Best Tyres for the Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi

Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi drivers have left 35 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 501,800 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

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35owner reviews
501,800 milescovered on them
34different tyres rated
66%average tyre score

Most fitted size - 15 reviews 225/45 R17 To scale, mm

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The best rated tyres that fit the Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi

The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 225/45 R17 and 205/55 R16 - 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 Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi driver has reviewed a tyre in the Summer category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 is our highest rated, at 9.7 out of 10.

Highest rated Summer tyres made in Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi sizes
#	Tyre	TR Score	Made in	Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi reviews
1	Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6	9.7	225/45 R17	Be the first →
2	Continental PremiumContact 7	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
3	Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
4	Pirelli Cinturato C3	9.4	All your sizes	Be the first →
5	Falken ZIEX ZE320	9.4	All your sizes	Be the first →
6	Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S	9.4	225/45 R17	Be the first →

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

All Season tyres

No Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi driver has reviewed a tyre in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 is our highest rated, at 9.6 out of 10.

Highest rated All Season tyres made in Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi sizes
#	Tyre	TR Score	Made in	Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi reviews
1	Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3	9.6	All your sizes	Be the first →
2	Continental AllSeasonContact 2	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
3	Vredestein Quatrac	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
4	Michelin CrossClimate 3	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
5	BFGoodrich Advantage All Season	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
6	Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	9.4	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 Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi driver has reviewed a tyre in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 is our highest rated, at 9.5 out of 10.

Highest rated Winter tyres made in Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi sizes
#	Tyre	TR Score	Made in	Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi reviews
1	Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
2	Michelin Alpin 7	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
3	Bridgestone Blizzak 6	9.4	All your sizes	Be the first →
4	Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3	9.4	All your sizes	Be the first →
5	Goodyear UltraGrip 9+	9.4	205/55 R16	Be the first →
6	Nokian Snowproof 3P	9.4	225/45 R17	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 Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi

The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 33 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tyres reviewed by Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi drivers
Tyre	Season	Owner rating	Reviews	Distance reviewed
BCT S800	Summer	35%	2	5,000 miles

Tyre sizes Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi 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.

225/45 R17 15 reviews 205/55 R16 8 reviews 225/40 R18 1 reviews 215/35 R18 1 reviews

What Volkswagen Golf 2.0 gt tdi drivers say

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

40%

Imperial Ecosport 2 215-35-18- Volkswagen golf 2.0 gt tdi 18,000 miles March 20, 2024

Very dangerous tyres when cornering at speed.
Sloppy feedback in dry conditions (even with the tyres being low profile) and gets a lot worse in wet, bad aquaplaning also.

Tyres are always looking to understeer and if you try compensate they begin oversteering(on a fwd car with 140hp)

Lasted 30k kms.

Do not recommend was not worth the money saved over regular tyres.
Have not experienced other tyres as bad as these.

93%

Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2 205-55-16-V Volkswagen golf 2.0 gt tdi 1,000 miles October 9, 2020

These tyres transformed my car. I have always had Pirelli P7 Cinturato for several years. They were very noisy, especially the rears. I was convinced my wheel bearings were worn or that it was just poor soundproofing on my car, but I was wrong. I could not get the Pirellis this time and was recommended the Goodyear's. I needed all 4. All the road noise completely disappeared and the car handles and drives better than ever in all conditions. I have not done enough miles to comment on wear yet, but even if they wear worse than the Pirellis, I will 100 percent buy again.

30%

Pirelli P Zero Nero GT 225-40-18- Volkswagen golf 2.0 gt tdi 1,000 miles February 5, 2019

What a waste of money!!! My vw golf had bridge stones on 1st of all so I thought I'd have a try if Pirelli....DONT BOTHER!!! The road noise is so loud that the radio has to be turned up to drown out the noise!! The vibration through steering wheel is ridiculous!! They sound like a set of off road tyres!! Thanks Pirelli for even letting me think your tyres were good!! I'm now Â£170 out of pocket!! Cheers ðŸ˜ðŸ‘

88%

Bridgestone Turanza T005 225-45-17- Volkswagen golf 2.0 gt tdi 800 miles February 14, 2018

Fitted these to my Golf a few weeks ago...and v glad I did so. Drive back from Scotland in sleeting conditions, with slush on motorway...great traction on slushy road...and v sure footed during aqua planing. Road noise and mpg excellent Please sir...can I have some more!

80%

Davanti DX640 225-45-17-V Volkswagen golf 2.0 gt tdi 1,000 miles January 16, 2018

A set of new Davanti DX640's were fitted to a car I bought a few weeks ago. Not usually a tyre I would consider, but seeing as the tyres were new I thought I might as well give them a try and get some use out of them. I fully expected to be changing them within a week, but I've driven on dry, damp, wet and lightly snow covered roads, and I have to say I can't fault them. They grip well on corners and braking feels stable. No doubt they won't last as long as a set of Michelins or other premium tyre, but after 1000 miles of use so far, I can't fault them. If they said Michelin on the side people would probably give them much better reviews. They're certainly not ditch finders, so I'll use them until they wear out.

74%

Firestone Firehawk SZ90 225-45-17-W Volkswagen golf 2.0 gt tdi 18,000 miles December 22, 2017

Decent tyres for the price. Wet grip good, dry grip good only negative is that they have started to crack at 3mm and 18000 miles.

79%

Toyo T1R 225-45-17- Volkswagen golf 2.0 gt tdi 3,500 miles February 19, 2017

Fitted to Golf V GTD other than tyre noise no complaints at all.Every bit as good as the Bridgestones they replaced.
Would buy again.

93%

Vredestein Ultrac Satin 225-45-17-W Volkswagen golf 2.0 gt tdi 1,000 miles April 27, 2016

Dealer oredred these especially for my car, being so new he hadn't any in stock. In the past I've used Michelin Pilot Sport 3s and Goodyear Eagle F1 AS2. These Veedesteins are up there with the best. Massive improvement over the Bridgestone Potenzas that were on before - much more comfortable, less noise, much better grip. Will definitely buy these again.

86%

Runway Enduro 816 225-45-17-W Volkswagen golf 2.0 gt tdi 16,000 miles February 9, 2016

Replaced my original equipment Continentals with Runway 926. These lasted just as long as the Continental (16,000 miles) and provided good grip.
Would recommend for sure at this price point.

30%

BCT S800 225-45-17- Volkswagen golf 2.0 gt tdi 5,000 miles August 17, 2015

i was thinking of selling my nice Golf because of all the noises it made on the road. I'd already asked the garage at Pencoed who fitted these to have another look at them as I had been getting a lot of wheel wobble at 50-60. He told me it would be the DSG on its way out (>105k miles) which I doubted. One tyre has also had a slow leak that isn't the valve. I now see that there are cracks in e tread after 5000 miles, with little evidence of wear.

I suspect these would last for ever, but they're not going to be on my car for very much longer. Having read the other comments on here, I now realise that I've been having all these problems but didn't think it could all be down to these but now I see that I was wrong. Never experienced such bad results from tyres since I had a set with a mix of cross plys and radials on a British leyland special in the 70s.

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