245/40 R19 Tires

The following tires have been reviewed in 245/40 R19.
Tire Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Kumho Majesty 9 SOLUS TA 91 (3) 90% 90% 93% 93% 0% 93%
Michelin Primacy HP Zero Pressure (8) 91% 85% 84% 88% 95% 95%
Continental WinterContact TS830 (30) 90% 95% 90% 84% 85% 91%
Chengshan Sportcat CSC 701 (3) 95% 90% 100% 50% 100% 100%
Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02 (11) 94% 96% 78% 88% 96% 85%
Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 (23) 93% 92% 90% 91% 91% 80%
Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (156) 94% 87% 88% 87% 80% 85%
Vredestein Ultrac Vorti (115) 93% 83% 89% 88% 84% 85%
Continental WinterContact TS 860 S (12) 85% 83% 87% 88% 91% 92%
Michelin Pilot Super Sport (145) 94% 84% 89% 86% 82% 81%
Triangle EffeXSport (4) 90% 85% 88% 90% 65% 85%
Nokian zLine (83) 91% 90% 89% 87% 76% 85%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 (407) 92% 89% 85% 85% 80% 87%
Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta (237) 91% 88% 87% 85% 79% 85%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5 (248) 93% 90% 86% 88% 79% 80%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S (143) 93% 87% 85% 86% 80% 85%
Michelin Pilot Sport 5 (81) 91% 92% 82% 83% 84% 85%
Nexen N Fera SU4 (78) 91% 88% 83% 79% 80% 87%
Continental MaxContact MC7 (7) 90% 87% 81% 84% 73% 87%
Kumho Ecsta KU19 (8) 85% 81% 81% 86% 79% 89%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Sport (16) 91% 86% 84% 91% 77% 79%
Blacklion Champoint BU66 (21) 88% 84% 81% 82% 81% 85%
Continental SportContact 7 (78) 96% 92% 90% 91% 67% 76%
Dunlop SP Sport FM800 (59) 88% 86% 79% 83% 84% 84%
Falken Azenis FK520 (35) 89% 87% 83% 85% 78% 83%
Pirelli P Zero Winter 2 (1) 80% 80% 80% 60% 0% 100%
Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport (58) 95% 81% 91% 92% 71% 75%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 (182) 88% 86% 81% 81% 79% 86%
Nokian Hakka Black 2 (4) 90% 93% 90% 90% 73% 67%
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 (328) 91% 87% 81% 84% 73% 78%
Avon ZZ5 (93) 90% 83% 83% 86% 70% 82%
Falken Azenis FK510 (147) 88% 88% 82% 82% 72% 77%
Michelin CrossClimate 2 (128) 87% 83% 76% 74% 82% 84%
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric (141) 90% 87% 82% 78% 70% 80%
Nokian WR A4 (23) 85% 88% 73% 78% 78% 85%
Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 (32) 86% 85% 74% 77% 85% 85%
Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS (21) 90% 93% 82% 87% 66% 85%
Bridgestone Potenza Sport (114) 92% 87% 89% 91% 61% 72%
BFGoodrich g Grip All Season 2 (7) 69% 70% 77% 74% 90% 89%
Vredestein Quatrac Pro (42) 88% 89% 85% 79% 78% 91%
Bridgestone Adrenalin RE003 (94) 90% 78% 82% 86% 70% 73%
Hankook Winter I cept RS3 (17) 87% 87% 76% 81% 81% 66%
Altenzo Sports Comforter (25) 86% 76% 75% 78% 83% 85%
Uniroyal RainSport 3 (287) 84% 92% 79% 78% 65% 83%
Yokohama ADVAN APEX V601 (18) 92% 81% 83% 82% 65% 75%
Kumho Ecsta KU39 (124) 86% 78% 80% 76% 73% 81%
Lassa DriveWays Sport (11) 88% 85% 84% 77% 86% 62%
Giti GitiSportS2 (17) 82% 75% 74% 76% 84% 78%
