215/45 R18 - Best summer tyres 2025 - market overview, tests, reviews
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Dry
1.
Continental PremiumContact 6
85%
2.
Bridgestone Potenza Sport
81%
3.
Toyo Proxes Sport 2
77%
4.
Michelin Primacy 4+
76%
5.
Michelin Pilot Sport 5
75%
6.
Toyo Proxes Comfort
73%
7.
Michelin e.Primacy
73%
8.
Firestone Roadhawk
72%
9.
Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127
70%
10.
Pirelli Cinturato P7
70%
Wet
1.
Uniroyal RainSport 5
81%
2.
Michelin Pilot Sport 5
78%
3.
Bridgestone Potenza Sport
76%
4.
Kumho Ecsta PS71
73%
5.
Firestone Roadhawk 2
72%
6.
Continental PremiumContact 6
71%
7.
Semperit Speed-Life 3
68%
8.
Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun
68%
9.
Michelin Primacy 4+
67%
10.
Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127
62%
Comfort
1.
Michelin e.Primacy
88%
2.
Semperit Speed-Life 3
75%
3.
Michelin Primacy 4+
73%
4.
Uniroyal RainSport 5
71%
5.
Toyo Proxes Comfort
70%
6.
Toyo Proxes Sport 2
66%
7.
Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127
65%
8.
Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun
56%
9.
Pirelli Cinturato P7
56%
10.
Continental PremiumContact 6
40%
Economy
1.
Michelin Primacy 4+
75%
2.
Michelin Pilot Sport 5
75%
3.
Continental PremiumContact 6
69%
4.
Firestone Roadhawk
68%
5.
Semperit Speed-Life 3
60%
6.
Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127
60%
7.
Pirelli Cinturato P7
56%
8.
Kumho Ecsta PS71
55%
9.
Toyo Proxes Sport 2
54%
10.
Uniroyal RainSport 5
51%
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215/45 R18 doesn't belong to the most popular dimensions for summer tyres - there are 16 tyre models available, which can be compared to 195/50 R15, 165/65 R14, 190/55 R17. Let's break down the sizing - 45 is height of the tyre, which is calculated as 45% of the tyre width (215mm), which means the sidewall height has 96.75 mm. The wheel diameter is R18, which means it fits to a 18 inch/457.2mm diameter wheel. The total circumference of the tyre is 2044.23 mm, which is very similar to 285/25 R20(2043.61 mm), 225/60 R15(2045.18 mm), 185/80 R14(2047.06 mm), 275/35 R18(2041.09 mm), 200/55 R17(2047.69 mm), 160/60 R18(2039.52 mm), 245/45 R17(2049.26 mm). There are multiple speed indexes available for summer tyres in 215/45 R18: T(190km/h), V(240km/h), W(270km/h), Y(300km/h). The same goes for weight indexes: 83, 89, 93.
