One year and approx. 10.000 miles later, the Hankooks are still unbeleivable. Mega grip in wet and dry conditions still much better then the Michelin's, in the winter I have use other tires. Comfort wise, noise is still lesser then the OEM Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tires, the ride is not as good as the Michelin's but still very good, as far a 18" 40 series tyr can be comfortable.
The wear is as far as it looks until now better then the Michelin's too.
Best Tires for the Ford Fiesta ST MK8
Ford Fiesta ST MK8 drivers have left 2 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 13,000 miles of real world driving. Every tire they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car.
This page covers the Ford Fiesta ST MK8 specifically. For the full picture, the Ford Fiesta st page combines 76 reviews from every variant. All Ford Fiesta st reviews →
- 2owner reviews
- 13,000 milescovered on them
- 2different tires rated
- 88%average tire score
The best rated tires that fit the Ford Fiesta ST MK8
The rankings above can only speak for tires a Ford Fiesta ST MK8 driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 205/45 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 Ford Fiesta ST MK8 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.
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.4 | All your sizes | 1 |
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tires →
All Season tires
No Ford Fiesta ST MK8 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.
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9.6 | All your sizes | 1 |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.5 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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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 Ford Fiesta ST MK8 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.
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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9.4 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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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
All Weather tires
No Ford Fiesta ST MK8 driver has reviewed a tire in the All Weather category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Vredestein Quatrac 5 is our highest rated, at 8.4 out of 10.
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8.3 | All your sizes | Be the first → |
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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.
Tire sizes Ford Fiesta ST MK8 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 Ford Fiesta ST MK8 drivers say
The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
I am pretty impressed with these Pirellis so far. Dry grip betwenn 10 and -5 °C feels excellent and you can really push them on some twisty roads. Also wet handling in cold wather feels relly good and allways safe. They sure feel a bit softer on turn in then my summers (GY AS6) but not too bad and that's to be expected compared to an UHP summer tire. I also did some highway driving on German Autobahn and pushed them to 220 Km/h+ and they were also perfectly stable at that speed.
Today I also had the rare occasion to test them in snow condition. And I have to say I am really impressed what a modern all saison can do. Felt perfectly safe and also predictable. I have driven many winter tires in the past that felt worse in snow than these. Espacially the snow braking felt really good and stable, you had to push the brake pedal quite a bit to trigger the ABS. When you go over the limit my car responds with a slight progressive understeer and remains controllable, no sudden snaps or sometthing.
Comfort and Noise levels are good but nothing special. Noise about the same than my AS6 summers, comfort a bit better. Fuel economy is also about the same than my summers can't tell a differnce so far.
The rim protection could be a bit thicker in my opinion.
So all in all I am satisfied with my decision to go for the Pirelli all saisons instead of dedicated winters. They suit my pocket rocket really well in the winter saison and let me have some fun in the cold saison when it is dry.
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