Hankook Ventus V12 evo k110 (114) 84% 75% 76% 78% 74% 79%
Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 (58) 86% 84% 73% 74% 71% 77%
Continental Sport Contact 6 (92) 90% 86% 82% 82% 54% 77%
Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 (15) 84% 69% 81% 83% 63% 76%
Nexen N Fera SU1 (141) 82% 76% 75% 76% 72% 80%
Nokian One (17) 89% 78% 77% 69% 78% 77%
Doublestar DSU02 (1) 100% 70% 70% 80% 60% 50%
Kumho Ecsta PA51 (3) 83% 67% 83% 77% 90% 73%
Maxxis MA Z1 Victra (64) 88% 77% 73% 77% 71% 66%
Kormoran Kormoran UHP (37) 82% 69% 75% 72% 78% 79%
Leao Nova Force (7) 86% 71% 74% 79% 58% 81%
Firestone Firehawk Sport (5) 88% 86% 78% 83% 40% 83%
Falken FK452 (211) 82% 72% 75% 73% 69% 73%
Pirelli Dragon Sport (16) 79% 78% 78% 75% 68% 69%
Federal 595RSR (51) 86% 66% 76% 80% 72% 57%
Landsail LS588 UHP (97) 80% 73% 69% 67% 76% 79%
Rovelo Sport A1 (26) 78% 68% 71% 72% 72% 71%
Pirelli CINTURATO P7 (184) 83% 73% 73% 75% 69% 74%
Sailun Atrezzo ZSR (46) 80% 68% 71% 75% 67% 72%
Davanti DX640 (99) 79% 71% 74% 73% 65% 78%
Bridgestone Turanza T005 (157) 82% 78% 73% 73% 65% 72%
Bridgestone Turanza T005 RFT (9) 86% 78% 81% 79% 56% 69%
Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport (1) 70% 60% 80% 90% 0% 80%
Avon ZX7 (44) 83% 81% 75% 74% 56% 77%
Continental Sport Contact 5 (217) 86% 82% 79% 76% 50% 73%
General G Max AS 05 (6) 77% 68% 82% 78% 83% 77%
Goodyear Excellence (127) 79% 70% 72% 71% 72% 73%
Rotalla RU01 S Pace (26) 82% 71% 69% 69% 69% 76%
Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT (71) 86% 67% 76% 72% 66% 68%
Kinforest KF550 UHP (21) 74% 65% 70% 69% 67% 70%
Pirelli P Zero Runflat (41) 83% 69% 76% 74% 58% 66%
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A (213) 83% 69% 74% 72% 66% 59%
Dunlop SP Sport 01 (124) 78% 67% 71% 69% 69% 65%
Nankang AS1 (18) 78% 60% 68% 62% 71% 71%
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 (79) 81% 84% 76% 72% 54% 71%
Pirelli P Zero (168) 84% 68% 74% 71% 57% 63%
Radar Dimax R8 plus (18) 76% 72% 63% 62% 70% 66%
Nankang Noble Sport NS20 (37) 73% 58% 67% 61% 75% 72%
Nexen N1000 (19) 78% 66% 66% 66% 67% 63%
Nankang NS2 (211) 76% 58% 65% 62% 73% 62%
Dunlop SP StreetResponse (7) 81% 84% 79% 77% 78% 69%
Davanti Protoura Sport (29) 73% 52% 66% 60% 70% 68%
Goodride SA37 (25) 73% 66% 63% 63% 57% 62%
Achilles ATR Sport 2 (43) 72% 45% 61% 63% 73% 66%
BFGoodrich Advantage 2 (2) 80% 75% 35% 60% 50% 100%
Hifly HF805 (64) 74% 60% 64% 63% 53% 63%
Bridgestone Turanza QUIETTRACK (7) 79% 73% 64% 74% 32% 76%
Joyroad Sport RX6 (10) 63% 41% 61% 54% 74% 67%
Radar Dimax R8 (38) 66% 49% 53% 53% 66% 59%
Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL (136) 70% 47% 57% 55% 69% 48%
Accelera PHI (161) 68% 44% 53% 51% 66% 58%
Maxtrek MAXIMUS M1 (77) 69% 39% 56% 51% 67% 61%
Federal 595RPM (2) 70% 40% 50% 50% 70% 70%
Federal Formoza FD1 (15) 71% 56% 49% 51% 57% 58%
Achilles ATR Sport (58) 61% 40% 53% 47% 60% 55%
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Run Flat (145) 71% 54% 55% 48% 55% 32%
RoadX RXMOTION U11 (35) 62% 37% 45% 42% 75% 53%
Kumho Solus TA71 (2) 65% 35% 55% 35% 0% 40%
Autogrip F106 (9) 40% 24% 33% 29% 60% 49%

