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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
Most fitted size - 8 reviews 195/55 R15 To scale, mm
Ø 596 195 107 15" 107 All 195/55 R15 data →

The quick answer

The quick answer - Skoda Fabia 1.2
Season Owners' pick Owner rating Our category test
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.

Summer tyres ranked by Skoda Fabia 1.2 owner rating
# Tyre Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed TR Score
1 Avon ZT5 Replaced by Avon ZT7 86% 3 2,100 miles 7.1

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.

Highest rated Summer tyres made in Skoda Fabia 1.2 sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Skoda Fabia 1.2 reviews
1 Falken ZIEX ZE320 9.4 195/55 R15, 205/45 R16 Be the first →
2 Michelin Pilot Sport 5 9.4 205/45 R16 Be the first →
3 Continental Premium Contact 6 9.1 205/45 R16 Be the first →
4 Kumho Ecsta HS52 9 195/55 R15, 185/60 R15 Be the first →
5 Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 9 205/45 R16 Be the first →
6 Uniroyal RainExpert 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.

Highest rated All Season tyres made in Skoda Fabia 1.2 sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Skoda Fabia 1.2 reviews
1 Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 9.6 205/45 R16 Be the first →
2 BFGoodrich Advantage All Season 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Michelin CrossClimate 2 9.5 195/55 R15, 205/45 R16, 185/60 R15 Be the first →
4 Vredestein Quatrac 9.5 195/55 R15, 205/45 R16, 185/60 R15 Be the first →
5 Continental AllSeasonContact 2 9.5 205/45 R16, 185/60 R15 Be the first →
6 Kleber Quadraxer 3 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.

Highest rated Winter tyres made in Skoda Fabia 1.2 sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Skoda Fabia 1.2 reviews
1 Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 9.5 205/45 R16, 185/60 R15 Be the first →
2 Goodyear UltraGrip 9+ 9.4 165/70 R14, 185/60 R15 Be the first →
3 Bridgestone Blizzak 6 9.4 205/45 R16 Be the first →
4 Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 9.3 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Vredestein Wintrac 9.3 195/55 R15, 185/60 R15 Be the first →
6 Continental WinterContact TS 870 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.

All tyres reviewed by Skoda Fabia 1.2 drivers
Tyre Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
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.

10%
Atlas Green 4S 165-70-14 Skoda Fabia 1.2 1,000 miles October 19, 2026

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.

46%
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 185-60-15 Skoda Fabia 1.2 3,000 miles September 15, 2026

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.

90%
Vredestein Ultrac+ 185-60-15 Skoda Fabia 1.2 20,000 miles September 15, 2026

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.

84%
Laufenn G Fit 4S 205-55-16 Skoda Fabia 1.2 1,500 miles April 11, 2026
After an accident in my previous car, I picked up a Skoda Fabia as a hack and it needed new tyres on all four corners. The Laufenn was an unknown brand to me but found out they're Hankook related, so took a punt on them in Nov 25. Over winter, they were simply brilliant and I had to deal with six inches of snow, compacted snow and ice on 1:10 inclines in rural Staffordshire. I was literally driving around AWD suvs that were stuck on summer tyres. After 1500 miles on them, they look brand new still and having done motorway, town, country I can safely say they're a good buy. They're comfortable, provide generally good feedback and aren't too loud on the motorway or A roads at speed. Not the sort of tyre to be using to find the limits of any car but for everyday driving and good, predictably safe grip in all conditions, they're absolutely ideal, especially at the price point you'll find them at. Would I buy them again? Yep. Was I happy with the purchase just before winter, you betcha!
70%
Vredestein Sportrac 2 205-50-17- Skoda Fabia 1.2 3,000 miles April 23, 2025
The Sportrak 2 are very noisy especially when you are slowing down
83%
Sava Eskimo HP2 165-70-14- Skoda Fabia 1.2 10,000 miles May 30, 2020
Excellent Value. is the easiest way I can describe these tyres. They do perform above their price class, quite a bit. There are really not many complaints I can make, maybe they are not the sportiest tyre in the cold dry but they are not meant to be that kind of tyre anyway. When I switched to these tyres my car had older set of kelbers (if I remember correctly) from the previous owner, but I had 2 close calls on snowy roads so I swapped to SAVA mid winter, and the difference was night and day. They even grip better in wet then my summer set of Matador Hectorra 3s. I highly recommend these tyres as viable and safe budget winter tyre.
57%
Matador MP 47 Hectorra 3 165-70-14- Skoda Fabia 1.2 15,000 miles May 30, 2020
Matador tyres are very popular budget brand in my country (Slovakia). Therefore pricing on these is really attractive and only reason for which I would consider them again. These tyres are decent in the dry, but in rainy weather they get slippery, especially in colder conditions (7-15 C as it is still a summer tyre). They are so bad in the wet that I am always looking forward to my Sava Eskimo hp2 when the autumn starts. and it does tell you something about a summer tyre when it gives the driver less confidence then economy winter tyre on the wet. Another complaint about these tyres is the soft side wall, so I would strongly advise against these for a sporty drive. I regularly drive on these also in 205/50 R15 size, and they are slightly more bearable.
59%
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 195-50-15- Skoda Fabia 1.2 7,000 miles May 28, 2017
Fitted to my Skoda Fabia on the front, seemed very good tyres very grippy in the wet and dry especially traction wise. As they wore down below 3mm they started to loose grip and squeal when cornering. The biggest issue with these was despite me inflating them to the recommended 31psi, they wore heavily along the centre tread line and within 7,000 miles they were down to the limits.
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.
70%
Avon ZV5 205-45-16- Skoda Fabia 1.2 14,000 miles March 11, 2017
I bought the Fabia with Avon ZV5's all round and I can say I have never driven a car that tramlined so much on anything but smooth roads. The road noise seemed loud and the ride harsh. After having the tyres and steering geometry checked and cleared I was advised the tyres did not suit the car. I fitted Kumho Ku39's on the front and the car was transformed for the better. I'm now tempted to replace the rear Avons.
89%
Kumho Ecsta KU39 205-45-16- Skoda Fabia 1.2 2,000 miles March 11, 2017
These Kumho's replaced a set of Avon Z5's on the front. There was an immediate difference with the tramlining gone, road noise lessened and ride harshness reduced. The handling and stopping in both wet and dry are excellent. I will be replacing the rear Avon's with Kumho Ku39's in due course.

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