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Mazda RX-8 generations and tyre sizes

RX-8
SE
2003 - 2009

225/55 R16 (ZR)

225/45 R18 (ZR)
RX-8
SE (1. Facelift)
2009 - 2010

225/40 R19 (W)
… or select your vehicle

Tyres for Mazda RX-8 - market overview, tests, reviews

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Continental PremiumContact 7

/100%
Tested 15x in 2024, 15x in total.
Test results:
Pluses:
  • Short braking distance on wet roads
  • Exceptional handling on the wet
  • Very good aquaplaning resistance
  • Great handling on dry roads
  • Low rolling resistance/low fuel consumption
Minuses:
    -

Tyre sizes for Mazda RX-8:

225/55 R16 £155mytyres.co.uk
225/45 R18 £134mytyres.co.uk
225/40 R19Not available in this dimension

Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6

/100%
Tested 11x in 2024, 11x in total.
Test results:
Pluses:
  • Short braking distance on dry roads
  • Exceptional handling on the wet
  • Short braking distance on wet roads
  • Great handling on dry roads
  • Low drive-by noise levels
Minuses:
    -

Tyre sizes for Mazda RX-8:

225/55 R16Not available in this dimension
225/45 R18Currenty not available
225/40 R19 £160mytyres.co.uk

Michelin Pilot Sport 5

/99%
Tested 8x in 2024, 8x in total.
Test results:
Pluses:
  • Great handling on dry roads
  • Short braking distance on dry roads
  • Short braking distance on wet roads
  • Exceptional handling on the wet
  • Very good aquaplaning resistance
Minuses:
    -

Tyre sizes for Mazda RX-8:

225/55 R16Not available in this dimension
225/45 R18 £148tyres-pneus-online.co.uk
225/40 R19 £190mytyres.co.uk

Pirelli P ZERO PZ4

/93%
Tested 2x in 2024, 11x in total.
Test results:
Pluses:
  • Short braking distance on dry roads
  • Exceptional handling on the wet
  • Great handling on dry roads
  • Short braking distance on wet roads
  • Very good aquaplaning resistance
Minuses:
    -

Tyre sizes for Mazda RX-8:

225/55 R16Not available in this dimension
225/45 R18Not available in this dimension
225/40 R19 £225mytyres.co.uk

Continental WinterContact TS 870 P

/97%
Tested 14x in 2024, 15x in total.
Test results:
Pluses:
  • Low rolling resistance/low fuel consumption
  • Very good aquaplaning resistance
  • Exceptional handling on the wet
  • Low drive-by noise levels
  • Exceptional traction on snow
Minuses:
    -

Tyre sizes for Mazda RX-8:

225/55 R16 £193mytyres.co.uk
225/45 R18Not available in this dimension
225/40 R19Not available in this dimension

Apollo Aspire XP Winter

/82%
Tested 2x in 2024, 6x in total.
Test results:
Pluses:
  • Exceptional handling on the wet
  • Very good aquaplaning resistance
  • Short braking distance on dry roads
  • Exceptional traction on snow
  • Great handling on dry roads
Minuses:
    -

Tyre sizes for Mazda RX-8:

225/55 R16Currenty not available
225/45 R18Currenty not available
225/40 R19Not available in this dimension

Bridgestone Turanza T005

/89%
Tested 11x in 2024, 32x in total.
Test results:
Pluses:
  • Short braking distance on dry roads
  • Exceptional handling on the wet
  • Very good aquaplaning resistance
  • Great handling on dry roads
  • Low rolling resistance/low fuel consumption
Minuses:
    -

Tyre sizes for Mazda RX-8:

225/55 R16Not available in this dimension
225/45 R18 £178mytyres.co.uk
225/40 R19 £168mytyres.co.uk

Vredestein Wintrac Pro

/81%
Tested 16x in 2024, 32x in total.
Test results:
Pluses:
  • Exceptional handling on the wet
  • Short braking distance on wet roads
  • Very good aquaplaning resistance
  • Short braking distance on dry roads
  • Exceptional traction on snow
Minuses:
    -

Tyre sizes for Mazda RX-8:

