Tires came with the car when I bought it. After two years and almost 9000 miles I have to say that they have very high wear and average grip on both dry and wet roads and the only positive thing on these tires are the low noise. Specs that you can find on an cheaper tire. I will not buy them again for sure.
Best Tires for the Renault 12
Renault 12 drivers have left 17 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 98,705 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
- 17owner reviews
- 98,705 milescovered on them
- 16different tires rated
- 75%average tire score
The best rated tires that fit the Renault 12
The rankings above can only speak for tires a Renault 12 driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 195/65 R15 and 185/65 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.
All Season tires
No Renault 12 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 | Renault 12 reviews |
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| 1 |
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3
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9.6 | 185/65 R15 | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Michelin CrossClimate 2
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Continental AllSeasonContact 2
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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 |
Kleber Quadraxer 3
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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 Renault 12 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 | Renault 12 reviews |
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| 1 |
Vredestein Quatrac
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Weather Tires →
Winter tires
No Renault 12 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 | Renault 12 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 |
Michelin Pilot Alpin 5
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9.5 | 185/65 R15 | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3
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9.4 | 185/65 R15 | 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
Summer tires
No Renault 12 driver has reviewed a tire in the Summer category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Falken ZIEX ZE320 is our highest rated, at 9.4 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Renault 12 reviews |
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| 1 |
Falken ZIEX ZE320
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9.4 | 195/65 R15 | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Continental Premium Contact 6
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9.1 | All your sizes | 1 |
| 3 |
Nokian Hakka Blue 3
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9.1 | 195/65 R15 | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance 2
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9 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Kumho Ecsta HS52
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9 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Uniroyal RainExpert
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8.9 | 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.
Every tire reviewed on the Renault 12
The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 15 tires have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tire | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
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| Hankook Ventus RS4 | Summer | 81% | 2 | 0 miles |
Tire sizes Renault 12 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 Renault 12 drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
The best summer tires I ever had: fuel saving, but little bit noisy. They lasted for 50.000km on mixed roads exploitation conditions.
Been through a few sets of these and love them. Have also used Yokohama AD08R, Pilot Sport Cup 2 and a couple of others but I recon the Hankooks are the best bang for buck road / track tire. Not as much outright grip as a semi slick (e.g. Nankang AR1) but not far off - and perfectly acceptable as a road tire as long as you don't try anything silly in the wet.
Been through a few sets of these and love them. Have also used Yokohama AD08R, Pilot Sport Cup 2 and a couple of others but I recon the Hankooks are the best bang for buck road / track tire. Not as much outright grip as a semi slick (e.g. Nankang AR1) but not far off - and perfectly acceptable as a road tire as long as you don't try anything silly in the wet.
These tires were OEM. After 16,000 kms the fronts have an average of 5.3mm remaining, and the rears 7.02mm.
I have no complaints with these tires and they seem to be wearing well
I have no complaints with these tires and they seem to be wearing well
Needed some tires to get through an MOT in a hurry, the garage had these in stock and they came recommended. Was shocked to discover just how inferior they are compared to the badly worn Barum Bravuris 3HM's that were fitted previously. In dry conditions, they are OK, just noisy at motorway speeds. But it is in wet conditions that these tires truly let themselves down. Traversing a roundabout in even in the most lightly moist of conditions is akin to sliding across an ice rink, (unless driving at funeral procession speeds is your thing), and don't even think about pulling away briskly at a junction, unless you want to induce instantaneous wheel spin. Even giving it the beans in third or fourth will have these tires squabbling for grip on a damp road. In recent years, I've had vastly superior tires than these for the money, in fact, these are on par, if not worse than the budget specials I once bought when I was a broke student. Never again for me.
I was ammazed by this tires performance, especially on the wet surfaces. Excelent grip but most important amazing on braking, no matter if you brake hard on wet or dry surface.
Pretty nice handling, good braking in all conditions, a little lack of steering and a "bit of gap" between steering in diferent directions. You can go in full madness corners and they dont disapoint.
Compared to bridgestone potenza, they are good, notÃcias the best tires , but they are worth the money. 300€ for a full set.
Compared to bridgestone potenza, they are good, notÃcias the best tires , but they are worth the money. 300€ for a full set.
Simply DANGEROUS tires!! Worst tire I ever had. can't get grip on even dry roads.. on wet roads they are dangerous!! Do not EVER buy these!
throwing mine away after using them for 2 months. I value the life of my family higher than the price of a new set of tires!
throwing mine away after using them for 2 months. I value the life of my family higher than the price of a new set of tires!
Shocking shocking shocking. Steer clear, nice pun but steering in the wet isn't something you can do with these sadly. In my defence I never bought them, more inherited them with a car i bought and although they have 6mm tread left they are now gone and replaced with yokohomas.
I cover a thousand miles a week on mostly rural (often wet) roads in my company Megane, which has kindly been fitted with Pirelli tires but when in my private car I am constantly on edge. I lost the back end at 45 mph, probably would have lost the whole car if it weren't for the Goodyears on the front mind. If it is ever raining I'd use my company car on a private trip to avoid the roller coaster ride on the auto grips.
Seriously, stay away. I have no idea how they can be legal in this wet country
I cover a thousand miles a week on mostly rural (often wet) roads in my company Megane, which has kindly been fitted with Pirelli tires but when in my private car I am constantly on edge. I lost the back end at 45 mph, probably would have lost the whole car if it weren't for the Goodyears on the front mind. If it is ever raining I'd use my company car on a private trip to avoid the roller coaster ride on the auto grips.
Seriously, stay away. I have no idea how they can be legal in this wet country
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