Best Tires for the Ford Mondeo Mk3 1.8

Extreme potent on both dry and wet braking. Not something special on handling or comfort but good enough. Very pleased from the durability they/ve shown (i had a very bad situation driving 15 km of agricultural road with a lot of gravel and big/sharp stones. I am reading scary things about wear but they seam ok (20000+ km). The price is a bargain (240 euros with installment 1.5 years ago). I had Barum Bravuris 5HM and Sport Master are better in every aspect except noise and fuel consumption (but not by much).

After 2 years and 15000km front tires at the TWI winter marker and the rear tires do not show much wear. Wet grip is terrible, it's hard pull off the lights with all this wheel spin. On the snow they are note to bad better ten in the wet. On the dry they are quite comfortable and easy to drive.

A benchmark tire for everyday drivers. Comfy, tons of grip, smooth ride.

Had it on a ford mondeo mk3 estate for 5 winter seasons. All in all I was satisfied with these set of w452. Wet and dry grip is excellent, fair handling in snow as well. Lasts long, after ~42000km the thread is still above 5mm on a mondeo tournier. The biggest drawback is the terribly firm ride and the noticeably high noise level. I picked something more comfy instead next time.

Excellent tires ! Very good in dry and wet. Still not tested in snow but I believe they will be superb as all tests state...


The only negative , they are a little bit to the noisy side but only with windows open.

best tire for the price, the grip is there dry or wet, very balanced tire , the wear is average but they are cheap, overall you get a premium tire for lesss money

I wanted to test these tires because tehy were cheap , and they are rubish... you have to warm them up to get some dry grip, i nearly crashed 2 times in rain, the feedback and comfort are ok but it doesnt grip! I have them for 4000km and ill change them i cant go with them any more...

Hi readers well I lwas returning from a december driveing tour of the SCOTTISH western isles which have good roads unlike scotland mainland and after leaveing MALLAIG for SEAHAM , DURHAM the front end started to vibrate and the speed dropped to 40 a bit like driveing through sand. I stopped at FORT WILLIAM and called my
breakdown provider who has me on a transporter in 15 mins for home!!!!. my neighbour who has 20 years garage experience advised to raise each front wheel on a support and spin it on the engine, immediately the cause was found the tire (not the wheel) was running out of true and on swopping the tire for the spare , normality was returned !!!!. I was running on goodyears efficinity grip and have immediately bought a new set of 4 , I still have faith!!! first time Ive been recovered after 46 years driveing my 2007 mondeo drives on ....... PS If you drive the HEBs there are no garage tire services on saturday sunday and bank hols I .was once stranded 4 days !!!

A really not good tire to buy. If it comes with a low budget price it will be good to fit them for emergency purpose. We fit them before 4 years in our Ford Mondeo 1.8 125hp Ghia '04. They're the worst tires we've been ever fit along with some kind of BF Goodrich we had years ago. Grip in dry tarmac was not good even when they was fresh installed. You have the feeling of planning in the road as you never felt your steering wheel and the car itself gripping nowhere. Braking in dry was not terrifying but when you hit the brakes the car stops a lot of meters away,while sliding like you have not abs. The same in wet tarmac grip and braking, not good at all,you feel safety walking away from you. Wear rate was not good,again. After 1 and a half year you clearly see rifts and small pieces of rubber were missing. They're "vanishing" extremely quick. Strangely, the rest 2 and a half years they worn out a bit slower. Road noise is average,not very noisy not quiet, as ride comfort was average too. The best tires we have ever fit was the SportContact 2. It will be "ok" if they are very low budget tires but when you give your money for Bridgestones you deserve more. Very low quality rubber. I can admit that the T001 are selling good out in the market and also that not every tire fitting well in every car BUT that not mean that these tires are very bad and of course i will not buy again any Bridgestone models because i had a very bad "reconciliation" with Adrenalines RE002 in my other car, a Fabia vrs. Again a very bad tire. Strongly not recomended.

These are my first Nexen tires. Handling with these is good on dry and wet, I had no complaints about this. Nexen N'Blue HD Plus also keeps good grip on heavy rain and pushes water out of the way. Braking feels very efficient and grippy. Comfort is okay and noise level is average. Cannot review wear rate with this little kilometers.

These may not be the best for heavy cornering, because on the 'edge' they act abit vague (Note 60% profile), so I'm not sure where the grip ends and slipping begins. Light cornering goes good, thought. Nexen price/quality -ratio goes between china-tires and premium-tires. Nexens are more than sufficient for everyday driving and a good purchase if you are looking for a basic good tire.