The Nokian Line is a summer touring tire generally liked for dry and wet grip, steering feedback and value. Its test record is more mixed, with variable wear and braking results, plus recurring concerns about behavior at the dry limit.
The quick answer
Owners say87%from 65 owner reviews78% would buy againRead the reviews
Strengths & weaknessesWet, DryComfortRelative to its rivals across every test we hold
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 January 2025.
In 195/65 R15, the Nokian Line is projected to cost €23.32 per 1,000 miles to buy and run - about €583 over 25,000 miles - based on the price, wear and rolling resistance measured in the 2018 Auto Bild 15 inch Summer Tire Test.
Tire purchase + fittingExtra fuel vs the most efficient tirecost per 1,000 miles
Assumes a typical car doing 29 mpg (rolling resistance causing 20% of fuel use), fuel at €6.25 per gallon and €70 fitting per set of four. Purchase prices are from the time of the 2018 test; financing costs are excluded.
Frequently Asked Questions
How good is the Nokian Line in the wet?
Across the 3 wet-braking tests it has featured in, the Nokian Line stops 0.8% longer than premium rivals, 2.1% shorter than mid-range rivals and 2.6% longer than budget rivals. It has a Tire Reviews wet score of 70/100, and owners rate it 9/10 in the wet from 65 reviews.
How good is the Nokian Line in the dry?
Across the 3 dry-braking tests it has featured in, the Nokian Line stops 2.2% longer than premium rivals, 0.5% shorter than mid-range rivals and 0.2% shorter than budget rivals. It has a Tire Reviews dry score of 44/100, and owners rate it 9.2/10 in the dry from 65 reviews.
How fuel efficient is the Nokian Line?
Across the 2 tests measuring rolling resistance, the Nokian Line's rolling resistance is 1.4% lower than premium rivals, 6.9% lower than mid-range rivals and 1.3% lower than budget rivals.
How many miles does the Nokian Line last?
Based on test and owner data, the Nokian Line is expected to last around 21,148 miles (34,034 km).
What do owners say about the Nokian Line?
Across 65 owner ratings the Nokian Line averages 87%. Owners rate Dry Grip highest at 9.2 out of 10 and Wear lowest at 8.2. 29 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 85% of owners score it 70% or better.
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How much does the Nokian Line cost to run?
In 195/65 R15, the Nokian Line is projected to cost €23.32 per 1,000 miles to buy and run - about €583 over 25,000 miles - based on the price, wear and rolling resistance measured in the 2018 Auto Bild 15 inch Summer Tire Test. The cheapest to run in that test is the Bridgestone Turanza T005, at €18.23.
How comfortable and quiet are the Nokian Line?
Owners rate the Nokian Line 8.6 out of 10 for comfort and noise across 61 reviews.
How well do the Nokian Line wear, according to owners?
Owners rate the Nokian Line 8.2 out of 10 for wear across 61 reviews. 29 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles, and the typical review covers 9,500 miles.
Would owners buy the Nokian Line again?
78% of owners say they would buy the Nokian Line again, based on the 65 owner reviews that answered the question. 66% of them gave it the highest possible answer.
What do owners say about the Nokian Line's tread life?
Of the 56 owner reviews analyzed for the Nokian Line, 38 mention tread life: 29 praise it (long-lasting) and 9 criticise it (wears quickly). One owner wrote: "45000 Km on them and from 8 mm they are just now at 5 mm". Read those reviews
What do owners say about the Nokian Line's wet grip?
Of the 56 owner reviews analyzed for the Nokian Line, 25 mention wet grip: 23 praise it (confident wet grip) and 2 criticise it (weak wet grip). One owner wrote: "They handle amazingly, especially in the wet". Read those reviews
What do owners say about the Nokian Line's dry grip?
