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195/50 R16 - Best summer tyres 2024 - market overview, tests, reviews

Recommended: Premium

Bridgestone Turanza T005

/89%

£175

Buy

Recommended: Price/value

Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN

/81%

£96

Buy

Recommended: Lowcost

Maxxis Premitra HP5

/78%

£70

Buy

Today's discount (03.05):
Maxxis Premitra HP5 195/50 R16 88 V 78%
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Table of contents:

Best summer tyres in tests
195/50 R16 tyre test
195/50 R16 tyre ranking based on test results

Best summer tyres in tests (2024)

1. Bridgestone Turanza T005

/89%

Tested 4x in 2024, 32x in total.

Test results:

Recommended by TYREREVIEWS 2023 205/55 R16
Recommended by SPORTAUTO 2024 215/40 R18
Recommended by ADAC 2023 205/55 R16

Pluses:

Very good aquaplaning resistance
Short braking distance on dry roads
Exceptional handling on the wet
Great handling on dry roads
Low rolling resistance/low fuel consumption

Minuses:

check the prices for Bridgestone Turanza T005

2. Kumho Ecsta HS52

/81%

Tested 7x in 2024, 9x in total.

Test results:

Recommended by ADAC 2024 215/55 R17
Recommended by AUTOBILD 2024 205/55 R16
Recommended by ADAC 2023 205/55 R16
Recommended by TYREREVIEWS 2023 205/55 R16

Pluses:

Exceptional handling on the wet
Short braking distance on dry roads
Short braking distance on wet roads
Great handling on dry roads
Low drive-by noise levels

Minuses:

check the prices for Kumho Ecsta HS52

3. Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun

/81%

Tested 8x in 2024, 22x in total.

Test results:

Recommended by AUTOBILD 2023 225/65 R17
Recommended by ADAC 2023 205/55 R16
Recommended by AUTOBILD 2024 205/55 R16
Recommended by AUTOBILD 2024 225/55 R17
Recommended by ADAC 2024 215/55 R17

Pluses:

Very good aquaplaning resistance
Exceptional handling on the wet
Short braking distance on dry roads
Short braking distance on wet roads
Great handling on dry roads

Minuses:

check the prices for Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun

195/50 R16 tyre test

Best tyres in your size

Premium Lowcost

Wet

Wet braking, Wet handling, Wet circle cornering, …

1. Nokian WetProof 86%

2. Uniroyal Rainsport 5 85%

3. Bridgestone Turanza T005 82%

4. Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 80%

5. Maxxis Premitra HP5 80%

6. Kumho Ecsta HS52 79%

7. Michelin Primacy 4+ 78%

8. Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun 76%

9. Firestone Roadhawk 76%

10. Dunlop Sport BluResponse 76%

11. Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125 74%

12. Bridgestone Turanza 6 73%

13. Kleber Dynaxer HP4 67%

14. Toyo Proxes Comfort 66%

15. BFGoodrich Advantage 65%

Aquaplaning

Best anti-aquaplaning tyres

1. Uniroyal Rainsport 5 89%

2. Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun 86%

3. Maxxis Premitra HP5 86%

4. Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 82%

5. Dunlop Sport BluResponse 82%

6. Firestone Roadhawk 81%

7. Bridgestone Turanza T005 79%

8. Nokian WetProof 77%

9. Michelin Primacy 4+ 77%

10. Bridgestone Turanza 6 76%

11. Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125 75%

12. Kleber Dynaxer HP4 73%

13. Toyo Proxes Comfort 71%

14. Kumho Ecsta HS52 71%

15. BFGoodrich Advantage 62%

Dry

Dry braking, Dry handling, Dry steering response, …

1. Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125 90%

2. Kumho Ecsta HS52 88%

3. Firestone Roadhawk 85%

4. Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 84%

5. Bridgestone Turanza T005 83%

6. Maxxis Premitra HP5 83%

7. Dunlop Sport BluResponse 82%

8. Michelin Primacy 4+ 81%

9. Toyo Proxes Comfort 80%

10. Bridgestone Turanza 6 79%

11. Nokian WetProof 79%

12. Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun 79%

13. BFGoodrich Advantage 73%

14. Uniroyal Rainsport 5 73%

15. Kleber Dynaxer HP4 72%

Noise

Interior noise, Exterior noise

1. Bridgestone Turanza 6 85%

2. Kleber Dynaxer HP4 82%

3. Michelin Primacy 4+ 82%

4. Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125 82%

5. Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 79%

6. Maxxis Premitra HP5 76%

7. Uniroyal Rainsport 5 76%

8. Dunlop Sport BluResponse 75%

9. Nokian WetProof 75%

10. Toyo Proxes Comfort 74%

11. Firestone Roadhawk 73%

12. Bridgestone Turanza T005 73%

13. Kumho Ecsta HS52 73%

14. Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun 71%

15. BFGoodrich Advantage 70%

Costs

Mileage, Fuel consumption, Rolling resistance, …

1. Michelin Primacy 4+ 88%

2. Kumho Ecsta HS52 83%

3. Bridgestone Turanza T005 75%

4. Bridgestone Turanza 6 74%

5. Kleber Dynaxer HP4 72%

6. Firestone Roadhawk 71%

7. Uniroyal Rainsport 5 70%

8. Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun 70%

9. Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125 68%

10. Maxxis Premitra HP5 66%

11. Toyo Proxes Comfort 66%

12. BFGoodrich Advantage 65%

13. Dunlop Sport BluResponse 65%

14. Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 64%

15. Nokian WetProof 64%

Price

195/50 R16

1. Maxxis Premitra HP5 £70

2. Toyo Proxes Comfort £79

3. Kumho Ecsta HS52 £84

4. Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125 £93

5. Uniroyal Rainsport 5 £93

6. Kleber Dynaxer HP4 £94

7. Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun £96

8. Firestone Roadhawk £103

9. Dunlop Sport BluResponse £120

10. Michelin Primacy 4+ £145

11. Bridgestone Turanza 6 £155

12. Bridgestone Turanza T005 £175

13. BFGoodrich Advantage ?%

14. Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance ?%

15. Nokian WetProof ?%

195/50 R16 tyre ranking based on test results

Tests usually don't cover the whole market - here is our selection what not to miss when shopping for tyres in this size.

