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Best Tires for the BMW 520d Sport

BMW 520d Sport drivers have left 9 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 93,310 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.

This page covers the BMW 520d Sport specifically. For the full picture, the BMW 520d page combines 169 reviews from every variant. All BMW 520d reviews →

  • 9owner reviews
  • 93,310 milescovered on them
  • 7different tires rated
  • 82%average tire score
Most fitted size - 2 reviews 275/40 R18 To scale, mm
Ø 677 275 110 18" 110 All 275/40 R18 data →

The best rated tires that fit the BMW 520d Sport

The rankings above can only speak for tires a BMW 520d Sport driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 275/40 R18 - 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.

Winter tires

No BMW 520d Sport driver has reviewed a tire in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4 is our highest rated, at 9.6 out of 10.

Highest rated Winter tires made in BMW 520d Sport sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in BMW 520d Sport reviews
1 Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4 9.6 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Bridgestone Blizzak 6 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 9.3 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Hankook Winter i cept evo3 9.2 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Goodyear UltraGrip Performance+ 9.2 All your sizes Be the first →

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

Summer tires

No BMW 520d Sport driver has reviewed a tire in the Summer category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Continental PremiumContact 7 is our highest rated, at 9.5 out of 10.

Highest rated Summer tires made in BMW 520d Sport sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in BMW 520d Sport reviews
1 Continental PremiumContact 7 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Michelin Pilot Sport 5 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Hankook Ventus Evo 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Continental Sport Contact 6 9.3 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Kumho Ecsta Sport PS72 9.2 All your sizes Be the first →

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

All Season tires

No BMW 520d Sport driver has reviewed a tire in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Continental AllSeasonContact 2 is our highest rated, at 9.5 out of 10.

Highest rated All Season tires made in BMW 520d Sport sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in BMW 520d Sport reviews
1 Continental AllSeasonContact 2 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS 9.1 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Hankook Kinergy 4S2 8.9 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Nexen N Blue 4Season 2 8.8 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3 8.2 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

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 BMW 520d Sport

The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 5 tires have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tires reviewed by BMW 520d Sport drivers
Tire Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT Summer 95% 2 51,300 miles
Accelera PHI 2 Summer 81% 2 15,500 miles

Tire sizes BMW 520d Sport 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.

What BMW 520d Sport drivers say

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

59%
Pirelli P Zero Runflat 245-45-18- BMW 520d Sport 19,000 miles May 11, 2023
Having had to replace my tires for the THIRD time after 91,000km - that’s only 56,500 miles - or 19,000 miles per set - I don’t see these tires as value for money - particularly as I don’t drive hard.
I’d have expected to get up to 25,000 miles on a set of Run Flats.
100%
Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 225-55-17- BMW 520d Sport 10 miles November 2, 2022
Some great tires, very low noise, excellent stability and handling. Very good protection for rims. They are very hard to chop.
84%
Landsail LS588 UHP 235-35-19- BMW 520d Sport 2,000 miles May 19, 2020
Very good value. Good reaction, traction and noise level. These replaced uniroyals on a 5 series and I prefer them.
84%
Accelera PHI 2 275-40-18-W BMW 520d Sport 15,000 miles April 1, 2020
Been running 2 on the rear for 12 months. For £85 fitted (tires on the drive) these are excellent. Im fussy about best possible wet grip, 275 too wide for a RWD car relatively light on the rear end = shows up poor tires very quickly. These are equal to tires I have paid over twice the price for in normal spirited use. Would buy again without hesitation
71%
Accelera PHI 225-45-17-W BMW 520d Sport 500 miles December 11, 2018
F10 light on the back for 275 width standard rubber, shows up poor tires very quickly in the cold and wet pulling away at junctions
Bought as an emergency expected to have Sport Maxx repaired (non runflat) but poor batch from Mytires splitting and age cracking so had to fit the Accellera. Expected to find the nearest ditch, spent the first few days driving very carefully, but after careful testing I can confirm this tire to be surprisingly OK, similar is not slightly better grip than the SportMaxx, not as good as Hankook evo2,but better than the Conti (5?) runflats it came with from the factory.
77%
Accelera PHI 2 275-40-18-W BMW 520d Sport 500 miles December 4, 2018
Emergency purchase due to a faulty Dunlop Sport Maxx delaminating and deflating

With one remaining Maxx and the Accelera expected it to drive like a drunken 3 legged dog but little difference

Maxx not great in cold and wet for grip anyway compared to say Hankook s1 evo2 (excellent traction but wear little faster).
70%
Goodyear Excellence 245-40-19-W BMW 520d Sport 5,000 miles April 22, 2018
Have had three of these tires on the front of my BMW and all three have failed due to pothole damage.

Coincidence? I think not.
99%
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT 245-45-19-W BMW 520d Sport 30,000 miles April 28, 2013
Brilliant. Just got past 30k miles on one set of these. Definitely buy again.

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Every rating on this page was submitted by a driver through the review form on this site, naming the car, the tire, the size and the distance covered. Reviews are checked by hand before publication, and the page rebuilds automatically as new ones arrive.

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.

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Every test published as a Tire Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tires independently since 2007.

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