Of the 56 owner reviews analyzed for the Nokian Line, 24 mention dry grip: 23 praise it (strong dry grip) and 1 criticise it (limited dry grip). One owner wrote: "Die Nokian-Serie hat einen sehr guten Grip bei Trockenheit wie Nässe". Read those reviews
Owners mostly like the Nokian Line for dry and wet grip, handling and steering feedback, with 51 of 61 reviews scoring above 70%. Comfort, quiet running and value are also more often praised than criticised. Wear is generally viewed positively, supported by several actual long-mileage accounts, but a meaningful minority report short life or rapid wear. Later-use reports are mixed: some describe grip holding up, while others lose confidence in later seasons despite tread remaining. Noise complaints are a minority, though several drivers notice it rising with use. Drivers returning with follow-up reviews generally remain positive even where scores fall, without a shared decline in satisfaction.
What owners mention most counted across 56 reviews
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Owner ratings averaged from 65 ratings
Owner score87%
Dry Grip92%
Wet Grip90%
Handling89%
Road Feedback89%
Comfort86%
Wear82%
Featured reviews
Most helpful 40%
“Two seasons without any problem. The surprise came the third season. The tires worn down from 6.5 to 4.5mm only for 2500km. Then they became bad on dry and dangerous on wet. Even on a little wet the car became slippery...”
“Normally I am stubborn and trust not all reviews has been written. This time I am a little bit lazy and need tires asap. Too bad; my stubborn is right. When they were new wet grip was okay and cheeks not to soft ( I...”
“Wonderful tire. I now have these on both of the family cars after being initially recommended them by my local garage. Great grip in both dry and wet conditions with traction that installs confidence when driving. When...”
Two seasons without any problem. The surprise came the third season. The tires worn down from 6.5 to 4.5mm only for 2500km. Then they became bad on dry and dangerous on wet. Even on a little wet the car became slippery. Performance was so poor, that i got an emergency suspension check and everything was ok, so the problem was only Nokian!
Bye again - never ever Nokian.
First season were the tires good, the second season the tires became very hard, third season the all four tires just peel off... It must be the problem in material (made in russia)... never bought them again...
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I was dubious about what I read about these tires but have not been disappointed. Handling in the wet is amazing and the car has never slid or had any unexpected oversteer no matter how I've pushed it .
These tires are amazing and I will definitely be buying them again, done about 25000 miles and still got plenty of tread left, very quiet on the road. On the Mr2 roadster forums I have mentioned them for being so good but people just talk about the known brands and underestimate Nokian , dry handling is equally as good.
Had a set of Sunnis on before these which felt like you were driving on ice when it rained,
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Imensely good on both dry and wet. 45000 Km on them and from 8 mm they are just now at 5 mm, so halfway worn. unfortunately they have a whole lot of cracks on the thread so have to change them. The dot is 4214 so not even 5 years old from production date.
Great tires, very strong all rounders, lasted 16500 miles - which is credit indeed with my daughters very spirited driving. Would definitely recommend if you can get a good price. No weaknesses, would have lasted longer but they were down to 3mm and wanted to get her new tires for the coming winter.
These tires came on a car I purchased a couple of years ago from a family member, and I've used them for two summers now.
In dry and wet driving I found the tires both adequately grippy and progressive at the limit. They arren't performance tires but on my normal hatchback performed perfectly in most situations.
The main issue I've had with the tires is premature cracking of the tire, which started to occur relatively shortly after the tires were originally installed.
They are fine tires. Can't say anything bad about grip.
The only disadvantages - rolling resistance seems a bit higher than I'd like (higher fuel consumption) and seems like they wear a bit faster than I'd like to see.
I fitted these to my Quattro 2.8 back in October 2015 and I have since covered about 18,000 on them. My initial impressions were really good. They seemed to make the car feel more nimble and poised on the road and the steering felt sharper and more direct and I could feel the road better.
They were quiet too, far less road noise the the Coopers they replaced. I like the tread pattern as it looked like a lot of thought had gone into it.
In performance terms, no complaints at all and I wanted to leave the long term review until I had experienced driving on snow. I figured that a Finnish brand would be good in inclement weather and they are indeed. These are their summer tires and they were great in the snow! My Quattro AWD helps a lot here of course, and its worth remembering that all summer tires will have reduced performance in the cold and snow, not just because of the tire pattern, but the tire compound is not designed for temps below about 10 degrees celcius.