225/55 R16Not available in this dimension
225/45 R18 £135mytyres.co.uk
225/40 R19 £195mytyres.co.uk

Bridgestone Turanza 6

/87%
Tested 9x in 2024, 9x in total.
Test results:
Pluses:
  • Low rolling resistance/low fuel consumption
  • Very good aquaplaning resistance
  • Great handling on dry roads
Minuses:
    -

Tyre sizes for Mazda RX-8:

225/55 R16 £134mytyres.co.uk
225/45 R18 £126mytyres.co.uk
225/40 R19 £168mytyres.co.uk

Continental Premiumcontact 6

/87%
Tested 7x in 2024, 36x in total.
Test results:
Pluses:
  • Short braking distance on wet roads
  • Exceptional handling on the wet
  • Short braking distance on dry roads
  • Very good aquaplaning resistance
  • Great handling on dry roads
Minuses:
    -

Tyre sizes for Mazda RX-8:

225/55 R16 £161mytyres.co.uk
225/45 R18 £132mytyres.co.uk
225/40 R19Not available in this dimension

Vredestein WINTRAC

/78%
Tested 4x in 2024, 8x in total.
Test results:
Pluses:
  • Short braking distance on dry roads
  • Exceptional handling on the wet
  • Short braking distance on wet roads
  • Great handling on dry roads
  • Short braking distance on snow
Minuses:
    -

Tyre sizes for Mazda RX-8:

225/55 R16Currenty not available
225/45 R18Not available in this dimension
225/40 R19Not available in this dimension

Firestone Roadhawk 2

/85%
Tested 1x in 2024, 1x in total.
Test results:
Pluses:
    -
Minuses:
    -

Tyre sizes for Mazda RX-8:

225/55 R16Not available in this dimension
225/45 R18 £120mytyres.co.uk
225/40 R19 £146mytyres.co.uk

Vredestein ULTRAC VORTI+

/85%
Tested 2x in 2024, 5x in total.
Test results:
Pluses:
  • Exceptional handling on the wet
  • Very good aquaplaning resistance
Minuses:
    -

Tyre sizes for Mazda RX-8:

225/55 R16Not available in this dimension
225/45 R18 £112mytyres.co.uk
225/40 R19 £159mytyres.co.uk

Falken Azenis FK520

/82%
Tested 9x in 2024, 9x in total.
Test results:
Pluses:
  • Great handling on dry roads
  • Very good aquaplaning resistance
  • Short braking distance on dry roads
  • Exceptional handling on the wet
  • Excellent steering response on dry roads
Minuses:
    -

Tyre sizes for Mazda RX-8:

