Bought after reading reviews, seemed like a good bang for a buck and not disappointed.
They seem narrow for a 245, which probably affects rolling resistance and aquaplaning properties positively. Pretty low cabin noise. I haven't been driving on the edge, but even with more spirited driving, I couldn't get them to slip. I'm mostly just cruising on country roads and I can not exceed their potential. On wet motorway they perform well and aquaplaning resistance is good. Wear seems OK. Steering feedback is fairly good, but the car being a 5 series with AWD, I expect some numbness from the car as well. Tread depth when new isn't much with 7.1 mm, I am yet to measure how I did this summer as I just switched back to winter tyres.
Best Tyres for the BMW M550d xDrive
BMW M550d xDrive drivers have left 2 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 20,000 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
- 2owner reviews
- 20,000 milescovered on them
- 2different tyres rated
- 87%average tyre score
The best rated tyres that fit the BMW M550d xDrive
The rankings above can only speak for tyres a BMW M550d xDrive driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 245/40 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.
All Season tyres
No BMW M550d xDrive driver has reviewed a tyre in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Hankook iON FlexClimate is our highest rated, at 9.8 out of 10.
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9.6 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.6 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4
Winter tyres
No BMW M550d xDrive 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.
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9.8 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.6 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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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 M550d xDrive 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.
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →
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.
Tyre sizes BMW M550d xDrive 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.
What BMW M550d xDrive drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
I bought these in the end of spring to use only in winter. Generally they are very good. Having driven only studded winter tyres, I find them much better in the wet and dry. On snow they are exceptional and on ice surprisingly good - given my previous experience with mid to top tier studded alternatives, these frictions truly stand up on ice. They lack a little bit of feel on straights, giving a noticeable gap in steering response, but I'd say this is common on most winter tyres. Handling is good and they are quite predictable even on ice. After the first winter of 16000 km, they seem to hold up fine and I can probably get at least 2 more winters out of them. In my opinion cabin noise is very low and they are truly comfortable as well.
I always hesitated on buying non-studded winter tyres, reason being occasional extreme road conditions, but these exceeded my expectations and I'm happy with them.
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