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Best Tires for the MINI Cooper SE

MINI Cooper SE drivers have left 4 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 10,500 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 MINI Cooper SE specifically. For the full picture, the MINI Cooper page combines 268 reviews from every variant. All MINI Cooper reviews →

  • 4owner reviews
  • 10,500 milescovered on them
  • 4different tires rated
  • 63%average tire score
Most fitted size - 2 reviews 225/40 R18 To scale, mm
Ø 637 225 90 18" 90 All 225/40 R18 data →

The best rated tires that fit the MINI Cooper SE

The rankings above can only speak for tires a MINI Cooper SE driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 225/40 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 MINI Cooper SE 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 MINI Cooper SE sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in MINI Cooper SE 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 MINI Cooper SE 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 MINI Cooper SE sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in MINI Cooper SE reviews
1 Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 9.6 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport 9.6 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Continental AllSeasonContact 2 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Michelin CrossClimate 3 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
5 BFGoodrich Advantage All Season 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 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 MINI Cooper SE 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 MINI Cooper SE sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in MINI Cooper SE 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 MINI Cooper SE driver has reviewed a tire in the All Weather category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Vredestein Quatrac is our highest rated, at 9.5 out of 10.

Highest rated All Weather tires made in MINI Cooper SE sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in MINI Cooper SE reviews
1 Vredestein Quatrac 9.5 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.

Tire sizes MINI Cooper SE 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 MINI Cooper SE drivers say

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

58%
Michelin e.Primacy 225-40-18 MINI Cooper SE 2,000 miles December 24, 2025
OEM for Mini Cooper SE J01. Not bad handling and Traction on dry road. So bad on Wet road like ice skates,Slipping wheel departure on the crosswalk .
56%
Maxxis Premitra HP5 225-40-18- MINI Cooper SE 5,900 miles March 20, 2025
Good confidence inspiring grip in the dry. Comfort was also good even for a performance oriented tire. Wear seemed to be on par with most other tires i've used previously. Wet grip is very poor, especially on smooth tarmac.
74%
Dunlop All Season 2 215-45-17- MINI Cooper SE 2,000 miles October 24, 2024
Great value tire, was expecting better with wet grip and aquaplaning. Good in dry but not so great in wet/damp roads, likes to understeer, Need to see what they are like in snow and ice!
65%
Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02 205-45-16- MINI Cooper SE 600 miles October 9, 2024
Bought a set of these for my EV Mini. Grip and handling are indeed excellent for tires that manage to last over 10k miles. They do ride harder than stock tires and are noisier. What upset me is that I have lost 20% of my range. They are worse than Yokohama A052s and almost as bad as Falken RT660s. Both of those being 200TW road legal track tires... Yet for some reason, Conti says that they are ideal for EVs! Conti said tough luck when I complained.

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Every rating on this page was submitted by a driver through the review form on this site, naming the car, the tire, the size and the distance covered. Reviews are checked by hand before publication, and the page rebuilds automatically as new ones arrive.

About the TR Score

The Tire Reviews Score rates each tire out of 10 using independent test results and the full body of owner reviews, so you can check a car-specific ranking against the wider evidence.

Who does the testing

Every test published as a Tire Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tires independently since 2007.

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