225/55 R16Not available in this dimension
225/45 R18 £139protyre
225/40 R19 £168protyre
#NameOur ratingTested in this dimensionTested in same width dimensionSegmentPrice
1. Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
SportAuto 2023
Premium £160
93 Y
2. Continental SportContact 7
85.9%
93.9%
78.3%
SportAuto 2023
Premium £160
93 Y
3. Michelin Pilot Sport 5
83.5%
87.7%
74.2%
Autobild 2023
Premium £190
93 Y
4. Hankook Winter i*cept evo3 W330
76.8%
80.4%
73.5%
72.7%
Autobild 2023
Upper-middle £164
93 V
5. Michelin PILOT ALPIN 5
76.4%
89.7%
89.5%
78.2%
Autobild 2023
Premium £243
93 W
6. Pirelli P ZERO lx.
Premium £195
93 Y + 5
7. Pirelli P ZERO PZ4
85%
78.5%
76.5%
SportAuto 2023
Premium £176
93 W + 5
8. Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2
85.6%
92.6%
94%
Autozeitung 2024
Premium £162
93 Y
9. Bridgestone Potenza Sport
90.4%
89.6%
81.3%
Autobild 2024
Premium £161
93 Y
10. Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
77.9%
85.3%
64.2%
SportAuto 2023
Premium £198
93 Y + 3
11. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+! Newer model available: GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3
84.6%
92.6%
80.2%
85.4%
ADAC 2023
Premium
12. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
92.2%
79.8%
84.4%
83.1%
ADAC 2023
Premium £196
93 W
13. Continental AllSeasonContact
82.6%
90.3%
78.3%
77.7%
Tyre Reviews 2022
Premium £178
93 Y
14. Dunlop Winter Sport 5
82.7%
92%
82.4%
79.3%
Autobild 2023
Premium
15. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1! Newer model available: GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+
82.9%
92.2%
82.8%
75.3%
Autoexpress 2017
Premium
16. Michelin CrossClimate 2
74.5%
94.4%
90.7%
71.6%
Autobild 2023
Premium £193
93 Y
17. Bridgestone Turanza T005
84.3%
85.2%
78.9%
ADAC 2021
Premium £169
93 W + 4
18. Michelin PILOT ALPIN PA4
87.4%
91.3%
89.3%
AutoMotorSport 2017
Premium
19. Michelin Pilot Sport 4! Newer model available: Michelin Pilot Sport 5
89.4%
89.3%
79.1%
Autobild 2022
Premium £188
93 Y + 1
20. Vredestein Wintrac Pro
86%
76.3%
81.1%
76%
ADAC 2023
Premium £195
93 Y
21. Bridgestone Turanza 6
Autozeitung 2024
Premium £168
93 Y
22. Michelin CrossClimate+
69.1%
79.8%
84.3%
79.5%
Autobild 2019
Premium
23. Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III
Premium £220
89 H + 4
24. Vredestein ULTRAC VORTI+
81.5%
75.3%
84%
Autobild 2023
Premium £159
0
25. Firestone Roadhawk 2
86.3%
85.5%
Autozeitung 2024
Upper-middle £140
93 Y + 1
26. Continental Sportcontact 6! Newer model available: Continental SportContact 7
82.5%
90.9%
88.9%
 Premium
27. Goodyear EAGLE F1 ASYMMETRIC 5! Newer model available: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
91.7%
90.4%
77.2%
Tyre Reviews 2022
Premium £163
93 Y + 5
28. Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
77.7%
62.3%
80.4%
74.8%
Tyre Reviews 2022
Premium £180
93 Y
29. Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2
75.3%
81.6%
82.3%
81.1%
 Premium £176
93 Y + 1
30. Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320! Newer model available: Hankook Winter i*cept evo3 W330
75.8%
90.5%
85.7%
67.4%
AutoMotorSport 2017
Upper-middle
31. Falken Azenis FK520
71.7%
80.8%
88.6%
SportAuto 2023
Upper-middle £134
93 Y + 1
32. Semperit Speed-Grip 5
75.2%
80.2%
78.7%
ADAC 2023
Lowcost £168
93 W
33. Hankook Ventus S1 evo3 K127
81.4%
83.1%
78.4%
Autozeitung 2024
Premium £144
93 Y
34. Falken EuroWinter HS01! Newer model available: Falken EuroWinter HS02
78.2%
74.2%
74.2%
77.1%
Autobild 2021
Upper-middle £241
93 V + 1
35. Vredestein Wintrac Xtreme S
Autobild 2017
Premium
36. Toyo Observe S944
67.9%
66.9%
85.1%
79.9%
Autobild 2023
Upper-middle £133
0 V
