Best Tyres for the Lexus IS 220D
Lexus IS 220D drivers have left 25 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 380,850 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
- 25owner reviews
- 380,850 milescovered on them
- 20different tyres rated
- 74%average tyre score
The best rated tyres that fit the Lexus IS 220D
The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Lexus IS 220D driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 225/45 R17, 205/55 R16 and 245/45 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 Lexus IS 220D 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 | Lexus IS 220D reviews |
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9.7 | 225/45 R17, 245/45 R17 | Be the first → |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.5 | 225/45 R17, 205/55 R16 | Be the first → |
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9.4 | 225/45 R17, 245/45 R17 | Be the first → |
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9.4 | 225/45 R17, 245/45 R17 | 1 |
| 6 |
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9.4 | 225/45 R17, 245/45 R17 | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →
All Season tyres
No Lexus IS 220D 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 | Lexus IS 220D reviews |
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9.6 | 225/45 R17, 205/55 R16 | 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 | 225/45 R17, 205/55 R16 | Be the first → |
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9.5 | 225/45 R17, 205/55 R16 | Be the first → |
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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 Lexus IS 220D driver has reviewed a tyre in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4 is our highest rated, at 9.6 out of 10.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Lexus IS 220D reviews |
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9.6 | 245/45 R17 | Be the first → |
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9.5 | 225/45 R17, 205/55 R16 | Be the first → |
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9.5 | 225/45 R17, 205/55 R16 | Be the first → |
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9.5 | 245/45 R17 | Be the first → |
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.4 | 225/45 R17, 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 Lexus IS 220D
The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 15 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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| Dunlop SP Sport Maxx | Summer | 92% | 2 | 55,000 miles |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE030 | Summer | 69% | 2 | 39,800 miles |
| Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Replaced by Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo | Summer | 67% | 2 | 35,000 miles |
| Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance Replaced by Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 | Summer | 59% | 2 | 20,000 miles |
| Wanli S1088 | Summer | 27% | 2 | 55,000 miles |
Tyre sizes Lexus IS 220D 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 Lexus IS 220D drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
The noise from these tyres sounded (as other people have said) like a wheel baring on its way out. Driving with these tyres in the wet in just plain dangerous; on a rear wheel drive Lexus, the back end went on nearly every roundabout.
The only positive thing I can say about these tyres is that they took a while to wear out, it was only when they did that I realised how truly awful these tyres were, so even the fact that they wear well isn't necessarily good...
If you value your life, avoid these cheap, badly made, dangerous tyres...
Billed as mid-range, and priced as such, these tyres are fantastic in the wet, are very quiet and give great feedback from the road. The dry grip is also good, as I have to pull out every morning on to a blind bend of an A road and these tyres don't skid, squeal or spin; even with the traction control off.
I can't say much about the wear just yet, as I only done a few thousand miles on them, but felt I had to write a glowing review based on the contrast between these tyres and the budget Wanli tyres.
They've made a huge difference to my driving confidence in the wet; taking the many roundabouts on the way to work in the wet and driving on wet motorways is much less daunting with these tyres on the back of a rear wheel drive Lexus.
Before these tyres, losing the back end round a roundabout in the wet was routine (thank the stars for Traction Control!), but I've purposefully tried (within reason) to lose grip in the wet round a tight roundabout with these tyres and so far I've not been able to.
All-in-all, great tyres, good value, well engineered and British to boot!!
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Every rating on this page was submitted by a driver through the review form on this site, naming the car, the tyre, the size and the distance covered. Reviews are checked by hand before publication, and the page rebuilds automatically as new ones arrive.
About the TR Score
The Tyre Reviews Score rates each tyre out of 10 using independent test results and the full body of owner reviews, so you can check a car-specific ranking against the wider evidence.
Who does the testing
Every test published as a Tyre Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tyres independently since 2007.

