The Accelera Alpha is a High Performance Summer tire designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.
The quick answer
Owners say55%from 131 owner reviews44% would buy againRead the reviews
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Built from every independent test result and vetted owner review we hold for this tire - the evidence is all further down the page. Data updated October 2024.
What is the Accelera Alpha's EU tire label rating?
Across its range, the Accelera Alpha most commonly carries EU label ratings of D for fuel efficiency, D for wet grip and 71 dB for noise.
How comfortable and quiet are the Accelera Alpha?
Owners rate the Accelera Alpha 5.6 out of 10 for comfort and noise across 123 reviews.
How well do the Accelera Alpha wear, according to owners?
Owners rate the Accelera Alpha 6.9 out of 10 for wear across 123 reviews. 41 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles, and the typical review covers 5,000 miles.
Would owners buy the Accelera Alpha again?
44% of owners say they would buy the Accelera Alpha again, based on the 124 owner reviews that answered the question. 21% of them gave it the highest possible answer.
What do owners say about the Accelera Alpha's wet grip?
Of the 118 owner reviews analyzed for the Accelera Alpha, 69 mention wet grip: 17 praise it (confident wet grip) and 52 criticise it (weak wet grip). One owner wrote: "In damp or wet, truly scary, you never knew whether they would grip or let go". Read those reviews
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What do owners say about the Accelera Alpha's dry grip?
Of the 118 owner reviews analyzed for the Accelera Alpha, 43 mention dry grip: 34 praise it (strong dry grip) and 9 criticise it (limited dry grip). One owner wrote: "Only thing good about them them is the dry grip". Read those reviews
What do owners say about the Accelera Alpha's tread life?
Of the 118 owner reviews analyzed for the Accelera Alpha, 31 mention tread life: 26 praise it (long-lasting) and 5 criticise it (wears quickly). One owner wrote: "replaced the 2 front tires after 24000 motor way miles without any problems". Read those reviews
What sizes does the Accelera Alpha come in?
The Accelera Alpha is available in 2 sizes, ranging from 185/55-60 R13-14.
Across 131 owner ratings the Accelera Alpha averages 55%. Owners rate Wear highest at 6.9 out of 10 and Wet Grip lowest at 4.4. 41 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 41% of owners score it 70% or better.
Owner ratings averaged from 131 ratings
Owner score55%
Wear69%
Dry Grip65%
Comfort56%
Road Feedback53%
Handling48%
Wet Grip44%
Featured reviews
Most helpful 20%
“These tires came on a car I had just bought (dealer put the cheapest tires possible on it I think). First week in the dry was fine, then it rained and I honestly thought I was going to die! Zero grip. Creeping around...”
“worst tires ever by far never will i ever buy the tires again - please feel free to mail me to send you a mail - tires aint even a year old - what a waste of my money... i need the official website to lof a complaint...”
“I drive a taxi full-time at night. I had read about these tires in a magazine called Wheels, which is published here in Australia. If you Google search then you'll find the review on the CarPoint.com.au web site. My...”
These tires came on a car I had just bought (dealer put the cheapest tires possible on it I think). First week in the dry was fine, then it rained and I honestly thought I was going to die! Zero grip. Creeping around corners to avoid understeer, even at modest speeds. If I was a new driver I would have been in a hedge or worse. These tires should be illegal, I can't believe they are allowed to sell these to unsuspecting customers. Pay a little more, it could save your life.
41%
Member
Ford
205/55 R16
10 miles
A Combination of Roads
Easy Going
Came on my Mondeo estate 05. I had 2 on the rear xl. Not bad as such, in the dry. In damp or wet, truly scary, you never knew whether they would grip or let go. They let go at really strange times, bizzarre! The scariest tires I have had. Even remoulds. Glad to be rid of them.
