 41% 39% 59% 38%
Event GL697 (4) 53% 23% 35% 35% 58% 48%
Runway ENDURO 656 (12) 55% 31% 47% 35% 32% 34%
Fullrun HP199 (79) 48% 28% 32% 33% 53% 27%
Rockstone Radial F105 (25) 38% 20% 33% 30% 54% 36%

205/45 16 Tyre Review Highlights

Fullrun HP199 rated 31% while driving a Volkswagen Polo 1.4 8v
Driving on mostly town for 20000 easy going miles
Bought a set of these tyres and must admit, it's a bad quality. The tyres startes cracking on the side walls and very risky to any road users. I don't recommend these tyres to anyone.
tyre reviewed on 2024-03-09 15:28:36
Toyo R888 R rated 31% while driving a Mazda Mazda Miata
Driving on track for 0 spirited miles
After running four sets of these tires, at High Plains Raceway, Sonoma Raceway, and Laguna Seca, I can't say I am quite impressed of the tires. They seem to melt too easily and the grip drops like a rock once you get a degree too hot. It also didn't help when I had poor suspension, but even with a whole new suspension system (talking about coilovers, control arms, drop spindles, the whole pizza), the tires feel a bit dated. This is by no means a diss or a bash towards Toyo, as they do make good tires, this review may not seem the best either, from my experience however, I have posted consistently slow lap times because of these tires. I do hope Toyo will make a new compound as well as design in the near future.

TLDR: Not recommended for use of track.
tyre reviewed on 2024-03-04 15:13:56
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003 rated 86% while driving a Mazda mx 5
Driving on a combination of roads for 365 spirited miles
Very budget friendly and good for a daily if you'd like to have a bit of fun each day
tyre reviewed on 2024-01-16 23:32:31
Achilles ATR Sport rated 63% while driving a Suzuki
Driving on mostly town for 25000 spirited miles
Change to these when I change my rim, affordable and great grip when dry ,acceptable on wet if you consider its price. Cant judge the comfort as im on adjustable ,road noise its abit on the loud side .Its a good choice if your budget was no that high.My car was a perodua which was no on the list hahahaha
tyre reviewed on 2024-01-01 17:22:56
Toyo R1R rated 74% while driving a Lotus
Driving on track for 3000 spirited miles
Bought these as a ‘wet’ set of track tyres, to use in colder and damp conditions when my Avon ZZR’s looked too slick. I’ve now made my car road legal and have been using them almost all the time - I’m very pleasantly surprised by the road and track performance.

They give good steering feedback and the sidewalls have a nice feel to them - they’re predictable and there’s nothing weird going on when cornering hard. I have a lot of confidence in them, even when there’s damp patches on the road. They don’t seem to take much warming up - the grip seems to be there from cold.

Downsides - on track they’ll overheat after 5 laps or so. They seem to peak in performance about 3 laps in, whereas in dry conditions my ZZR’s feel like they can carry on as long as I like. But you’d never push them this hard on a road, so it won’t be a problem for many.

