Stay away from these, dangerous for emergency braking even at slow speeds when i.e rain just starts and road just becomes wet. Also not too confident for emergency braking when dry. For normal driving conditions they are fine, if you drive gently, but you cant predict when you will have to make urgent braking.
Best Tires for the Volkswagen Passat B6
Volkswagen Passat B6 drivers have left 10 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 173,100 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car. The numbers include 2 Passat B6 variants, listed further down.
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- 10owner reviews
- 173,100 milescovered on them
- 8different tires rated
- 69%average tire score
The best rated tires that fit the Volkswagen Passat B6
The rankings above can only speak for tires a Volkswagen Passat B6 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 and 235/45 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 Volkswagen Passat B6 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 | Volkswagen Passat B6 reviews |
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| 1 |
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
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9.7 | 235/45 R17 | 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 |
Falken ZIEX ZE320
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 5 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
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9.4 | 235/45 R17 | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Michelin Pilot Sport 5
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9.4 | 235/45 R17 | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tires →
All Season tires
No Volkswagen Passat B6 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 | Volkswagen Passat B6 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 |
BFGoodrich Advantage All Season
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Michelin CrossClimate 3
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9.5 | 205/55 R16 | 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
Winter tires
No Volkswagen Passat B6 driver has reviewed a tire in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4 is our highest rated, at 9.6 out of 10.
| # | Tire | TR Score | Made in | Volkswagen Passat B6 reviews |
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| 1 |
Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4
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9.6 | 235/45 R17 | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Michelin Pilot Alpin 5
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9.5 | 235/45 R17 | Be the first → |
| 4 |
Michelin Alpin 7
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9.5 | 205/55 R16 | 1 |
| 5 |
Bridgestone Blizzak 6
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
| 6 |
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
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9.4 | 205/55 R16 | 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 Passat B6 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 Passat B6 reviews |
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| 1 |
Vredestein Quatrac
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9.5 | 205/55 R16 | Be the first → |
| 2 |
Vredestein Quatrac Pro+
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8.1 | 235/45 R17 | Be the first → |
| 3 |
Vredestein Quatrac Pro
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8 | 235/45 R17 | 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 Passat B6
The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 6 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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| Michelin Primacy 4 Replaced by Michelin Primacy 5 | Summer | 85% | 2 | 86,000 miles |
| Barum Bravuris 5HM | Summer | 59% | 2 | 30,020 miles |
Tire sizes Volkswagen Passat B6 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.
Volkswagen Passat B6 variants, reviewed separately
These trims and body styles have pages of their own. Their reviews are already counted in the rankings above.
What Volkswagen Passat B6 drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
They're not bad tires, but they wear out really quickly. The front ones lasted me 18,000 kilometers, and the rear ones will last me about 28,000. And I'm a very relaxed driver!
Tbh.. my scores are purely from how I found them in both wet and dry conditions.. adding the fact these are' dry/summer seasons tires and not your your winter tires.. though I've used them more over this winter than previous years.. based on my score ratings.. the protoura tires are definitely in my opinion dry/track orientated purposeful tires only.. in the slightest of wet weathers at avarage to just above your normal road speeds these tires are not forgiven especially on the uk's poor roads, i'e urban city /built up areas where road condition are obviously more hazardous and dangerous road conditions from buses hgvs etc etc.. these tires will at the slighly above speeds cause both oversteer and understeer if driven mostly obviously the normal road speeds..hence the less traction you get.. my overall opinion is these protoura tires 200's upwards definitely a dry road tire only or dry track tire
Compared to my old Nokian WRD4s these are night and day comfier and grippier. Generally, it feels like a safe and balanced tire, and I very much like the comfort improvements, given that the summer set I am currently running is a Bridgestone Turanza T005, which is bad for a touring tire. Since I've mounted them, I have had no chance to test snow and ice, but I'm expecting good performances, especially when combined with the Haldex my Passat has.
Dry braking feels a little long, but the overall grip is generally good, and wet is especially good for this type of tire.
The only thing I don't like about these tires, but I'm fine with it given the positive factors, is that the sidewall is very soft.
Pricy but overall happy with the purchase.
Dry braking feels a little long, but the overall grip is generally good, and wet is especially good for this type of tire.
The only thing I don't like about these tires, but I'm fine with it given the positive factors, is that the sidewall is very soft.
Pricy but overall happy with the purchase.
Bought the tires since the wheels I bought had Barum Bravuris 3HM on them and these tires had surprising amount of grip. The 5HM were on sale for 75€/piece.