Having said all that I did notice the they started to get noisier with age, and then a few months ago I had the car up on a lift for some exhaust work and we noticed that all the tires showed signs of perishing on and around the tread. Not on the sidewalls which would have been really bad, but even so the tire shop reckoned that this was unacceptable for a tire that was only three years old.
There was however plenty of tread left - probably would have seen me through at least six more months, and maybe more. However with winter coming I decided to change them and I chose Avons this time.
To be fair, you can find stories like this about every brand, so I am not damning Nokian really, just saying. YMMV.
Will post a review on the Avons ZV7 next year after they have seen some action. I will say though that already I find them more pliant and comfortable that than the Nokians with less of a crashy ride. But also that the steering feels a bit more vague and woolly. Cant have it all eh?
I had this tires on my Golf after two sets of Continentals. This tire does the same job but only at the lower price. I dont know about wear I didnt drive them too long but first few month impression is excellent. They are produced in Russia in town near Finland.
In spring 2015 I purchased a set of Nokian Line 225/55R16 99W XL, based on the excellent reviews I've read here.
As of now (June 2018) I have clocked about 30.000 Km with these tires, and I can say that the Nokian Line is overrated.
It is not a bad tire, but, based on the scores it got here on Tire Reviews, the reality is way below expectations.
Dry grip and wet grip are decent, but nothing to write home about. Dry braking is not so good. Steering feedback - forget about it. The sidewalls are soft, and the car feels like driving on jelly. But the wear looks good, I still have 5mm left after the mileage mentioned above.
I would only recommend the Nokian Line for the easy going driver, who is looking for a mid-range brand of tires, and for whom wear and price are important criteria.
I was impressed with the dry and especially wet grip but after using them for one season and storing them in the same way as all of my other tires they were cracked and the performance was much worse the second season.
I eventually had to stop using them as they were causing strange handling and vibrations when driving.
In summary, really good the first year. Terrible the second.
After purchasing my first car I read an aweful lot of reviews/tests about tires, as I view them as a massive safety feature. I settled on these as the reviews are extremely high across the board on a mixture of vehicles, and they're priced well.
I can highly recommend the Nokian Line tire. I've had them on my Vauxhall Astra for the past 3 years and wouldn't put anything else on there now. I opted for the W XL tires as they were priced cheaper than the lesser rated tires at the time by a couple of quid. After using standard tires previously, the rolling in corners was so noticable in those compared to these. While it's a slightly firmer ride with the XL's, I'm more than happy with the almost non-existant rolling in corners.
They handle amazingly, especially in the wet where they flying through surface water like a hot knife through butter at all speeds (80mph+ on motorways with heavy surface water). Stopping in the wet/dry/ice is excellent too, gripping to the road insanely well. Cornering is just as impressive, I've pushed them hard in the dry, wet and icey conditions and they've done me proud.
I travel ~10,000 miles per year, through all weather conditions and a mixture of motorway, country lane and urban driving. The first set I bought (09/01/2016) went on the back for 9 months, then I switched them to the front on 05/11/2016 and they'd only lost 1mm of tread. I ended up getting 20,659 miles (10,541 miles on the rear / 10,118 miles on the front) out of them in total. They had 2mm of tread left on them before I put another pair of Nokian Line's on 11/11/2017.
17/02/2018 I changed the dipped bulbs and checked the tread on the front. They're still showing 5mm and they've already clocked up ~12,000 miles (10,028 miles on the rear and 1,972 miles on the front ), so I expect to get another ~8,000 miles out of them which I'll be happy with. The new rears have only lost 1mm of tread over 3 months so I'm more than happy they'll last a long time.
Handling doesn't seem to deminish like on other tires as the tread drops, I had just as much confidence in them at 2mm that I do at 8mm, and I'll be buying another set to put on the front and switch over again when the fronts are down to 2mm.
