205/50 R16 Tyres

The following tyres have been reviewed in 205/50 R16.
Tyre Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 (32) 93% 91% 88% 89% 84% 86%
Michelin Primacy Alpin (5) 84% 96% 80% 84% 80% 88%
Falken Eurowinter HS01 (20) 88% 90% 86% 76% 88% 82%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Sport (10) 91% 86% 81% 91% 74% 83%
Bridgestone Blizzak LM25 (9) 85% 85% 75% 84% 84% 84%
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%
Nokian Z G2 (30) 88% 89% 86% 84% 80% 83%
Nokian zLine AS (3) 93% 97% 90% 90% 83% 80%
BFGoodrich gForce Winter (20) 85% 81% 77% 78% 83% 84%
Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08R (43) 95% 73% 91% 93% 72% 70%
Hankook Optimo 4S (32) 86% 86% 79% 78% 78% 88%
Nokian WR (8) 76% 91% 79% 76% 88% 79%
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 (301) 90% 88% 84% 84% 74% 82%
GT Radial Champiro BAX (2) 90% 85% 70% 80% 100% 75%
Uniroyal RainExpert (132) 85% 91% 81% 76% 75% 86%
Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE004 (17) 88% 79% 86% 88% 76% 76%
Toyo R1R (30) 95% 81% 91% 90% 60% 70%
Hankook Winter i cept evo (28) 80% 79% 76% 72% 80% 79%
Nokian WRG2 (72) 85% 87% 83% 80% 83% 85%
Matador MP 44 Elite 3 (16) 90% 84% 85% 71% 81% 78%
Vredestein Sportrac 3 (60) 85% 91% 80% 80% 76% 79%
Yokohama Advan A11A (2) 90% 75% 95% 95% 95% 75%
GT Radial Champiro 228 (5) 84% 82% 84% 86% 70% 88%
Michelin Pilot Road 4 (18) 85% 84% 81% 78% 79% 84%
Neuton NT5000 (66) 88% 77% 81% 76% 84% 83%
Yokohama C Drive (45) 86% 82% 83% 77% 77% 86%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (311) 90% 88% 81% 84% 73% 78%
Michelin CrossClimate 2 (91) 87% 83% 75% 71% 84% 84%
Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125 (111) 90% 81% 80% 79% 80% 80%
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE002 (108) 90% 82% 82% 80% 77% 77%
Continental Premium Contact 6 (114) 89% 85% 83% 85% 75% 78%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Directional 5 (30) 87% 81% 79% 85% 76% 78%
Uniroyal RainSport 2 (226) 85% 91% 78% 76% 76% 80%
Dunlop SP Sport Fast Response (103) 88% 84% 84% 77% 76% 80%
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%
Avon Ice Touring ST (40) 81% 86% 74% 72% 82% 81%
Continental UltraContact UC6 (45) 87% 83% 73% 77% 80% 84%
Maxxis MA iPro Victra iPro (22) 88% 78% 83% 84% 68% 76%
Falken ZIEX ZE914 EcoRun (89) 85% 81% 81% 82% 78% 76%
Yokohama BluEarth Es ES32 (45) 83% 78% 80% 81% 74% 86%
BFGoodrich g Force Profiler (11) 84% 78% 83% 70% 93% 73%
GT Radial Champiro HPX (12) 87% 88% 87% 87% 68% 70%
Bridgestone Turanza ER300 Ecopia (16) 87% 82% 75% 81% 81% 83%
Nankang SV3 (4) 90% 75% 65% 75% 75% 88%
Uniroyal RainSport 3 (286) 84% 92% 79% 78% 64% 83%
Vredestein Ultrac Cento (22) 83% 78% 76% 73% 86% 82%
Neuton NT8000 (33) 90% 73% 80% 75% 81% 81%
Yokohama Advan Fleva V701 (65) 84% 79% 81% 81% 76% 75%
Vredestein Sportrac 2 (6) 73% 87% 82% 77% 90% 67%
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance (245) 86% 84% 76% 78% 73% 85%
Interstate Sport IXT 1 (5) 82% 78% 78% 76% 80% 80%
Vredestein Quatrac 3 (48) 81% 86% 78% 75% 76% 76%
Federal Evoluzion ST 1 (28) 85% 70% 72% 81% 77% 84%
Dunlop SP Touring R1 (20) 84% 77% 74% 80% 82% 76%
Lassa DriveWays (18) 80% 81% 79% 76% 86% 68%
Dunlop SportMaxx RT (175) 88% 84% 83% 82% 60% 82%
Falken FK451 (10) 79% 77% 73% 71% 81% 79%
Maxxis All Season AP2 (21) 84% 80% 73% 76% 77% 72%
Kumho Ecsta PS31 (61) 82% 78% 75% 79% 74% 78%
Bridgestone Potenza RE71R (13) 98% 80% 85% 93% 53% 40%
