Had studded tires years ago and they wouldn’t hold a candle to these. Dry weather was mostly city and some freeway. Never pushing any limits but seemed very adequate. In the rain never hydroplaned or felt any slippage. Used them as a winter specific tire so suspect the pre and post winter warm days most likely the cause of any harder wear. Comfort wise, surprisingly quite and smooth. Again, I purchased these for my daughter’s college car and extremely pleased. As far as deep snow, the wet stuff, a 10. Traction on black ice going downhill- just worried about getting tear ended, a 10. Due to a blown head gasket had to retire the car so only one season under our belts. Have just ordered a set for our new Kia Soul. Again these studded tires are best for snow and ice. If you put them on in the mild fall and drive them until April , maybe 3 winters. 3 months a year of winter driving, 5 good winters. Love these studded winter tires
Best Tires for the Ford Taurus SHO
Ford Taurus SHO drivers have left 2 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 15,800 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
- 2owner reviews
- 15,800 milescovered on them
- 2different tires rated
- 68%average tire score
The best rated tires that fit the Ford Taurus SHO
The rankings above can only speak for tires a Ford Taurus SHO driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 225/45 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 Ford Taurus SHO 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 | Ford Taurus SHO 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 PremiumContact 7
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 5
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Hankook Ventus Evo
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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 Ford Taurus SHO 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 | Ford Taurus SHO 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
All Weather tires
No Ford Taurus SHO 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.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Ford Taurus SHO reviews |
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| 1 |
Vredestein Quatrac
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Vredestein Quatrac Pro EV
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8.3 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Vredestein Quatrac Pro+
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8.1 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Weather Tires →
Winter tires
No Ford Taurus SHO 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.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Ford Taurus SHO reviews |
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| 1 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Michelin Alpin 7
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Bridgestone Blizzak 6
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Nokian Snowproof 3P
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
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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
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 Ford Taurus SHO 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 Ford Taurus SHO drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
Horrible tire wear, I was warned by Firestone Tech not to buy due to poor treadwear - I should have listened. At 15,000 miles, Firestone told me I needed to replace them. It was obvious they are worn, and its not an alignment issue. Firestone and Ford have both confirmed alignment is good -its poor tires.
They were cheap - both in price and wearability.
They were cheap - both in price and wearability.
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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.
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.