Great overall tyres with steady wear around 13,000 miles per tyre, pretty good on my heavy E61 525d!
Best Tyres for the BMW 525D
BMW 525D drivers have left 58 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 548,921 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 3 525D variants, listed further down.
- 58owner reviews
- 548,921 milescovered on them
- 53different tyres rated
- 75%average tyre score
The quick answer
| Season | Owners' pick | Owner rating | Our category test |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta 9.2 Current version: Vredestein Ultrac Pro | 96% from 3 reviews | Best Summer Tyres |
Highest weighted owner score from BMW 525D drivers. Full rankings and the evidence behind them below.
The best rated tyres for the BMW 525D
Rated only by drivers of this car. Each tyre needs at least 3 reviews from the BMW 525D to be ranked; the order weights a tyre's score by how many reviews back it, so one glowing review cannot top a table.
Summer tyres
The highest rated tyre in the Summer category for the BMW 525D is the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta - 96% from 3 owner reviews across 43,000 miles. The current tyre in that line is now the Vredestein Ultrac Pro.
| # | Tyre | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed | TR Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta
Replaced by Vredestein Ultrac Pro
|
96% | 3 | 43,000 miles | 9.2 |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →
TR Score is the tyre's overall Tyre Reviews rating out of 10, built from independent test results and every owner review of that tyre - not just the reviews from this car. The owner rating column is this car only.
The best rated tyres that fit the BMW 525D
The rankings above can only speak for tyres a BMW 525D driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 225/45 R17, 245/40 R18, 245/45 R17 and 225/50 R17 - 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.
Summer tyres
Our highest rated tyre in the Summer category, in this car's sizes, is the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6, at 9.7 out of 10.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | BMW 525D reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
|
9.7 | All your sizes | 1 |
| 2 |
Continental SportContact 7
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9.7 | 245/40 R18 | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo
|
9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Continental PremiumContact 7
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9.5 | 225/45 R17, 245/40 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
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →
Winter tyres
No BMW 525D 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.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | BMW 525D reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pirelli P Zero Winter 2
|
9.8 | 245/40 R18 | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4
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9.6 | 245/40 R18, 245/45 R17 | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Michelin Pilot Alpin 5
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9.5 | 245/40 R18, 245/45 R17, 225/50 R17 | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
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9.5 | 225/45 R17, 245/40 R18, 225/50 R17 | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Michelin Alpin 7
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9.5 | 225/45 R17, 245/40 R18, 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
All Season tyres
No BMW 525D 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.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | BMW 525D reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3
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9.6 | 225/45 R17, 245/40 R18, 225/50 R17 | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport
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9.6 | 245/40 R18 | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Continental AllSeasonContact 2
|
9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
BFGoodrich Advantage All Season
|
9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Vredestein Quatrac
|
9.5 | 225/45 R17, 225/50 R17 | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3
|
9.5 | 225/45 R17, 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 525D
The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 49 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tyre | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta Replaced by Vredestein Ultrac Pro | Summer | 96% | 3 | 43,000 miles |
| Kumho Ecsta KU39 | Summer | 87% | 2 | 23,000 miles |
| Dunlop SportMaxx RT Replaced by Dunlop SportMaxx RT 2 | Summer | 80% | 2 | 2,500 miles |
| Goodyear Eagle NCT5 | Summer | 68% | 2 | 15,000 miles |
Tyre sizes BMW 525D 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 525D variants, reviewed separately
These trims and body styles have pages of their own. Their reviews are already counted in the rankings above.
What BMW 525D drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
I drove this tyre a bit faster yesterday, with 2.9Bar of pressure in it. Tyre is 6 years old. At some point I was doing 90 to 100 (150Km/h) And the car just started vibrating heavily. One of the rear tyres seemed to have lost its form. I never had this before in my life. Never again will I buy this tyre.
I bought this tyres only based on PS71 reviews thinking that there will be an improvement. I came from Continental PremiumContact 6 and until now I am satisfied with the PS72, the car feel stable and braking distance is good. Until now I drove only in city and motorway and the handling is nice. Being RWD, I have 2 dimensions on the car, 245/45 on front wheels and 275/40 on the rear ones.
I had a set of them on my BMW, and after 2 years and 15000km, all of the tires are tread damaged. Not cuz of my fault, but cuz of the quality. The importer said the tires are all fine, but my kidney stone is shaked out of me cuz of the tires. If I hit a pothole, then I would have one, or two damaged tires, but all 4 has this quality issue.
I've driven around 3000km since i had them fitted and i'm very pleased by their performance. Tires perform very good in all conditions. From my experience the only drawbacks are that they are somewhat noisy and have high rolling resistance so my fuel consumption increased by approx. 0.3-0.5L/100km. Still, i would highly recommend if you need good budget oriented winter tires
very good tyre, comfort is 100from10, after my yokohama ae50 its a great tyre, strong recommended))
I drive a RWD BMW 5-series with more than 200hp and was very skeptical of these budget tires but they had my size (265/35/18) while no other company had it in stock at the moment. I previous had Goodyear Assyms 3 and these somehow made the Goodyears feel bad? I don't know what Petlas did here but these tyres are amazing! They handle superbly (even if you don't consider the price), they are relatively quiet, decently comfortable, and give you a ton of road feedback. Actually how quiet they are is the thing that shocked me the most...
One noticable downside is that they aren't so great in the wet but you still have safe amounts of control over the car even in faster corners. Still, the tyres warmed up relatively fast meaning they were ready to go only after a few kilometers of driving!
I only drove them for 10 000 kilometers so far and there are 0 issues with the tyre structure and almost no wear. Overall, an almost perfect tyre and at that price? You should be insane not to buy these!
Superb confort. Super grip on dry and wet. Best tires i’ve owned so far
Surprisingly good tire. I sold the BMW 525d and because of that I dared to buy a Chinese tire on it. I went 1000 miles with it, but surprisingly good tires. The bad roads were smoothed out and the control was very direct. It would have been nice if I didn’t buy Continental at the time, but ones like that. I recommend the upper middle category.
spirited driver and i do intend to test my tires..first thing i did when i put these tires on my 5 series...shift to sport mode and put my foot down, peeling out...doing 160~180km dodging all the cars ahead...making sudden lane change with hard cornering...what a great set of tires!!! i had to drive under 130km during heavy rain, felt uncomfortable doing 150km...
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