Had these fitted 3 years ago and since then done roughly 5500 miles. Not a lot of mileage, but then that's because of my circumstances. (I'm retired and don't do the 1200 mile round trips to and from the continent, 6 times a year. Michelin have been my go to car tire, since I first had the MXL and MXT on my Volvo.)
The wear has been negligible, gone from 7 mm new to about 6.5 mm today.
Haven't had any snow to speak of here in the UK, but a bit icy one or two days.
Last Christmas went to stay up country, mostly motorway, a trip of 130 miles or so. Not far but the rain was horrendous, it didn't stop at all, roads were flooded and the spray evil. We returned two days later and got similar weather, torrential rain all the way back.
The tires were great, never thought for one moment that I would loose control. They're quieter than the previous Turanza, which I never thought were safe when cornering, especially in the wet.
Best Tires for the BMW BMW X1
BMW BMW X1 drivers have left 9 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 85,200 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 BMW X1 specifically. For the full picture, the BMW Bmw page combines 36 reviews from every variant. All BMW Bmw reviews →
- 9owner reviews
- 85,200 milescovered on them
- 8different tires rated
- 83%average tire score
The best rated tires that fit the BMW BMW X1
The rankings above can only speak for tires a BMW BMW X1 driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 225/50 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.
Summer tires
No BMW BMW X1 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.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | BMW BMW X1 reviews |
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| 1 |
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
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9.7 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Continental SportContact 7
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9.7 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Continental PremiumContact 7
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 5
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tires →
All Season tires
No BMW BMW X1 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.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | BMW BMW X1 reviews |
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| 1 |
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3
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9.6 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Continental AllSeasonContact 2
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
BFGoodrich Advantage All Season
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6
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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 BMW BMW X1 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.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | BMW BMW X1 reviews |
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| 1 |
Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4
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9.6 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Michelin Pilot Alpin 5
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Michelin Alpin 7
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Bridgestone Blizzak 6
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3
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9.4 | 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 BMW BMW X1 driver has reviewed a tire in the All Weather category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Vredestein Quatrac Pro+ is our highest rated, at 8.1 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | BMW BMW X1 reviews |
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| 1 |
Vredestein Quatrac Pro+
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8.1 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Vredestein Quatrac Pro
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8 | All your sizes | 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 BMW BMW X1
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.
| Tire | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelin CrossClimate 2 Replaced by Michelin CrossClimate 3 | All Season | 85% | 2 | 7,500 miles |
Tire sizes BMW BMW X1 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 BMW X1 drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
What a difference, at last I felt as if I was in control of the car. The grip in the wet is great as well as in the dry and quiet too.
Always preferred Michelin since I changed to them on my bicycle in the 1950's, yes I'm that old. Been motoring since 1964 and had numerous cars so I think I know something.
The car came with Bridgestone Duelers on it and thought I had enough tread on them to last.
But when breaking while crossing over white lines near roundabouts etc... I could feel the front tyers wheels slipping through the stealing wheel!
So thought it was time to replace and do my homework.
I used this website and decided to go for the Dunlop SP Sport due to the reviews
I then compared the prices with 4 tire fitting garages.
I got a good deal £204.00 for two...from local fitter...would have been nearly £25 - £30 per tire more if I had gone through well know tire fitting company.
The car feels amazingly better wet or dry...very little road noise....feels very sure footed!
I highly recommend them!
And remember buy cheap buy twice! :-)
Jon D
Drive a BMW BMW X1?
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