Les meilleurs pneus pour la Toyota AYGO

J'ai eu mon service de 4 ans et ils me disent que les 4 pneus sont fissurés sur le bord extérieur. Ils devront être remplacés d'ici le prochain service. J'ai fait 8500 miles avec eux. Je ne rachèterai pas car cela ne m'est jamais arrivé auparavant.

Fitted by a Toyota garage (!) to pass the MoT when I bought the car. I have been pleasantly surprised by these ‘cheap Chinese’ tyres: they grip well, wet or dry, and don’t seem to wear at all. They are loud, though, and are inclined to oversteer if I drive quickly through bends. Good for the price and perfectly adequate tyres on a car like the Aygo.

J'ai acheté une Toyota Aygo d'occasion avec de «nouveaux» pneus avant. Concessionnaire équipé. Je n'avais pas entendu parler d'eux mais après avoir ri du nom, j'ai pensé leur donner une chance. J'avais parcouru environ 100 miles dans le sec en pensant "peut-être que c'est flottant et étrange simplement parce que c'est une petite voiture sur l'autoroute". Je l'ai pris pour un essai routier plus sérieux et bien que les caractéristiques d'échappée soient suffisamment prévisibles, même lorsqu'il est équipé de quelque chose avec une direction approchant l'extrémité jellier du spectre de rétroaction, la vitesse de route à laquelle ils ont abandonné était un peu faible. Ensuite, je les ai essayés sur le mouillé. J'ai parcouru 12 milles sur le mouillé sur ces derniers, et c'était suffisant pour réserver la voiture pour d'autres pneus. L'Aygo a 68 ch et pourrait éteindre la lumière TCS en accélérant en 3ème vitesse. Je ne pense pas avoir jamais rencontré de pneus aussi terribles sur le mouillé. Le retour de l'atelier de pneus avec 2 nouveaux pneus Continental Ecocontact 5 a été une révélation. Plus d'adhérence, moins de sensation de flottabilité, plus de retour de direction et moins de bruit de route. Je ne peux pas faire de commentaires sur l'usure; avec seulement 125 miles parcourus, je ne voulais plus rouler dessus. Je ne mettrais même pas un ensemble de Riken Maystorms sur ma remorque. Même une brouette serait discutable.

J'en ai acheté un ensemble pour remplacer certains radiaux GT désagréables qui étaient montés sur ma voiture lorsque je l'ai achetée. Même à partir de nouveaux pneus, ces pneus avaient une adhérence épouvantable sur le mouillé, et au fur et à mesure qu'ils commençaient à s'user, ils arrivaient au stade où mes roues tourneraient comme des fous en partant dans des conditions humides si j'utilisais autre chose qu'un coup d'accélérateur.
À 45 £ chacun pour mon Aygo, je ne m'attendais pas à des miracles de la part des pneus Maxxis, espérant juste une légère amélioration. Mais la différence est la nuit et le jour. Je n'ai plus peur de le perdre à chaque rond-point ou de sous-virer dans un buisson à chaque virage, et je peux maintenant m'éloigner avec une urgence raisonnable sans la moindre menace de patinage. J'ai l'impression de conduire une voiture différente.
Bien que ce ne soient peut-être pas les meilleurs pneus au monde, ils sont tous dont la plupart des conducteurs auront besoin en termes de traction et de performances globales. Je n'ai pas encore vu comment ils se comparent à mes vieux pneus en termes d'usure, mais à ce prix, je m'en fiche. Ils me rassurent et c'est ce qui compte le plus.

Bon sur sec, médiocre sur mouillé. Montés sur la Toyota Aygo (modèle 2015) de ma femme, ils commençaient à montrer des fissures sur les côtés après seulement 3 ans et 21000 km. Cette taille de pneus sous cette voiture très légère est faite pour les voyages en ville et le faible kilométrage, alors devriez-vous pouvoir vous attendre à ce que les Continentals durent beaucoup plus qu'ils ne l'ont fait. Certes, la bande de roulement mesure maintenant environ 4,5 mm, donc ce n'est pas mal, mais cela ne veut rien dire lorsque les fissures tout autour apparaissent très fortement après seulement 3 ans de temps aux Pays-Bas (ou au Royaume-Uni) et que je dois les remplacer. Penser à les remplacer par le vainqueur du test ADAC 2018, le Falken Sincera SN832 Ecorun (avec l'usure la seule contre qu'il semble) ou le propre choix de Toyota, le Yokohama BluEarth ES32.

I put these tires under my car a week ago., I used these tires in normal dry condtions. The tires are cheap to buy and not noisy. The problem occured by braking, then these tires are very unstable on a dry asphalted road. They move to the right. Also the back tyres are very nervous, not steady on normal conditions. In the corners by dry weather you got a bit of understearing. I changed for comparising these tires for continental summertires and these tires reacted much better on dry conditions. So now i am sure that i will never use these Falken euroseason tires ever again. For the record a mecanic did test these tires and came to the same conclusion, the car is not stable with these tires.
Concerned driver, Netherlands, Toyota Aygo 165/60 R 15

These tyres are fitted on my Toyota Aygo 2009 model in the 165/55/14 size on steel rims. I will replace them with better eco tyres (maybe allseason tyres) when they are done.

Grips pretty ok in the dry (pretty soft sidewall), but is terrible in the wet. Wheelspin off the line in wet conditions and prone to aquaplaning. So lowering speed and better anticipation is the best way to counteract this.

Fairly loud regarding road noise, but the Aygo is also badly insulated, so therefore a 6 instead of a 5 regarding score. Will not recommend except if you are on a very tight budget. But then it would probably be better to buy second hand A-grade tyres then these.

