Tire is a lot quieter than PS4, but it is not a quiet tire. Wet grip exists, but it is not great.
215/50 R16 Tires
Everything we know about the 215/50 R16 tire size: 14 owner reviews covering 141,650 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tires you can actually buy in it.
- 14owner reviews
- 141,650 milescovered on them
- 9tires made in this size
What does 215/50 R16 mean?
A 215/50 R16 tire is 215 mm wide, its sidewall is 50% of that width (108 mm) tall, and it fits a 16 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 621 mm.
| Section width | 215 mm |
|---|---|
| Sidewall height | 108 mm |
| Rim diameter | 16" (406 mm) |
| Overall diameter | ≈ 621 mm |
| Circumference | ≈ 1,952 mm |
| Revolutions per km | ≈ 512 |
| Revolutions per mile | ≈ 824 |
Also written as
215/50R16 215/50 ZR16 215-50-16 215 50 16
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 215/50 R16 tires?
The cars most often running this size in our owner reviews. Each links to the best rated tires for that exact car.
Every tire reviewed in 215/50 R16
The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 12 tires have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tire | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelin Primacy HP Replaced by Michelin Primacy 5 | Summer | 63% | 2 | 19,500 miles |
Reviews only cover part of the market: 9 tires are made in 215/50 R16. Browse every 215/50 R16 tire →
What drivers say about their 215/50 R16 tires
The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.
Tire is a lot quieter than PS4, but it is not a quiet tire. Wet grip exists, but it is not great.
Under rain condition this tires are an HORROR.
In the highway after taking some water on the road I lost totally the car control.
I had never happened in worse conditions with Bridgestones Potenza.
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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.

