Across 70 reviews, the Nexen N Blue HD Plus is most often described as a strong value summer/touring tyre with notably low road noise, good comfort, and stable, predictable handling for everyday driving. Many drivers report confident wet-weather performance (including heavy-rain stability and aquaplaning resistance) and respectable longevity, with several citing 40,000-80,000+ km of use. The main recurring drawbacks are soft sidewalls that can reduce steering precision and, for some users, wet grip/braking that worsens as the tyre wears or when pushed hard (especially in standing water or high heat).
What owners mention most counted across 71 reviews
Had these for ca. 6 years and about 50-60k km, and only recently went for shredding. Can't say a bad word about them, having in mind that it is not sporty tire for horse power packed cars. Never had any major problems on dry or wet road, city or motorway speed. Even when worn the still produced reasonable traction and handled well on corners. Wears evenly, and ageing evenly ;) Yes, some may say a bit noisy, yes, on wet a bit worse than on dry (not a surprise as most tires will have same issue - wet road? Slow down a bit, simple), but overall excellent tires, great value for money! Comparing to Pirelli P7 I've had before? Nexen wins in wear (P7 were dissapearing with every 1k km) and no major difference in all other aspects. Now it's time for n'fera su4 - will see if they are 'better' as reviews suggest.
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Hyundai
215/60 R16
50 miles
A Combination of Roads
Spirited
The tire has no sound and no noise, it is perfect for the person looking for comfort tires, no noise and sound. But the brake of this tyres is really very bad.
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Purchased in Jan 2020 as my 2 front tyres and 22K miles later they need replacing ! Too soft and evenly worn to the legal limit - not great wear on these !
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having read ALOT of reviews about these tyres before buying them in january 2021, I had a good idea what to expect. I have to say for the first couple hundred miles i thought I had made a terrible mistake as they felt hard and slipy on the road, but they soon wore in and have been very good tyres. overall they have been good. they have worn well and kept straight on the road. good handling at all speeds although I never went more than 100mph. grip is not so good in the wet than the dry but if you not racing or rallying and driving sensibly they are absolutely fine. I would certainly buy these again if I can find a set. I would not recommend these tyres for hard/fast driving. I'm only changing these tyres as i have about 2mm left on the tread.
I am happy with the tires in terms of very good comfort, quiet. I have run normally, and not very high speed and very good response. The downside is that they wear out very quickly! After driving about 7-8000 km, the tread depth is now 4 mm! I have these tires on the front wheels, and another brand on the rear wheels. Maybee i can drive 12-13000 km total? (Then I take into account the pattern depth of 1.6 mm.)
If i want to drive safely, I will probably replace the tires when the tread depth is 3 mm.
Dissapointed. These are cheap, but not worth it. On hot days, you don't even have to go fast, and all you'll be hearing is the tires squeaking while losing grip. That makes them unusable to me as a summer tire.
I got these tyres as OEM on my 2020 KIA Rio Hatchback. I previously had a 2019 Rio with the same tyres. Did over 9,000 miles on the 2019, but have so far done 22,360 miles on the 2020, and they are in great condition still.
The Dry performance continues to be great for an H rated tyre, I don't drift or do burnouts (only 100 HP) so i dont't know how that would go LoL. What i can say for sure is the car tracks dead straight, and doesn't go wandering with every road imperfection (vertical cracks). The tyres will tell you exactly what kind of tarmac you are on (audible) but does not make a sound on their own (smooth tarmac is whisper quiet with windows up). My car has numb steering so the sound is helpful. When new, you can easily go twice as fast in the rain on a smooth highway compared to others (i never went above 110 km in the rain), but naturally in a thunderstorm, you better go based on visibility and common sense.
Had to pull a 4" nail once from a front left (passed an inner city furniture shop way too often, it was a shortcut), but the tyres only kept losing pressure for weeks but never flattened or blew out, till i realized it was in there (doing 75 MPH regurlarly). I only needed to get it plugged. Very safe tyres. I've even gone "off-road" in them, dirt tracks and rocky rain-damaged country roads, no cracks or nothing. Tuff tyres for the money.
The wet traction will not be as good as the tread goes down (simple physics), but the car still behaves predictably and has never snapped. I only rotated criss cross after 9,000 miles. I know, i just forgot dealerships don't rotate them for you (went to a tyre shop when i saw the front in-tread sipes disappear). Please note, they are bi-directional, but have an inside and outside wall, so pay attention. To prolong tyres, make sure to have them "oiled", and rebalanced during rotation. Don't be cheap just because the tyres are. Also, you can tell how the water drainage goes by how deep the sound of the water is. High pitch is minimal water, but deeper pitch means too much, so slow down. But if you're in a luxury vehicle, you may not hear anything so....good luck with that.
I may have to choose a different tyre when these go off, mainly because they may be hard to find, and i want better tread life expectancy, as these are UTQG 360. Still, if that's average for AA traction then i guess not bad. I will buy again if i can find them newly made AND the price is still low (for e.g. the 185\65\R15 is a US$70 tyre (don't overpay).
In case you're wondering, i'm driving these in JA, which has some of the oldest roads ever, tyres go through a lot, when not on the highways.
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Fiat
195/55 R15
1,000 miles
Mostly Town
I bought the tires on the recommendation of my vulcanizer. I must mention that I reviewed the reviews after that and they helped me a lot to choose a set of these tires for my car. My first impression is that the tires are quiet, comfortable and very affordable. I drive mostly city and intercity driving. The tires are new and I drove them mostly in the dry, once they were driven in the rain and I have to say I am happy with how they behave. When I do more kilometers I will be able to say something more about tires. So far I am very satisfied and would buy them again.
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Ford
215/55 R16
8,000 miles
Mostly Country Roads
Average
Tyre's done 8000 miles, all 4 cracked on the tread allover.
MOT failure apparently.
Still got 5mm of tread left out of the 8mm when New.
Going back to the dealer next week to be changed for Avon tyres.
Do Not buy .
Awesome summer tyres. Bought a new pair, mounted on rear axle. These are now made in Czech Republic but same are like those I had from S.Korea. These are not V-indexed, only H, and labeled B+C but 66dB, perfectly quiet tyres!! Top comfort for harder trimmed car like my Ibiza. ...Ran with them about 1000 km, for now are excellent. I will buy it again and again,good price, good tyre!
After 3 years and 25.000km, the braking distance has deteriorated and the handling in slippery tarmac needs attention.They haven’t become dangerous, not at all. But It seems that they are a little less durable than the average norm. I read on this site that the Chech made version of this Tyre isn’t as good. Since the ones available were Chech made, I finally opted for the Kleber Dynaxer 4.
