The Crossclimate 3 sport is an excellent tyre.
It actually improved the handling and comfort of my golf GTD compared to the Pirelli’s originally fitted.
Excellent grip in the wet when cornering and braking
Best Tyres for the Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD
Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD drivers have left 16 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 181,011 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 Mk7 Golf GTD variants, listed further down.
- 16owner reviews
- 181,011 milescovered on them
- 12different tyres rated
- 78%average tyre score
The quick answer
| Season | Owners' pick | Owner rating | Our category test |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Bridgestone Potenza S001 8.5 Current version: Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo | 70% from 5 reviews | Best Summer Tyres |
Highest weighted owner score from Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD drivers. Full rankings and the evidence behind them below.
The best rated tyres for the Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD
Rated only by drivers of this car. Each tyre needs at least 3 reviews from the Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD 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 Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD is the Bridgestone Potenza S001 - 70% from 5 owner reviews across 81,500 miles. The current tyre in that line is now the Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo.
| # | Tyre | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed | TR Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bridgestone Potenza S001
Replaced by Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo
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70% | 5 | 81,500 miles | 8.5 |
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 Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD
The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD 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, 225/40 R18, 225/45 R18 and 225/35 R19 - 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 Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6, at 9.7 out of 10.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
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9.7 | All your sizes | 1 |
| 2 |
Continental SportContact 7
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9.7 | 225/40 R18, 225/45 R18, 225/35 R19 | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Continental PremiumContact 7
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9.5 | 225/45 R17, 225/40 R18, 225/45 R18 | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Hankook Ventus Evo
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →
All Season tyres
No Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD 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.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3
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9.6 | 225/45 R17, 225/40 R18, 225/45 R18 | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport
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9.6 | 225/40 R18 | 1 |
| 3 |
Continental AllSeasonContact 2
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9.5 | 225/45 R17, 225/40 R18, 225/45 R18 | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3
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9.5 | 225/45 R17, 225/40 R18, 225/45 R18 | Be the first → |
| 5 |
BFGoodrich Advantage All Season
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9.5 | 225/45 R17, 225/40 R18, 225/45 R18 | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Vredestein Quatrac
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9.5 | 225/45 R17, 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
Winter tyres
No Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD driver has reviewed a tyre in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4 is our highest rated, at 9.6 out of 10.
| # | Tyre | TR Score | Made in | Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4
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9.6 | 225/40 R18, 225/45 R18, 225/35 R19 | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Michelin Pilot Alpin 5
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9.5 | 225/40 R18, 225/45 R18, 225/35 R19 | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Michelin Alpin 7
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9.5 | 225/45 R17 | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Bridgestone Blizzak 6
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3
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9.4 | 225/45 R17, 225/40 R18, 225/45 R18 | 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 Mk7 Golf GTD
The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 11 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tyre | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgestone Potenza S001 Replaced by Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo | Summer | 70% | 5 | 81,500 miles |
Tyre sizes Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD 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.
Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD variants, reviewed separately
These trims and body styles have pages of their own. Their reviews are already counted in the rankings above.
What Volkswagen Mk7 Golf GTD drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
I went from asy 5 to asy 6 and must say this tyre is superb. Great handling, low noise and great feedback.
A very good tyre from Bridgestone. Smashes the current Michelin cross climate in all but dry braking. One of the best straight aquaplaning tyres by far. At speed on the motorway in deep standing water there fantastic. A very predictable tyre with a very rounded package. You can almost feel the road. Very good. Maybe on the verge of unbeatable. Lets see how they perform when worn. Turn in not as good as Michelin Pilot sport 4 but better than Michelin Cross climate gen 2. Very expensive, but a must for people who just want to go at speed and get done.
As a car mechanic and we fit loads of tyres these are good.
Over all its a good all rounder, handles well in the dry with only slight wheel spin when accelerating hard with t/c on, with it off then wheel spins and grips nicely and very controllable, corners well in dry and wet.
Only negative was that they don't last long, being a very soft tyre, managed to get 13k miles on my golf gtd.
I have done 32,000 miles using these tyres so far. Probably another 3,000 miles to go before i change them
Great overhoul preformance, but it had a little strange filling in wet cornering under pressure although there was a good ammount of grip. Very disapointed about wear.
Because the state of the roads in this country these Bridgestone s001 are useless.. brand new car 2016 and the tyres are delaminating , with plenty of tread left,, I've not taken this car up to 100 MPH. SO ITS NOT THE SPEED THAT DONE THESE TYRES IN. The front don't grip the road if pulling away to quick.. These tyres DONT suit the golf front wheel drive,, and very bumpy on the road ..Noise level not to bad being low profiles..
Having bought a VW Golf GTD I was a bit taken aback by the hard ride - I knew it had sport suspension but it was harder than I'd hoped for. On ridding someone else's post I discovered my car was fitted with Bridgestone tyres which have a very hard side wall - a bit like run flats. I decided to go for Goodyears and the difference is astounding, absorbs bumps well and the side walls you can press your finger into. So if you have a sporty car folks I'm not saying for a minute Bridgestone are bad probably a great tyre for throwing your car into corners but if like me you enjoy a comfortable ride in your car buy Good Year all day long - oh and they are far quieter as well something else I noticed today.
Bought these tyres in late 2011 after two bad winters and fitted them to a Audi A3 Quattro, followed by an A4 Avant then current Golf GTD Estate. After winter of 2015/16 I decided to leave them on all year as I only do c. 5K miles/annum and got fed up with the wheel changes 2 x per year. They have never encountered deep snow here in Central Scotland but have proven quiet, reassuring and economical as a year round tyre. Late April/Early May this year we did a round trip to Murcia in Spain (though Portsmouth - Santander by ferry) and did 2.5K miles in 19-days. Conditions ranged from torrential rain then 2C and snow in Cantabria mountains to 30C in Costa Calida. The tyres took all in their stride and on return to UK trip computer showed 54mpg average. I know these tyres are no longer made in Finland but would hope the Russian versions will be of similar quality. I will probably need to change them after the next winter due to their age, they will certainly not be worn out, as at service last month they were all 6mm+. If I was to select one particular quality it would be their wet road grip in either cold or warm conditions and resistance to aquaplaning. Highly recommended.
New car had Dunlop SportMaxx GT's on, not impressed particularly in wet, changed after 15k miles to SportMaxx RT on front, much better tyre IMO.
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