Best Tyres for the Renault R26

Renault R26 drivers have left 5 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 78,500 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

5owner reviews
78,500 milescovered on them
4different tyres rated
64%average tyre score

Most fitted size - 2 reviews 235/40 R18 To scale, mm

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The best rated tyres that fit the Renault R26

The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Renault R26 driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 235/40 R18 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.

Winter tyres

No Renault R26 driver has reviewed a tyre in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Pirelli P Zero Winter 2 is our highest rated, at 9.8 out of 10.

Highest rated Winter tyres made in Renault R26 sizes
#	Tyre	TR Score	Made in	Renault R26 reviews
1	Pirelli P Zero Winter 2	9.8	235/40 R18	Be the first →
2	Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4	9.6	235/40 R18	Be the first →
3	Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
4	Michelin Pilot Alpin 5	9.5	235/40 R18	Be the first →
5	Michelin Alpin 7	9.5	225/45 R17	Be the first →
6	Bridgestone Blizzak 6	9.4	All your sizes	Be the first →

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

Summer tyres

No Renault R26 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.

Highest rated Summer tyres made in Renault R26 sizes
#	Tyre	TR Score	Made in	Renault R26 reviews
1	Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6	9.7	All your sizes	Be the first →
2	Continental SportContact 7	9.7	235/40 R18	Be the first →
3	Continental PremiumContact 7	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
4	Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
5	Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S	9.4	All your sizes	Be the first →
6	Michelin Pilot Sport 5	9.4	All your sizes	Be the first →

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

All Season tyres

No Renault R26 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 Renault R26 sizes
#	Tyre	TR Score	Made in	Renault R26 reviews
1	Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3	9.6	All your sizes	Be the first →
2	Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport	9.6	235/40 R18	Be the first →
3	Continental AllSeasonContact 2	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
4	BFGoodrich Advantage All Season	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
5	Vredestein Quatrac	9.5	225/45 R17	Be the first →
6	Michelin CrossClimate 3	9.5	225/45 R17	Be the first →

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

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 Renault R26

The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 3 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tyres reviewed by Renault R26 drivers
Tyre	Season	Owner rating	Reviews	Distance reviewed
Continental Sport Contact 3 Replaced by Continental SportContact 7	Summer	86%	2	11,500 miles

Tyre sizes Renault R26 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.

235/40 R18 2 reviews 225/45 R17 2 reviews

What Renault R26 drivers say

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

81%

Continental Sport Contact 3 235-40-18-W Renault R26 1,500 miles December 16, 2012

Loads of grip in both wet and dry. Amazing really. Don't expect them to work in the winter tho. Below 6 oC the ride becomes hard and the grip suffers. Also hopeless in the snow. They are summer tyres tho so this should be expected.
My only real problem is they wear very quickly. 13000 is the best i've managed from the fronts tho the rears are two years old and on 25k

91%

Continental Sport Contact 3 225-45-17-W Renault R26 10,000 miles March 11, 2012

I have a software which makes my car 270hp and 405nm torque on front wheels.In hot pursuit its very vell and can handle the power but if its colder than 20C it starts to spin very much.Eventhough its very well on wet grip but impossible to accelerate hard or accelerate average in wet or cold weather.I would like to try contisport5 next time.Almost 15000km with tires and driven hard and now it still has 5.8 mm.

77%

Falken Azenis RT 615 235-40-18- Renault R26 17,000 miles April 6, 2010

Best grip from street tyres i`ve ever have better than Michelin PS2, similar MIchelin Pilot sport CUP... 20 000Km 3times curcuit and city driving...very good in wet...very bad in rain:-( My I have 3x pair

14%

Yokohama ADVAN Sport 225-45-17- Renault R26 50,000 miles April 2, 2010

I own a R26 Megane Sport which has had in excess of 10 pairs of tyres on it within a 2 year period and have had every combination of tyres you could imagine. The ADVAN has proved to be the worst tyre I have ever had the pleasure of owning and the most expensive I have purchased. I have used AVS on previous cars and have been always impressed with the performance even if tread wear was slightly compromised. The ADVAN has proved to be a far worse companion for wear, aquaplaning, performance, dry/wet handling, than any of the major manufactures. I have also used a budget NEXUS N600 which have proved to be a more progressive performance tyre along with better wear rates for a third of the cost and probably 10% better performing for a 235/40-18 95Y rated tyre

59%

Toyo T1R 235-40-18- Renault R26 February 22, 2010

Nice in the dry, but could be better. Wet ok and wear is correlating with loss of grip especially in the wet, under steering a lot...

Dan Jordan

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