Best Tires for the BMW 525 TDS

BMW 525 TDS drivers have left 7 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 78,000 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 525 TDS specifically. For the full picture, the BMW 525 page combines 12 reviews from every variant. All BMW 525 reviews →

7owner reviews
78,000 milescovered on them
7different tires rated
77%average tire score

Most fitted size - 1 reviews 225/60 R15 To scale, mm

All 225/60 R15 data →

The best rated tires that fit the BMW 525 TDS

The rankings above can only speak for tires a BMW 525 TDS driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 225/60 R15 - 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 BMW 525 TDS driver has reviewed a tire in the Summer category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Uniroyal RainExpert is our highest rated, at 8.9 out of 10.

Highest rated Summer tires made in BMW 525 TDS sizes
#	Tire	TR Score	Made in	BMW 525 TDS reviews
1	Uniroyal RainExpert	8.9	All your sizes	1
2	Hankook Ventus Prime 3 K125	8.8	All your sizes	Be the first →
3	Falken ZIEX ZE310 EcoRun	8.4	All your sizes	Be the first →
4	Vredestein Sportrac 5	8.1	All your sizes	Be the first →
5	Maxxis Premitra HP5	8.1	All your sizes	Be the first →
6	Kumho Ecsta HS51	8	All your sizes	Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer 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.

Tire sizes BMW 525 TDS 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.

225/60 R15 1 reviews 255/40 R17 1 reviews 245/40 R18 1 reviews 225/55 R16 1 reviews 245/40 R17 1 reviews

What BMW 525 TDS drivers say

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

84%

Rovelo RPX 998 245-40-17- BMW 525 TDS 14,000 miles January 25, 2019

Â£45 a corner

Excellent all rounder, handling is crisp and feedback is good. Nice progressive tire with plenty of grip wet and dry.

Puts premium brands to shame.

Only replacing rear tires due to budge cause by me hitting a kerb.

Have just ordered a new pair.

87%

Nexen N Blue HD Plus 225-55-16- BMW 525 TDS 8,000 miles August 29, 2016

Very good tires! I was a bit sceptic at the time of purchase (I chose them because I don't do very high mileage with my personal car and didn't want to spent a lot of money as I change tire sets every 3 years) but at the end of the day i was very happy with my purchase. Excellent grip in the dry, pretty good in the wet as well, but the best is the very low noise and the ride quality - they are SUPERB and my tires are XL ! The wear seems to be very good as well. If NEXEN doesnot change the N'Blue line till next summer tires change I will definetely buy them again, or I will try the next model

89%

Hankook Ventus V12 evo k110 255-40-17- BMW 525 TDS 21,000 miles June 26, 2014

I loved that tires

The limit of the tires is really intuitive and makes you confident in driving. The grip was awesome.

I'd buy them again but the tire dimension isn't produced anymore by hankook...

Shame

20%

Barum Bravuris 2 255-40-17- BMW 525 TDS 5,000 miles June 26, 2014

Horrible tires.

Tire wear is really critical, the tire heats heavily after 3 miles of agressive driving which affects wear and poor response in steering wheel.

5000 miles done compared to the 22000 miles i have done with K110 from Hankook

77%

Uniroyal RainExpert 225-60-15-V BMW 525 TDS 20,000 miles November 19, 2012

Very good grip in the wet, good in the dry, predicable all round. I would like to get more miles out of them. We get lots of rain in the west of Ireland very impressive on the wet country roads here. You will have to push them very hard to lose them.

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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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Who does the testing

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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