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245/40 R16 Tires

Everything we know about the 245/40 R16 tire size: 2 owner reviews covering 6,000 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tires you can actually buy in it.

  • 2owner reviews
  • 6,000 milescovered on them
  • 1tires made in this size
245/40 R16 To scale, mm
Ø 602 245 98 16" 98

What does 245/40 R16 mean?

A 245/40 R16 tire is 245 mm wide, its sidewall is 40% of that width (98 mm) tall, and it fits a 16 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 602 mm.

245/40 R16 nominal dimensions
Section width245 mm
Sidewall height98 mm
Rim diameter16" (406 mm)
Overall diameter≈ 602 mm
Circumference≈ 1,892 mm
Revolutions per km≈ 528
Revolutions per mile≈ 850

Also written as

245/40R16 245/40 ZR16 245-40-16 245 40 16

Figures are calculated from the nominal size. A loaded, rolling tire runs a few percent smaller, and true widths vary slightly between makes.

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What cars use 245/40 R16 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 245/40 R16 tires

The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.

40%
Toyo R888 245/40 R16 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 1,000 miles April 30, 2024
These came with the car, I quickly put its original wheels on and got some normal premium road tires.
Superb dry cornering grip.
Make a loud howling noise.
No comfort whatsoever.
Make the car feel heavy.
14%
Primewell PZ900 245/40 R16 Nissan 300zx 5,000 miles February 23, 2016
This is the worst tire I've had the misfortune of experiencing. These are dangerous tires
Came on the car when I bought it, the grip was unbelievably terrible. Car was standard, and was caught out when the tires span up in 3rd gear @ 70mph. This happened on many occasions. Couldn't go full throttle in 1st or 2nd gear as grip was nonexistent. I couldn't enjoy the car at all.
In the wet the car was just flat out scary, extremely unpredictable.
There was 0 feedback, you could never tell what they would do.
Luckily the tires only lasted 5k miles before they were totally bald and needed replacing.
My brother who also had a 300zx got his with Pirelli p600s (aka the ditch finders) and he said these were even worse than they were, which is saying a lot.
They were replaced with thinner 235 Goodyear eagle f1 as2 and the difference was unbelievable. The car was amazing to drive, loads if feedback, wet and dry grip was great. Soon moving to 245/265 as2s.
There is no way I could recommend this tire to anyone at all.

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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.

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Every test published as a Tire Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tires independently since 2007.

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