245/40 19 Tire Review Highlights

Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport rated 88% while driving a Audi A5
Driving on mostly town for 750 average miles
Been a user for all cross climate series, except plus, I can say this one tops them all, I could not use it for snowy or heavy wet conditions yet but for dry and wet roads performance its very near to UHP tires. Steering response is good and during hard cornering you can feel sidewalls are not giving way, stable and not losing traction. A very little rubbery feeling when moving over small bumps as if car is floating but actually feels extremely better considering previous potenza s001 stone wheels, also I choose bigger tires 255 35 r19 to 245 40 r19 another reason maybe.
Comfort is also very good especially in urban areas they are virtually silent, medium to high speed there is standart cc noise which is acceptable.
I can say very good ride quality, good dry performance "breaking and traction", not a track tire of course but again if you like switching sport, summer, winter tires, this might not tickle your fancy.
I can say good summer performance
tire reviewed on 2025-08-17 10:54:14
Kumho Ecsta PA51 rated 43% while driving a Hyundai Sonata N Line
Driving on a combination of roads for 15000 spirited miles
I have used this tire for a brief time. It came with the car I have purchased. The car with a bit of hard acceleration easily lose traction and the power get cut off as Traction Control interferes. Also, these tires were noisy. The ride was not at all comfortable. At first I was thinking it was the car. The tires still had good amount of tread, but I changed them to Continental SC7. Now it feels like a complete different car. So, I wouldn’t recommend this Kumho Ecsta PA51. This was a let down of the car.
tire reviewed on 2025-08-09 01:40:25
BFGoodrich Advantage 2 rated 56% while driving a BMW 530i
Driving on a combination of roads for 6300 spirited miles
This is a follow up review to the other one I posted. I have now covered about 10000km with those tires over the span of 4 months.
My initial comments regarding comfort still stand. Its a super quiet tire and its qualities are fully oriented towards comfort.

However at least for my car they are a very (very) poor fit. I mentioned before that the sidewalls are too soft and this now also shows in the wear pattern.
My rear tires are like brand new. But my fronts have now rendered the on-center feel of the car very vague to the point where driving at regular highway speeds felt uncomfortable. I can clearly see how on the exterior side of the channel walls (for lack of better wording) I have squished the tires and started to eat at it. In practical terms this means that now if I need to do a quite direction change the front is not only slow to respond but starts to lose grip quite quickly and I can feel in the my steering wheel that I am just squishing the tire and asking it to do something it does not want to.

At this point I'm thinking that these are probably not well suited to bigger heavier cars despite their XL rating. I have only pushed them hard on mountain passes 3-4 times and that loss of performance is worrying. Especially considering the BMW G30 I drive only has a 2L petrol so is neither very powerful, not particularly nose heavy.

After my last highway drive I decided to give up on them and bought a set of crossclimate 3 sport which so far have made my car feel like a bmw once again. Once I do some more miles I will share a review on the Michelins as well.

TL;DR
For comfort on smaller passenger cars, probably fine. For anything else? Way too soft and likely to wear fast and perform poorly.
tire reviewed on 2025-08-04 15:02:22
Rovelo Sport A1 rated 77% while driving a BMW 520d
Driving on a combination of roads for 0 average miles
BEST BUDGET TYRE..PERFORM WELL
tire reviewed on 2025-07-27 03:25:48
Goodyear Excellence rated 49% while driving a BMW 530d F11
Driving on mostly country roads for 5 average miles
BMW 530 Touring (F11) - I have had to change 6 tires due to bulging of the sidewall during the past 20,000 miles. I can't comment on wear because they don't last long enough! The garage tells me it is because of run flats and pot holes ... perhaps he is correct, but I am suspicious because my previous 530 Touring (E61) had the same spec tire, different brand, and I never experienced any tire bulging. Just good old wear. Problem is, I can't recall the tire brand of my E61? Dunlop I think? I will ask advice and change the brand because, guess what ... I've just noticed a tire with bulges.
tire reviewed on 2025-07-15 04:46:09
Bridgestone Turanza T005 rated 64% while driving a Cupra Ateca
Driving on a combination of roads for 15000 spirited miles
OE tire on my Cupra, a very quiet one, almost no road noise at motorway speed, not the best grip in the dry, good breaking in the wet, next one will be a performance, not a touring tire
tire reviewed on 2025-07-14 18:42:02
Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 rated 88% while driving a Infiniti M35
Driving on a combination of roads for 37000 average miles
I bought these tires to be driven in all seasons, and expected them to wear off quite quickly due to quite hot summers lately (up to 38 C). But to my surprise I put already 37000 miles and they are still having 5 mm of profile. Comfortable, silent, good grip in all conditions, great value for money.
tire reviewed on 2025-07-14 05:49:07
Continental MaxContact MC7 rated 89% while driving a Saab Automobile Lynk&Co 07 EM P
Driving on a combination of roads for 1000 spirited miles
I drive a Lynk&Co 07 EM-P plug-in hybrid in China. Replaced the OEM set of Goodyear ElectricDrive Asymmetric5s to these after 16000km, noticed significant improvement in dry/wet grip as well as comfort. Compared to the OE Goodyears, they offer a much more compliant ride, as well as much improved/less harsh road noise. Steering feels more connected, especially when accelerating out of a corner. Feels progressive on/over the limit. It is definitely worse for wear compared with the Goodyears, energy consumption also increased by 5-10%, but I feel like it is a worthwhile tradeoff. As the purchase price is 15% less than the same size PS5, it is of great value. Would strongly recommend.
tire reviewed on 2025-07-03 09:16:23
Continental SportContact 7 rated 0% while driving a BMW 430d
Driving on for 0 miles
I bought these tires and immediately gave me traction control issues
I tried to contact continental they told me is not their problem if I didn't bought tires without the bmw/star logo
So for them anyone who have bmw cannot use these tires and if you have issues is just my fault
Never continental again in my life
tire reviewed on 2025-06-16 14:47:09
Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 PLUS rated 90% while driving a Hyundai Genesis Coupe V6
Driving on mostly country roads for 100 spirited miles
Fronts are 225 tread, rears are 245 on my rwd v6 coupe. am basing the scores off my initial impressions compared to the cheap tires that came with the car.

