Yokohama A Drive

The Yokohama A Drive is a Premium Touring Summer tire designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.

Tire review data from 28 tire reviews averaging 70% over 439,589 miles driven.

Dry Grip 77%
Wet Grip 64%
Road Feedback 70%
Handling 69%
Wear 79%
Comfort 70%
Buy again 63%

First On MarketFebruary 2005
Wheel Size14 - 16"
Width175 - 215mm
Profile50 - 65
Rolling ResistanceD - D
Wet GripB - C
Noise (dB)69 - 69
Winter RatingNot Winter Rated

The A Drive is ranked 104th of 150 Summer Premium Touring tires.

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SizeFuelWetNoise
14 inch
175/65R14 82 TDB69
15 inch
195/60R15 88 HDC69
205/65R15 94 HDC69
195/65R15 91 HDC69
185/65R15 88 HDB69
195/65R15 91 HDC69
185/65R15 92 TDB69
195/50R15 82 TDC69
195/55R15 85 HDC69
16 inch
215/60R16 99 HDC69
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Top 3 Yokohama A Drive Reviews

Given 36% while driving a Toyota 2014 (195/65 R15) on a combination of roads for 5,000 average miles
I bought Adrive for my corolla 3,4 months back because of yokohama but what a pathetic choice and what a pathetic quality. Road noise is very high, when driving the car at 150/160 km the car is like floating on the water and at any time it's gonna fly away.
Pathetic experience, wasted all of my money.
Helpful 20 - tire reviewed on October 2, 2023
Given 53% while driving a Ford Laser (185/65 R14) on mostly town for 0 average miles
I bought these because they are yokohama and I prioritised grip over all else. What a mistake! Wet weather grip is downright dangerous. My kids will be driving this car in 3 months and I will be changing these tires (with 80% grip on them).
Helpful 34 - tire reviewed on April 28, 2019
Given 64% while driving a Volkswagen Jetta MKV 2.5 (205/55 R16 H) on mostly town for 38,000 average miles
Good tires, they lasted over 65.000 km but now it´s time to change them.
Acceptable performance, but little bit noisy and rigid. Probably my next buy will improve to CDrive 2 or Decibel. Greetings from south america.
Helpful 60 - tire reviewed on September 18, 2013
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Given 66% while driving a Fiat Grande Punto 1.3Multijet 75bhp (185/70 R15 T) on mostly motorways for 42,000 spirited miles
Had used this tires with my Fiat Punto and it was just good for 42K KMs and became bald in sides. Also the Tire wall was very soft to make the drive comfortable.
Road Grip was good in dry condition and in wet condition, it was aquaplaning. The tire wear is too high.
The driving was mixed in City and Highways (India) and returned good mileage, but not great.
Helpful 33 - tire reviewed on May 1, 2017
Given 83% while driving a Kia Motors ceed (195/65 R15 H) on mostly town for 4,350 average miles
I have driven 7k km and I have to say that I' m very surprised how good the tires are. I got them for less than 30€ per tire, which is fu*king awesome price/performance ratio. Grip in dry is good enough for moderate driving ( highway, city, country roads). I wouldn't recommend it to speedy drivers (it's not high performance tire). Not perfect in wet cornering, even though it losese grip progresively and I would say it is very predictable( I don't have an ESP). Otherwise no aquaplaning issues in wet. I believe models with lower sidewall are even better in dry. Noise level is acceptable. Wear is good (1mm in 7k km). I would buy them again definitely, and most important I trust them.
Helpful 31 - tire reviewed on August 29, 2016
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Given 67% while driving a Kia Motors (225/40 R18) on a combination of roads for 18,000 spirited miles
Tire performed fairly good for the price, wet and dry grip was adequate.
Noise levels were a bit high.
Sidewall is quite stiff, survived a wheel destroying pothole.
Wear was pretty good considering my spirited driving style (30000KM)
Only thing stopping me from buying them again is the noisy symmetrical pattern.
Helpful 34 - tire reviewed on November 21, 2014
Given 86% while driving a Citroën C3 (185/60 R15 H) on a combination of roads for 15,000 spirited miles
Confortable tire, but don't excepect much grip from it. The grip is worse than the Goodyear Eagle Excellence and the Nexen CP661 that I had in the same car. However it was the most comfortable and silent.
Helpful 22 - tire reviewed on June 17, 2014
Given 51% while driving a Toyota camry (205/65 R15) on mostly town for 60 average miles
Camry SVX 20

I bought these tires for couple years ago, I think it sucks. I felt it quite hard surface since the first 10,000 km. And it's so noise after 20,000 km.

