I hate these. Steering is imprecise, grip and handling in the dry is tolerable, but not brilliant. With some water on the road the grip disappears. Aquaplaning is horrible. I hit a puddle on the motorway at 70mph (yes, really, 70mph, not a fast interpretation of that) and nearly lost control of the car. Fast acceleration has these tyres slipping; even moderate braking can trip the ABS.
I'm throwing these away after just 2000 miles because they're so bad. I don't know what Continental have done here, they used to be able to make tyres that actually worked. And I really don't understand why Volvo fit these as OEM equipment.
230/50 R19 Tyres
Everything we know about the 230/50 R19 tyre size: 1 owner reviews covering 2,000 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tyres you can actually buy in it.
- 1owner reviews
- 2,000 milescovered on them
What does 230/50 R19 mean?
A 230/50 R19 tyre is 230 mm wide, its sidewall is 50% of that width (115 mm) tall, and it fits a 19 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 713 mm.
| Section width | 230 mm |
|---|---|
| Sidewall height | 115 mm |
| Rim diameter | 19" (483 mm) |
| Overall diameter | ≈ 713 mm |
| Circumference | ≈ 2,239 mm |
| Revolutions per km | ≈ 447 |
| Revolutions per mile | ≈ 719 |
Also written as
230/50R19 230/50 ZR19 230-50-19 230 50 19
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 230/50 R19 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 230/50 R19 tyres
The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.
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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.