My Porsche Macan (with air/suspension/drive management) was fitted with this tire from new. They have performed brilliantly on all surfaces and in all conditions and never let me down feeling exceptionally safe and in touch with the road. I have just replaced the rears (dominant driving wheels) despite them having ample legal tread and restored quiet controlled running. Michelin Latitude Tour HP are well suited M + S tires for my car - recommended.
295/40 R20 Tires
Everything we know about the 295/40 R20 tire size: 3 owner reviews covering 33,000 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tires you can actually buy in it.
- 3owner reviews
- 33,000 milescovered on them
- 157tires made in this size
295/40 R20 EU tire label data
EU label values are declared for each individual size, so the figures here are exact for 295/40 R20 rather than a range across a model. 101 tires carry label data in this size. The most common load index is 110 (up to 1,060 kg per tire). Speed ratings on offer: (Y) (301 km/h), Y (300 km/h), W (270 km/h), V (240 km/h), H (210 km/h), T (190 km/h), Q (160 km/h). 40 tires in this size carry the 3PMSF severe snow marking.
A Best wet grip
31 tires in this size hold the top EU wet grip rating, class A. The highest scoring on Tire Reviews:
- Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 Summer 9.7
- Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport All Season 9.6
- Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo Summer 9.5
- Bridgestone Potenza Sport Summer 9.3
- Continental Sport Contact 6 Summer 9.3
- Michelin Pilot Sport 4 SUV Summer 9.3
A Lowest rolling resistance
The most fuel efficient choice: 5 tires in this size reach rolling resistance class A. The highest scoring on Tire Reviews:
- Bridgestone Potenza Sport Summer 9.3
- Michelin Pilot Sport 5 Energy Summer 8.5
- Continental EcoContact 6 Summer 7.5
- Goodyear Eagle Touring All Season 6.4
- Pirelli Scorpion MS All Season 6.4
69dB Quietest tires
The quietest 295/40 R20 tires are labelled at 69 dB external noise:
- Bridgestone Potenza Sport Summer 9.3
- Falken Azenis FK520 Summer 9.1
- Pirelli P Zero Summer 8.8
- Falken FK510 SUV Summer 8.7
- Michelin X Ice Snow+ Winter 8.5
- Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3 Winter 7.9
Label values come from the EU EPREL database and apply to the EU market versions of each tire. Wet grip and rolling resistance run from class A (best) to E; noise is the measured drive-by figure. A good label is a floor, not a verdict - the tests and owner ratings above tell you far more.
What does 295/40 R20 mean?
A 295/40 R20 tire is 295 mm wide, its sidewall is 40% of that width (118 mm) tall, and it fits a 20 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 744 mm.
| Section width | 295 mm |
|---|---|
| Sidewall height | 118 mm |
| Rim diameter | 20" (508 mm) |
| Overall diameter | ≈ 744 mm |
| Circumference | ≈ 2,337 mm |
| Revolutions per km | ≈ 428 |
| Revolutions per mile | ≈ 689 |
Also written as
295/40R20 295/40 ZR20 295-40-20 295 40 20
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 295/40 R20 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 295/40 R20 tires
The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.
Decided to try a cheaper tire (as had to replace all 4 and am getting tired of shelling out £1k each time). Have tried the Continental and Dunlop and only seem to get 6-8000 miles. Wont know for a while the wear characteristics but wanted to give early feedback. Tire noise seems similar. Seems to be on par in the dry and almost as good in the wet. One additional benefit seems that the tires ride a little more comfortable (using the Dunlop and Continental tires the tracking light would come up on the dashboard briefly when going over speed humps - they dont with the Iota's).
These were fitted new by an Audi main dealer when I purchased the car second-hand. During my 12 month ownership I have always adjusted my tire pressures according to the weight in the vehicle hoping to increase tire life. After only 8 months of ownership I noticed they had started to wear on the outer edges on all four of my tires & also cracking in between the tread around the circumference of the tires, the middle of each tire had approx 5/6mm of tread left. When the car went into Audi for warranty work I mentioned the tires & the reply was "it is normal wear because it's a big, heavy vehicle". Now, 2 months after it went into Audi my tires are really bad on the outer edges ( the near side front & back seem to be the worst) but the rest of the tire still has at least 5mm of really good tread. I fitted the same type of tire to the front of my wife's Golf GTI nearly 20k ago & they've been brilliant but I'm sorry to say that this isn't the case on my Q7 & at £260+ each tire I'll be searching around for something a bit more long lasting, really disappointed.
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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.