Absolutely, I won't go back to use it
Helpful 24 - tire reviewed on February 21, 2014
Given 94% while driving a Volkswagen Polo 6N (165/70 R13) on a combination of roads for 9 spirited miles
Really good tires, very impressed, the tires felt like a proper track tire. Stiffer side walls but not compremising the ride, tire squeel is very minimal they are so controllable on and near the limit in all conditions, 100% advise anyone to buy these where possible
Helpful 25 - tire reviewed on January 22, 2013
Given 84% while driving a MG Midget Mk3 (155/70 R13 T) on mostly country roads for 16,000 spirited miles
Overall very pleased indeed - highly recommended

Dry
grip is very good, the car can be taken through bends with great confidence, I've never got near the limits of grip in the dry, braking is very good

Wet
grip is good but because the dry grip is so good in the wet it is noticably less so but still at a high level handling and braking are also still good

Wear
considering the amount of grip and it's a peformance tire the wear is very good

Comfort
again very good, noise is low too

Buy again
yes certainly as a performance tire it is very good value
Helpful 20 - tire reviewed on February 4, 2012
Given 80% while driving a Toyota Avensis (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 0 average miles
Just fitted 4 brand new yokohama A drive tires last Sept 29,2011 to my Toyota Avensis SR 1999. Excellent grip wet/dry road.Nice test drive to M5.For me,I like the performance of this tires. I'll buy Yokohama brand again in the future.
Helpful 18 - tire reviewed on November 6, 2011
Given 40% while driving a Subaru Impreza (205/55 R16) on a combination of roads for 15,000 average miles
This tires came with my car (Subaru Impreza 2008)
Worst from first day until now.
Low grip both dry and wet.
Poor in corners.
Helpful 19 - tire reviewed on August 24, 2011
Given 44% while driving a Toyota Corolla (175/65 R14) on a combination of roads for 20,000 average miles
Good DRY tires for the money. Absolutely horrific the the wet, would not recommend them to anyone. Once at their limit in wet conditions, the is a very fine line between grip and zero-control. Nothing is going to stop them from slipping uncontrolably. I'm an experienced driver (50.000 mile/year ourier). Have driven and owned classis and new cars with front and rear wheel drive; anything between the lastest BMW 7 series to 70's detroit steel. I use my 97 corolla as a daily driver.

Why i don't recommend these tires: I just merged onto the highway with 50mph (80km/hr), front lost some grip, I let go of the gas, car still refused to grip and went sideways. As I kept steering into the turn with no gas and a little braking to stabilize, I tried straightening the steering wheel to let the front tires grip, the car's weight shifted from left to right in a split second. Back wheels lost grip the same second, now at 40mph (64km/hr), the car started spinning. As we slid onto the highway, we were now facing backwards, I applied full brake to avoid hitting the divider. Wheels locked up, and the right side got onto the dirt in the center of the road, zero grip on the right side going offroad... The center dicider proved more effective at stopping ht car than these yokohama a-drive.... What's in a name....

Now, I'm not a race driver. So it's up to you to decide whether this is human fault or just plain bad tires. You decide.

I only know one set of tires that I would rate worse: the General XP2000 tires (now discontinued, thank G*d).

Also, only 1 set of tires I would rate stellar in any and all conditions except for snow: Goodyear Eagle F1's, they do come at a slightly higher price though. But well worth it. Those things only loose grip after your face is torn of by excessive g-forces.

My recommendation for the Yokohama a-drive: Buy only if you feel suicidal.
Helpful 14 - tire reviewed on June 25, 2011
Given 71% while driving a Honda crx del sol VTI (195/50 R15) on a combination of roads for 200 spirited miles
after giving the tires a good 200 miles i found the grip to be super to be fair. The wet roads were near as good grip as the dry. I noticed not much difference in fuel use. The steering was smooth to. All in i would buy again
Helpful 18 - tire reviewed on December 30, 2010
Given 70% while driving a Citroën xsara picasso (185/65 R15 H) on a combination of roads for 15,000 spirited miles
Sold as a Premium Brand, but really are just an expensive Mid-range brand. Nothing spectacular, they just work. Noisy on Motorways, wore down to legals in 15,000 miles. Nonetheless, I feel confident in them and will buy again.
Helpful 21 - tire reviewed on October 11, 2010