Best Tires for the Ford Fiesta

Was on pilot sport 4s these were although grippy exceedingly stiff and caused the car to feel rather crashy. Switched to an all season partially hoping they would be more comfortable and they have certainly improved the ride comfort. I don’t drive the car particularly aggressively and so far feel of the vector 4 seems good enough. It’s not really been cold enough to test their real benefit -(cold weather performance) but I’m confident this will be far better. We will see if the all season performance is a better trade off for the uk. I think the snow performance of these will be far in excess of what I need. I wish there was a tire option between these and summer tires. That prioritized breaking/wet weather at the cost of some of the snow performance.

As this an initial feedback not all categories can be accurately assessed but I’m certainly happy with the noticeably more compliant ride for my ST

I only fitted the Falken recently so it is too early to comment or rate these tires, but the first I noticed is how much more comfortable the ride is compared to the Firemax (budget) they replaced. The Ziex absorb road irregularities efficiently and quietly, on my daily trip work/home, the bits of road which used to be heard or felt before have either totally disappeared or are genuinely reduced. The ZE 320 are certainly the most comfortable tires I ever had on any cars, I had Good Year, Continental and Pirelly previously, but the Falken is more comfortable than any of them. So far the grip is excellent both on dry and wet road, the car feel solidly planted to the road, like I said, it is too early to rate anything else for now, but I am really pleased with with these tires, I will update my review once I have a few thousand miles.

Really impressed with these considering they are significantly cheaper than premium options. Very good feel and feedback in the dry, with a smooth and comfortable ride. Seem to be very good in the wet too.

unfortunately the pattern on the Toyo Proxes CF2 pick up and follow grooves in the road which is especially dangerous on a motorways when they've been cutting in new sections of road with old. the tire wear was also quite poor with feathering on the outer edges too. the initial 10k was on the rear (Fiestas don't wear the rears) and about 11k on the front. had the tracking checked but no issues.
I've now got Kumho Ecsta HS52 195/55/15 on all 4 corners which is a better tire in every aspect - they are supposed to be a little noisier but we can't tell any difference, fuel economy and wet grip is about the same but dry grip is somewhat better and there's no nasties either.

After reading the reviews on these tires, which are mostly negative, I must say I did not experienced any drama on any road surfaces in the dry or in the wet. The Firemax were fitted (new) when I purchased the car from Furrows, they are quiet both in town and on the motorway, I drive safely and respect speed signs and average 47 miles per gallon, for me, the worst aspect is wear, only 17000 miles driven and the front tires are worn out to the 1.6 legal limit while the rear tires still have some tread, I will not buy these budget tires again. I will put the Falken ZIEX ZE320 on the car since they have excellent reviews and are very well priced, I will review the Falken after I drove a few thousands miles.

Amazing in everything snow mud ice dry/wet tarmac etc. good on and offroad

Really ideal on wet surfaces but I can't say it's resistant to potholes. The inner sidewall of my tire cracked. It cost me a lot. Other than that, I'm satisfied.

The tire performs excellently in all conditions except on ice and packed snow. It was solid for the first two winters, started to lose performance by the third, and by the fourth winter, I didn't feel very confident on snow and ice. However, it is excellent in rain, slush, and dry conditions. After 57,000 km, the tread depth is still 5.2 mm and 4.2 mm; I didn't rotate them regularly. If it were just a bit better on snow and ice, I wouldn't even consider another option.

I cannot recommend these tires they are terrible on life span, maybe the worst ever in 50 years driving, sidewall cracked and fell apart after two years exposing cords , tred depth fine
Had six tires in total all of them went the same way tried to claim under warranty but Mr Tire would have none of it and said it was normal perished due to winter ect , never ever again will I use these tires or Mr Tires.

I put these tires on my Fiesta ST to replace worn and old Pirelli P Zero Nero on the back, and viking pro tech newgen on the front. I bought the car with these mismatched tires.

The Kumhos offer excellent dry and wet grip, okay comfort for a 40 sidewall. Still too jiggly for my liking, but that is not the tire's fault. Progressiveness at the limit dry and wet is amazing, very easy to correct, if you get it to break loose at all. You really have to throw the car into a sharp corner to get the back to come around. When you do, you feel the sidewall flex quite a bit, and then the tire progressively lets go. On my Fiesta ST, the car will also lift the inside rear wheel quite easily like this.

At Autoslalom (AutoX), the tire shows its soft carcass even more. I experienced a lot of low speed understeer, and the tire showed clear marks of rolling onto the sidewall multiple centimeters. The outer tread blocks showed diagonal wear on the outer edges of the blocks.

While the tire is great for grip and progressiveness, and noise isn't too intrusive, I am disappointed in the soft sidewall on this 40 series tire. Steering feel isn't great due to this either. To me this tire feels like a very good daily driver with buckets of grip, but without a real sporty edge at the limit.