Volkswagen Beetle 1200 Tires

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Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Vredestein Sprint Classic (8) 84% 70% 77% 68% 73% 87%
Continental Eco Contact 3 (54) 80% 78% 73% 68% 74% 78%
Westlake Radial RP18 (25) 80% 70% 72% 73% 75% 67%
Pirelli P6000 (175) 66% 46% 55% 48% 67% 60%

Volkswagen Beetle 1200 Tire Review Highlights

Writing about the Vredestein Sprint Classic given 81% (155-80-15)
Driving on a combination of roads for 7000 average miles
Fitted to an original 1956 beetle that is lightly used and garaged. After 12 years the inside of the sidewall is cracking on all tires yet the outside and tread blocks are still like new. Vredestein were contacted. They asked for photos then said that due to age blah blah blah couldn't do anything. For low speed tires looked after it is very odd that the protected inside sidewall is cracking, as reported by other drivers. This suggests a material/manufacturing fault. Old tires crack on the outside and around the tread blocks. In use these tires were very good all round, though not as good as a set of Michelin XZX I bought in 1981 that lasted 23 years without cracking.
tire reviewed on 2025-06-28 02:10:29
Writing about the Westlake Radial RP18 given 84% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly town for 4000 spirited miles
As good as the factory continual I had on in tearms of grip but find them loud 50 km, s up , great price great grip but loud , cannot fault grip in wet and dry.
tire reviewed on 2014-10-12 00:04:28
Writing about the Pirelli P6000 given 100% (255-55-16-W)
Driving on mostly town for 0 spirited miles
I got 2 front Pirelli P6000 on Thursday, I feel already it has made a big difference when driving, I had Continental Conti-sport ones before but I prefer these, better to steer, really comfortable and looking forward to test them out on a long distance journey.
tire reviewed on 2010-08-22 16:46:23
Writing about the Continental Eco Contact 3 given 80% (185-65-15-T)
Driving on mostly town for 5000 average miles
OK this might not be the ideal car to test such tires on but bare with me on this one. Because the Beetle is an old and - by today's standards - quite unusual vehicle, small changes like a tire change make a huge difference on the car.

I have to say, I'm very impressed with these Contis. I had them for almost 3 years and their wear is slow and even.
In terms of comfort and refinement they are well above average, on par with the Brdigestone Turanzas I had before.
Handling-wise they are very progressive and offer decent responsiveness and grip for a tire of this type.
More importantly though their Bionic design (which increases the tire's contact with the road by ~10% under hard braking/acceleration) was very much appreciated on a couple of emergency brakings, something best avoided with an old Beetle! But nevertheless they performed impeccably in these conditions as well as in a couple of high speed manoeuvres on wet roads.
I was also happy to notice a considerable decrease in fuel consumption especially during motorway cruising.

I would definitely recommend them and I'm more than likely to replace them with the same ones.
tire reviewed on 2010-03-18 20:36:15
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