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Best Tyres for the Vauxhall Astra VXR

Vauxhall Astra VXR drivers have left 43 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 265,752 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car. The numbers include 1 Astra VXR variants, listed further down.

This page covers the Vauxhall Astra VXR specifically. For the full picture, the Vauxhall Astra page combines 288 reviews from every variant. All Vauxhall Astra reviews →

  • 43owner reviews
  • 265,752 milescovered on them
  • 30different tyres rated
  • 79%average tyre score
Most fitted size - 16 reviews 235/35 R19 To scale, mm
Ø 647 235 82 19" 82 All 235/35 R19 data →

The quick answer

The quick answer - Vauxhall Astra VXR
Season Owners' pick Owner rating Our category test
Summer Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta 9.2 Current version: Vredestein Ultrac Pro 92% from 5 reviews Best Summer Tyres

Highest weighted owner score from Vauxhall Astra VXR drivers. Full rankings and the evidence behind them below.

The best rated tyres for the Vauxhall Astra VXR

Rated only by drivers of this car. Each tyre needs at least 3 reviews from the Vauxhall Astra VXR 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 Vauxhall Astra VXR is the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta - 92% from 5 owner reviews across 37,400 miles. The current tyre in that line is now the Vredestein Ultrac Pro.

Summer tyres ranked by Vauxhall Astra VXR owner rating
# Tyre Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed TR Score
1 Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta Replaced by Vredestein Ultrac Pro 92% 5 37,400 miles 9.2
2 Michelin Pilot Super Sport Replaced by Michelin Pilot Sport S 5 85% 4 29,500 miles 8.5
3 Maxxis MA Z1 Victra 68% 4 30,002 miles 8

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 Vauxhall Astra VXR

The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Vauxhall Astra VXR driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 235/35 R19, 225/40 R18 and 245/35 R20 - 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 Continental SportContact 7, at 9.7 out of 10.

Highest rated Summer tyres made in Vauxhall Astra VXR sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Vauxhall Astra VXR reviews
1 Continental SportContact 7 9.7 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 9.7 235/35 R19, 225/40 R18 Be the first →
3 Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Continental PremiumContact 7 9.5 225/40 R18 Be the first →
5 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Michelin Pilot Sport 5 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →

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

Winter tyres

No Vauxhall Astra VXR driver has reviewed a tyre in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Pirelli P Zero Winter 2 is our highest rated, at 9.8 out of 10.

Highest rated Winter tyres made in Vauxhall Astra VXR sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Vauxhall Astra VXR reviews
1 Pirelli P Zero Winter 2 9.8 235/35 R19, 245/35 R20 Be the first →
2 Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4 9.6 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Bridgestone Blizzak 6 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Nokian Snowproof 3P 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Winter Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3

All Season tyres

No Vauxhall Astra VXR driver has reviewed a tyre in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport is our highest rated, at 9.6 out of 10.

Highest rated All Season tyres made in Vauxhall Astra VXR sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Vauxhall Astra VXR reviews
1 Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport 9.6 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 9.6 235/35 R19, 225/40 R18 Be the first →
3 Continental AllSeasonContact 2 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 BFGoodrich Advantage All Season 9.5 235/35 R19, 225/40 R18 Be the first →
5 Vredestein Quatrac 9.5 225/40 R18 Be the first →
6 Michelin CrossClimate 3 9.5 225/40 R18 Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4

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 Vauxhall Astra VXR

The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 24 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tyres reviewed by Vauxhall Astra VXR drivers
Tyre Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta Replaced by Vredestein Ultrac Pro Summer 92% 5 37,400 miles
Michelin Pilot Super Sport Replaced by Michelin Pilot Sport S 5 Summer 85% 4 29,500 miles
Maxxis MA Z1 Victra Summer 68% 4 30,002 miles
Vredestein Ultrac Vorti Replaced by Vredestein Ultrac Pro Summer 94% 2 7,000 miles
Kumho Ecsta KU31 Summer 84% 2 7,400 miles
Continental ContiSportContact 5 P Replaced by Continental SportContact 7 Summer 83% 2 26,000 miles

Tyre sizes Vauxhall Astra VXR 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.

