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Best Tyres for the BMW 420d

BMW 420d drivers have left 17 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 147,713 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car. The numbers include 1 420d variants, listed further down.

  • 17owner reviews
  • 147,713 milescovered on them
  • 16different tyres rated
  • 77%average tyre score
Most fitted size - 4 reviews 255/35 R19 To scale, mm
Ø 661 255 89 19" 89 All 255/35 R19 data →

The best rated tyres that fit the BMW 420d

The rankings above can only speak for tyres a BMW 420d driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 255/35 R19, 255/40 R18, 225/50 R17 and 225/40 R19 - whether or not anyone here has fitted them yet. They are ranked on the TR Score, which is built from independent test results and every owner review of that tyre.

Winter tyres

No BMW 420d driver has reviewed a tyre in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Pirelli P Zero Winter 2 is our highest rated, at 9.8 out of 10.

Highest rated Winter tyres made in BMW 420d sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in BMW 420d reviews
1 Pirelli P Zero Winter 2 9.8 255/35 R19, 255/40 R18, 225/40 R19 Be the first →
2 Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4 9.6 255/35 R19, 225/40 R19 Be the first →
3 Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Michelin Alpin 7 9.5 225/50 R17 Be the first →
6 Bridgestone Blizzak 6 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Winter Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3

Summer tyres

No BMW 420d driver has reviewed a tyre in the Summer category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 is our highest rated, at 9.7 out of 10.

Highest rated Summer tyres made in BMW 420d sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in BMW 420d reviews
1 Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 9.7 All your sizes 1
2 Continental SportContact 7 9.7 255/35 R19, 225/40 R19 Be the first →
3 Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Continental PremiumContact 7 9.5 255/40 R18, 225/50 R17 Be the first →
5 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Michelin Pilot Sport 5 9.4 All your sizes 1

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →

All Season tyres

No BMW 420d driver has reviewed a tyre in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 is our highest rated, at 9.6 out of 10.

Highest rated All Season tyres made in BMW 420d sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in BMW 420d reviews
1 Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 9.6 255/35 R19, 225/50 R17, 225/40 R19 Be the first →
2 Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport 9.6 255/35 R19, 255/40 R18, 225/40 R19 Be the first →
3 Continental AllSeasonContact 2 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 BFGoodrich Advantage All Season 9.5 255/35 R19, 225/50 R17, 225/40 R19 Be the first →
5 Vredestein Quatrac 9.5 225/50 R17 Be the first →
6 Michelin CrossClimate 3 9.5 225/50 R17 Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4

Fitment comes from each tyre's manufactured size list, and the sizes are the ones drivers reported when they reviewed. Check the size, load index and speed rating on your own doorplate before buying - a size a previous owner ran is not always the size your car left the factory on.

Every tyre reviewed on the BMW 420d

The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 15 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tyres reviewed by BMW 420d drivers
Tyre Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
Bridgestone Potenza Sport Replaced by Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo Summer 75% 2 17,500 miles

Tyre sizes BMW 420d drivers run

The sizes fitted in the reviews on this page. Each one links to the top rated tyres in that size, across every car.

BMW 420d variants, reviewed separately

These trims and body styles have pages of their own. Their reviews are already counted in the rankings above.

What BMW 420d drivers say

The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.