Petlas Velox Sport PT741 (39) 84% 76% 76% 77% 86% 70%
Rotalla RH01 E Pace (3) 80% 77% 73% 73% 73% 73%
Tigar High Performance (22) 82% 72% 80% 75% 74% 80%
Lassa Impetus Revo (12) 86% 77% 78% 75% 73% 73%
Avon ZV5 (112) 84% 78% 77% 77% 71% 77%
Dunlop Sport BluResponse (181) 88% 84% 79% 76% 62% 83%
Toyo R888 R (26) 93% 64% 85% 88% 64% 63%
Kumho Solus HS51 Harmony Sports (5) 85% 80% 65% 65% 80% 90%
Kumho Ecsta KU31 (165) 83% 75% 77% 76% 72% 74%
Vredestein Ultrac (20) 84% 79% 72% 75% 65% 78%
Accelera 651 Sport (24) 82% 71% 77% 75% 74% 73%
Michelin Energy Saver (136) 83% 71% 74% 71% 85% 80%
Toyo Proxes TR1 (64) 85% 76% 78% 81% 72% 67%
Capitol Eco 007 (5) 86% 74% 66% 72% 78% 72%
Avon ZZ3 (115) 84% 75% 78% 75% 70% 74%
Rovelo Sport A1 (20) 79% 69% 71% 75% 75% 75%
Nokian WR A3 (75) 92% 87% 88% 82% 90% 91%
Michelin Primacy HP (198) 85% 75% 77% 74% 77% 76%
Yokohama Parada Spec 2 (118) 92% 59% 80% 80% 69% 71%
Maxxis MA Z1 Victra (64) 88% 77% 73% 77% 71% 66%
Bridgestone Turanza ER300 (193) 83% 77% 77% 72% 78% 71%
Infinity Ecomax (32) 78% 73% 72% 66% 76% 77%
Continental Premium Contact 5 (116) 87% 82% 76% 77% 58% 78%
Falken ZE912 (200) 82% 74% 75% 70% 71% 79%
Cooper Zeon XTC (6) 80% 72% 80% 77% 63% 73%
Bridgestone Potenza RE001 (42) 87% 72% 78% 80% 70% 63%
Dunlop SP Sport LM704 (26) 81% 60% 76% 76% 80% 80%
Bridgestone Turanza T005 (137) 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%
Dayton DW510 (5) 72% 78% 72% 76% 76% 64%
Falken FK452 (211) 82% 72% 75% 73% 69% 73%
Dunlop Direzza DZ102 (17) 82% 74% 75% 68% 67% 73%
Yokohama S Drive (65) 83% 69% 75% 77% 71% 68%
Three A P606 (47) 79% 73% 69% 69% 72% 76%
Pirelli CINTURATO P7 (180) 83% 73% 73% 75% 69% 74%
Avon ZV7 (126) 83% 78% 73% 73% 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%
Continental Sport Contact (18) 81% 73% 72% 73% 66% 71%
Nexen N8000 (79) 79% 74% 68% 66% 68% 79%
Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 (157) 84% 78% 76% 73% 60% 65%
Winrun R330 (30) 79% 66% 69% 70% 74% 77%
Aoteli P607 (24) 79% 64% 70% 69% 78% 71%
Continental Sport Contact 2 (229) 85% 75% 76% 72% 61% 66%
Hankook Ventus Prime2 (61) 79% 73% 72% 71% 67% 72%
Linglong Green Max (36) 78% 70% 65% 69% 66% 72%
Altenzo Comforter (87) 78% 59% 69% 62% 75% 79%
Marshal Matrac FX MU11 (9) 82% 68% 60% 66% 78% 69%
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 (74) 82% 85% 76% 73% 56% 72%
Pirelli P 7 (85) 79% 69% 71% 68% 73% 65%
Jinyu YU63 (52) 78% 62% 67% 66% 72% 72%
Pirelli PZero Nero (140) 83% 66% 71% 71% 67% 64%
Continental VikingContact 7 (13) 60% 64% 57% 64% 56% 83%
Firestone RoadHawk (37) 85% 75% 71% 65% 54% 73%
Bridgestone Turanza T001 (105) 80% 70% 70% 67% 63% 72%
Nexen CP641 (33) 75% 59% 62% 67% 76% 70%
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (162) 79% 69% 69% 67% 63% 64%
Goodyear EfficientGrip (139) 77% 68% 63% 61% 71% 71%
Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD2 (8) 75% 68% 70% 64% 66% 63%
Bridgestone Potenza RE040 (47) 79% 58% 74% 70% 65% 57%
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%
Kumho Ecsta AST KU25 (8) 83% 66% 68% 65% 71% 49%
Uniroyal RainExpert 5 (4) 65% 75% 65% 53% 70% 78%
Yokohama BluEarth AE50 (35) 73% 66% 67% 68% 59% 68%
Michelin Pilot Alpin PA2 (3) 60% 57% 57% 50% 93% 73%
Barum Bravuris (19) 79% 57% 63% 64% 65% 68%
Laufenn S Fit AS (11) 84% 72% 82% 84% 70% 85%
Dunlop SP Sport 9000 (60) 75% 64% 64% 61% 65% 62%
Goodride SA05 (19) 75% 68% 69% 66% 75% 39%
Hifly HF805 (58) 75% 61% 64% 64% 54% 63%
