wet grip is the best, Other tires did not feel stable driving on a wet surface on a twisty open road.
Best Tires for the Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG
Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG drivers have left 23 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 210,590 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
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- 23owner reviews
- 210,590 milescovered on them
- 19different tires rated
- 74%average tire score
The quick answer
| Season | Owners' pick | Owner rating | Our category test |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Bridgestone Potenza S001 8.5 Current version: Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo | 38% from 3 reviews | Best Summer Tires |
| All Season | Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 9.4 | 72% from 3 reviews | Goodyear Vector All Season 4 Best All Season Tires |
Highest weighted owner score from Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG drivers. Full rankings and the evidence behind them below.
The best rated tires for the Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG
Rated only by drivers of this car. Each tire needs at least 3 reviews from the Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG to be ranked; the order weights a tire's score by how many reviews back it, so one glowing review cannot top a table.
Summer tires
The highest rated tire in the Summer category for the Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG is the Bridgestone Potenza S001 - 38% from 3 owner reviews across 8,500 miles. The current tire in that line is now the Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo.
| # | Tire | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed | TR Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bridgestone Potenza S001
Replaced by Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo
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38% | 3 | 8,500 miles | 8.5 |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tires →
All Season tires
The highest rated tire in the All Season category for the Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG is the Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 - 72% from 3 owner reviews across 58,600 miles.
| # | Tire | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed | TR Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4
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72% | 3 | 58,600 miles | 9.4 |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tires → Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4
TR Score is the tire's overall Tire Reviews rating out of 10, built from independent test results and every owner review of that tire - not just the reviews from this car. The owner rating column is this car only.
The best rated tires that fit the Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG
The rankings above can only speak for tires a Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 225/40 R18, 225/45 R17, 235/35 R19 and 225/45 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
Our highest rated tire in the Summer category, in this car's sizes, is the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6, at 9.7 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
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9.7 | All your sizes | 1 |
| 2 |
Continental SportContact 7
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9.7 | 225/40 R18, 235/35 R19, 225/45 R18 | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Continental PremiumContact 7
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9.5 | 225/40 R18, 225/45 R17, 225/45 R18 | 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 | 1 |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tires →
All Season tires
Our highest rated tire in the All Season category, in this car's sizes, is the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3, at 9.6 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3
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9.6 | All your sizes | 1 |
| 2 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport
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9.6 | 225/40 R18, 235/35 R19 | 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 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3
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9.5 | 225/40 R18, 225/45 R17, 225/45 R18 | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 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
Winter tires
No Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG driver has reviewed a tire in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Pirelli P Zero Winter 2 is our highest rated, at 9.8 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pirelli P Zero Winter 2
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9.8 | 235/35 R19 | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4
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9.6 | 225/40 R18, 235/35 R19, 225/45 R18 | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Michelin Pilot Alpin 5
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9.5 | 225/40 R18, 235/35 R19, 225/45 R18 | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Michelin Alpin 7
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9.5 | 225/45 R17 | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Bridgestone Blizzak 6
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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 Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG 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 | Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Vredestein Quatrac
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9.5 | 225/40 R18, 225/45 R17 | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Vredestein Quatrac Pro EV
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8.3 | 225/45 R17 | 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 →
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 Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG
The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 17 tires have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
| Tire | Season | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 | All Season | 72% | 3 | 58,600 miles |
| Bridgestone Potenza S001 Replaced by Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo | Summer | 38% | 3 | 8,500 miles |
Tire sizes Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG 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 Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI PP DSG drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
After a two years over 100mes speed comes hard wheel shaking, man in tire service fined a problem, defect tires and it’s difficult to balance wheels.
That was my first experience with all seasons tires and it was a surprisingly good one. They have lasted 3 years (from November 2022 to December 2025) and only 36.000 km because I had to replace them when they still had 5mm of tread depth as they've suddenly started to loose their great grip on wet surface in low temperature this winter (this was very strange). Beside that they have been amazing tires during these 3 years (with an engaged driving style). I've had just very few days of very light snow so difficult to judge them on that criteria. I have now just ordered the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 as I wanted to try something new. See you in 3 years for the next review :)
3 out of 4 tires had a hefty trebel and side hit. Wohle Car was houling and shaking. Rims and chassis setting was checkted, everything was perfect. Tire shop switched to Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 3 - all noises and shakeing gone. Goodyear ist noticable more comfortabel, but also less feedback and the longer brakeing distance is also anounces itself. Pirelli is the better tire, but the quality is unacceptable.
This was my second set of tires on aftermarket 17x8" wheels. They were a bit oversized for the wheel width, but they did feel great. Kept at higher pressures to minimize sidewall deflection, which generally did not negatively affect tire NVH. I drive maybe 12,000mi/yr, and these lasted me a solid 15mo.
Had a set on a Mk7 Golf GTI for a short period of time and can categorically say they are one of the worst tires I've ever driven on.
Dry grip is acceptable but wet grip is an absolute joke.
Road noise is noticeable and road feedback is dull.
Switched to a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4S and they immediately transformed the car. If you actually care about driving and the safety of your vehicle, I wouldn't recommend cheaping out on a set of Triangles.
These tires are nasty. Poor in the dry and borderline dangerous in the wet. Noisey, provide minimal feedback and when they slide there is next to no warning or progression.
They came on a new Golf Mk7 GTI and then a MK8 GTI.
Removed from both cars once the engines were bedded in (circa 1,000 miles) and replaced with Pilot Sport tires instead.
Why VW fit this garbage on a ‘sporty’ car I have no idea. Presumably they get a good deal on a 12 year old design from Bridgestone.
Probably one of the best tires you can buy if you need some amount of snow and cold weather ability but still want excellent sporty performance. The dry/wet performance is about 80% of what you'd get with a summer tire, but you can run it in the shoulder seasons or in light winter weather. My main complaints are that the steering response isn't as good as the previous AS3+. The right quality is pretty average for an all season tire, but its OK. All around great options.
Used to have potenzas s001 which were not the best tires, but enough for my driving style.. when i bought these i knew they were going to lack the dynamic driving, but i never thought they would put the car all over the place on highway speed or even at slow speed. No grip at all on wet surface, only thing good is wear tread. Changed to PS5 to recover the usability of my GTI.
Having used potenza's s001 and pirelli cinturato p1 plus, i have to say these are by far the best in every aspect. The most shocking difference apart from dry and wet grip is the comfort of the ride. I can drive around with 38/40 psi without having to pay a visit to the dentist.
The handling may not be as dynamic as the best of best tires, but its way more than what the other two offered.
After having used pirellis for 5k kms i can say i have recovered the dynamic handling of a GTI.
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