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Best Tyres for the Volkswagen Polo 6N

Volkswagen Polo 6N drivers have left 14 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 109,316 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

  • 14owner reviews
  • 109,316 milescovered on them
  • 13different tyres rated
  • 63%average tyre score
Most fitted size - 1 reviews 225/45 R17 To scale, mm
Ø 634 225 101 17" 101 All 225/45 R17 data →

The best rated tyres that fit the Volkswagen Polo 6N

The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Volkswagen Polo 6N 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 - 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 Polo 6N 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 Polo 6N sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Volkswagen Polo 6N reviews
1 Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 9.7 All your sizes 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 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Michelin Pilot Sport 5 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Hankook Ventus Evo 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →

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

All Season tyres

No Volkswagen Polo 6N 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 Polo 6N sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Volkswagen Polo 6N 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 Polo 6N 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 Polo 6N sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Volkswagen Polo 6N 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 Nokian Snowproof 3P 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 9.3 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 Volkswagen Polo 6N

The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 12 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tyres reviewed by Volkswagen Polo 6N drivers
Tyre Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
Yokohama A Drive Summer 84% 2 20,009 miles

Tyre sizes Volkswagen Polo 6N 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.

What Volkswagen Polo 6N drivers say

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

69%
Pirelli PZero Nero 205-40-17- Volkswagen Polo 6N 11,000 miles September 6, 2023
Awesome tire, good overall they have given me plenty of grip, handling is good, can be a bit hard but thats expected for the size, can be noisy at times especially on high way drives and can slip when hitting wet patches breaking but overall very good durable tires had them for 3 years now and still going strong
96%
Pace Toledo TL1000 185-60-15- Volkswagen Polo 6N 10,000 miles February 12, 2023
Came fitted on my used VW Polo 1.0se. They lasted 10000 miles and still had 2 to 3mm left. Never let me down in Scottish weather not even a squeel, even with some spirited driving when alone in the car. Very impressive for a budget tyre only changed to a premium tyre for passenger safety and insurance worries. Good product.
87%
Petlas Velox Sport PT711 195-45-15- Volkswagen Polo 6N 1,000 miles December 6, 2020
On my VW Polo 6N GTI the tyres look and feel great. When its dry and sunny (hot pavement) the tyres stick like glue. When its wet and slippery tho, the car is too light to force the water from under the tyres and it gets tricky. They are noisy, but so is the car so ikc. Overall, bang for the buck, i am happy.
45%
Michelin Energy Saver 215-65-16- Volkswagen Polo 6N 100 miles April 27, 2020
It is the worst tire that I have ever used. It came with VW Polo stock, and I ve changed them Continental All Season. Michelin Energy saver is especially bad on wet roads in both ways handling and braking. I do not recommend this tire
20%
Firestone MultiSeason 185-45-14-R Volkswagen Polo 6N 4,000 miles December 1, 2019
put these on 2004 polo never buy again sounds like driving a mk 1 land rover and handles about the same rubbish tyres
46%
Nankang XR611 185-55-14-H Volkswagen Polo 6N 2,000 miles July 19, 2014
Not a bad grip at all (in DRY!!!!).

In wet these were the WORSE tyres i have ever seen!!
Really really DANGEROUS!!
I honestly believe they should be FORBIDDEN to be sold for road safety reasons.

Examples in wet:
-Aquaplanning - a bit of water in the road and you cant be carefull enough, sometimes it looked like the slower you go, the more times it happened (i got quite a few scary episodes)
-Going on normal road in a curve, if you touch the throttle (as to mantain a constant low speed), the tyres will lose grip completely and the car will continue going straight ahead, it would just go off the ground.
-Going up hills it was very usual for the front wheels to keep on spining for a long time before the car started to move (and we are talking about a 999cc. w/50bhp..surely wasnt for the incredible amount of torque)


I cannot talk about the wear of the tyres because they were so dangerous in wet i got rid of them in less than 1,500km (in my opinion, a new set of good tyres was a better deal than a new front end of the car!).
I believe it would be good because the compound was really hard.
81%
Barum Bravuris 3HM 195-50-15-H Volkswagen Polo 6N 3,000 miles March 17, 2014
I used Bravuris 2 before this tyre in my VW Polo. It was really quiet and durable.

I replaced it with Bravuris 3HM and for the first 3000 miles these were great in the dry and not so bad in wet. It is also very quiet and comfortable under my 950kg car with just a bit stiff suspension.

To sum up, fine for the price and I will definitely buy again.
42%
Uniroyal RainExpert 225-45-17- Volkswagen Polo 6N 7 miles January 22, 2013
Absolutely horendous never ever again, just bad in all conditions hated every minute of driving with then
94%
Yokohama A Drive 165-70-13- Volkswagen Polo 6N 9 miles January 22, 2013
Really good tyres, very impressed, the tyres felt like a proper track tyre. Stiffer side walls but not compremising the ride, tyre squeel is very minimal they are so controllable on and near the limit in all conditions, 100% advise anyone to buy these where possible
31%
Infinity INF 030 175-65-13- Volkswagen Polo 6N 4,000 miles March 15, 2012
Done about 5000km in dry weather, afraid to do any more on rain...
Turns need to be made reeaallllyy slooowww in order not to slide too much

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