Maxxis MA V1 (19) 69% 61% 61% 53% 65% 61%
Triangle SporteX TH201 (26) 70% 51% 58% 55% 66% 65%
Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL (136) 70% 47% 57% 55% 69% 48%
Primewell PZ900 (59) 72% 58% 54% 57% 57% 50%
Tourador X Wonder TH1 (4) 63% 45% 65% 60% 55% 50%
Accelera Alpha (130) 65% 44% 53% 49% 69% 56%
Pirelli P6000 (175) 66% 46% 55% 48% 67% 60%
Runway ENDURO 916 Plus (45) 66% 53% 52% 54% 62% 41%
Fullway HP 108 (12) 71% 51% 54% 50% 63% 50%
Triangle TR918 (11) 65% 30% 57% 46% 76% 62%
Westlake SA 07 (8) 71% 41% 45% 49% 58% 64%
Minerva EMI Zero UHP (3) 70% 70% 65% 37% 33% 50%
Achilles ATR Sport (54) 62% 42% 54% 48% 62% 57%
Marangoni Verso (38) 69% 48% 55% 47% 49% 54%
Zeta Ztr10 (31) 59% 44% 48% 46% 60% 60%
Sava intensa hp (25) 58% 46% 45% 40% 61% 60%
Sava Adapto HP (2) 55% 50% 55% 55% 45% 55%
Falken ZE512 (27) 67% 47% 52% 50% 45% 55%
Hifly HF201 (34) 57% 43% 49% 43% 45% 56%
Petlas MULTI ACTION PT555 (2) 75% 20% 55% 65% 80% 40%
Autogrip F101 (15) 61% 42% 43% 34% 54% 49%
Sava effecta (3) 57% 27% 50% 57% 50% 53%
Event WL905 (129) 59% 30% 41% 39% 60% 49%
Infinity INF 05 (68) 56% 31% 42% 39% 62% 45%
Infinity INF 040 (19) 64% 33% 43% 36% 55% 42%
Autogrip F107 (127) 58% 27% 44% 36% 60% 50%
Mohawk M112 (28) 59% 34% 44% 40% 53% 46%
Wanli S1088 (85) 57% 35% 41% 39% 59% 38%
Autogrip F106 (9) 40% 24% 33% 29% 60% 49%
Runway ENDURO 656 (12) 55% 31% 47% 35% 32% 34%
Sunny SN3800 (63) 50% 29% 30% 29% 44% 28%
Haida HD919 (9) 39% 26% 30% 28% 36% 23%

205/50 16 Tyre Review Highlights

Continental VikingContact 7 rated 47% while driving a Mazda MX5
Driving on a combination of roads for 5000 spirited miles
the VikingContact is most at home in snow. Dry traction is poor compared to non-winter tires, and worse than any other winter tire I have used. For example, I accelerated hard from 30mph and spun my rear wheels - in a miata (a miata is no mustang, and should never be unable to do this - 167 hp)
Snow traction is good, but ice traction is not nearly as good as a Blizzak ws-80. If you have ice, get Blizzak. Viking lasted longer than Blizzak, but was a worse performer in everything except soft snow. I would only buy these again if I lived in an area where the roads were always freshly snowed upon
tyre reviewed on 2024-03-16 08:35:40
Triangle SporteX TH201 rated 63% while driving a Suzuki
Driving on mostly town for 4500 spirited miles
I bought 2 of these and put on the rear of my car ,,I had 2 other half worn "ok" brand budget tires on the front ....the first few days with this tire was interesting...literally no grip,,i'd go into round abouts tail first in the dry,,but the car balanced out in the wet...after maybe 1000km,the oversteer in the dry had gone and the car was now understeering so that would seem to suggest the tire gained a lot of grip after scrubbing in....it still looks brand new after 7000+km
tyre reviewed on 2023-12-21 15:06:19
Michelin CrossClimate 2 rated 86% while driving a Volvo V70 2.5
Driving on a combination of roads for 4000 easy going miles
Travelled many miles on the predecessor version 1 without problems. I believe the version 2 was meant to address wear problems and comes with a deeper tread block. Have not travelled far enough to tell for sure but feels like they will last for ages, however the trade off is a noticeable harsher ride that borders on annoying over uneven surfaces. Still the business on snow and ice though, never puts a foot wrong.