Bought 4x Nokian WRD3s from Tyre Leader in summer 2014 for approx' £38 per tyre in 155/65/14. Had them fitted locally in Nov' 2014 ready for winter time.

These winter tyres replaced some fairly new Continental Contact Premium 2 as fitted by the vehicle manufacturer.

I've had a reasonable amount of experience with Continental tyres in the last 10 years and overall I'm not entirely impressed with them. Sure, they get rave reviews from the magazines that test them at Continental's own proving ground in Germany. But in my experience they wear far too quickly, cost more than they should and in the last 3mm or so of tread life they ride harshly and road noise increases significantly. My Toyota Aygo (a very light car) had covered just 7k miles and the front tyres were at 3mm – this was not through aggressive driving, far from it.

Anyway, I have driven on the WR D3's for around 4k miles now and I have to say I'm very impressed with them. In direct comparison to the Continental tyres the following was noticed:

1) Nokian have a more direct turn-in when tackling corners

2) Nokian are quieter on dry roads. On wet roads the noise from the tyres seems a little louder as you can literally hear all the sipes gripping the road surface, especially driving over white lines. This is only of note and does not irritate in any way.

3) Nokian's softer compound offers as slightly more absorbent ride; road imperfections are soaked up more easily.

4) The 8mm wear indicator has just started to disappear from the front tyre's central band after 4,000 miles. So, 1mm wear after that mileage is very impressive, especially given how quickly the Continental tyres were wearing out.

Dry Roads: The WR D3's grip very well and provide a linear turn-in when going around corners. You can throw the car into corners or around roundabouts with the same grip that a quality summer tyre would provide.

Wet Roads: I feel they provide more trustworthy grip than the Continental's did. They cut through standing water at motorway speeds with no affect on the car's position within its lane; aquaplaning is well suppressed.

Frost: On frost-covered road surfaces the WR D3's grip very well indeed and inspire confidence.

Snow: Driving on fresh snow the Nokian's have a fantastic amount of traction off the line. The same can be said when cornering and stopping. On hard-packed snow delicate use of the throttle is needed whilst performing hill starts. This also applies for stopping and cornering. The deepest snow I drove through was 6 inches and this was tackled with ease - this also includes performing hill-starts and stopping on a 1:5 gradient.

Ice: Again, you have to be very cautious when accelerating, braking or cornering. If you want or need absolute grip on ice you need to buy studded tyres.

Slush: Travelling on slush due to its unpredictability is the most dangerous of all the above conditions. Happily, I can report that driving at about 50mph on a slush-covered M60 during a blizzard in Jan' 2015 the Nokian's were completely surefooted. I overtook several 4x4s on a trip I had to undertake when time was critical. I can only image what they were thinking when the little Aygo blasted past their £50k+ off-roaders' with their fat tyres which dragged them out of their motorway lanes from time to time.


Nokian – winter tyres you can trust:

From Nov' 2014 to Jan' 2015 my Dad was severely ill and I had to travel a 60-mile round trip most mornings and evenings to see him at his home and, latterly, every single day at a hospice to help look after him.

Throughout this time the weather was mostly cold and snowy, sometimes worse. On numerous occasions before setting off to see him I was chiselling ice / snow off the car and driving in sub-zero conditions early morning and at night.

On Jan' 17th 2015 I had left the hospice to go home at 4pm having been with my Dad since 7:30am. My 2 year old son had been asking his Mum where his Dad was each day, so I'd decided to come home to bath him and put him to bed. At 6:30pm I received a phone call from my Mum to say that my Dad had died.

I remember leaving home that evening to head to the hospice, again de-icing / removing snow from the car before setting off and travelling on deep, snow-covered roads to get onto the M60. A severe blizzard was already underway and all lanes of the motorway were quickly covered in icy slush about 1 inch deep. I travelled about 20 miles at 40-50mph on the motorway in these conditions to meet other family members at the hospice and to see and say farewell to my Dad in his room.

Why am I telling you this?

I live in the hills on about 2 miles of unadopted roads that the council don't plough or grit and have been stuck a lot over the years with company cars that had ‘summer' tyres. 4x4 soft roaders get stuck up here regularly, too.

I know for a fact that without these Nokian winter tyres I would not have been able to visit my Dad as often as I did in the last 2 months of his life or been able to make that final journey to say ‘goodbye' to him.

In my book, that makes these Nokian WR D3 tyres pretty damn special.

Mike

PS I have also reviewed Nokian WR A3 and Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons (both lengthy reviews)

These are fitted to my wife's Toyota Aygo MMT and we have only recently tested them on icey roads. On a minor 60mph road with heavy frost -3 degrees at 7.30am they were a bit sketchy at 50mph on sweeping bends but never having used winter tyres before I didn't know what to expect. That said I assumed the car behind had summer tyres as he dropped back quickly. It all seemed a bit light on feedback but predictable as long as I kept speed down a bit. Driving in wet and dry have been fine with no noticeable difference from stock continentals. No noticeable wear so far.

I've used this tyres during last two winters. The dry grip is not bad, but it's important to handle the car knowing that this are winter tyres. The wet grip is awesome, I've never suffered aquaplaning not even crossing deep puddles. In the snow the grip is fairly good, I've never been stuck and I always have the total control of the car, even with 10 cm thickness or driving at 80 km/h on the motorway.

The wear is moderate, I'm using them again next summer because they don't reach the winter indicator (4 mm depth) of the tyre yet. They are more noisy than summer tyres (Conti Premium Contact 2).

I would buy them again.