We sold These Tires After 2-3 months. Absolute dangerous garbage. Poor grip in the dry, no grip in the wet so we didnt Even wait for the Winter and got rid of them.
Best Tyres for the Skoda Fabia 1.2
Skoda Fabia 1.2 drivers have left 30 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 335,600 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
- 30owner reviews
- 335,600 milescovered on them
- 25different tyres rated
- 74%average tyre score
The quick answer
| Season | Owners' pick | Owner rating | Our category test |
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| Summer | Avon ZT5 7.1 Current version: Avon ZT7 | 86% from 3 reviews | Best Summer Tyres |
Highest weighted owner score from Skoda Fabia 1.2 drivers. Full rankings and the evidence behind them below.
The best rated tyres for the Skoda Fabia 1.2
Rated only by drivers of this car. Each tyre needs at least 3 reviews from the Skoda Fabia 1.2 to be ranked; the order weights a tyre's score by how many reviews back it, so one glowing review cannot top a table.
Summer tyres
The highest rated tyre in the Summer category for the Skoda Fabia 1.2 is the Avon ZT5 - 86% from 3 owner reviews across 2,100 miles. The current tyre in that line is now the Avon ZT7.
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →
TR Score is the tyre's overall Tyre Reviews rating out of 10, built from independent test results and every owner review of that tyre - not just the reviews from this car. The owner rating column is this car only.
The best rated tyres that fit the Skoda Fabia 1.2
The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Skoda Fabia 1.2 driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 195/55 R15, 165/70 R14, 205/45 R16 and 185/60 R15 - 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
Our highest rated tyre in the Summer category, in this car's sizes, is the Falken ZIEX ZE320, at 9.4 out of 10.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Skoda Fabia 1.2 reviews |
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9.4 | 195/55 R15, 205/45 R16 | Be the first → |
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9.4 | 205/45 R16 | Be the first → |
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9.1 | 205/45 R16 | Be the first → |
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9 | 195/55 R15, 185/60 R15 | Be the first → |
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9 | 205/45 R16 | Be the first → |
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8.9 | 195/55 R15, 165/70 R14, 185/60 R15 | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →
All Season tyres
No Skoda Fabia 1.2 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 | Skoda Fabia 1.2 reviews |
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9.6 | 205/45 R16 | Be the first → |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.5 | 195/55 R15, 205/45 R16, 185/60 R15 | Be the first → |
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9.5 | 195/55 R15, 205/45 R16, 185/60 R15 | Be the first → |
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9.5 | 205/45 R16, 185/60 R15 | 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 Skoda Fabia 1.2 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 | Skoda Fabia 1.2 reviews |
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9.5 | 205/45 R16, 185/60 R15 | Be the first → |
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9.4 | 165/70 R14, 185/60 R15 | Be the first → |
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9.4 | 205/45 R16 | Be the first → |
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9.3 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.3 | 195/55 R15, 185/60 R15 | Be the first → |
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9.2 | 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 Skoda Fabia 1.2
The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 21 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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| Avon ZT5 Replaced by Avon ZT7 | Summer | 86% | 3 | 2,100 miles |
| Dunlop Sport BluResponse | Summer | 82% | 2 | 18,500 miles |
| Avon ZV5 Replaced by Avon ZV7 | Summer | 71% | 2 | 32,000 miles |
| Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance Replaced by Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 | Summer | 53% | 2 | 10,000 miles |
Tyre sizes Skoda Fabia 1.2 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 Skoda Fabia 1.2 drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
About a month ago, I fitted a set of Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance tyres after the tyre shop manager strongly recommended this specific model.
My previous tyres were Apollo Alnac 4G in a different size, 195/55 R15, which is a much more budget-oriented tyre. My rims officially support both sizes.
The Goodyears definitely feel better in terms of road noise and comfort over bumps compared with the Apollos.
However, I lost a huge amount of steering feel. The steering became vague, and the car no longer inspired any confidence if you wanted to drive in a more spirited way.
What surprised me even more was the grip. In the dry, I honestly cannot say they offer any noticeable improvement over my four-year-old Apollo tyres with around 20,000 miles on them. In the wet they initially feel a little more stable, but they provide almost no feedback, so you never really know how much grip you have available.
Unfortunately, this became very clear while I was driving home on a wet downhill road before a dry turn. I entered the corner that would never have caused any concern with my previous tyres and I have gone through many times, but I ended up having the first crash of my life. Thankfully, the damage was relatively minor and mostly cosmetic.
Initially, the car felt unable to hold the turn and started to slide. While keeping a steady steering input, the front suddenly regained grip, while the rear lost grip completely. The car then snapped into a much more violent oversteer instead of progressively recovering the grip, which is what I expected from the previous tyres I had.
I somehow managed to somewhat straighten the car, but it was still sliding with very little grip until I eventually scraped a wall.
I am not claiming to be the best driver in the world, but I have experienced much worse situations in the past without such sudden and violent reactions from the car, regardless of the tyres I was using.
As other reviewers have mentioned, these tyres have a very soft sidewall which I found out after fitting them. In my experience, this takes away a lot of steering feedback and makes it difficult to understand what the tyres are actually doing or how close you are to the limit.
Once I repair the car, these tyres are coming off.
I xannot recommend these vrederstein tyres higly enough. On safety ,fuel economy and dry and wet weather handling and safety . If they have any weakness it would be on tred wear. But at 90 pounds a tyre i wil never drive on anything else.
Very disappointed. Have replaced with Avon ZV7 which give much more feedback on the limit than the goodyears, hopefully will last a bit longer too.
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