Best Tyres for the Toyota Celica VVTi 140

i've had iffy tires.

the toyo proxies were amazing in dry and horrible in wet.
the hankook ventus 3's were decent all around.
and the continental eco contact i have 0 complaints (other then they stopped making them in my size).

these though, the moment i picked my car up from the shop it felt like it was drunk the feedback from the front was almost completely gone and the responsiveness was....there but off, so i was going to rate comfort high but at 120kph the steering wheel occasionally starts to shake.

the incident that made me order new tires to replace them was when i was pulling in to a gap between trucks and i did a burnout when i accelerated...it's not that my car can't do that it's that it usually doesn't happen unless i plan to do it and if it does it on a bright sunny day what is it gone do when it rains? i did not want to find out.

3rd Summer on these tires. Truth have to be said, this tire is a bit different than what I wanted and choose this over other tires, but i'm not regretting my purchase.
The tire still provides so much grip that my car can't use it to its full potential, dry grip is limitless, or at leas feels like it, the 7th Gen Celicas known to have a little understeer, but with this tire, my springs and shocks start to jump before the grip goes away, which means that the saying is true, best mod on any car is tire, with this tire, I don't feel the need to upgrade or modify my car any further, at least in summer conditions. On wet surface, I don't know how, but feels like the road is dry and we are back at square one, straight aqua planning is excellent, even with a car thats barely over a tonne. Because of the low weight, the tire wear is minimal if there is any, and I'm attacking corners and round abouts in at every possible chance. I cant afford cars with huge powers, so tire life was never a factor, my tires go away because of age mostly.
Bad news is, that the tires are still very loud, my car has zero insulation, and even the Blizzak winter tires are quieter in summer conditions than the Eagles, but I have to ad that they are very different in size as well 205/50/16 against 225/45/17, the sidewall is super stiff for this reason. Not fair, but have to say it.
My car have very direct steering feel, and this tire gives the ultimate road feel, I literally feel the small cracks on the road, however, sometimes this results in extreme tramlining effect. and we have very bad roads over here, and if its very bad, it can literally take the steering wheel out of your hand if you are not carefull and hold it like your life depends on it, this can be exhausting on longer trips, but again, this car encourages this more than any other reason. (however Blizzaks obviously eliminates this issue, so the tire is part of it)
I will probably buy this tire again for my new GR86 project car as well, if the need arises for a new summer tire.

I bought this tyre for my sporty coupe with keeping my country's weather in mind which is moderate winter with very few snowy days and quickly melting snow, so ice and snow was not a priority, yet I encountered heavy snow many times, and the tyre didn't fail, took me up in my steep drive way on first try all the three times I had snow on it, even proved itself against sleet. Great tyre, completely delete the wet road factor, however when its dry and not even that cold it shows its weakness, its not a sport tyre after all, keep that in mind. Wear seems good, but its too early to judge, noise is acceptable, on the same level of my summer sport tyres (GY Eagle F1 Assy.). At this point, I would buy the tyre again, I hope it will last long tho, because in Europe this tyre is very expensive and hard to find in good size.

In cold dry the tyre had decent grip and handling, however once it was warmer, more than 10-15 Celsius, it started to lose some grip, in extreme condition around 18-23 celsius which is summer tyre temperature I experienced its limit and my brake distance was also increasing. Rain and water was not a problem as long as you avoid driving directly into larger puddles. Road feedback is not very great, but it is subjective, I had the tyres in a very tough sport suspension so it was a completely empty feel but not uncomfortable, but its not a sporty tyre anyway. Wear seems good so far its not losing patterns very quickly, tho I only have them for 2 seasons. Snow and Ice experience is not exist. Comfort was OK but once it got a little warmer it become super loud, it wasn't a good experience. I would probably buy the tyre again, but not for this car, its decent for passenger cars but not so much for sporty cars.

Lethal in wet conditions ... slow pull offs and the car is wheel spinning Roundabouts you can feel the car moving around and trying to slip into the other lane under slow speeds. Small puddles and barely any surface water and the tyres are done. In the dry they are tidy however i would not push to far.

Very disappointed with this tyre. Bought a set of new tyres after driving 4 years on Conti TS850 and 4 years on TS860. This was a mistake. First serious ride out of town and the car slipped away on a dry road, they have quite an understeering potential. Noisy compared to the Contis and road feedback has nothing in common. Would not even want to see what they are like in 3-4 years...

The cheaper quality tyre found with these dimensions (205 50 16). I am generally satisfied with the consistency of the tires over the lifetime. They understear towards the end but this is not so much due to the rubber as to the wear on the outside of the tread. (when I say that I ride "cool", I have already taken (occasional) oversteared turns at 140km / h ...). Good traction efficiency... I am rather satisfied with the value for money.

even in sub zero temperatures my crap, balding summer tyres gripped better than these in all conditions, including muddy lanes. cannot recommend at all, dread to think how bad they'll be if there actually is any snow...
cant comment on tyre wear as these wont be on the car long enough

TOYOTA CELICA MK7 143bhp

Fit these around two years ago to replace some very worn Pirelli tyres on the front. They were exceptionally good in the beginning with great feedback and grip, even in the wet. The car drove like it was on rails and could be pushed.

The issue I have is that these tyres have worn much quicker than expected, which is a surprise on a relatively low-powered car. I only managed to get 8k from them before the grip and feel seemed to fall off a cliff.

The tyres are now less inspiring, wandering a lot and spinning up in dry or wet conditions - understeer is now a relatively common threat.

They were fantastic to begin with, but I'm ultimately disappointed in having to replace them after so little when other tyres have lasted much longer.

I have only driven this car with these tyres so it is difficult to compare the Pirellis to other performance tyres but I have been very impressed with the tyre wear - they have lasted 35,000 miles on a mixture of country lanes and motorways so I would buy them again.