Land Rover Defender Tyres

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Tyre Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
General GRABBER HTS (1) 90% 90% 70% 80% 100% 90%
Goodyear Wrangler AT SA Plus (6) 95% 87% 85% 83% 80% 93%
Nokian Rotiiva AT Plus (3) 80% 80% 80% 85% 90% 90%
Cooper Discoverer MS (9) 89% 87% 77% 77% 80% 71%
General Grabber UHP (19) 90% 85% 83% 76% 86% 85%
BFGoodrich Mud Terrain TA KM2 (5) 88% 70% 66% 88% 93% 84%
Michelin Latitude Cross (55) 85% 84% 78% 75% 90% 81%
Kumho Road Venture MT KL71 (7) 86% 84% 82% 59% 93% 77%
Goodyear Wrangler AT SA (13) 88% 81% 90% 83% 86% 90%
Goodyear Wrangler All Terrain Adventure (17) 85% 76% 78% 78% 74% 79%
Cooper Discoverer AT3 (18) 86% 80% 75% 71% 71% 78%
Yokohama Geolandar MT (2) 100% 90% 75% 75% 60% 70%
BFGoodrich All Terrain TA KO2 (35) 82% 66% 69% 72% 83% 72%
Pirelli Scorpion MS (1) 70% 50% 80% 80% 90% 90%
Goodyear Wrangler MT R (4) 67% 53% 60% 57% 73% 57%
BFGoodrich AllTerrain TA KO (12) 85% 63% 67% 68% 75% 65%
Continental Cross Contact AT (14) 81% 70% 83% 73% 79% 75%
Pirelli Scorpion Zero All Season (11) 83% 69% 69% 65% 56% 76%
Cooper Discoverer STT Pro (7) 81% 71% 67% 70% 90% 66%
General GRABBER AT2 (8) 76% 50% 54% 66% 86% 80%
Hankook Dynapro AT2 (8) 79% 73% 61% 64% 53% 68%
Silverstone MT117 Xtreme (1) 100% 30% 10% 10% 70% 100%
Goodyear Wrangler AT R (3) 87% 77% 80% 63% 57% 83%
Continental CrossContact RX (1) 80% 40% 80% 70% 30% 90%
Achilles Desert Hawk XMT (15) 71% 42% 55% 54% 61% 66%
Insa Turbo Sahara (2) 80% 75% 30% 30% 70% 70%