Vauxhall Astra VXR variants, reviewed separately

These trims and body styles have pages of their own. Their reviews are already counted in the rankings above.

What Vauxhall Astra VXR drivers say

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

74%
Accelera PHI R 225-45-20- Vauxhall Astra VXR 8,000 miles August 21, 2024
Excellent value for money. Dry they are good, wet they are awful.but they're a summer sports tire for 60 quid for 20 inch so can't expect the world but 100% worth the money
84%
Altenzo Sports Comforter 215-35-19- Vauxhall Astra VXR 14,000 miles August 24, 2022
I sat down for hours searching for a decent set of car tyres, never bought any altenzo ones before and all the reviews said how good they were....I won't be changing that either. These tyres are nothing short of amazing, I've had them fitted over a year now and you wouldn't know cos they still look new. I've had bridgestone turanzo t005 previously and different high performance tyres in the past and have to say its the last time I'll be spending money on expensive tyres again. These sport comforters, handles fantastic even when pushed hard, in the wet they're easily as good us the turanzo t005 you wouldn't know it was wet outside, dry performance is brilliant along with braking distances which seem to be shorter than before. For the money, experience, enjoyment by far the best tyre about atm...highly recommend
23%
Triangle TR968 235-35-19- Vauxhall Astra VXR August 9, 2020
Horrendous tyres. In the wet they are just purely dangerous, huge amounts of understeer, very poor stopping distances and a feeling of complete lack of control. In the dry, when pushed even slightly they squeal, grip, again is poor. These tyres came fitted to a used car, and though nearly new, I was quick to get rid of them in favour of Falken FK510’s.
0%
Falken Azenis FK510 235-40-18-W Vauxhall Astra VXR 200 miles December 21, 2019
Car handles much better with 4 of these would 100% recommend. Definitely worth the money so much comfort with these and handling definitely improved
73%
Nankang NS2R 225-40-18- Vauxhall Astra VXR 15,000 miles September 14, 2018
Amazing on dry conditions, the grip and handling are amazing, on wet conditions are awful. Extremely tough ride, amazing life time.
87%
Vredestein Ultrac Vorti R 235-35-19- Vauxhall Astra VXR 12,000 miles March 21, 2018
Great tyre I have always used the vorti so when the r came out I had to stick a set on. Great road feedback and superb grip in the dry and wet grip more than enough to challenge compettiters. Even on my front wheel drive astra vxr with 300bhp they grip when pulling away hard and cornering. Due another set now seen about 12000miles out of a set of fronts which I think is great.
Love these tyres so much I have put them on my other car too. You won't be disappointed.
97%
Kumho Ecsta PS91 245-35-20-W Vauxhall Astra VXR 3,000 miles October 1, 2016
Replaced Pirelli P Zero k1 tyrew with the Kumhos. I am realy happy that i made the change. The tyre is better on dry and wet in lower temperatures that the p zero. The p zero is slightly better in wet on warm days, but the kumho has a little bigger level of grip at dry, and does not need that high temperatures. Allso the tyre is realy good when puahed hard, doesent lose the grip level by heating up, the level ia going higher and higher. Perfect for everyday and fast road curve driving. Not tested on the race track, but it should perform ok for a street tyre. The stif sidewall is allso a good thing, much stiffer than p zero. I can highly recommend that tyre, they car has more overall grip than with p zero. Wear looks also ok for now.
57%
Michelin Pilot Super Sport 235-35-19-W Vauxhall Astra VXR 5,000 miles September 5, 2016
Didn't enjoy these tyres at all, found them very temperature dependant (when the tyres were cool they had much lower grip than when warm). Also found that they'd let go much sooner than other tyres I'd tried on my car. In the wet they were far too easy to spin, especially at junctions when you're turning.

