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Best Tyres for the Toyota Starlet GT Turbo

Toyota Starlet GT Turbo drivers have left 4 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 44,000 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

This page covers the Toyota Starlet GT Turbo specifically. For the full picture, the Toyota Starlet page combines 19 reviews from every variant. All Toyota Starlet reviews →

  • 4owner reviews
  • 44,000 milescovered on them
  • 2different tyres rated
  • 58%average tyre score
Most fitted size - 1 reviews 195/50 R15 To scale, mm
Ø 576 195 98 15" 98 All 195/50 R15 data →

The quick answer

Season Owners' pick Owner rating Our category test
Summer Toyo T1R 7.6 Current version: Toyo Proxes T1 Sport+ 57% from 3 reviews Best Summer Tyres

Highest weighted owner score from Toyota Starlet GT Turbo drivers. Full rankings and the evidence behind them below.

The best rated tyres for the Toyota Starlet GT Turbo

Rated only by drivers of this car. Each tyre needs at least 3 reviews from the Toyota Starlet GT Turbo 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 Toyota Starlet GT Turbo is the Toyo T1R - 57% from 3 owner reviews across 38,000 miles. The current tyre in that line is now the Toyo Proxes T1 Sport+.

# Tyre Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed TR Score
1 Toyo T1R Replaced by Toyo Proxes T1 Sport+ 57% 3 38,000 miles 7.6

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 Toyota Starlet GT Turbo

The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Toyota Starlet GT Turbo driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 195/50 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 Toyota Starlet GT Turbo reviews
1 Falken ZIEX ZE320 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Nokian Hakka Blue 3 9.1 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Kumho Ecsta HS52 9 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Uniroyal RainExpert 8.9 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Nokian WetProof 8.9 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Michelin Primacy 4 8.8 All your sizes Be the first →

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

All Season tyres

No Toyota Starlet GT Turbo driver has reviewed a tyre in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Vredestein Quatrac is our highest rated, at 9.5 out of 10.

# Tyre TR Score Made in Toyota Starlet GT Turbo reviews
1 Vredestein Quatrac 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
2 BFGoodrich Advantage All Season 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Michelin CrossClimate+ 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Kleber Quadraxer 3 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
5 GT Radial ClimateActive 9.1 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Falken Euroall Season AS220 9.1 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 Toyota Starlet GT Turbo driver has reviewed a tyre in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ is our highest rated, at 9.3 out of 10.

# Tyre TR Score Made in Toyota Starlet GT Turbo reviews
1 Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 9.3 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Vredestein Wintrac 9.3 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Continental WinterContact TS 870 9.2 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Goodyear UltraGrip Performance+ 9.2 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Hankook Winter i cept RS2 9 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Bridgestone Blizzak LM005 8.9 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 Toyota Starlet GT Turbo

The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 1 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

Tyre Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
Toyo T1R Replaced by Toyo Proxes T1 Sport+ Summer 57% 3 38,000 miles

Tyre sizes Toyota Starlet GT Turbo 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.

195/50 R15 1 reviews 195/45 R16 1 reviews

What Toyota Starlet GT Turbo drivers say

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

37%
Toyo T1R 190-50-15-W Toyota Starlet GT Turbo 1,000 miles February 23, 2018
Well... i had a set of these tyres fitted on the front of my 200hp FWD car and at first was slightly unimpressed at the levels of dry grip... then one day it rained.

The oxford English dictionary does not contain a single word to describe how bad this devil spawn of a tyre performs when faced with any type of moisture. I had as much control as my 3 yr old nephews RC car on our laminate kitchen floor.

Turning the steering wheel on any kind of wet roundabout resulted in certain under steer whereby my car would just carry on in a straight line, comparable to your Xbox controller batteries running out mid corner online on forza motorsport.

I had these on for 1 month and removed them, straight line acceleration had my front wheels spinning more than an autistic kids fidget spinner throughout the whole of the 2017 craze.

Id buy them again if held at gunpoint to do so, and would highly recommend them to my ex girlfriend.
54%
Toyo T1R 195-50-15-V Toyota Starlet GT Turbo 7,000 miles September 29, 2010
Replaced a set of well worn Goodyear Eagle f1s with these. The car had a tendancy to tram line with the eagles but once the proxes were fitted this problem was remedied. I was very impressed with the tyres dry handling abilitits however on a wet or even slightly damp surface they gave me very little confidence. The fronts are just on the wear markers now after 7000 miles so they will be replaced with a tyre better suited to wet conditions like the uniroyal rainsport 2. For the price (??200 fitted) I would consider buying these again but only as a summer tyre
61%
Yokohama Advan Neova AD07 195-50-15-V Toyota Starlet GT Turbo 6,000 miles December 14, 2007
These were brought over on a drag starlet so had seen some use. About time to change them now but they still grip fairly well. The car is FF weighing 760kg so getting the power down is an issue if it's anything but dry warm tarmac...in the wet these tyres didn't offer much grip or traction, lighting up the fronts at over 80mph.

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