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Best Tires for the MG ZT T

MG ZT T drivers have left 11 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 117,500 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 1 ZT T variants, listed further down.

  • 11owner reviews
  • 117,500 milescovered on them
  • 10different tires rated
  • 69%average tire score
Most fitted size - 8 reviews 225/45 R18 To scale, mm
Ø 660 225 101 18" 101 All 225/45 R18 data →

The best rated tires that fit the MG ZT T

The rankings above can only speak for tires a MG ZT T driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 225/45 R18 - 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 MG ZT T 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.

Highest rated Summer tires made in MG ZT T sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in MG ZT T reviews
1 Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 9.7 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Continental SportContact 7 9.7 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Continental PremiumContact 7 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Michelin Pilot Sport 5 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tires →

All Season tires

No MG ZT T 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.

Highest rated All Season tires made in MG ZT T sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in MG ZT T reviews
1 Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 9.6 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Continental AllSeasonContact 2 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Michelin CrossClimate 3 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 BFGoodrich Advantage All Season 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6 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 MG ZT T 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.

Highest rated Winter tires made in MG ZT T sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in MG ZT T reviews
1 Hankook Winter I*cept Evo 4 9.6 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Bridgestone Blizzak 6 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Nokian Snowproof 3P 9.4 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 MG ZT T 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.

Highest rated All Weather tires made in MG ZT T sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in MG ZT T reviews
1 Vredestein Quatrac 5 8.4 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Vredestein Quatrac Pro+ 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.

Every tire reviewed on the MG ZT T

The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 9 tires have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tires reviewed by MG ZT T drivers
Tire Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
Continental Sport Contact Replaced by Continental SportContact 7 Summer 63% 2 21,500 miles

Tire sizes MG ZT T 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.

MG ZT T variants, reviewed separately

These trims and body styles have pages of their own. Their reviews are already counted in the rankings above.

What MG ZT T drivers say

The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.

80%
Infinity Ecomax 235-45-18- MG ZT T (190) June 28, 2016
I´ve got 4 of these on my MG ZTT 190 and they are great. Silent and grippy... I´ve had to do a full emergency break at one time from 90km/h and they sure did handle the awesome breaking power of the MG ZTT.

20%
Sunew YS618 225-45-18- MG ZT T (190) 7,000 miles May 11, 2013
The worst tire i have ever used. in the dry it's OK. In the wet....it's as skippy and jumpy as a kangaroo on steroids !!

Mine were on the car 2.5 years , loads of tread left, but then it just exploded when i hit a small pothole.
The inner wall split the entire way round !!! when i changed ALL the tires...the other three had cracked all the way round too !!!!!
I will NEVER NEVER buy these. If I had been going at speed.....i would be dead, as would my children !!!
46%
Rotalla F105 225-45-18- MG ZT T (190) 9,000 miles August 31, 2012
These tires are acceptable in the dry. In the wet? Forget it. I've managed to spin these things in 3rd gear on a wet road!

They are wearing quite well, but thats because I'm wary about pushing them on wet roads.

Noise isn't too bad, especially on wet roads; but you know whats coming next? It's because I'm wary of pushing them!

There's budget tires, then there's these things.

Avoid.
66%
Cooper Zeon CS6 225-45-17-W MG ZT T 6,000 miles May 15, 2012
I may have just been unlucky but after fitting 4 new Zeon CS6 within 5k miles I had to replace 3 due to bulges in the side wall and I am very careful to avoid pot holes. Have not experienced bulges in a side wall for decades so I'm suspicious that these tires are not up to handling UK roads. Now fitted Khumo instead.
83%
Nexen N6000 225-45-18-W MG ZT T (190) 13,000 miles April 8, 2011
I was initially really dubious having always used Bridgestones but I am pleased to say it is a very good tire for what it is. A quality value tire that is not designed for hang it out performance driving. For every day driving, moving the family around at the legal limit it is absolutely fine.
On a hooligan note, I drove them at an average 90 mph for 6 hours in France last year and they were fine.
As they wear the wet grip diminishes a bit, pulling away quickly from junctions with FWD will spin them up (maybe the big grooves in the middle lessen the amount of rubber on the road?. )
After 12k miles I swopped the fronts and backs and am now about to buy two more as one of the family drivers has kerbed and split a rear!! Joy!!
99%
Kumho Ecsta KU31 225-45-18-W MG ZT T (190) 10,000 miles January 26, 2011
Amazing tires. They replaced Bridgestone RE040s on the front and it has transformed the handling of the car. The Bridgestones had a number of nasty habits including being noisy, tramlining and having terrible grip until they warmed up (which took a while).

The Kuhmos by comparison have shown just how bad the Bridgestone tires were. Tire noise is considerably better, no tramlining and cold grip is now much improved.

It would be unfair to say they are good for the price....these are good tires for any price! Highly recommended.
71%
Federal SS595 SUPER STEEL 225-45-18-W MG ZT T (190) 30,000 miles March 20, 2009
These federal tires had just been fitted to my MG ZT when I purchased it. They lasted 29,000 miles which I was amazed at. A bit noisy at slow speeds but for the money 10/10.
I have replaced them with Vredestein Ultrac's which are quieter, and turn in stronger but they were twice the price. I just hope they last as long.
51%
Continental Sport Contact 225-45-18-W MG ZT T (190) 10,500 miles November 9, 2008
Nice when new and middle aged. Good feel but quite noise-affected by road surface - but that applies to many makes.
As they got older (but not worn out) they lost their feel.
I just have 2 little moans; 1. Worn out after 10K of easy/mixed driving. 2. Rubber perishing/cracking in tread, I've never seen that before.
On the whole pretty good until they got old.
77%
Vredestein Ultrac 225-45-18-W MG ZT T (190) 20,000 miles October 22, 2008
Excellent dry grip and pretty good wet grip considering it is a summer tire. Handling in the wet and dry is very consistent with lots of feedback through the steering.

I was expecting poor wear from these but they were excellent- far better than the michelin and toyo tires previously fitted. I would definitely buy these again.
74%
Continental Sport Contact 225-45-18-W MG ZT T (190) 11,000 miles July 8, 2008
Reviewing has got to be subjective - particularly wet conditions surely the driver is a much bigger factor than tire (see British GP 2008!) and unless we compare the same vehicle, judgement must be limited. That said, I have had this car for about 22,000 miles on same tire with front tires lasting about 11,000 (fwd 2.5 V6). The wet performance is very good (I don't remember a single scary moment, very aquaplane resistant on motorway and A road). Excellent grip and feel in the dry, but then for an estate, it really handles (car bigger factor than tire?). Reviews so far are not convincing me to bite the bullet and try another brand for ?150 a corner, although I know this would make my review more useful!

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