Subaru XV Crosstrek Tyres
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| Tyre Reviewed | Dry Grip | Wet Grip | Feedback | Handling | Wear | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CST Medallion MD A1 (2) | 90% | 95% | 95% | 95% | 75% | 90% |
| Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 (42) | 88% | 91% | 81% | 82% | 78% | 78% |
| Michelin CrossClimate Plus (116) | 87% | 85% | 82% | 74% | 87% | 86% |
| Continental ContiMaxContact MC5 (43) | 88% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 78% | 86% |
| Pirelli Sottozero Serie II (31) | 84% | 86% | 88% | 81% | 81% | 86% |
| Viking Wintech (16) | 83% | 75% | 76% | 74% | 78% | 79% |
| Falken Wildpeak AT Trail (6) | 80% | 82% | 75% | 75% | 88% | 73% |
| Continental VikingContact 8 (4) | 75% | 85% | 73% | 68% | 70% | 95% |
| Viking Protech Newgen (15) | 76% | 75% | 63% | 72% | 85% | 79% |
| Nexen N Fera RU1 (25) | 82% | 75% | 75% | 71% | 78% | 76% |
| Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season (71) | 81% | 66% | 75% | 75% | 73% | 71% |
| Yokohama BluEarth E70 (15) | 75% | 67% | 63% | 69% | 77% | 54% |
| Falken Ziex ZE001 AS (11) | 80% | 68% | 61% | 63% | 47% | 70% |
| Kumho Solus TA31 (9) | 74% | 63% | 68% | 64% | 61% | 73% |
Subaru XV Crosstrek Tyre Review Highlights
Decent on wet/dry terrain. I actually use them in the summer; they have decent braking distance. No noticable wear in the 5k miles used. Pretty rubbish on snow; I barely got any traction in snow from stopped position on a 10% incline, AWD saved me.
Overall decent tires, but I wouldnt use them in areas with moderate to heavy snow.
Overall decent tires, but I wouldnt use them in areas with moderate to heavy snow.
Writing about the Continental VikingContact 8 given 99% (225-60-17)
Driving on mostly town for 1000 average miles
Driving on mostly town for 1000 average miles
Slips around a bit when roads are really dry, but exceptional grip on ice and snow.
Writing about the Falken Wildpeak AT Trail given 78% (235-60-17)
Driving on a combination of roads for 35000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 35000 average miles
The grip on these tires has over the past four years and 35k has been consistent and reassuring. They have never felt excessively loose in standing water, or made me lose confidence in the rain. They can follow grooves in the road more than I like, but I'm not sure it's not a character of the vehicle. For an all terrain they are reasonably quiet on the road with decent manners. They certainly don't hookup on asphalt like a quality highway tire, but they are so much more stable off road.
Writing about the CST Medallion MD A1 given 89% (225-55-17)
Driving on mostly country roads for 5000 spirited miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 5000 spirited miles
Very good on ❄️
Writing about the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 given 79% (225-55-18-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 4000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 4000 average miles
I have had these tyres since around October and have driven 6000km on them. Coming off of some Toyo proxes I noticed they are a little quieter and fuel economy has improved. tread out of the factory was 6.8mm and they are down to 6mm now.
They feel sure-footed in the wet and dry. Living in Japan, these have seen from around 30C to -10C. Ive driven a lot over this winter on mountain roads to access local ski resorts and they've performed well. However I did notice them slipping out more when compared with other cars which 9/10 will be on Bridgestone blizzaks or Yokohama Ice Guard. I could not keep up anywhere near the kind of speeds of a Toyota Crown Police car on the windy switchbacks in the mountains. I found them slipping out at 40km/h on dusty snow (light, perhaps frozen underneath) In just around freezing.
Other times in deeper slushy snow or fresh, they felt more comfortable (50km/h OK).
Two sets of wheels/tyres isn't an option for me as I live in an apartment. These seemed like the best compromise. At the time of purchase they were about 30% less than Michelin Crossclimate 2. If the price were closer, I would've gone for the Michelin simply for their longer wear.
Doing around 8000-10k km a year I expect 3 years out of the set (fingers crossed). Perhaps they'd last longer, but surely their winter performance would suffer.
They feel sure-footed in the wet and dry. Living in Japan, these have seen from around 30C to -10C. Ive driven a lot over this winter on mountain roads to access local ski resorts and they've performed well. However I did notice them slipping out more when compared with other cars which 9/10 will be on Bridgestone blizzaks or Yokohama Ice Guard. I could not keep up anywhere near the kind of speeds of a Toyota Crown Police car on the windy switchbacks in the mountains. I found them slipping out at 40km/h on dusty snow (light, perhaps frozen underneath) In just around freezing.
