This is an OK tyre, does not do anything particularly well, average mileage. The one things that let these tyres down is the wet performance, with poor wet braking and total lack of grip with any standing water and will aquaplane in a puddle. This was so bad I replaced after 16,000 miles with over 3mm of tread left. Have changed to CrossClimate 2 SUV’s which are much better.
205/50 R18 Tyres
Everything we know about the 205/50 R18 tyre size: 3 owner reviews covering 20,024 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tyres you can actually buy in it.
- 3owner reviews
- 20,024 milescovered on them
- 1tyres made in this size
What does 205/50 R18 mean?
A 205/50 R18 tyre is 205 mm wide, its sidewall is 50% of that width (103 mm) tall, and it fits a 18 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 662 mm.
| Section width | 205 mm |
|---|---|
| Sidewall height | 103 mm |
| Rim diameter | 18" (457 mm) |
| Overall diameter | ≈ 662 mm |
| Circumference | ≈ 2,080 mm |
| Revolutions per km | ≈ 481 |
| Revolutions per mile | ≈ 774 |
Also written as
205/50R18 205/50 ZR18 205-50-18 205 50 18
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 205/50 R18 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 205/50 R18 tyres
The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.
scared to pull out of a Junction on a wet road no grip Car just jumps on front end
Im using this tyre for about less than a year, the side wall start to crack. Not only 1 crack, but 3 cracks. At the price of this tyre, safety are not priority on this tyre. It was slippery during dry and very worst at wet road. I use this tyre as daily, using at downhill and wet road are the worst experience ever on this tyre. Plus, its quite noisy on dry road.
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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.