It's a nice a comfortable and quiet tyre for road trips, and higway use. But I think lacks the peak grip both in the dry and in the wet. It loses grip quite suddenly. But if your driving far from the edge, its a really nice tyre.
Best Tyres for the Cupra Leon
Cupra Leon drivers have left 13 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 132,723 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 Leon variants, listed further down.
- 13owner reviews
- 132,723 milescovered on them
- 10different tyres rated
- 72%average tyre score
The quick answer
| Season | Owners' pick | Owner rating | Our category test |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 8.9 Current version: Hankook Ventus Evo | 52% from 4 reviews | Best Summer Tyres |
Highest weighted owner score from Cupra Leon drivers. Full rankings and the evidence behind them below.
The best rated tyres for the Cupra Leon
Rated only by drivers of this car. Each tyre needs at least 3 reviews from the Cupra Leon 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 Cupra Leon is the Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 - 52% from 4 owner reviews across 47,000 miles. The current tyre in that line is now the Hankook Ventus Evo.
| # | Tyre | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed | TR Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3
Replaced by Hankook Ventus Evo
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52% | 4 | 47,000 miles | 8.9 |
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 Cupra Leon
The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Cupra Leon driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 225/40 R18 and 235/35 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.
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 | Cupra Leon reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
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9.7 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Continental SportContact 7
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9.7 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Continental PremiumContact 7
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9.5 | 225/40 R18 | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 5
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9.4 | All your sizes | 1 |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →
Winter tyres
No Cupra Leon 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 | Cupra Leon reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pirelli P Zero Winter 2
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9.8 | 235/35 R19 | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4
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9.6 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Michelin Pilot Alpin 5
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9.5 | All your sizes | 1 |
| 4 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
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9.5 | All your sizes | 1 |
| 5 |
Bridgestone Blizzak 6
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Nokian Snowproof 3P
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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
All Season tyres
No Cupra Leon 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 | Cupra Leon reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3
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9.6 | All your sizes | 1 |
| 2 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport
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9.6 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Continental AllSeasonContact 2
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
BFGoodrich Advantage All Season
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Vredestein Quatrac
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9.5 | 225/40 R18 | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3
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9.5 | 225/40 R18 | 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 Cupra Leon
The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 9 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tyre | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 Replaced by Hankook Ventus Evo | Summer | 52% | 4 | 47,000 miles |
Tyre sizes Cupra Leon 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.
Cupra Leon variants, reviewed separately
These trims and body styles have pages of their own. Their reviews are already counted in the rankings above.
What Cupra Leon drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
I have driven on PS5 for the first season in my 150HP car (Cupra Leon ST).
The grip both in dry and in the wet is excellent - I tried to push them to the limit many times and have never been able to lose the grip so far.
Although I have to mention that they feel very soft close at the limit - even though the grip always delivers in the end, the tyre often „floats” when turning that you may start wondering if the tyre will make it out of the corner.
Due to their softness, I find them comfortable as for the summer tyre on small bumps.
Summing up - the grip is excellent, very safe and stable, breaking is sharp and… the tyre itself looks amazing.
Something worth mentioning is that the rim protector doesn’t exist in this tyre - if that’s something you care about, the PS5 is not for you.
Although I can’t find any cons in terms of safety in PS5, as a tyre geek, I think about replacing them for the next season for something with more sharp/sporty steering (I would appreciate any recommendations).
This is exceptional tyre in winter i swapped it now with Michelin PA 5 which is even better on snow but lucks a bit on wet. But you cant go wrong with niether of those. I cant wait Michelin s to worn out so i can try pirelli.
Great tyre, i replaced my GY Ultragrip performance 3 with this and i can say they are even better on snow than GY. Where Michelin lacks to GY is on wet. I find goodyear a bit better on wet surfaces but both tyres are excepional.
Trsh tyre, it came with a car so it is oem and maybe not the same as retail if it is i would never ever recomend to buy this tyre on golf class cars.
This tire start felling apart after 10 000 km. My Cupra Leon vz 333k was delivered with these tyres but. They are not good for this car. 35 profile is very thin and every hole or wrong asphalt you can feel. I did not use these tyres on race track day because i was only trying what this car is capable of but no drifts no hard things and this tyre is gone after 12000 km. Also after 5 000km this tire starts to be so Loud... at highway 150km/h you need to scream on your passenger so they can hear you. (With winter tyres pirelli scorpio zero this was not a case and 150km/h on highway was quieter)
Original tires on my Cupra Leon hybrid 272.
At about 10,000 km, the front right tire had a big crack on the inside of the tread which is not normal and poses a safety risk.
At about 10,000 km, the front right tire had a big crack on the inside of the tread which is not normal and poses a safety risk.
The driving feel is perfect, especially considering that these are all-season tires.
They’re better than the previous Bridgestone Potenza S005 (which were supposed to be sports tires...), they convey road conditions much better, they inspire much more confidence, and they have less loss of grip when accelerating from a stop.
So far, they’re the perfect tire; we’ll see how they hold up, but in the first few miles the feel is very, very good, and I’m inclined to buy this tire again.
For now, I only have them on the front axle; when I have to replace the rear ones, I’ll put the same ones on.
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They’re better than the previous Bridgestone Potenza S005 (which were supposed to be sports tires...), they convey road conditions much better, they inspire much more confidence, and they have less loss of grip when accelerating from a stop.
So far, they’re the perfect tire; we’ll see how they hold up, but in the first few miles the feel is very, very good, and I’m inclined to buy this tire again.
For now, I only have them on the front axle; when I have to replace the rear ones, I’ll put the same ones on.
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These tires are awful. There's no sense of control, they don't transmit any feedback about the road surface. On dry roads, they lose a lot of grip during acceleration (my car is 150 hp).
In the wet, well, I haven't had any close calls, but given how they feel on dry roads, you're not going to push them in the wet.
The lifespan is very poor; after 12,000 km, the traction drops significantly. I would never buy them again. They're supposed to be high-performance, but they feel like cheap Chinese tires.
In the wet, well, I haven't had any close calls, but given how they feel on dry roads, you're not going to push them in the wet.
The lifespan is very poor; after 12,000 km, the traction drops significantly. I would never buy them again. They're supposed to be high-performance, but they feel like cheap Chinese tires.
They have been a great tire for me so far I use them as a winter tire as I do around 35,000 miles per year and if I put winter Tyres on too early and drive hard in warmer temperatures I had a set only last 3500 miles where even in the warmer temperatures these seem to last very well compared I get about 15,000 miles out of the front and about 20 out of the rear
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