Other times in deeper slushy snow or fresh, they felt more comfortable (50km/h OK).
Two sets of wheels/tyres isn't an option for me as I live in an apartment. These seemed like the best compromise. At the time of purchase they were about 30% less than Michelin Crossclimate 2. If the price were closer, I would've gone for the Michelin simply for their longer wear.
Doing around 8000-10k km a year I expect 3 years out of the set (fingers crossed). Perhaps they'd last longer, but surely their winter performance would suffer.
Writing about the Yokohama BluEarth E70 given 63% (225-60-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 20000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 20000 average miles
Terrible tyres , extremely noisy on most road surfaces. Wet grip is horrible as it will unpredictably slip any and almost everywhere without prior warning. OEM tyres for Subaru xv. Terrible just terrible
Only good thing which is arguable is the tread wear which up till now after 20,000km still looks fresh.
I suspect this is due to its hard compound making it grip so poorly and producing so much noise.
So many cons for just one pro of longer tread life
Only good thing which is arguable is the tread wear which up till now after 20,000km still looks fresh.
I suspect this is due to its hard compound making it grip so poorly and producing so much noise.
So many cons for just one pro of longer tread life
Writing about the Falken Ziex ZE001 AS given 52% (225-55-18-)
Driving on mostly town for 10000 average miles
Driving on mostly town for 10000 average miles
I don't know why Subaru put this on their Canada bound Crosstreks. There are much better tires available at this price point. Especially considering how pour they are in the snow. I would not recommend them anywhere where it falls below 0 C. They are not at all good in the snow and slush, I have used all season tires that performed much better than these. Even after 15 000 km I am noticing that these tires are wearing fast.
Writing about the Yokohama BluEarth E70 given 87% (225-60-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 17000 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 17000 average miles
OEM tires on my 2021 Subaru XV. Good well made tire. Had no issues. Very predictable and grip well overall. Noise level depends on type of road surface. Very quiet on smooth surface and noisy on coarse and dirt road surface. Tread pattern is mainly for bitumen use, but handles dirt roads quite well, even the loose surface ones. Did surprisingly well in tricky mud conditions several times. Didn't need X mode to get through deep and slippery mud that had obviously stopped others.
Writing about the Yokohama BluEarth E70 given 87% (225-60-17-)
Driving on mostly town for 19000 easy going miles
Driving on mostly town for 19000 easy going miles
We bought a crosstrek in 2022 and we have done 19000km. The tyre version is E70gz. After 19000km it looks like new. I have rotate once. In wet and dry had no problems. Had to break once hard in dry and the tyre stopped the car fast. In wet grip is good and I'm confident in highway with speeds around 120km. Highway dry sometimes 140+ the tyre is very confident. The only downside is that is a bit loud and not so comfortable. I don't know why so many bad reviews. Is a good tyre.
Writing about the Kumho Solus TA31 given 47% (225-55-17-)
Driving on mostly town for 0 average miles
Driving on mostly town for 0 average miles
Comfort tire, but not good at stability control, also it lose pressure more than usual.
Writing about the Yokohama BluEarth E70 given 43% (225-60-17-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 22 average miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 22 average miles
These tires generate noise when new. After a week I noticed it's a very quite tire, even quiter than the Michelin Primacy 4, the quitest tire I ever purchased & very good rolling resistance too. I realized why did Subaru choose this tire as OEM tire which is more to focus on comfort & fuel economy.
However, handling is very sad. 3 times experienced with tire slipped through corners (not a very tight corners). Even at 70° angle of speed corner @74km/h, the tire was screeching & slighly slipped 1 time before I make steering correction. Even at 54km/h & 64km/h corners (but not very tight corners) the tire was understeer. 2 times experienced with minor aquaplanning with rear tire (1 time on the left tire & 1 time on the right tire) @ 80km/h on rainy days (not during a heavy rain).
No problem to drive fast on straight highways (I used to drive them between 130 to 140km/h) but the problem is on dry handling or steering feedback.
Writing about the Yokohama BluEarth E70 given 61% (225-70-17-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 31 average miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 31 average miles
Subaru XV original tyres on rural Australian roads for 50,000 km. Very worn but a few millimetres of tread depth left. Overall an adequate tyre, certainly better than Geolanders on a previous Forester. Road-holding okay dry and wet. But noisy (and hard riding?). Better tyres around for the same price.