Low cost tyre, but it latsted for so many km. Not sure if i buy them again.
Best Tyres for the Nissan Pulsar
Nissan Pulsar drivers have left 16 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 184,520 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 2 Pulsar variants, listed further down.
- 16owner reviews
- 184,520 milescovered on them
- 15different tyres rated
- 66%average tyre score
The best rated tyres that fit the Nissan Pulsar
The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Nissan Pulsar driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 195/60 R16 and 205/50 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 Nissan Pulsar 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 | Nissan Pulsar reviews |
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| 1 |
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
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9.7 | 205/50 R17 | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo
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9.5 | 205/50 R17 | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Falken ZIEX ZE320
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 4
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9.3 | 205/50 R17 | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Kumho Ecsta Sport PS72
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9.2 | 205/50 R17 | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Continental Premium Contact 6
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9.1 | 205/50 R17 | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →
All Season tyres
No Nissan Pulsar 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 | Nissan Pulsar 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 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3
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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 | 195/60 R16 | 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 Nissan Pulsar 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 | Nissan Pulsar 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 |
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
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9.4 | 195/60 R16 | 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 Nissan Pulsar
The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 14 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tyre | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hankook Ventus TD Z221 | Summer | 65% | 2 | 7,500 miles |
Tyre sizes Nissan Pulsar 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.
Nissan Pulsar variants, reviewed separately
These trims and body styles have pages of their own. Their reviews are already counted in the rankings above.
What Nissan Pulsar drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
The tyre is a budget tyre, so you can't expect high end performance. That said, there are budget tyres that will outperform these. In dry they are not much different to other tyres, but in the WET is a different story. Brand new and if your corner was a bit sharp, the car would slide slightly at speeds around 40-50 km/h. Sometimes heavier braking would have my ABS kicking in. As they AGE by a couple years or the tread starts wearing, it gets worse, especially on roads where the asphalt is glass smooth or if you have the unfortunate areas that have diesel spilling.
For many who may not be as adept to driving as say, enthusiasts to safely react to the situation, this could be a real problem.
For this reason I wouldn't recommend this for everyone, nor the XR611 which is not even as good as the N729.
For many who may not be as adept to driving as say, enthusiasts to safely react to the situation, this could be a real problem.
For this reason I wouldn't recommend this for everyone, nor the XR611 which is not even as good as the N729.
On my Nissan, it came with Continentals when new so it always had very good grip. After one of the services, the dealer had to replace the tyres and they only had the Nexen, so we had no choice. These tyres are comfortable as the sidewalls appear to be soft. Dry grip is ok. But I go easy in the wet as they are not good with aquaplaning performance. However, knowing that they are made in Korea made me feel fine having them. Korean tyre manufacturers are generally competent.
Just done a test drive with them after fitting. I am quite impressed by the dry grip. A bit bumpy compared to the old tyres but the new ones are a higher load rating which probably explains that. Will do another review on them mid winter when I’ve had them longer.
Disagree with the reviews criticising the grip in snow. Yes - you have to drive to suit the road conditions, but so far, these tyres haven't let me down. Considering they are 'all-season', to find a hybrid tyre that will handle all conditions is rare. I've used Michelin Cross-Climate previously and the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 tyres are at least on a par. Drove through heavy snow (yes-to the conditions) and felt the grip was good. Same goes for wet and dry conditions. Haven't had the tyres long enough to assess wear rate, but as a tyre with a good all round performance so far - no complaints.
I been using the nankang ns2 tire for a couple of years, the noise of the tire is terrible rating it from 1 to 10 I would say it’s 9 it’s too loud. The braking in summer time is good it also grip well in the corner.
The braking in rainy and wet season is average I don’t push it too hard. The comfort is 1 out of 10 is only 1 the tire itself is harf with a 400 tread wear. If you have a budget get some nice tire, but if the noise is not your concern it is a good choice.
Update for my pulsar n15 sss. Never regret buying one of these, the car never over or understeer. With 85kw atw, the tires last 7000 km for the front tires. Already brought the tires for my next car/daily. It has been a lot of fun with my pulsar.
Brought for daily use. Feel fantastic, attack mode all the time. Unfortunately, the tires will only last 5000 km average for daily use (including 1 to 2 track days), and the compound start cracking after one month of use. I live in the hills FYI.
Definitely will buy again for daily and track use.
I bought these as a quick cheap stopgap for winter steelies on a newer car. The main use of these will be simply as commute tyres. Maybe 2000ml a year for 4-5 month to avoid scrubbing summer alloys and better traction in the very low temps.
I can't vouch much for wet grip or grip overall as the car is very uninspiring and feels very floaty especially at motorway speeds compared to Contisport 5s.
The car has a great traction control system on summer tyres anyway but getting to work was never an issue and didn't really feel like it would be.
I just do not like the feel when driving. I have never pushed the car hard on these tyres for work of not being able to read them unlike summers.
I would not recommend these and would not buy again but feel they are still advantageous on slow city commutes and inclines compared to summers.
These are quiet on the roads.
No confidence when the car had 4 adults on motorway/A-list Roads today but it was very mild around 9'c.
I can't vouch much for wet grip or grip overall as the car is very uninspiring and feels very floaty especially at motorway speeds compared to Contisport 5s.
The car has a great traction control system on summer tyres anyway but getting to work was never an issue and didn't really feel like it would be.
I just do not like the feel when driving. I have never pushed the car hard on these tyres for work of not being able to read them unlike summers.
I would not recommend these and would not buy again but feel they are still advantageous on slow city commutes and inclines compared to summers.
These are quiet on the roads.
No confidence when the car had 4 adults on motorway/A-list Roads today but it was very mild around 9'c.
Bought these to replace Continental Sport Contact 5s and they are a much better tyre all round, Dry grip is improved around bends although setting off quickly they aren't as good but its not night and day. Wet grip is greatly improved over the conti's I feel confident going into bends knowing the tyre will go where I want it to. In terms of wear I have done 8k on them so far the fronts have 4.8mm and the rears are on 6.2mm so I think they are wearing quite well. I would purchase again or an equivalent all season tyre from Nankang.
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