The Contis are significantly more responsive to steering input compared to the cheapos I were using before (habilead headking s2000 front, joyroad rx6 rear). way more comfortable. acceleration noticeably better at all speeds. i'm almost certain it will be much better in the wet, which i haven't tried yet. brakes work much better with the contis.

they were quite expensive but even after driving for only an hour, i can already tell these are genuinely good tires. im not that interested in the final few percentages in comparing with the pilot as4 or pzero as3. All i care about is that these tires work very well. Sidewalls seem a tad soft for my liking, but the initial turn in is so much better than my cheapos, that you can carry more speed into corner entry despite the tendency to feel the weight shift towards the outside of the outer tire.
tire reviewed on 2025-06-09 13:20:07
BFGoodrich Advantage 2 rated 72% while driving a BMW 530i
Driving on a combination of roads for 2000 spirited miles
I bought a set to replace my previous Firestone Roadhawk's that came with my car when I bought it. I can't draw much of a comparison as the Firestone's were at the very end of their life when I got the car. (2022DOT with about 3mm of tread left)

I do a lot of driving in the summer and a large amount of it is on the highway or b roads and I wanted a comfort oriented tire since my car does not have any M Sport suspension bits and is quite comfort oriented already. For that purpose they are a great tire and I'm quit happy with my choice. Road noise is extremely low even on bad tarmac.
One downside of the comfort levels is that the sidewalls are extremely soft to the point where the car's 'on center' feel above 130 kph at the OE recommended pressures of 2.4 bar front and 2.8 bar rear is really bad. I bumped them up to 2.6 front and 3.0 rear and that made a huge difference and the car now also handles well at high speeds.

Interesting fact is that out of all the tires options from budget to premium in my size all tires were rated to 300kph, these were the only ones with an H speed rating. And whilst they hold the road well they don't give me enough confidence even with my bumped up pressures to drive above 180 kph for an extended period of time. But I also don't live in Germany so that's not a big deal.

I got to push them quite hard on some mountain roads and grip was surprisingly good. My trip took me trough the same mountain pass in both wet and dry conditions so I got a pretty good comparison and grip was really good in both. I've had Michelin PS4's and Goodyear Asymmetric 6's and I'd say these offer maybe 80-85% of the raw grip. But subjectively they are nowhere near as confidence inspiring and feedback is almost non existent. The front end feels mushy even with the higher pressures but loss of grip near the limit is quite progressive and the car wants to understeer first (maybe inherited from Michelin being their midrange brand?).

I've done about 3500km with them in the 2 months I've had them and they don't show any abnormal signs of wear in fact they look pretty much brand new. So I'd presume wear will be fine but time will tell.

In conclusion:

As a touring tire I definitely recommend them with the caveat that you must really care only about comfort.
Would I buy them again? On this car probably not. Even if my car is not at all sport oriented I still like the occasional spirited push on an empty road and it feels like these tires want to punish me for doing that. But as the touring comfort tire they are marketed as, they do a great job at that. But only that.

ps: tread when new before fitting in my 245/40/19 size was 7.2mm
tire reviewed on 2025-06-05 15:01:47
Davanti Protoura Sport rated 92% while driving a BMW 530i M Sport Touring
Driving on mostly town for 12000 average miles
Saw some negative reviews after buying these so wanted to give my view. They’re better than I expected and seem a lot better than some older reviews, not sure what some people expect for a mid priced tire. They grip really well and the handling on the car is very good. They look like a good tire, don’t look cheap. Not sure what road feedback means so haven’t scored that, likewise ‘how progressive they are at the limit’- I’m no pro driver but to me these seems like good option away from the big brands.
tire reviewed on 2025-05-01 07:22:28
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