255/45 R20 Tires

The following tires have been reviewed in 255/45 R20.

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Giti GitiSportS2 (11) 90% 82% 85% 88% 85% 92%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S (132) 93% 88% 86% 87% 82% 86%
Continental WinterContact TS 870 (13) 88% 94% 73% 83% 86% 87%
Bridgestone Turanza 6 (22) 93% 93% 89% 87% 74% 83%
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 (7) 83% 84% 82% 71% 70% 86%
Michelin Latitude Sport 3 (29) 88% 84% 84% 82% 81% 74%
Giti GitiSport S1 SUV (3) 87% 83% 77% 83% 80% 87%
Vredestein Wintrac xtreme S (9) 84% 84% 75% 85% 71% 86%
Vredestein Quatrac Pro (35) 89% 90% 86% 79% 79% 91%
Falken Azenis FK510 (142) 89% 88% 82% 82% 72% 77%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 SUV (19) 92% 89% 82% 82% 76% 73%
Michelin Pilot Sport AS 3 Plus (5) 83% 87% 77% 80% 77% 73%
Continental UltraContact UC6 (45) 87% 83% 73% 77% 80% 84%
Michelin CrossClimate SUV (20) 86% 86% 76% 74% 75% 80%
Accelera Iota ST68 (15) 84% 77% 75% 69% 83% 76%
Continental Sport Contact 6 (88) 91% 87% 82% 83% 53% 77%
Michelin Latitude Sport (11) 86% 82% 78% 82% 61% 76%
Pirelli Scorpion (2) 80% 60% 60% 70% 100% 100%
Falken FK510 SUV (9) 83% 84% 66% 82% 66% 73%
Avon ZX7 (42) 83% 81% 75% 73% 58% 77%
Goodyear Eagle Sport All Season (14) 92% 88% 75% 81% 75% 66%
Bridgestone Blizzak LM005 (79) 79% 86% 75% 72% 62% 75%
Pirelli Scorpion Zero Asimmetrico (12) 80% 67% 64% 73% 68% 75%
Continental ContiSportContact 5 SUV (34) 84% 80% 76% 80% 53% 70%
Accelera Iota (37) 80% 66% 65% 65% 70% 66%
Kinforest KF550 UHP (20) 74% 65% 70% 68% 65% 69%
Continental ContiCrossContact LX (22) 83% 69% 69% 66% 58% 71%
Pirelli Scorpion Verde (55) 77% 69% 68% 68% 59% 71%
Pace ALVENTI Pace (12) 70% 71% 69% 47% 59% 75%
Michelin Pilot Sport EV (7) 77% 54% 71% 76% 66% 79%
Bridgestone Dueler HP Sport (79) 78% 65% 66% 61% 69% 61%
Hifly HP801 (9) 75% 54% 63% 64% 74% 64%
Continental Cross Contact LX Sport (16) 79% 65% 64% 61% 37% 75%
Yokohama Parada Spec X PA02 (1) 70% 50% 60% 50% 90% 80%
Continental CrossContact LX Sport (10) 77% 69% 51% 58% 37% 74%

255/45 20 Tire Review Highlights

Yokohama Parada Spec X PA02 rated 59% while driving a Audi Q5
Driving on a combination of roads for 6500 average miles
I purchase a second hand Audi Q5 45 tfsi quattro with those Yokohama Parada Spec-X PA0 already mounted on it.
The tires were also new (fitting for just a few months). I live in a tropical country so good wet braking/handling is a must for me.
Let me be direct: those tire are pure garbage!

Pro:
- They can last long as they look almost like new after 10.000 km
- I did not have to buy them

Cons:
- Extremely dangerous under heavy rain. The car was aquaplaning at speed between 30-50 km/h. My Audi A8 with cheaper tire did not show this kind of unsecured behavior
- As you can expect, wet braking is not great either
- When tire are warm or with abrasive road (concrete), they can overheat really quickly, leading to the car sliding in dry braking and in curve. I am fine with a bit of understeer but this extend is very hard to control
- Can slide easily in curve when you accelerate a bit. Did me this not later than today and it was really unexpected

