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Best Tyres for the Hyundai Tiburon

Hyundai Tiburon drivers have left 6 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 45,000 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

  • 6owner reviews
  • 45,000 milescovered on them
  • 5different tyres rated
  • 84%average tyre score
Most fitted size - 2 reviews 205/50 R15 To scale, mm
Ø 586 205 103 15" 103 All 205/50 R15 data →

The best rated tyres that fit the Hyundai Tiburon

The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Hyundai Tiburon driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 205/50 R15 and 205/55 R16 - 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 Hyundai Tiburon 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 Hyundai Tiburon sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Hyundai Tiburon reviews
1 Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 9.6 205/55 R16 Be the first →
2 Continental AllSeasonContact 2 9.5 205/55 R16 Be the first →
3 Vredestein Quatrac 9.5 205/55 R16 Be the first →
4 Michelin CrossClimate 3 9.5 205/55 R16 Be the first →
5 BFGoodrich Advantage All Season 9.5 205/55 R16 Be the first →
6 Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 9.4 205/55 R16 Be the first →

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

Summer tyres

No Hyundai Tiburon driver has reviewed a tyre in the Summer category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Continental PremiumContact 7 is our highest rated, at 9.5 out of 10.

Highest rated Summer tyres made in Hyundai Tiburon sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Hyundai Tiburon reviews
1 Continental PremiumContact 7 9.5 205/55 R16 Be the first →
2 Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo 9.5 205/55 R16 Be the first →
3 Pirelli Cinturato C3 9.4 205/55 R16 Be the first →
4 Falken ZIEX ZE320 9.4 205/55 R16 Be the first →
5 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 9.3 205/55 R16 Be the first →
6 Continental UltraContact NXT 9.1 205/55 R16 Be the first →

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

Winter tyres

No Hyundai Tiburon driver has reviewed a tyre in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 is our highest rated, at 9.5 out of 10.

Highest rated Winter tyres made in Hyundai Tiburon sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Hyundai Tiburon reviews
1 Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 9.5 205/55 R16 Be the first →
2 Michelin Alpin 7 9.5 205/55 R16 Be the first →
3 Bridgestone Blizzak 6 9.4 205/55 R16 Be the first →
4 Goodyear UltraGrip 9+ 9.4 205/55 R16 Be the first →
5 Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3 9.4 205/55 R16 Be the first →
6 Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 9.3 205/55 R16 Be the first →

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

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 Hyundai Tiburon

The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 4 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tyres reviewed by Hyundai Tiburon drivers
Tyre Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
Fulda Carat Progresso Summer 80% 2 0 miles

Tyre sizes Hyundai Tiburon 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 Hyundai Tiburon drivers say

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

96%
Marangoni Zetalinea 225-45-17- Hyundai Tiburon January 8, 2013
Having been through tons of makes over the years trying to chase my tyre size - Goodyear F1, Avon Rainsport, Falken, Toyo, Yoko to name a few. I actually am impressed by these Marangonis (please dont stop my tyre size AGAIN xxx).
Anyhoos, two friends on different cars petrol/Diesel (tuned) have agreed that these over all work better than the old Goodyear Eagle F1 (which were better than the newer GDS3, the diesel mate even had both on at changes).
Dry grip excellent & wet grip control very good indeed.
The fact they come from racing development does show. They also have an excellent tread pattern that copes very well with changes in direction, torqy front wheel drives & adverse conditions - icy, deep wet, snow even (really... I personally prefer V tread patterns for norm road tyres getting into extreme conditions - not just a fancy, proven).
I could go on & list the other qualities as per rating, but suffice you should not be disappointed (if you are as one is... I'd really love to know what tyre you rate best...really). Anyhoos - after 2 years standing the tyres this time round had gotten a tad hard on my Hyundai F2 98 Coupe - and this is what really got me, driven like an track idiot.... they still grip & handle excellently. Wear... He he gooood. Don't know how they do it & have known other like tyres remodled to wear quicker (though not left 2 years, lol).
I do not care if the price goes up (fingers crossed) But as long as they don't stop making 225 45 16 (or 225 40 16 which they DID stop ...grrr) I'll be a happy man. Yep I even took a tyre size adjustment not to change my tyre choice again. Maybe these are not everyones cupper - but I recommend a try highly. That's me out!
77%
Vredestein Sportrac 3 195-50-15-V Hyundai Tiburon 25,000 miles March 21, 2012
Superb response in dry and wet conditions even at cold weather and snow! I've driven almost 25000 miles and the tires will last at least 10000 more as rear tires. However after 25000 the response is not as good as with new tires but still better than most new tires. If you like drag races Sportrac 3 RULEZ! The acceleration is amazing.


The only negative thing is that these tires don't have board protector and you may harm on off road conditions like the roads in Bulgaria :(
79%
Fulda Carat Progresso 205-55-16-H Hyundai Tiburon February 18, 2011
I had this tyres on my Hyundai Coupe for 4,5 yrs. Managed to get out of them ~45,000 km which is good (every season changed front to back). Now I can still use the rear ones for one more season (bearly). Wasn's impressed with the grip on the dry, and on the wet the grip was terrible. Felt unsecure when it rained. The noise they make is not bad. Fuel consumption was low. If they had better performance on the wet I would buy them again... Probably will exchange them for Uniroyal Rain Expert next month, when I do I'll post a comparison under Uniroyal. Hope I make a good choice.
90%
Nankang NS2 205-50-15-V Hyundai Tiburon 20,000 miles September 3, 2008
already 20k miles on them, and the question is : whoah, will they die someday ?

I take some curves at 120mph without any trouble, some turn-around at 45mph, it always gripped on the dry or semi-wet road.
When it comes to wet, it's okay, never had any trouble with them. Anyway, it's miles better than my old Michelin Energy...
You can treat them badly, it seems that they just like it.

Anyway, i will definately buy these again... eerrr actually i had to buy 2 of them this morning, an {][@#{^ killed my front right tyre with a screw this weekend...

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