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Best Tyres for the Smart Brabus

Smart Brabus drivers have left 6 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 26,015 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

  • 6owner reviews
  • 26,015 milescovered on them
  • 5different tyres rated
  • 81%average tyre score
Most fitted size - 1 reviews 225/35 R17 To scale, mm
Ø 589 225 79 17" 79 All 225/35 R17 data →

The best rated tyres that fit the Smart Brabus

The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Smart Brabus driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 225/35 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 Smart Brabus driver has reviewed a tyre in the Summer category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Falken Azenis FK510 is our highest rated, at 8.5 out of 10.

Highest rated Summer tyres made in Smart Brabus sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Smart Brabus reviews
1 Falken Azenis FK510 8.5 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Kumho Ecsta KU39 8.2 All your sizes Be the first →

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

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 Smart Brabus

The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 4 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tyres reviewed by Smart Brabus drivers
Tyre Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
Falken FK452 Replaced by Falken Azenis FK520 Summer 62% 2 10,500 miles

Tyre sizes Smart Brabus 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 Smart Brabus drivers say

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

44%
Falken FK452 225-45-17- Smart Brabus 10,000 miles May 14, 2016
Bought these a couple of years ago as rears for my Smart Brabus - both started cracking very quickly (noted on the MOT's) but still held. They've worn exceptionally quickly too, within 10k miles. I'm having to replace due to being on the limit, definitely not going to purchase again.

Not sure how to rate grip, they're fine in the dry, but in the wet there have been a few chilling moments under normal conditions. I wasn't inspired with confidence.
94%
Uniroyal RainSport 2 195-45-15- Smart Brabus 2,000 miles December 4, 2012
I had never purchased uniroyal before but given that they were £30 (fitted) a corner cheaper than the next nearest top brand tyre (conti) I cannot fault them at all. Wet grip is outstanding (as you would expect from a tyre marketed as "the rain tyre") but dry grip is also very good. They are very progressive an take some serious abuse to unstick them giving plenty of feed back in the process along with low road noise. The Tyres themselves also look good with an agressive tread pattern, which is another bonus! As for wear I cannot comment as they have only been on for 2000 miles so far, However there is no discernible wear at the moment.

In summary these are well worth a look and compare in my opinion very well with other main brands that I have used but with the added bonus of very favourable pricing. The only downside
I can see is that the sizing is alittle limited but unless your running 19"s or some obscure rim
you should be able to find them in a suitable size. Overall these have to have a 9 out of 10.
80%
Falken FK452 205-40-17- Smart Brabus 500 miles March 31, 2012
These are a popular choice for my car, at least in part because they are one of only two tyres available in both required sizes (205/40R17 and 225/35R17) for the car's stock wheels. I recently bought new wheels, and had them fitted with these, so the same size all around.

I absolutely can't fault these tyres EXCEPT the noise they make. At any speed they sound as if they are flapping about - it's not an entirely different noise to running on a flat tyre. I can put up with this for now, as I tend to have music on most of the time anyway, and they are otherwise very good.

They've been used in 2 degrees C dampness, and 20 degrees C dryness. In both situations they have held their own, and have proven to be quite progressive as you near their limits. Not once have I felt like I'll lose control - but that is at least in part down to the car.
87%
Toyo T1R 225-45-17- Smart Brabus 8,500 miles August 22, 2010
Excellent tyre.Fitted on a tuned smart roadster that has 115HP the car does't have the power to make this tyre lose its grip whatever you ask from it. PERFECT on dry roads of ANY temperature and excelent in the wet.

Also driven with this tyre an AUDI S3 and still the same levels of progressiveness and high levels of grip. These tyre squeeled a lot on the s3 in fast bends but they definitely did not let go at any point.

Wear level is medium but yet again i am driving mostly like a complete lunatic on tarmac that is LAVA hot as the temperatures in my country in the summer are 40-45 degrees celcius.

13000 KM of lunatic driving and some signs of wear are begining to show
Definitaly reccommend

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