#	Name	Our rating	Tested in same width dimension	Segment	Price
1.	Bridgestone Turanza T005	82.3% 83% 79.6%	Firmenauto 2021	Premium	£175 88 V
2.	Nokian Wetproof	85.6% 79.2% 76.5%	Firmenauto 2021	Upper-middle
3.	Dunlop Sport BluResponse	76% 81.8% 76.5%	Autobild 2018	Premium	£120 84 V + 1
4.	Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN	76.3% 78.6% 74.6%	GTÜ 2022	Upper-middle	£96 88 V
5.	Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance! Newer model available: Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance 2	79.8% 83.5% 82.7%	Autobild 2018	Premium
6.	Maxxis Premitra HP5	79.6% 82.5% 78.3%	Firmenauto 2021	Lowcost	£70 88 V
7.	BFGoodrich Advantage	65.4% 73% 75.4%	Firmenauto 2021	Upper-middle
8.	Pirelli P1 Cinturato Verde	64.9% 55.7%	Firmenauto 2021	Premium
9.	Toyo Proxes Comfort	65.9% 80.1% 84.1%	Firmenauto 2021	Upper-middle	£79 88
10.	Uniroyal RainSport 5	85% 72.7% 76.3%	GTÜ 2022	Upper-middle	£93 88 V
11.	Hankook Ventus Prime3 K125! Newer model available: Hankook Ventus Prime 4	74% 89.8% 79.3%	Autobild 2018	Premium	£93 88 V + 1
12.	Firestone Roadhawk	76.2% 85% 75.7%	Autobild 2018	Upper-middle	£103 88 V
13.	Continental Ecocontact 6! Newer model available: Continental EcoContact 7	64.7% 75.2% 73.7%		Premium
14.	Hankook Kinergy eco2 K435	60.4% 61.6% 72.9%	Firmenauto 2021	Premium	£82 84 H
15.	Cooper Zeon CS8	80% 73.8% 80%	Autobild 2018	Upper-middle
16.	Michelin Primacy 3! Newer model available: Michelin Primacy 4	69.6%		Premium
17.	Fulda EcoControl HP! Newer model available: Fulda EcoControl HP2	90.3%	Autobild 2018	Lowcost	£127 84 V + 1
18.	Uniroyal RainSport 3	58.4%		Upper-middle
19.	Kumho Ecowing ES01 KH27	81% 79.1%	Autobild 2018	Upper-middle	£94 84 H
20.	Yokohama Advan Fleva V701	84%		Upper-middle	£113 84 V
21.	Kumho Ecsta HS51! Newer model available: Kumho Ecsta HS52	73.8% 80% 73.9%		Upper-middle
22.	Semperit Speed-Life 2! Newer model available: Semperit Speed-Life 3	65.9%		Lowcost
23.	Barum Bravuris 5 HM	61.7% 62.5%	GTÜ 2022	Lowcost	£94 88 V
24.	Kleber Dynaxer HP3	83.2% 80.1% 90%	Autobild 2018	Upper-middle
25.	Matador MP47 Hectorra 3	67.5% 75%	GTÜ 2022	Lowcost	£86 88 V
26.	Nokian Line	82.7% 78.6% 84.2%	Autobild 2018	Upper-middle
27.	Falken ZIEX ZE914 ECORUN		Autobild 2013	Upper-middle
28.	Yokohama Advan Sport V105	73.2%		Upper-middle	£94 84 V
29.	BFGoodrich G-Grip			Upper-middle
30.	Barum Bravuris 3 HM			Lowcost
31.	Bridgestone Turanza T001 Evo			Premium
32.	Imperial EcoDriver 5	73.2%		Lowcost
33.	Kormoran Road Performance		Autobild 2018	Lowcost

Did you know ...?

195/50 R16 doesn't belong to the most popular dimensions for summer tyres - there are 37 tyre models available, which can be compared to 245/40 R20, 235/40 R18, 160/60 R17. Let's break down the sizing - 50 is height of the tyre, which is calculated as 50% of the tyre width (195mm), which means the sidewall height has 97.5 mm. The wheel diameter is R16, which means it fits to a 16 inch/406.4mm diameter wheel. The total circumference of the tyre is 1889.35 mm, which is very similar to 175/70 R14(1886.84 mm), 215/45 R16(1884.64 mm), 185/60 R15(1894.38 mm), 215/40 R17(1896.89 mm), 205/55 R15(1905.38 mm), 185/65 R14(1872.7 mm), 205/40 R17(1871.76 mm). There are multiple speed indexes available for summer tyres in 195/50 R16: H(210km/h), V(240km/h), W(270km/h). The same goes for weight indexes: 84, 88. You can find 195/50 R16 on 17 car models - mainly Lotus, Mazda, Renault, CITROËN, Fiat.

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195/50 R16 is found on 17 vehicles:

C3

124 Spider

Fiesta

Exige
2-Eleven
Elise

Premacy
323
MX-5

A-Klasse

Lancer

Combo

1007

Clio
Mégane

Swift

Yaris

195/50 R16 - Best summer tyres 2024 - market overview, tests, reviews

Bridgestone Turanza T005

Falken ZIEX ZE310 ECORUN

Maxxis Premitra HP5

Best summer tyres in tests (2024)

1. Bridgestone Turanza T005

2. Kumho Ecsta HS52

3. Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun

195/50 R16 tyre test

195/50 R16 tyre ranking based on test results

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