Had a few sets of these on the Caterham. Fantastic tire, Averaging around 4000 miles a set and they're mainly track days so you could easily get more. Minimal experience of wet driving but given the power and weight of the car it was much better than I was expecting, water clearance very efficient. Would definitely recommend!
205/40 R15 Tires
Everything we know about the 205/40 R15 tire size: 2 owner reviews covering 16,000 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tires you can actually buy in it.
- 2owner reviews
- 16,000 milescovered on them
What does 205/40 R15 mean?
A 205/40 R15 tire is 205 mm wide, its sidewall is 40% of that width (82 mm) tall, and it fits a 15 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 545 mm.
| Section width | 205 mm |
|---|---|
| Sidewall height | 82 mm |
| Rim diameter | 15" (381 mm) |
| Overall diameter | ≈ 545 mm |
| Circumference | ≈ 1,712 mm |
| Revolutions per km | ≈ 584 |
| Revolutions per mile | ≈ 940 |
Also written as
205/40R15 205/40 ZR15 205-40-15 205 40 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 205/40 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 205/40 R15 tires
The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.
These tires are seriously leathal in wet weather, I bought a set of wheels with these tires on and they are actually scarey to drive "properly" on. They might be ok for pottering about in the dry around cities etc. but that is it!
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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.