Best Tires for the SEAT Arona

If you say that it is sufficient for average use, I am neither calm nor aggressive, I have a use that is exactly in the middle, this tire will impress you. I have used it for 2 years and 8 months and 33,000 km and the cracks on the sidewalls have occurred excessively. The service life is short. The excellent dry ground braking performance that was in the beginning drops to average. After the tire wears a little, the road holding is ideal and there is no visible loss of grip after wear. Would I recommend it? Yes, I actually do. But for those who do not care about the life of the tire and say that quick wear and cracking on the sidewalls is not a problem and I constantly buy new tires, I recommend it. However, it is not suitable for those who want the tire to provide full performance and durability for a long time, because the performance and service life of the tire wears out quickly in a short time.

Car is new to me.. So I replaced some GY Efficient Grip 2's half worn with these.
I have no other references on this Arona FR (My previous car an Ibiza TSi 95 was used with an array of different tires which I liked the Hankook VP4's best on)
Basically its somewhat similar to my Ibiza despite the higher position and heavier body. I have no complaints with the Turanza 6 (Enliten) I don't know how the wear will pan out but I don't do big mileages so thats fine. So - specific test roundabouts and corners prove it to be a decent tire and I feel safe with them - similarly cornering and braking in the wet feels planted and safe. In fact the whole handling is comparable with my more standard Ibiza with 195/55/16's...So the Turanza 6 is no slouch - but I am sure some other makes may be slightly better in some ways...I will therfor probably experiment on my next change and possibly try the VP4's on it..But will check here to see what looks good first

Bought fronts 2 months ago and performing really well. Feel very confident with them as they have good grip and positive road handling.
Not had them long enough to judge wear, but no noticeable wear so far. Only drawback seems to be they are quite noisy offering a noticeable whining/purr running at 40 + mph. Still, good for the price £80 each.

I bought these to go on a new (to me) car so cannot directly compare. However I get the overwhelming impression these are at least as good (all round) as the Hankook VP4 I had on my previous Seat Ibiza (These on a Seat Arona). I have been around long enough to be able to extrapolate to a degree and realise these seem every bit as good - the Hankooks were pretty much the best I had tried on the Ibiza but was unable to get them for the Arona - however I do have a few locations where its safe to push a bit round corners (within speed limits of course ;) ) Not slowing for a tight turn on a double roundabout/one way zone the car went round on rails with no suggestion of struggle - exactly like the Ibiza/Hankooks despite being up higher. the only difference was the Arona rides a whisker softer and leans a fraction more. Comfort is great - straight line is solid and there is good feedback... Early days still so time will tell on things like wear.
The Ibiza was a Normal TSi with 16 inch alloys, The Arona is an FR with 17 inch alloys so the handling is different but closer than I expected

Bought a set of these and 16 inch wheels for my Seat Arona, very comfortable and amazing grip, especially in muddy field run off, cold rain, sleet, snow, and frosty roads. Only had 2 days of snow and I could happily drive up and down hills past many cars which were stranded (including 4x4 on summer tires). Could drive along winding snow covered B roads at 40-50mph which shows how well they grip. The wet grip when temperatures 0-10c is amazing, feels as sure footed as driving in the dry. So even living in south of England, I am converted to seasonal swapping to winter tires having discovered you just feel safe.

These tires were factory fitted on my Seat Arona 1.0 DSG. Biggest issue was the wear rate - had to replace front tires at 12,000 miles which was very disappointing. The car wasn’t driven particularly hard. Handling and grip were fine. I won’t buy again because of the poor wear rate. Have replaced with Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance, so hoping for better wear out of these.

Pirelli Cinturato P7 came as standard fit on my new Seat Arona in UK

Intially I thought the tires were good, good grip, performed well. Seemed to be a good premium tire. This was during the warm summer months.

However as the temperatures started to fall I discovered they are not happy when cold, On a few occasions I was pulling out of a side turning in rain with tires scrabbling for grip, spinning the wheels in a 1 liter auto car was not what I expected. On one occasion a car came around a corner towards me, while I was struggling to grip the wet tarmac (which was quite dangerous, and has put me off the P7). However once the tires had done a mile and warmed a bit they were ok.

In the UK they are sold as all year tires, even if you pick up your new car in January in a blizzard, this is what is fitted, Seat UK (and other Volkswagen brands in UK) do not offer an all-season or winter tire, on new cars, even as an option. However these are summer tires, and quite poor in the rain when temperatures are lower.
When temperatures are close to freezing 0c they are hard and don't grip.

If you live in a hot country, or one where tires are changed by season then these are great tires. However performance in the rain is poor at temperatures below about +10c The UK can get cold rain (even in the summer) so these tires are unsuitable for countries like UK with maritime climates.

I have since discovered that Pirelli sell an all-season (but not available in the 215 / 45 R18 size that is standard wheel fitted to some Seat Arona models in UK). I simply can't recommend the P7 for use in UK as it gets hard and non-grippy unless it is a warm / hot day. Even though they are wearing well I want to get rid of them this autumn because wheelspin is too easy with them.