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Best Tires for the Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic)

Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) drivers have left 7 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 153,055 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 Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) specifically. For the full picture, the Kia Motors Cerato page combines 40 reviews from every variant. All Kia Motors Cerato reviews →

  • 7owner reviews
  • 153,055 milescovered on them
  • 6different tires rated
  • 89%average tire score
Most fitted size - 3 reviews 205/55 R16 To scale, mm
Ø 632 205 113 16" 113 All 205/55 R16 data →

The best rated tires that fit the Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic)

The rankings above can only speak for tires a Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 205/55 R16 - 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.

All Season tires

No Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) 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.

Highest rated All Season tires made in Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) reviews
1 Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 9.6 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Continental AllSeasonContact 2 9.5 All your sizes 1
3 Michelin CrossClimate 3 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 BFGoodrich Advantage All Season 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6 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

Summer tires

No Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) 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 Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) 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 Pirelli Cinturato C3 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Falken ZIEX ZE320 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 9.3 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Continental UltraContact NXT 9.1 All your sizes Be the first →

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

All Weather tires

No Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) 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.

Highest rated All Weather tires made in Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) reviews
1 Vredestein Quatrac 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →

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Winter tires

No Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) 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.

Highest rated Winter tires made in Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) reviews
1 Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Michelin Alpin 7 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Bridgestone Blizzak 6 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Goodyear UltraGrip 9+ 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 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.

Every tire reviewed on the Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic)

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 Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) drivers
Tire Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
Kumho Ecsta HS51 Replaced by Kumho Ecsta HS52 Summer 91% 2 38,000 miles

Tire sizes Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) 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 Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) drivers say

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

100%
Pirelli CINTURATO P1 225-50-16- Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) 60,000 miles July 4, 2022
well all i can say I loved the ks I was able to get out of the perilli Cinturato tires I had them fitted to my new 2018 kia cerato hatch and was able to get 60,000ks out of them pretty much all open road driving....if you after long lasting tires these do the job.
89%
Nexen N Fera SU1 225-45-17- Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) 10,000 miles April 29, 2020
I have tried many brands for my car... I saw SU1 is really good
97%
Kumho Ecsta HS51 205-55-16-V Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) 4,000 miles September 23, 2016
Excellent tire for summer and even winter on wet road. Very quite and comfort & excellent grip on wet and dry conditions.
One of the best tire which I bought and i'll buy again.
78%
Kumho Solus KH15 205-50-16- Kia Motors Cerato 2 liter auto (Tiptronic) 55 miles July 28, 2012
I first rode Kumho on my 2007 Kia Cerato limited (leather option) bought new.
They are Solus KH15
The tires have been excellent, wearing well. One was replaced early after a puncture, could have been repaired but I decided to fit a new one, bought via a Goodyear depot which I had previously used. Cost NZ$160 fitted.
The rest lasted over 50,000km in mostly stop-start city driving in Auckland New Zealand where many roads are coarse stone-chip surface. Also I was doing commercial real estate meaning I was often in and out of parking buildings negotiating tight spaces which is hard on tires. Similarly at our residence.
Just before 50,000 the front tires were looking decidedly worn so I enquired as to replacement to find a local Kumho dealer had two left before changeover to KH17 fitted NZ$120 each. I bought these and took them home for later fitment. These eventually went on 6 months later! The dealer honoured his promise to fit them later. He offered a 50,000km warranty, which involves regular inspectiosn etc at extra cost. I didn't bother. During the final months the tread looked rather worn but there was never any grip problems wet or dry, except for one wheel spinning on an uphill start on a roundabout out of a drain gutter, a lousy dangerous spot. The tires did get noisier but not nearly as badly as Bridgestone RE92s I had on several Toyota Camrys. They were HORRID tires. The Bridgestones lost the minor sipes on the shoulders half way through the wear cycle, so half the pattern disappeared as the tires wore! The Kumhos never did, even the finest grooves were there until the end. Thoroughly recommended. I am told the KH17s are even better, but decided to stay with what I knew and trusted for another 50,000km or so.
I do find modern cars provide very little "seat of the pants" feedback and the Kia is no exception. You cannot "think" it around a corner. Whether the tires influence this I don't know, but I feel modern chassis are for want of a term "sanitised" to remove any "uncomfortable" feelings for the mass market. The last car I owned which provided proper feedback was my Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 (Cosworth), quite a different piece.
Also I never taken the Kia to the limit..
Kumho = highly recommended.

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