195/55 R15 - Best summer tyres 2026 - market overview, tests, reviews
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Best summer tyres in tests (2026)
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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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The P Zero range is with us for a long time, also being a favorite choice for car manufacturers as first equipment. It’s a good, well balanced and enjoyable tyre. It tends to get quite a few mid-life updates so make sure you get the latest one.
Cars with 195/55 R15 tyres
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Best tyres in your size
Dry
1.
Kumho Ecsta HS52
82%
2.
Bridgestone Turanza T005
77%
3.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4
75%
4.
Vredestein Ultrac
74%
5.
Pirelli P ZERO PZ4
73%
6.
Toyo Proxes Comfort
73%
7.
Firestone Roadhawk
72%
8.
Maxxis Premitra HP5
70%
9.
Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun
66%
10.
Dunlop Sport BluResponse
66%
Wet
1.
Uniroyal RainSport 5
81%
2.
Vredestein Ultrac
79%
3.
Pirelli P ZERO PZ4
72%
4.
Bridgestone Turanza T005
71%
5.
Semperit Speed-Life 3
68%
6.
Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun
67%
7.
Maxxis Premitra HP5
67%
8.
Kumho Ecsta HS52
64%
9.
Dunlop Sport BluResponse
62%
10.
Firestone Roadhawk
60%
Comfort
1.
Kleber Dynaxer HP4
85%
2.
Semperit Speed-Life 3
75%
3.
Uniroyal RainSport 5
71%
4.
Toyo Proxes Comfort
70%
5.
Pirelli P ZERO PZ4
65%
6.
BFGoodrich Advantage
57%
7.
Falken ZIEX ZE310 Ecorun
56%
8.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4
54%
9.
Maxxis Premitra HP5
54%
10.
Kumho Ecsta HS52
53%
Economy
1.
Bridgestone Turanza T005
94%
2.
Dunlop Sport BluResponse
87%
3.
Kleber Dynaxer HP4
72%
4.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4
71%
5.
Firestone Roadhawk
68%
6.
BFGoodrich Advantage
68%
7.
Kumho Ecsta HS52
52%
8.
Uniroyal RainSport 5
51%
9.
Toyo Proxes Comfort
50%
10.
GT Radial FE2
49%
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195/55 R15 doesn't belong to the most popular dimensions for summer tyres - there are 75 tyre models available, which can be compared to 235/65 R17, 165/70 R14, 235/40 R18. Let's break down the sizing - 55 is height of the tyre, which is calculated as 55% of the tyre width (195mm), 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 165/65 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 195/55 R15: H(210km/h), V(240km/h). The same goes for weight indexes: 85, 89. You can find 195/55 R15 on 42 car models - mainly Fiat, CITROËN, Ford, Lancia, Seat.