Land Rover Defender Tyre Review Highlights

Writing about the Pirelli Scorpion MS given 69% (255-60-20-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 24000 easy going miles
The current range of Pirelli Scorpion ms tyres do not appear to be fit for purpose! I have had several punctures over the past three years all of which have been a small piece of road gravel piercing the centre of the tyres.
On each occasion the gravel has gone through the rubber, canvas and even the metal gauze.
Unfortunately after 30 using Pirelli I think I will be changing manufacturer.
All of my cars on this period have been new Land Rovers/Range Rovers with tyres fitted as original equipment
tyre reviewed on 2025-02-11 08:53:23
Writing about the Hankook Dynapro AT2 given 100% (265-75-16-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 3000 average miles
Quiet
Great grip in snow (with new tread depth)
Better than previous Coopers of same spec.
tyre reviewed on 2025-01-25 03:01:28
Writing about the BFGoodrich All Terrain TA KO2 given 80% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 30000 average miles
No comments left
tyre reviewed on 2024-01-19 07:00:18
Writing about the Pirelli Scorpion Zero All Season given 81% (225-60-20-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 29000 easy going miles
These were OEM on my LR Defender 110 Petrol 300PS MY2021 here in Switzerland. I use the car for 900km auto routes, in town, on mountain fire tracks and in the snow up mountains. 47km in, and the fronts are being changed as we head into winter; the temperature is below 5 degrees C, and mountains have snow. These really are all season tyres. Happy with them.
tyre reviewed on 2023-11-11 23:19:01
Writing about the Cooper Discoverer AT3 given 93% (235-85-16-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 12000 easy going miles
I have has these on a Defender 110 TDCI for twelve months now, driving a mixture of country roads, motorways, field edges (shooting & fishing), plus snow in the alps (skiing). I've also done about 800 miles of towing a two ton sailing boat.
All in all that's a 12,000 varied workout, and I've nothing but praise for these Discoverer AT3 LT tyres. A compliant, quiet ride with decent a steering feel. I've been buying and using all terrain tyres for some 20 years now and these are my favourites. .
tyre reviewed on 2023-11-02 08:24:15
Writing about the Continental CrossContact RX given 60% (255-65-19-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 25000 average miles
25.000 km on my Defender. The tyres works very good on highways. No noticeable noise even at high speed. I would say that the performance in mud is not very good. I have lost 2 tyres due to the rock cuts in the sidewall. I was driving a forest road not very rokcky.
tyre reviewed on 2022-12-05 05:22:19
Writing about the BFGoodrich All Terrain TA KO2 given 59% (265-75-16-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 20000 spirited miles
These tyres are dual compound and once the initial softer rubber wears away the remaining compound is much harder resulting in poor wet weather grip. Have had the last 3 generations of BFG AT’s and these are the worst in wet conditions.
tyre reviewed on 2022-09-13 16:04:02
Writing about the Goodyear Wrangler All Terrain Adventure given 80% (255-60-20-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 7 spirited miles
Have those Goodyear's on my LandRover Defender P400 SE X- Dynamic!
tyre reviewed on 2022-09-11 18:26:12
Writing about the Goodyear Wrangler AT R given 54% (235-80-16-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 6000 easy going miles
Not a bad tyre but quite udless in wet mud
tyre reviewed on 2022-08-21 06:14:56
Writing about the Continental Cross Contact AT given 76% (235-85-16-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 55000 easy going miles
No comments left
tyre reviewed on 2022-01-18 05:36:01
Writing about the BFGoodrich All Terrain TA KO2 given 91% (225-45-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 average miles
DEFENDER 90 , ko2 tyres 265/75-16 , very sure footed and a good ride . previously on 235/85-16 grabbers and continental cross contact at , which i was happy with and had no complaints , but comparing the two the KO2 tyres have less role making them feel more precise . And to me they look good and rugged on a DEF , i would buy again without question .
tyre reviewed on 2021-12-25 14:46:07
Writing about the Nokian Rotiiva AT Plus given 80% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 12000 average miles
Time for an update on the Rotiiva AT+ After 12,000 miles The wear rate is pretty good, better than the Coopers but not quite as good as the BFG AT. They still grip wet roads better than the BFG and at our site still perform much better than many expect. For example, a while ago we had a local Suzuki group in. Most were on Insa Turbo Special Track or similar, several had welded diffs and so on. They all made it up ‘Surf’s Up’ with quite some effort at a few bouncing off the rev limiter. I eventually gave in to the cajoling and took the 90 on the Rotiiva AT+ up the hill. We made it with less fuss and the ‘Zuk guy I had with me was quite surprised how relatively easy. No it is not a fair comparison at all as I am 2x heavier with a lot more power and a lot more articulation but no axle diff-locks. When we had a short, sharp snow dump on our hill last year and it was chaos - as expected really :-( I got a call from my District Nurse friend for help and I had no issues at all with the tyres performance. I had thrown the chains in the 90 just in case but I didn’t need them (the chains have still only ever been used for demonstration during a training exercise for Dartmoor Prison drivers). A comparison with the Cooper STs I had in snow previously was the Coopers did well in fresh snow but slush started to slide around more. And experience with slush and the BFG AT was concerning (fresh snow BFG good)The Nokians worked well in both fresh and slush. They also work well on cold, wet roads as well as frosty mornings on the edge of Dartmoor. So, overall I’m still happy I took a chance on these. I sold the BFG’s and made good money on them so the Nokians only cost me one tyre in effect :-)
tyre reviewed on 2021-09-19 16:35:36
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