37. Nokian WR Snowproof P
66.1%
79.2%
92.3%
Autozeitung 2022
Upper-middle £170
93 V
38. Toyo Proxes Sport 2
76.5%
82.3%
77.5%
Autobild 2023
Upper-middle £131
93 Y
39. Kumho Ecsta PS71
80%
74.5%
67.3%
Autobild 2023
Upper-middle £126
93 Y
40. GoodYear Eagle F1 Supersport
80%
68.3%
80.1%
Tyre Reviews 2022
Premium £174
93 Y
41. BFGoodrich Advantage
63.2%
74%
81.1%
GTÜ 2021
Upper-middle £170
93 Y
42. Continental WinterContact TS 860S
58.7%
77%
87.7%
 Premium £254
93 H + 2
43. Continental SportContact 5P
Premium £162
93 Y + 1
44. Maxxis Victra Sport 5
79.3%
77.4%
76.8%
ACE 2024
Lowcost £116
93 Y
45. Falken Azenis FK510! Newer model available: Falken Azenis FK520
82.9%
75.5%
76.2%
Autobild 2022
Upper-middle
46. Linglong Sport Master
68%
64%
81%
Autobild 2023
Lowcost
47. Toyo Proxes Comfort
65.9%
80.1%
84.1%
Autobild 2024
Upper-middle £144
93
48. Uniroyal RainSport 5
86.3%
70%
83.2%
Autobild 2023
Upper-middle £133
93 Y
49. Nokian Powerproof
82.2%
84.7%
77%
Autozeitung 2021
Upper-middle
50. Dunlop SP Sport MAXX RT
Autozeitung 2015
Premium £202
93 Y + 5
51. Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7
76.8%
77.4%
77.5%
94.5%
Autobild 2023
Lowcost £158
93 V
52. Kleber Dynaxer UHP
64.3%
72.6%
78.2%
Autobild 2023
Upper-middle £140
93 Y
53. Hankook Ventus S1 evo Z K129
81.8%
49.8%
 Premium
54. Semperit Speed-Life 3
80.5%
67.2%
75.4%
Autobild 2023
Lowcost £138
93 Y
55. Uniroyal WinterExpert
63.8%
77.5%
71.5%
75.2%
Autobild 2023
Upper-middle £170
93 W
56. Barum Polaris 5
64.6%
77.9%
71.1%
75.2%
Autobild 2023
Lowcost £127
93 W
57. Nokian WR A4
66.1%
77.4%
80.7%
AutoMotorSport 2017
Upper-middle
58. Yokohama Bluearth Winter V905
Autobild 2019
Upper-middle £126
93 W
59. Pirelli P ZERO
90.1%
92.2%
74.6%
AutoMotorSport 2020
Premium
60. Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 K117
85.5%
 Premium
61. Bridgestone Potenza S001
73%
83.9%
61.6%
ADAC 2020
Premium £200
89 Y + 5
62. Matador MP93 Nordicca
Autobild 2023
Lowcost
63. Vredestein Ultrac Vorti
ADAC 2020
Premium
64. Yokohama Advan Sport V107
82.4%
92.3%
75.5%
Autobild 2023
Upper-middle £148
93 Y
65. GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3! Newer model available: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5
78.1%
85%
Automotorsport 2018
Premium £196
93 Y + 2
66. Kumho Ecsta PS91
64.3%
65.6%
SportAuto 2017
Upper-middle £137
93 Y
67. Yokohama Advan Fleva V701
84%
Autobild 2019
Upper-middle £161
93 W
68. Continental SportContact 5! Newer model available: Continental SportContact 6
Premium £192
89 Y + 6
69. Barum Bravuris 5 HM
61.7%
62.5%
Autobild 2023
Lowcost £128
93 Y
70. Matador MP47 Hectorra 3
62.7%
70.3%
Autobild 2023
Lowcost
71. Nokian zLine
82.1%
Automotorsport 2018
Upper-middle
72. GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2
90%
 Premium £188
89 Y + 2
73. General Altimax One S
Lowcost
74. Michelin Pilot Super Sport
Premium £211
93 Y
75. Yokohama Advan Sport V105
73.2%
GTÜ 2016
Upper-middle
76. Michelin Pilot Sport 3! Newer model available: Michelin Pilot Sport 4
ADAC 2016
Premium
77. Michelin Pilot Sport CUP 2! Newer model available: Michelin Pilot Sport CUP 2 Connect
SportAuto 2017
Premium £253
93 Y
78. Federal Evoluzion ST-1
66.9%
79%
Autobild 2023
Lowcost
79. Nankang Sportnex AS-2+
82.2%
64.5%
84.8%
Autobild 2019
Lowcost £113
93 Y
80. Riken Ultra High Performance
Autobild 2023
Lowcost
81. Yokohama Bluearth Rv-02
Upper-middle
82. Giti Sport S1
65.8%
86.3%
AutoMotorSport 2020
Lowcost
83. Imperial All Season Driver
49.1%
62.8%
55%
 Lowcost
84. Imperial SnowDragon 3
Autobild 2023
Lowcost
85. Tristar Ice-Plus S210
56.3%
56.2%
 Lowcost
86. Rotalla Setula 4 Season RA03
Autobild 2019
Lowcost £88
93 Y