When the weather is dry, it's not so hairy. The traction is better but living in Manchester, it's more wet than dry. I'm changing over to Uniroyal Rainsport 3. I need confidence in my tires & these just don't give it to me. They make my car feel dangerous. I drive a Ford Puma. They are a fun car to drive. It's not fun with these tires & I miss being able to corner safely at reasonable speeds. I definitely would not recommend them.
200/50 R15 Tires
Everything we know about the 200/50 R15 tire size: 1 owner reviews covering 2,000 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tires you can actually buy in it.
- 1owner reviews
- 2,000 milescovered on them
What does 200/50 R15 mean?
A 200/50 R15 tire is 200 mm wide, its sidewall is 50% of that width (100 mm) tall, and it fits a 15 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 581 mm.
| Section width | 200 mm |
|---|---|
| Sidewall height | 100 mm |
| Rim diameter | 15" (381 mm) |
| Overall diameter | ≈ 581 mm |
| Circumference | ≈ 1,825 mm |
| Revolutions per km | ≈ 548 |
| Revolutions per mile | ≈ 882 |
Also written as
200/50R15 200/50 ZR15 200-50-15 200 50 15
Figures are calculated from the nominal size. A loaded, rolling tire runs a few percent smaller, and true widths vary slightly between makes.
What cars use 200/50 R15 tires?
The cars most often running this size in our owner reviews. Each links to the best rated tires for that exact car.
What drivers say about their 200/50 R15 tires
The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.
When the weather is dry, it's not so hairy. The traction is better but living in Manchester, it's more wet than dry. I'm changing over to Uniroyal Rainsport 3. I need confidence in my tires & these just don't give it to me. They make my car feel dangerous. I drive a Ford Puma. They are a fun car to drive. It's not fun with these tires & I miss being able to corner safely at reasonable speeds. I definitely would not recommend them.
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Review your tires and help the next driver choose. It takes about five minutes, and every review on this page came from a driver who took them.
Where this data comes from
Owner ratings are submitted through the review form on this site, naming the tire, the size and the distance covered, and are checked by hand before publication. Test results come from independent published tire tests indexed by size, and label values from the EU EPREL database.
About the TR Score
The Tire Reviews Score rates each tire out of 10 using independent test results and the full body of owner reviews, so you can check a car-specific ranking against the wider evidence.
Who does the testing
Every test published as a Tire Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tires independently since 2007.