tyre reviewed on 2023-12-06 15:29:33
Uniroyal RainExpert 5 rated 33% while driving a Mazda Mx5 2008
Driving on mostly country roads for 16000 average miles
The tires in size 205/50/16 were fitted to a mazda nc. Total disappointment after the first 5000. Miserable in the dry, average in the wet. In conditions where there is increased slip on the road surface it is
very dangerous. This is probably also due to the Greek roads
tyre reviewed on 2023-09-17 03:35:51
Yokohama Advan Fleva V701 rated 55% while driving a Mazda MX5 MK3 2011
Driving on mostly country roads for 1000 spirited miles
Not very impressed, to be honest. Dry grip on warm summer roads is much lower than I expected, not even comparing favourably to the well-worn Pilot Sport 3's that they replaced. There's a lot of tyre wall movement and they lack the precision that I've gotten used to with the Michelins. On the plus side, they are noticeably quieter and the wet grip is adequate. If you've got an MX5 and enjoy throwing it about occasionally, there are much better choices available.
tyre reviewed on 2023-07-19 12:45:52
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 rated 87% while driving a Opel Calibra V6
Driving on mostly country roads for 12000 spirited miles
The PS3 was the perfect fit for my Calibra. Rides smoothly, yet grips very well and gives good feedback!
The wear (as most Michelins) has also been outstanding.

I will definitely fit them again, because this size doesn't get the newest tyres and I'll happily run them again for another 6-8 years!
tyre reviewed on 2023-07-08 09:46:16
Lassa Impetus Revo rated 31% while driving a Opel Astra G
Driving on a combination of roads for 10000 spirited miles
Only an average kind of tyre. I was left disappointed with the wet grip and the overall feedback of them. Also, cracks started to appear after just 2-3 seasons of use. To put it simply - I wish I had bought some Avon ZV7s or Uniroyal RainSport 3s at the time (but my local tyre shop kinda pushed me to get the Lassa)
tyre reviewed on 2023-07-02 09:57:23
Accelera 651 Sport rated 79% while driving a Saab Automobile 9000 aero
Driving on a combination of roads for 3000 average miles
Great tyre for the money. If you buy these when they're on a deal from tirestreets in the UK you can't beat them got the entire set of 4 for £220. I don't do track days etc but for driving daily and bit of B road fun they're great.
tyre reviewed on 2023-05-28 03:42:44
Triangle SporteX TH201 rated 30% while driving a Honda 2009
Driving on mostly town for 0 miles
The worst tires I've ever had, absolutely no grip on a wet road. I had them for two months and i thought I would kill myself. Stay away from this product.
tyre reviewed on 2023-04-22 20:39:37
Toyo Proxes CF2 rated 82% while driving a Toyota Levin
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 spirited miles
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tyre reviewed on 2023-03-11 01:33:22
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 rated 68% while driving a MINI Cooper S
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 spirited miles
Decent tyre for the road. Average near the limit. Quite bad at the track. Buy if you want a good tyre for the road. By no means a high performance tyre.
tyre reviewed on 2022-12-18 11:37:42
Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun rated 97% while driving a Fiat Coupe 20 Valve Turbo
Driving on a combination of roads for 300 average miles
I would normally hold off from doing a review so soon after a just fitting these tyres, but these tyres are quite impressive for the money. I managed to get 4 tyres for around £290, which is cheaper than some of the higher priced "budget" tyres. The road noise has reduced significantly from my older tyres, ride comfort is decent even in a 24-year-old fiat with lowering springs. Road handling is fine, I've not pushed them to their limits just yet, but I'm quite confident that they wouldn't let me down.
tyre reviewed on 2022-12-01 15:41:39
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