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Best Tires for the Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate

Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate drivers have left 4 tire reviews on Tire Reviews, covering 101,000 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 Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate specifically. For the full picture, the Volkswagen Passat page combines 456 reviews from every variant. All Volkswagen Passat reviews →

  • 4owner reviews
  • 101,000 milescovered on them
  • 4different tires rated
  • 77%average tire score
Most fitted size - 1 reviews 235/45 R17 To scale, mm
Ø 643 235 106 17" 106 All 235/45 R17 data →

The best rated tires that fit the Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate

The rankings above can only speak for tires a Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tires we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 235/45 R17 - 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 Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate 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 Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate reviews
1 Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 9.7 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Continental PremiumContact 7 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
4 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
5 Michelin Pilot Sport 5 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Falken ZIEX ZE320 9.4 All your sizes Be the first →

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All Season tires

No Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate 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 Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate reviews
1 Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 9.6 All your sizes Be the first →
2 Michelin CrossClimate 2 9.5 All your sizes Be the first →
3 Continental AllSeasonContact 2 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 Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate 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 Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate 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 Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 9.3 All your sizes Be the first →
6 Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 9.3 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 Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate 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 Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate sizes
# Tire TR Score Made in Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate 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 →
3 Vredestein Quatrac Pro 8 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 Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate 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 Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate drivers say

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

73%
Toyo TEO plus 235-45-17-W Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate 68,000 miles July 26, 2016
I have had two sets of Toyo TEO plus 235/45R17 97W on my 2006 VW Passat Wagon. The first travelled 105,000km the second 109,000km. I always set tire pressures to suit load which has included towing a trailer. I drive distance in Australia, on course chip seal, typically covering 40,000km per year mainly on curse control. Teo Plus are not so good in the wet and suffer noticeable understeer when pushed. Provided you allow for this they are always predictable. OEM tires were Bridgestone Potenza RE 050A which were fabulous but became very noisy when half warn. RE050A's managed 75,000km and I would have bought again but were ridiculously expensive at the time A$385 each so purchased Teo Plus at A$190 each. In the market again and now can't get Teo Plus in my size. RE050A's still available and dropped to A$190 but not really suited my touring tire needs
69%
Event WL905 235-45-17- Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate 2,000 miles April 2, 2014
Bought these tires because I'm suffering the excessive rear tire inner edge 'sawtooth' wear which haunts Passat estate owners.
Was fed up of ditching expensive tires well in advance of the expected time so thought I might as well try a cheap and cheerful option.
Before I start I'll give an indication of what 'qualifies' me to give my opinion.
I've competed in Motorsport for over 40 years, rallying through the 80's, one make saloons series through the 90's and noughties, design engineer who has developed and tested competition cars, specifically suspension, for the last 30 years.
Appreciate the Passat is no competition car, it's my workhorse, although it is the sport version and is chipped, so it's not quite 'driving Miss Daisy'.
Also, the Event tires are only on the rear. Not a fan of a mixed fleet of tires but this was a test, I'm happy with the Dunlop's on the front and if anything they would probably exaggerate any failings of the rear Events.
Fist point is that these tires are graded as G (the lowest/worst) for fuel economy and C for wet grip, which isn't bad. Problem is the companies self certify, so not centrally tested, although the test parameters are allegedly strict, I suspect strict isn't the same in all parts of the world.
Anyway, my testing has involved all driving conditions with a specific aim of making the tires lose grip. Inducing oversteer on a front wheel drive car isn't as natural as on a rear wheel drive such as a BMW but I managed to get the back end to break away, in the wet. It wasn't too dramatic and it required a driving behavior I'd only expect to be replicated in an emergency situation.
Road noise is absolutely fine, don't be put off by any negative comments regarding noise, they are no different from tires 3 times the price.
Driving in the dry is without drama, including heavy braking action. This even included some ABS activated braking on a high speed bend. A little a bit of 'tail out' reaction but as in the wet, nothing to over concern.
I don't want to be critical of other reviewers, but expecting a tire to offer grip on a wet man hole cover?? On leaves??
Find a tire that'll deliver that, and you'll make a lot of motorcyclists very happy.
I think some of the expectations are a little high, and minds already made up, so why did you bother buying them?
If you have a high performance car, drive your car like you stole it or worse of all, think you are on the Top Gear track every time you're out, buy a different tire, if only so you can't use the tires as an excuse for your lack of ability.
If your on a budget, drive within the limits of yourself, your vehicle and the road conditions, they are a perfectly acceptable budget option.
All this with the caveat that they were only on the rear of a front wheel drive vehicle and I can't comment on wear yet.
If it all goes horribly wrong at some point I'll update. But these things are cheap as chips and could certainly be a tire twice the price.
So if you're going to spend 3 times the price you'll notice a difference, if you're only going to spend double, I'd say just buy these.

96%
Primewell PZ900 225-45-17- Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate 24,000 miles February 16, 2014
Primewell PZ900 is a Ultra High Performance Summer

People NEVER read the fine print. I see reviews complaining about lousy snow and winter tire.. umm ok. Their purpose is Ultra High Performance Summer.

People don't seem to understand how tires work. Reading reviews is as much attention to detail as what they write! These tires are great, don't read into reviews that critize SNOW for a SUMMER tire, you want SNOW you need ALL SEASON, I guess people have ZERO clue.
70%
Michelin Primacy 3 235-45-17-W Volkswagen Passat 2.0 140 Sport Estate 7,000 miles August 31, 2013
tires that only last 7000 miles on the front with my wife driving carefully cannot be good value

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