Wooly feeling tyre with poor wet grip. Wears very fast with just 3.5mm left after 12k miles on a Kia Niro EV.
Best Tyres for the Kia Motors Niro EV
Kia Motors Niro EV drivers have left 6 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 28,022 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
This page covers the Kia Motors Niro EV specifically. For the full picture, the Kia Motors Niro page combines 19 reviews from every variant. All Kia Motors Niro reviews →
- 6owner reviews
- 28,022 milescovered on them
- 5different tyres rated
- 59%average tyre score
The best rated tyres that fit the Kia Motors Niro EV
The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Kia Motors Niro EV driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 215/55 R17 and 225/45 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
No Kia Motors Niro EV 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.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Kia Motors Niro EV reviews |
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| 1 |
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
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9.7 | 225/45 R17 | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Continental PremiumContact 7
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 5
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Pirelli Cinturato C3
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Falken ZIEX ZE320
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →
All Season tyres
No Kia Motors Niro EV 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 | Kia Motors Niro EV reviews |
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| 1 |
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3
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9.6 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Continental AllSeasonContact 2
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Vredestein Quatrac
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
BFGoodrich Advantage All Season
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3
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9.4 | 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 Kia Motors Niro EV 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.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Kia Motors Niro EV reviews |
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| 1 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Michelin Alpin 7
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Bridgestone Blizzak 6
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Nokian Snowproof 3P
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9.4 | 225/45 R17 | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
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9.3 | All your sizes | 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 Kia Motors Niro EV
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.
| Tyre | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
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| Continental EcoContact 6 Replaced by Continental EcoContact 7 | Summer | 42% | 2 | 12,022 miles |
Tyre sizes Kia Motors Niro EV 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 Kia Motors Niro EV drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
Car came from factory with Continental EcoContact 6Q, which were decent enough, but needed replacing at 14k on the front. The dealer I bought the car off fitted these Matadors, and I was honestly expecting them to be terrible. They really are quite good.
Only when really pushing on in the wet do they start to let go. They handle the cars 201hp no problem.
I would certainly consider buying them in the future if they weren't the price they are - for the same money you can get Falkens and only a tenner more for Goodyear.
Matador shares a lot of Continental knowledge, and really I can't tell the difference between them and the EcoContact 6Q. The Matador even have the Continental "wet grip" wear bars, same as the 6Q.
If you can get them cheap, then go for it.
Only when really pushing on in the wet do they start to let go. They handle the cars 201hp no problem.
I would certainly consider buying them in the future if they weren't the price they are - for the same money you can get Falkens and only a tenner more for Goodyear.
Matador shares a lot of Continental knowledge, and really I can't tell the difference between them and the EcoContact 6Q. The Matador even have the Continental "wet grip" wear bars, same as the 6Q.
If you can get them cheap, then go for it.
These were supplied new on our 2023 Kia Niro EV. On inspection they appeared to have very shallow tread when new and now are up for replacement at only 36,000 Km of quiet economical driving (I'm 73 years old and used to enjoy seeing what a car could do but now I'm a confirmed user of active cruise control).
They would be the noisiest tyre I have ever owned and I cannot recommend them in NZ. This is on New Zealand's coarse chip seal roads - on the limited stretches on asphalt available in the South Island they are the quietest tyre I have ever owned - an unbelievable difference when driving from one surface to the other.
They would be the noisiest tyre I have ever owned and I cannot recommend them in NZ. This is on New Zealand's coarse chip seal roads - on the limited stretches on asphalt available in the South Island they are the quietest tyre I have ever owned - an unbelievable difference when driving from one surface to the other.
These tyres do not behave like a true all season. They are essentially a winter tyre with quite frankly TERRIBLE wet grip and handling. They are good in the snow, decent in the dry. But my god in the wet (any temp) they are abysmal. Constantly slipping and understeering like crazy. Honestly they are dangerous in the wet. I live in Scotland so it's wet half the time. Wish I hadn't bought them. Maybe ok if you live in mongolia! Wish I had bought Vredesteins Instead. (Apparently a more wet bias "all season"). Again. These are a very winter focused all season not suitable for wet conditions.
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