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Independent tyre recommendations

Find the right tyres for your car.

Tell us what you drive and how you use it. ratio compares your car’s performance, weight, climate and driving style to recommend the tyres that suit you.

Under the hood: your car’s power-to-weight ratio, the number that tracks how hard it works its tyres. How it works

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Example

Kia Picanto 1.2

62 kW · 62 kW/t · 205/55 R16, typical

Your car

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Tyre size

Factory sizes for this car. Check it against your current tyres or the placard in the driver’s door jamb: wheels get changed.

How do you drive?

Mostly

You enjoy a good road and use the performance. Steering response and braking matter.

Where

Cool, wet winters that seldom freeze: Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, London.

What matters most

The best all-round tyre for your car and conditions.

Power-to-weight

Warm

136kW per tonne

Warm hatches, roadsters and quicker EVs. Tyres start to shape how the car feels.

hp/t
183
kg/kW
7.3
Estimated 0–100 km/h
≈ 6.2 s0–100 km/h

Potentially P-plate restricted. Over 130 kW/t on kerb weight. Legal eligibility uses tare mass, which usually pushes the ratio higher still. Check eligibility →

Your car sits at 136 kilowatts per tonne. Reference cars: Picanto 62, Corolla 93, MX-5 127, Golf GTI 136, Civic Type R 164, BMW M3 217, 911 GT3 261, Ferrari 296 396, Rimac Nevera 612 kilowatts per tonne.

Your tyre

Ultra-high performance summer

Sharp, sticky, and still sensible to live with.

Warm-tier power starts to overwhelm touring rubber, especially in the wet. UHP tyres add the braking and steering you need and still last.

Dry grip
4 out of 5
Wet grip
5 out of 5
Below 7 °C
2 out of 5
Quiet & comfort
3 out of 5
Tread life
3 out of 5
Efficiency
3 out of 5

Speed rating

V or higher

Typical: V or W

Load index · estimate

≈ 87

Placard sets the minimum

Treadwear

300–400

UTQG · traction AA

Expected life

30k–50k

km on the road

Speed and load figures are our estimates from weight and power, to sanity-check a quote. Your tyre placard, on the driver’s door jamb, is the authority: fit at least the load index and speed rating it shows.

Models to shortlist

Ranked by fit score: independent test ratings, weighted for you. Set for spirited driving, a mild, wet climate and a balanced priority. Tap a tyre for how buying it works, or a score for the breakdown. How we score

  1. 01

    Michelin Pilot Sport 5

    Best road all-rounder in the class, with unusually long life.

    PremiumSee today’s price · Tyroola

  2. 02

    Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6

    Superb wet braking and steering precision.

    PremiumSee today’s price · Tyroola

  3. 03

    Hankook Ventus S1 evo3

    Close to premium grip at a lower price.

    Mid-rangeSee today’s price · Tyroola

  4. 04

    Falken Azenis FK520

    Strong dry and wet grip for the money.

    ValueSee today’s price · Tyroola

  5. 05

    Kumho Ecsta PS71

    Well-rounded budget performance tyre.

    ValueSee today’s price · Tyroola

  6. 06

    Toyo Proxes Sport 2

    Sharp steering, good wet grip, fair price.

    Mid-rangeSee today’s price · Tyroola

How buying works

  1. Know your size

    You entered 235/35 R19 92Y. Check it matches the placard on the driver’s door jamb before you order.

  2. Order online

    Tap a tyre’s Tyroola link, enter your size or rego, and pick a fitter near you at checkout, or a mobile fitter who comes to you. Compare fitted prices. Afterpay and Zip are offered.

  3. Get them fitted

    The tyres arrive before your booking, so you just turn up. Fitting and balancing four takes about an hour. Add a wheel alignment while the car is there: it stops the new tread wearing unevenly.

About UHP summer tyres

Your current size

Decode in full →

235/35 R19 92Y

sidewall
82 mm
diameter
647 mm
revs/km
492
  • Load index 92 carries 630 kg per tyre, above our rough estimate of 531 kg. Your placard still sets the minimum.
  • Speed rating Y suits a car like this.
  • A 35-profile sidewall is only 82 mm tall: sharp steering, but a firmer ride and more risk of rim and pothole damage.

For your car

  • Front-wheel drive

    Your front tyres do the steering, braking and driving, so they wear faster. Rotate front to rear every 10,000 km to keep wear even.

  • Wet grip matters most

    In a wet climate, rank tyres by wet braking first. On the EU tyre label the gap between wet grip classes A and E is up to 18 m when stopping from 80 km/h, several car lengths.

  • Buying only two?

    Put the new pair on the rear axle, even on a front-driver. Grippy rears keep the car stable when braking or cornering in the wet; worn rears are what cause spins.

Keep this result

A link that opens exactly this car and these answers.

136 kilowatts per tonne, Warm. Recommended: Ultra-high performance summer. Spirited road driving, Mild, wet winters.

Independent

ratio doesn’t care which tyre company wins.

We tell you what suits your car, ranked by independent test results, then help you find where to buy it. We make our money after the recommendation, from whichever retailer you choose, never by selling the recommendation itself. No tyre maker or retailer can pay to move up a list. How we score

Why a ratio

Power alone says little. Weight alone says less.

A 150 kW family SUV and a 150 kW roadster ask very different things of their tyres. Divide power by mass and you get a single number that tracks how hard the rubber is worked: how much force it transmits accelerating, how much heat it soaks up, and how quickly a cheap compound runs out of grip, especially in the wet.

ratio uses that number to set a floor for the tyre category, then adjusts for how you drive, where you live, your drivetrain and whether the car is electric. The result is a category, a shortlist, and the ratings to check on the sidewall. How it works

The seven tiers

All tyre types →

  1. Economy

    under 75 kW/t

    Touring & eco

  2. Everyday

    75–110 kW/t

    Grand touring

  3. Warm

    110–150 kW/t

    UHP summer

  4. Hot

    150–200 kW/t

    UHP or max performance

  5. Sports car

    200–275 kW/t

    Max performance

  6. Supercar

    275–400 kW/t

    Max performance, OE-marked

  7. Hypercar

    400+ kW/t

    OE-marked only

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