Overall first impression is not good. Coming from Hankook Ventus Prime 3, these tires lack latitudinal and longitudinal grip and tend to understeer when cornering harder. The steering has a delay in it even though the sidewalls, having 95 weight index, are rather stiff. But the tires are noticeably cheaper than Hankook tires so let's not draw conclusions yet.
But it keeps getting worse.
As the Hankook tires wore down to 4.5mm in just 15000 km thanks to a whole summer full of spirited driving on Estonian country roads, I decided to try to drive "normally" with the Barum tires. At the end of the season, after about 10 000 km of average commuting, these tires had 5mm of thread left.
At the middle of the next summer, one of the tires developed a hump, even though no potholes were ever hit with these tires.
If it isn't obvious by now, I'll never buy non-premium tires again. I'd rather drive on used premium tires than new cheap tires.
Overall first impression is not good. Coming from Hankook Ventus Prime 3, these tires lack latitudinal and longitudinal grip and tend to understeer when cornering harder. The steering has a delay in it even though the sidewalls, having 95 weight index, are rather stiff. But the tires are noticeably cheaper than Hankook tires so let's not draw conclusions yet.
But it keeps getting worse.
As the Hankook tires wore down to 4.5mm in just 15000 km thanks to a whole summer full of spirited driving on Estonian country roads, I decided to try to drive "normally" with the Barum tires. At the end of the season, after about 10 000 km of average commuting, these tires had 5mm of thread left.
At the middle of the next summer, one of the tires developed a hump, even though no potholes were ever hit with these tires.
If it isn't obvious by now, I'll never buy non-premium tires again. I'd rather drive on used premium tires than new cheap tires.
They are expensive, but at least they last for a very long mileage. They offer good grip in any road condition, as long as it is not snow/ice. I use them as winter tires because seeing snow where I live is rare, and they perform decent in the cold (-5ºC/-10ºC aprox). In my case I drive them up to 205km/h (autobahn) no problem, my car does not go much faster.
You can definetly push them around corners, but they wont give good feedback. Good wet handling, and very easy to recover after aquaplaning at highway speeds.
Nice confort and quiet ride, would recommend for people looking for a nice tire to do fast driving without getting in too much trouble.
Definetly changing them for some pilot sport 5 or simmilar.
I LITERALLY JUST BOUGHT THESE TIRES TODAY AS MY CURRENT WINTER TIRES WERE RUN DOWN AND LIKE 13 YEARS OLD. (MICHELIN X ICE) GREAT TIRES BUT TOO EXPENSIVE. ANYWAY WHERE I LIVE THERE IS A WINTER WARNING AS WE JUST HAD FROZEN RAIN LAST NIGHT, THE STOVE HOME WITH THESE TIRES WERE PRETTY COMFY AND STOP RATING WAS PRETTY GOOD ALSO. THE ONLY THING CURRENTLY I'M NOT TO FOND OF IS THE TIRE FEEDBACK ON THE ROAD, JUST FELT LIKE I LOSE A BIT OF PERFORMANCE (I KNOW.... THEY ARE WINTERS BUT STILL, WITH THOSE MICHELINS I HAD B4 I DIDN'T)I JUST REALLY WANT TO SEE HOW THEY DO IN 10 TO 30CM OF SNOW SO I WILL DO AN ADDITIONAL REVIEW ONCE I GET TO DRIVE IN ALL THE TYPES OF WINTER DAYS WE GET HERE IN T.O.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW I GIVE THEM A TOTAL OF 5 OUT OF 10
VW Passat 1.6 Estate '64 plate, changed front tires at 35k miles, then changed all 4 at 71k, (so the rears had done 71k, amazing), hence the '10' rating for 'tires lasting', mainly motorway (often with Daxara 198 trailer and getting 65mpg) & town commuting mileage
The grip is excellent on dry road, on wet is also good but felt a bit unstable. You can feel every dump and stone on the road, it's also noisy for me. They wear out very fast, I managed to use them 3 summers, less then 30000 km.
Overall I felt it very responsive and excellent grip but noisy and does not last long.
!!! Please consider this info as a my personal opinion based on my experience with these tires, it is not a result of a testing process.
I have 2009 2.0tdi passàt, I have done 30,000miles not kms on them, rotated at 15000, still 2000left on the front. Grip in wet good, dry good, I drive hard into bends. Used on 50% motorway and 50% irish country roads. Am buying again.
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