Best Tires for the Mercedes Benz CLA200

Made in Japan - need I say more… Installed on a Merc with a tricky DCT that causes the fronts to break traction as it dumps the clutch. Car came with Conti EcoContact 6 (treacherous tire), tried a pair of ContiSportContact 5, and then a pair of Michelin PS5. These Toyos are by far the best off the line, and give great road feedback and handle well for their class.

i have used them for 30.000km (22 months) as they came with the car out of factory, second half of the experience was awful.

My following comments are for the second half of my experience:
Well there is hardly any grip. lots of skidding when first move especially upslope, even in dry asphalt.

Braking in wet conditions, ABS was kicking in almost each time and awful stopping distance.

On the autobahn, once gained speed and tires are warm, handling is good but boy this must be my worst tire experience so far. (driving for 18 years)

I'm now on my second set of fronts and my first pair of rears on my 2015 CLA200 diesel. The Infinity Ecomax replaced the original continental tires that came on the car.

I do a fair bit of driving and one thing I hate is going through tires as the premium brand can be expensive. I tried these after reading reviews and all I can say is I'm glad I did.

I get these fitted, balanced and disposal of the old tires for £45.00 a corner from Asda tires. This includes a 10% discount too. They are well worth the money.

My driving style is pretty much drive it like you stole it I've been told by my passengers who clutch whatever they can for dear life. Although I can get the traction control light to come up it does take a bit of effort. If you are progressive on the throttle it shouldn't come on at all.

In the dry they are good from the get go. In the wet I find I have to warm the tire up with 1-2 miles of careful driving before being spirited.

I can complain about the wear. All my tires have worn evenly and I generally get 9000-13000 miles per front (front wheel drive) and about 20000-30000 per rear.

The noise in the cabin is quiet. Not the quietest I've had but for £180.00 for all 4 corners I don't expect it to be.

I can't comment on fuel consumption as if I'm honest I don't really care.

In short. These are great tires at £180.00 all 4 corners you can't go wrong. You will only be disappointed if you expect premium performance at budget prices. Having said this evening though they are over 50% cheaper than premiums they are by no means over 50% worse. I would say they are only marginally worse than the premium brands but still an excellent tire Vs price.

Hope this helps.

This was stock fitted into my CLA200.

I just could not believe how they have chosen this model and I notice the current CLA200 has changed to another model.

Experience: the best word to describe, really harsh drive.

Noisy feedback, very hard no matter what level of air.
Over the bump will crack your partner sometimes.
One word, just too hard.

For this price, i would try something else.