165/65 R15 - Best summer tyres 2025 - market overview, tests, reviews
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Best summer tyres in tests (2025)
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The Turanza T005 was introduced in 2018, but still stands as a great tyre, offered in incredible 350 different sizes. It’s universal also in it’s properties - it’s a balanced mix of wet and dry performance with above-average rolling resistance.
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Being usually one of the cheaper tyres in the test, the japanese Falken still delivers very safe characteristics for everyday driving. It suffers a bit in the efficiency department, with higher rolling resistance and limited mileage.
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Being usually one of the cheaper tyres in the test, the japanese Falken still delivers very safe characteristics for everyday driving. It suffers a bit in the efficiency department, with higher rolling resistance and limited mileage.
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The BluResponse has been with us for many years now, but it still stands as a very decent tire. The price is usually acceptable and it's only major downside when compared to newer tires is lower mileage.
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Cars with 165/65 R15 tyres
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Best tyres in your size
Dry
1.
Bridgestone Turanza T005
77%
2.
Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance
76%
3.
Firestone Roadhawk
72%
4.
Michelin e.Primacy
68%
5.
Falken e.Ziex
67%
6.
Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun
66%
7.
Dunlop Sport BluResponse
66%
8.
Semperit Speed-Life 3
41%
9.
Barum Bravuris 5 HM
30%
Wet
1.
Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance
74%
2.
Bridgestone Turanza T005
71%
3.
Semperit Speed-Life 3
68%
4.
Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun
67%
5.
Dunlop Sport BluResponse
62%
6.
Firestone Roadhawk
60%
7.
Falken e.Ziex
55%
8.
Michelin e.Primacy
39%
Comfort
1.
Michelin e.Primacy
78%
2.
Semperit Speed-Life 3
75%
3.
Falken e.Ziex
71%
4.
Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun
56%
5.
Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance
54%
6.
Dunlop Sport BluResponse
47%
7.
Bridgestone Turanza T005
33%
8.
Firestone Roadhawk
31%
9.
Barum Bravuris 5 HM
30%
Economy
1.
Bridgestone Turanza T005
94%
2.
Dunlop Sport BluResponse
87%
3.
Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance
86%
4.
Firestone Roadhawk
68%
5.
Semperit Speed-Life 3
60%
6.
Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun
33%
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165/65 R15 doesn't belong to the most popular dimensions for summer tyres - there are 26 tyre models available, which can be compared to 185/70 R14, 165/65 R14, 155/70 R13. Let's break down the sizing - 65 is height of the tyre, which is calculated as 65% of the tyre width (165mm), which means the sidewall height has 107.25 mm. The wheel diameter is R15, which means it fits to a 15 inch/381mm diameter wheel. The total circumference of the tyre is 1870.82 mm, which is very similar to 195/55 R15(1870.82 mm), 205/40 R17(1871.76 mm), 185/65 R14(1872.7 mm), 165/80 R13(1866.73 mm), 185/50 R16(1857.94 mm), 215/45 R16(1884.64 mm), 175/60 R15(1856.68 mm). There are multiple speed indexes available for summer tyres in 165/65 R15: H(210km/h), T(190km/h). The same goes for weight indexes: 81. You can find 165/65 R15 on 7 car models - mainly Renault, smart, Peugeot, Volkswagen.