I’d describe these as a good ‘fast road’ summer tyre, capable of dealing with light rain and damp conditions too. But be aware of the overheating if you go on track and push them in warm conditions. That’s not a criticism at all; all tyres are a compromise and these are just quite soft, which makes them decent in the cold and wet but also not perfect for long summer trackdays.
tyre reviewed on 2023-12-22 00:40:22
Kumho Ecsta PS71 rated 90% while driving a Mazda MX5
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 spirited miles
The PS71's are joy in the dry and the wet, warm or cold.
First let's give a comparison. I bought my MX5 with Dunlop Sport Maxx RT (these only had 3mm of tread so only had them on for about a month) and they were outstanding in the dry, the wet not so good but I put this down to the age of they tyres and the fact that they had only 3mm of tread so lets not put down those amazing Dunlops.
Compared to those, the PS71's have slightly less maximum grip in the high speed stuff and maybe not as fast turn in. Discarding those very subjective points I cannot fault these. In the dry they are outstanding and cannot spin the wheels at all, tight country corners taken fast these are absolutely amazing. medium speed corners id say the Dunlops are better but in High speed the Kuhmo's take over again.
In the wet the PS71's have so much damn grip it is unbelievable. I have so much confidence in the car and the only way I've lost traction in them is doing a standing wheel spin launch on purpose. Other than that they have never done anything I didn't expect them to and for the price of (£80 fitted each) I bought them for, these tyres are such such great value considering all the premium brands start at around 110 per tyre and that only goes up from there for some decent UHP tyres in this kinda odd 205/45/16 size that my MX5 has.
Honestly id buy them again and again. Amazing tyres that are very very underrated.
tyre reviewed on 2023-11-22 20:41:19
Dunlop SportMaxx RT rated 86% while driving a Mazda MX5
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 spirited miles
I bought the car with the Dunlops fitted all round. They were old and only had about 3mm of tread on them, so I was soon to get new tyres.
For the short while I did have them, they were outstanding in the dry, I've heard that the turn in on them can be slow to reslpond but to my usage I did not see this. In fact id say the turn in and maximum high speed turning grip was outstanding and felt almost like a semi slick. I couldn't get the wheels to spin at all in the dry and were a joy to drive. Was a shame that they had such a low tread when I bought the car because I'd love to have felt how they were in the wet with a decent amount of tread on them.
If they were not so expensive I would buy them again definitely so if you have the money and live in a mostly dry area then these are damn gold.
tyre reviewed on 2023-11-22 20:22:48
Maxxis Premitra HP5 rated 89% while driving a Hyundai Lantra SE 1.8
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 average miles
After watching the tyre reveiw on these tyres it perked my interest. I have run Bridgestone RE003's on my previous car which i was impressed with. Being that i wanted a more budget friendly option for my daily driver and it isnt a performance vehicle I was interested to give these Maxxis tyres a go. I also found an australian magazine review on the HP5' s which it won the tyre test. Over the past 6 months since purchase, I have been very impressed with the dry and wet grip these deliver, they have great feedback and on highway driving they have minimal noise. For the price point I would be recommending them for anyone who has a daily driver, family vehicle. For a more powerful perfromance vehicle, these may not give you the grip you require.
tyre reviewed on 2023-09-27 07:03:17
Maxxis Premitra HP5 rated 89% while driving a Mazda Mx5 2008
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 spirited miles
Switched to this brand after 6 years of going through more than a set of Bridgestone Potenza RE03s per year. I’m a spirted driver as I like to get the most out of my MX5 roadster at legal speeds by throwing the car into corners and still aiming to drive safely.
I run them at 38psi as I need to travel over a windy hill to and from work every that has an 80kph limit and not good camber in the corners.
I found the Potenzas to be a bit soft in the sidewalls which caused uneven wear on the rims and would occasionally feel the back of the car could fishtail if I’d pushed 5kph too much in the corners.
Absolutely no such problem with these Maxxis tyres and they are wearing evenly after about 5000ks of use. I absolutely will be buying them again.
tyre reviewed on 2023-08-30 15:49:34
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 rated 86% while driving a Renault
Driving on a combination of roads for 250 spirited miles
Quality tyres on a 182 Cup are a given. The PS3s are as close as you can get to the bespoke Michelin Exaltos the car came on from the factory. I've had this car for over 15 years, tried various tyre brands, but having just put the PS3s on brings it alive & no understeer. Expensive but worth it.
tyre reviewed on 2023-07-19 09:41:01
Maxxis MA iPro Victra iPro rated 97% while driving a Hyundai Accent MC
Driving on a combination of roads for 0 spirited miles
I used to fit from Continential Cc5 to MC6. No stock so try this Maxxis tyres. Performance as good as Conti MC 6!!! And so much cheaper
tyre reviewed on 2023-06-20 11:25:21
Kumho Ecsta PS31 rated 73% while driving a Mitsubishi Lancer 1.8 (Modified)
Driving on a combination of roads for 30000 spirited miles
Good enough to stay on corners when chasing sports cars like M3 or Gti's. Even put up with a GT3 once if you set the pressure very low like 205kpa front and 195kpa rears. But the front wears quite fast in this set up. Rear holds well so you do need to rotate this tyre every 7000km if you plan to do so. Be warn, this tyres also chips if front pressure is low. My third set after Hankook Evo 2's and that was marvelous! Used it for one year. And wet condition is very confident if you set pressure to 225kpa front and 215kpa rears. My size is 205/45 16. Breaking is also good if set up propperly. If you plan to get a set make sure it's not more than 1yr old. Havent tried the recent years like 2023 manufactured, surveyed at a friends recommended shop asking RM275 a piece. Definately risen in price. I bought mine for RM195 a piece at Denai Alam for a 1 year old tyre. I do wonder how the performance is for recently manufactured tyres. Now I'm usin Sumaxx Z1 semi "s" tyre made in china for a promo price. Normally use for track days. I would recommend the PS31 only as an alternative which is safe if you dont have a budget to go for Hankooks Evo2's or something similar.
tyre reviewed on 2023-02-27 14:37:00
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