Best Tires for the Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS

Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS drivers have left 9 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 79,750 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

9owner reviews
79,750 milescovered on them
8different tires rated
68%average tire score

Most fitted size - 3 reviews 205/55 R16 To scale, mm

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The best rated tires that fit the Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS

The rankings above can only speak for tires a Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 205/55 R16 and 215/45 R17 - whether or not anyone here has fitted them yet. They are ranked on the TR Score, which is built from independent test results and every owner review of that tire.

Summer tires

No Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS driver has reviewed a tire in the Summer category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 is our highest rated, at 9.7 out of 10.

Highest rated Summer tires made in Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS sizes
#	Tire	TR Score	Made in	Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS reviews
1	Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6	9.7	215/45 R17	Be the first →
2	Continental PremiumContact 7	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
3	Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
4	Falken ZIEX ZE320	9.4	All your sizes	Be the first →
5	Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S	9.4	215/45 R17	Be the first →
6	Michelin Pilot Sport 5	9.4	215/45 R17	Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tires →

All Season tires

No Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS driver has reviewed a tire in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 is our highest rated, at 9.6 out of 10.

Highest rated All Season tires made in Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS sizes
#	Tire	TR Score	Made in	Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS reviews
1	Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3	9.6	All your sizes	Be the first →
2	Continental AllSeasonContact 2	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
3	Michelin CrossClimate 3	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
4	BFGoodrich Advantage All Season	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
5	Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	9.4	All your sizes	Be the first →
6	Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6	9.4	All your sizes	Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tires → Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4

Winter tires

No Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS driver has reviewed a tire in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 is our highest rated, at 9.5 out of 10.

Highest rated Winter tires made in Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS sizes
#	Tire	TR Score	Made in	Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS reviews
1	Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3	9.5	All your sizes	Be the first →
2	Michelin Alpin 7	9.5	205/55 R16	Be the first →
3	Bridgestone Blizzak 6	9.4	All your sizes	Be the first →
4	Goodyear UltraGrip 9+	9.4	205/55 R16	Be the first →
5	Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3	9.4	205/55 R16	Be the first →
6	Kumho WinterCraft WP52+	9.3	All your sizes	Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Winter Tires → Test winner: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3

All Weather tires

No Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS driver has reviewed a tire in the All Weather category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Vredestein Quatrac is our highest rated, at 9.5 out of 10.

Highest rated All Weather tires made in Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS sizes
#	Tire	TR Score	Made in	Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS reviews
1	Vredestein Quatrac	9.5	205/55 R16	Be the first →
2	Vredestein Quatrac Pro+	8.1	215/45 R17	Be the first →
3	Vredestein Quatrac Pro	8	215/45 R17	Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Weather Tires →

Fitment comes from each tire's manufactured size list, and the sizes are the ones drivers reported when they reviewed. Check the size, load index and speed rating on your own doorplate before buying - a size a previous owner ran is not always the size your car left the factory on.

Every tire reviewed on the Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS

The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 7 tires have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tires reviewed by Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS drivers
Tire	Season	Owner rating	Reviews	Distance reviewed
Toyo T1R Replaced by Toyo Proxes T1 Sport+	Summer	56%	2	31,000 miles

Tire sizes Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS drivers run

The sizes fitted in the reviews on this page. Each one links to the top rated tires in that size, across every car.

205/55 R16 3 reviews 215/45 R17 2 reviews 225/45 R17 1 reviews 185/65 R15 1 reviews

What Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS drivers say

The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.

84%

Dunlop SportMaxx RT 205-55-16- Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS 15,000 miles April 8, 2025

Nice sport tire, it hasn’t disappoint me anywhere. It has rim protection (difficult to find at 205/55r16), it handles good & it’s predictable (you can push it to its limits without unpleasant surprises), but I would prefer stiffer sidewalls. It has quite soft rubber so it’s quiet & of course it wears faster than a touring tire. It keeps the good handling until the end of it’s life.
It’s my second set, probably I will buy them again for 3rd time (or I will try pilot sport 4)
I believe it’s one of the best choices (if you are looking for a high performance tire) at my tire size (unfortunately not many options of performance tires anymore)

49%

Toyo T1R 215-45-17- Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS 25,000 miles July 25, 2021

3 years down the road and these tires are absolutely atrocious in the wets. It's like going down an icy road in the winter, except it's still 20°C out and just wet. If my car wasn't set up to be moderately tail happy, I would've long crashed it or put it in a ditch, going round a corner or a roundabout at 15mph. These will get dumped ASAP, despite having 4-5mm of thread left - which on the other hand is rather impressive, given the miles I've put into them.

82%

Kleber Krisalp HP3 205-55-16-H Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS 3,750 miles February 12, 2019

Fitted for about 6000km by now. Good winter tires, that grip very well in the wets (which suits the Danish winter well, as we rarely get snow). I have however had these in the fresh snow a few weeks back, and they do grip well and are predictable.

My only gripe with this tire, is that they seem to have quite a ring/singing when on wet, smooth asphalt - this is mostly noticeable during acceleration, and only of the very smoothest of asphalt, but a nuisance nonetheless. This is enough for me to consider not getting these again.

63%

Toyo T1R 215-45-17-W Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS 6,000 miles August 27, 2018

These tires are good, to a certain extent. On a day-to-day basis, with a mostly easy going driving style, I don't have much to put on these, except for maybe noise. Wear level is fine.
But when you push these tires, it's where things start going wrong. In dry, the feedback is good, as is the grip. When the roads are wet - or even just damp, things go badly. My ABS kicks in under moderately hard braking from only 40mph, and the car will understeer if I try pushing it too hard round a corner.
Based on the fact that they're useless in the wets, it's a definite no-no for a re-purchase.

100%

Continental WinterContact TS 860 185-65-15-T Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS 2,000 miles November 29, 2016

One word - amazing. You feel extremely stable and safe on very rainy day even with medium-high speeds (~140-150). I will buy it again 100%.

39%

Pirelli P6 Fourseasons 205-55-16- Alfa Romeo 156 1,8 TS 8,000 miles April 6, 2014

Sadly the Pirelli P6 Fourseasons were not a good buy and were worn out in under 8,000 miles, those were also noisy miles as they are not the quietest tire on the market.

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