Also found that they caused body roll, my previous tyres were much stiffer sidewall (Michelin are XL tyres). The body roll meant I never had confidence in these tyres that I had in previous tyres. Never lost grip on a corner, probably because they never felt like I could really push them.

Road noise was good, had the tyres on for 5,000 miles and weren't 1/4 warn, so life seems good. Didn't notice any MPG change.

For the money I paid, these were a huge dissapointment. I'd of been better off getting something with a stiffer sidewall.
90%
Continental Sport Contact 6 245-40-19- Vauxhall Astra VXR July 25, 2016
Premiers 15 miles avec des pneus non utilisés en conduite sur chaussées mouillées par la pluie. Miles divisés à parts égales entre autoroute / route principale et une route secondaire sinueuse avec une conduite en ville sur courte distance.
Auparavant, la voiture récemment achetée avait été équipée de quatre pneus pas chers et avaient des niveaux de bande de roulement généreux. Pourquoi les gens lésinent sur le composant principal qui tient votre véhicule sur la route c'est incompréhensible moi. Pour moi acheter ces pneus pour une voiture et encore moins en équiper une voiture de performance devrait se traduire par le port obligatoire d'un bandeau marqué kamikaze et un homme portant un chapeau haut de forme agitant un drapeau rouge à l'avant de la voiture. La direction avec les pneus pas chers ne répondait pas avec très peu de ressentis, même en mode sport. L'extrémité arrière avait glissé à trois reprises pendant la conduite à des vitesses raisonnables résultant dans la mise en route de l'électronique pour ramener presque à l'arrêt la voiture avec un conducteur rouge de honte. Difficile accélération sur le mouillé avec les lumières du tableau qui clignotent et des secousses à l'arrière.
Premières réflexions sur le Continental SP6. Exceptionnel! Transforme complètement la voiture. Le bruit de la route est acceptable, vous l'entendez, mais il n'est pas envahissant, je veux dire allez, c'est une voiture pas un aéroglisseur. Pour les sensations de direction, je dirais une amélioration de 200%, les ajustements à toutes les vitesses sont positifs et fiables. L'accélération puissante depuis l'arrêt sur le mouillé est exceptionnelle, pas de scintillement des lumières de contrôle de la traction ni d'impression d'être collé fermement au tarmac. On peut aller à la rupture avec confiance et la capacité de virage est tout simplement une amélioration fantastique avec la voiture dorénavant capable de gérer de fortes accélérations comme une voiture 4x4 doit le faire. Il est important de se rappeler que c'est une grande berline familiale puissante lourde et non un petit bolide, mais en montant ces pneus je savais que ce serait une amélioration qui permet à cette voiture de libérer une bonne puissance réelle sur le tarmac.
En bref, j'ai une nouvelle voiture. Après avoir pesé les avantages et les inconvénients j'ai opté pour ces pneus d'été en prenant le pari d'un hiver relativement doux. Oui, je l'ai lu tout le battage médiatique pour l'hiver et les toutes saisons. J'ai une expérience de première main en ayant passé quelque temps au Canada à conduire avec des pneus d'hiver, ils sont formidables. Mais après avoir conduit pendant quelque 27 années au Royaume-Uni dans des conditions très extrêmes avec des pneus d'été, je prends l'option de rester avec des pneus d'été et en ajustant simplement ma conduite en fonction des conditions. Simple. Je vais donner à ces Continental quelques mois et faire un rapport sur le temps froid, la neige et la glace avec bien sûr quelques commentaires par temps sec. J'espère que cela sera une aide pour tous les lecteurs.
PS : messieurs dames on en a toujours pour l'argent qu'on investit
93%
Hankook Ventus S1 evo 245-35-20-W Vauxhall astra vxr with 280bhp and coilovers 3,000 miles April 25, 2015
Excellent tyres all round. Up grade from Pirelli p zero and glad I did.
Wet grip excellent, dry grip also excellent. Had them on for three months now and no noticeable wear or deteriation the the grip in all conditions.
For the cost I would recommend these for the Astra j vxr.

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