I tried to keep those tire as much as I could as they were new and felt it would be a waste to trash them. But they are really a safety issue and I cannot accept this anymore.
I will replace them in a few days with either Pilot Sport 4 SUV, Potenza Sport or PZero PZ4.
tire reviewed on 2024-03-30 05:13:19
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 rated 79% while driving a Volvo XC60 T6 AWD
Driving on a combination of roads for 6000 average miles
No comments left
tire reviewed on 2024-03-28 05:29:47
Pirelli Scorpion rated NAN% while driving a Alfa Romeo Stelvio 2,0 280 hp
Driving on for 0 miles
It is not a review YET, but this might help others considering the tire anyway but lacking the information on their performance. I could not find reviews or ratings of Scorpion anywhere. On this site there was an almost two years old press realise which sounded good, that was all. Not counting one skimpy review. Breakthrough....a major Pirelli dealer in Poland told me that this is essentially the same tire as new Cinturato P7C2. They came on the market at the same time....P7C2 for cars and Scorpion for SUVs. This information was confirmed by Pirelli's German customer service. Cinturato P7C2 has great reviews....also on this site. So I bought them for my Alfa Romeo Stelvio. I wanted a good noise, wet, and comfort ratings. Already have them mounted but still riding on winter wheels for another month or so. Will report later my thoughts on them.
tire reviewed on 2024-03-10 07:18:02
Continental Cross Contact LX Sport rated 92% while driving a Audi Q5
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 spirited miles
So far, so good.
tire reviewed on 2024-01-13 12:02:57
Bridgestone Dueler HP Sport rated 60% while driving a Audi Q5
Driving on mostly country roads for 15000 average miles
Tires are 3 years old and have just failed mot.
All 4 tires have severe cuts in treads down to cords , I do not drive erratically, fast or off road.
Absolutely no idea why the tires have gone this way and I will speak to Bridgestone.
Approximately £1000 for the set .
I will never buy Bridgestone again.
tire reviewed on 2023-12-02 04:11:29
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 SUV rated 84% while driving a Mercedes Benz 190 2.3 16
Driving on a combination of roads for 20 easy going miles
I have used Vredestein Quatrac 5, Pirelli Scorpion Verde and Michelin Pilot Sport on my Mercedes GLC350D. The tire sizes were 255 / 45 / R20 101W.

The Michelin PS4 tires operate at +7°C to +40°C and are excellent in the summer wet and dry but not great (useless) in the winter snow & ice. The Michelin did perform better than the Vredestein Quatrac 5 or the Pirelli Scorpion Verde. I love this tire.

With winter approaching, and tread wearing, I am now looking for a new set of tires and am deliberating between the Pilot Sport 4 SUV and the Cross Climate 2. The Cross Climate 2 operates between -10°C to +30°C and will offer improved winter (snow) performance. The operating temperature should be ideal for the UK climate but I would like to better understand how much summer performance (braking, handling & stopping) I will sacrifice. Will I notice any significant difference in a 3.0litre, V6 Diesel SUV? It does not go on the track and is driven in Comfort Mode.

Both Michelin tires get good write ups, hence my problem. Try something new (CC) or stick with the product PS4 that I know performs well 95% of the time.

1. Has there been a direct comparison between the Pilot Sport 4 and the Cross Climate 2?
2. Perhaps a comparison test would help many readers?
3. Does anyone have any direct experience?

Thank you
tire reviewed on 2023-11-08 07:54:47
Bridgestone Turanza 6 rated 57% while driving a Infiniti QX50
Driving on mostly town for 9500 average miles
This new Bridgestone Turanza 6 is consider quite soft. Have to constantly keep the tire pressure @ a specific range, otherwise it will wear off very fast. Wet grip is good however dry grip doesn’t perform as good as I would expect to be. Currently tires is at 15k km mark and is noisier than Turanza T005A @ the same mark. I reckon it doesn’t blend well with SUV.
tire reviewed on 2023-10-16 20:18:52
Continental CrossContact LX Sport rated 84% while driving a Volvo
Driving on a combination of roads for 35000 spirited miles
No comments left
tire reviewed on 2023-10-05 17:12:33
Kinforest KF550 UHP rated 73% while driving a Mercedes Benz
Driving on mostly town for 16780 easy going miles
I replaced all the four original Pirelli Scorpion Verde MOE Run Flat tires (255/45R20) tires on my Mercedes Benz GLC250d (year 2018 model) in October 2021 with only 27000 kilometres clocked with four Kingforest KF550 tires and now the two front Kingforest tires had to be replaced, at 47110 kilometres. All the other areas of the Kingforest tires are good except tire wear: having to be replaced after less than two years and just 2000 kilometres.
tire reviewed on 2023-08-16 02:32:03
Michelin CrossClimate SUV rated 70% while driving a Audi Q5
Driving on a combination of roads for 20 average miles
These tires were great for the first 15,000 miles (18 months). They began to growl after that and now at 20,000 miles they are annoyingly loud between 45 and 70 miles per hour. I am at the point of replacing them even though the tread wear is minimal. The tires have been rotated and I have experimented with different tire pressures to no avail. I contacted Michelin on their website but they never responded.
tire reviewed on 2023-07-15 09:45:01
Giti GitiSportS2 rated 87% while driving a Alfa Romeo Stelvio 2,0 280 hp
Driving on mostly motorways for 8000 spirited miles
Excellent value for money
tire reviewed on 2023-05-03 10:35:34
Continental Sport Contact 6 rated 86% while driving a Mercedes Benz GLC 250 4 Matic
Driving on mostly town for 0 average miles
Milleges is very short. 18000km must changed FOR GLC250COUPE
tire reviewed on 2023-04-08 21:17:32
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