84%
Westlake ZuperAce Z 007 255-40-18 BMW 420d 20,000 miles December 21, 2025
I’ve always fitted Bridgestone and this is the first time trying Westlake ZuperAce z-007. I can hardly tell the difference in any way except the price. I plan to fit Westlake now every time I want new tires.
31%
Pace ALVENTI Pace 255-55-19 BMW 420d 3 miles October 30, 2025
I bought two of these tyres for the rear of my BMW at the start of this summer. I went from premium tyres which were bridgestone to PACE AVENTI and this was a massive regret! As soon as I would hit 70 mph - 80mph on the dual carriageway it would feel as if my car was shaking and snaking about which was extremely scary! Each roundabout that i would go around, my car would throw the traction light on and it would feel as if I was going to go off the road! I would not recommend, especially on a high performance vehicle.
57%
Bridgestone Potenza Sport 225-40-19- BMW 420d 15,000 miles March 29, 2025
I have a set of four 19" tires for my BMW 4 Series. I have had these tires for 2 summer seasons and about 15,000km. At first these tires had very good grip on dry and wet roads. Now after two years, these tires are terrible. The car skids with every stronger acceleration and braking is very weak, and the rolling noise is loud. The tires look cracked all over, as if they are old, even though they are manufactured in 2022. I will never buy this brand again.
93%
Kumho Ecsta Sport PS72 225-45-18- BMW 420d 1,000 miles March 23, 2025
Verry nice grip on wet and dry with short breaking distances. Bought this tires blindfolded as there were no reviews being new releases and replacing PS71. As for now I would recommend them.
87%
Triangle EffeXSport 225-40-19- BMW 420d M Sport X Drive 14,000 miles August 2, 2024
Looking for an alternative tyre to replace run flats on my BMW 4 series. Did some research and liked the sound of the effex sport TH202, coupled with Triangles commitment to the American market. Fitted 4 new tyres in April 2023 and I have found them to be excellent for grip in the dry and the wet unless you are pushing them hard, when you will suffer a small margin of understeer. They made a hugely noticeable difference in terms of ride comfort and noise from Bridgestone run flats which I was very pleased about. The only downside for me is the longevity of the fronts. I’m having to replace them (Aug 2024), having covered 14000 miles in 15 months. Having said that, the rears are still going strong and probably good for another 8-10000 miles and if you compare the cost, (I paid £340 fitted, for 4 Triangle tyres), with that of the major brands, it makes perfect sense. I would definitely buy again, unfortunately out of stock and can’t find them anywhere so have to resort to paying through the nose for a major brand.
99%
Michelin Pilot Sport 5 225-45-18- BMW 420d 37,000 miles April 2, 2024
So after 20 years of getting GY's (loved most of them), Continental (loved all of them), Pirelli (hated most of them) and Bridgestone (hated all of them), I got first time ever Michelin PS5 2 years ago on my 4 series coupe Bmw, they're 225/45/18 size. After that I was so amazed by Michelin generally that I changed to them on all of my cars including 911 997 and as long as they make them this good I'll keep buying them. The wear is amazing and like they told me in the tire shop (that they will stay the same all their legal life) they did. So after 60k km, yes 60k km they were down to legal limit and just today I put a set of new ones. The GY and Continental always performed well at the beginning but after half of the life it would go significantly down. This performed 50% better in wear than ever before. Max I got before on any tyre was 40k km. Yes compared to Pirelli Cinturato P7 run flats the car was equipped from new there is a bit of less steering precision but my God have well they keep corners at Dolomiti mountain roads both in wet and dry and all the way at 50k km, I could actually say that only at around 55k km the back end was much happier going out. I was so blown away by them that I also got for the same car winter Alpin 5 tires and they are amazing as well. I can just say (in my case other people can have different opinions) there is Michelin and then there are other tires.
42%
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 255-35-19- BMW 420d 200 miles December 15, 2023
I replaced my summer Bridgestone runflats with these these all season tyres. Around 8°C and wet roads, I think the handling is very sluggish and grip poor in turns.
100%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 255-35-19- BMW 420d 2,000 miles November 12, 2023
Driving on Bridgestone Potenzas runflats 001 was a Bad experience, so I changed to the Goodyear Eagle F1Asymmetric 6 front and rear. The difference was noticeable straight away, comfortable, rolling resistance was noticeable, less Road noise than the Potenzas. The Grip in wet and dry was fantastic. Do not hesitate in buying Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric ,Driving my BMW 420d is far better Experience than before.
64%
Continental Sport Contact 6 245-40-18- BMW 420d M Sport X Drive 5,000 miles June 23, 2023
Great tires, but after 2 months of use, they had less than 1.6mm. Continental said they are designed to last at least 2500 miles and that is normal use.
Not worth the money, if you have to replace it after 2 monts.
85%
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport 255-40-18- BMW 420d M Sport X Drive 1,000 miles October 20, 2022
Bought these for my bmw 420d and can honestly say they are a great improvement over the potenza s001 fittrd before. Much more fun and the grip is insane. Have had michelin ps4 previously and these are much better. Thanks tyre reviews for the recomendation

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