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When I bought my VW Polo new four years ago it was fitted with Hankook tires, I don't know the type.I was very pleased at the minimum rate of ware. This week I noticed many small cracks had appeared at each side of the tread above the tire wall and on the entire circumference on both sides of the tire. All the four tires were the same. The depth of tread is 4.2mm which is very good for 38,000miles. Now the tires are scrap due to that defect after only 2.8mm of tread wear. Due to it being MOT time and in case the police should stop me for some reason I have had to buy four new tires. It means that Hankook are expensive tires when they have to be replaced after only 2.8mm of tread wear. I showed the tire fault to the VW dealer and they were not interested.
N Mould
Bought a Mazda MX5 NB svt with these tires on. Almost killed me twice.
Undertseers like crazy in the wet, literally have cars pilling up behind me in winter time when i'm turning.
I know the car is a little tail happy in the wet, especially since it has an LSD, but this is ridiculous.
However, more or less okay in the dry.
I would 100% not recommend these tires to anyone unless you only take your car out on sunny days or you're a thrill seeker who loves to drift around the place.
Recently bought a Mazda 6 2.5 sport. the handling on the Mazda is supposed to be brilliant but have noticed the car has these Accelera tires on it.
the car is terrible in the dry especially in the corners. Hit a little hole etc then the car is thrown towards the hedge even at low speed. In the wet it is like ice skating. These have to be budget tires? Getting some P zero's put on soon. In my opinion. AVOID!
Had these on the rear of a mini when I bought it and vredstein sportrac 5 on fronts
At about 5mm they've totally given up in the wet
Makes for great oversteer but a bit on the dangerous side
Wouldn't get these again
CAUTION WITH OPTING THESE IN LOW PROFILE.
After significant testing and lengthy court issue against Mag and Turbo for fitting these - the verdict is that the low profile Accelera tire is considered not suitable to fit for low profile. The pattern and fit of these particular tires has caused the turn in of the tire at both low and high speed test to dismount themselves from the wheel. This has been tested multi times with the same result. I had major damage inflicted to my wheels as a result - Mag&Turbo/Accelera had no recourse until court ruled with independence test undertaken by AA compliance NZ.
In my opinion THESE TYRE SHOULD NOT BE SOLD.
Once again, I bought a car which the previous owner tried to ruin by fitting very poor tires. These may not be the worst tires I've ever tried but in comparison to my other Alfa 156 which runs Pirelli P7 Cinturato tires, these are truly poor.
The biggest issue is that until the front tires wore down enough, the rear was unstable in both wet and dry conditions. Many of the suspension arms were new, the others good and even playing with the suspension geometry offered no improvement. The car runs straight and true but these tires are just so poor. It is hard to gauge grip as feedback is poor and breakaway and recovery is not very controllable, enjoyable or recommended. Traction and braking are notably poor aspects.
Ride comfort and noise is not great and slightly worse than the Continental Premium Contact 2 tires which were previously on the other 156. All tires went out of balance and have been rebalanced with quite a lot of balance weights which I usually take as a sign of poor construction.
Wear is irrelevant but I'd say quite poor. In any case, the tires' reduction in already poor performance means I just won't take the chance to wear these right down to the same level I would with premium brands or decent mid range tires like Hankook.
My advice is either pay more for Hankook or Pirelli touring tires or just simply save money and buy cheaper and better Rovelo tires which I can honestly say are superior to these.
For a tire that I couldn't find absolutely, or almost no information at all, I've been trying to tell myself to get rid of it and get the tried and proven. But the more I test it's abilities in Rain, Light snow and Dry roads (I live in Seattle area), it handles smoothly. It could be that I'm driving on an G37X which is all wheel drive. Light snow, turning can make me slide forward instead of turning and rain is no problem at all.
I had these on the back of my BMW 3 Series and i am sure they were trying to kill me. The slightest hint of a wet road and the back end would let go. Ran them for about 3000 miles. The final straw was when my wife was driving at about 60mph on a damp dual carriageway in a straight line and span the car. Luckily it was late at night and didn't hit anything. These were gone a couple of days later and uniroyals put on. Car was back to its old self again. Worst tires i have ever had.
