Hi everyone.
Do you know what OEM tyres could one expect to be installed on a 1.5 TSI with 195/55/16 wheel size? 

Thanks for your input!

You can actually see that in the configurator. When you get to the tyre selection part, click the little 'i' icon and then select EU tyre label. You'll get a printout of EU tyre labels, and you can use the tyre identifier number to search for the tyre commercial name here: https://eprel.ec.europa.eu/screen/product/tyres

 

To save you the hassle, for your wheel size you can get one of the following:

-Continental EcoContact 6

-Goodyear EfficientGrip EfficientPerformance

-Bridgestone Turanza ECO

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4 minutes ago, gogo110 said:

You can actually see that in the configurator. When you get to the tyre selection part, click the little 'i' icon and then select EU tyre label. You'll get a printout of EU tyre labels, and you can use the tyre identifier number to search for the tyre commercial name here: https://eprel.ec.europa.eu/screen/product/tyres

 

To save you the hassle, for your wheel size you can get one of the following:

-Continental EcoContact 6

-Goodyear EfficientGrip EfficientPerformance

-Bridgestone Turanza ECO

.

 

Thank you for this info!

It should be noted that the factory fits summer (seasonal) tyres that are Eco biased, so the car saves a smidge of fuel on warm days at test temperatures (which the mpg and emissions is based on).

 

Unfortunately for those in UK, these tyres tend to get fairly hard on colder days, and grip in wet falls off rapidly below about +10c.  But UK rain tends to be cold and below 10c for about 8 months a year.  So you will find they are poor to useless in colder months.   Grip could be so low might even spin the wheels pulling rapidly out of a side turning on colder days.

 

So if want to get a set of winter wheels on separate rims here is the brochure (and if you remember that front left always wears fastest due to roundabouts, and switch the wheels around when go back on) should be able to get 30-50k miles from each set of tyres.  What's more good chance will avoid cracking.

 

One final point, euro winter wheels are generally designed to be good to +15c (not just near freezing)  Don't confuse them with snow and cold weather tyres (often called Nordic winter tyres)

 

https://www.skoda-auto.com/_doc/6d5c59b3-5d97-451a-ab78-2ef185e6e373

 

Edited 21 April, 20242 yr by SurreyJohn

This link is to the relevant part of the Croation Skoda Fabia configurator

 

https://konfigurator.skoda.hr/cc-hr/hr_HR_SKODA23/C/design/280/PJ37J424/2Y2Y/NV/@/@/exterior?variant=Mnt. Carlo&modelgroupCategory=Hatchback&fuel=Benzin&gear=Manualni mjenjač

 

Ciick on the green "i" symbol

 

 

and then use the following options under each tyre shown 

 

 

to provide additional details.

 

My October 2023-built Fabia SE L has 16"-diameter wheels with the GOODYEAR EfficientGrip tyre. 

Edited 21 April, 20242 yr by DerekU

My Fabia came with Kumoh ectsa ps71, bought it brand new.

When we get our new car I think the first job will be to get a decent set of tyres fitted rather than those Eco tyres which don't offer the best grip in the UK climate. 

22 hours ago, Yogev said:

My Fabia came with Kumoh ectsa ps71, bought it brand new.

 

The current range of Fabia cars marketed in the UK can have as original equipment (OE) ) tyres made by Bridgestone , Continental, Goodyear or Kumho. 

 

For Fabias with 15"-diameter wheels the OE tyres may be Kumho Ecowing ES31 185/65 R15 and for Fabias with 17"-diameter wheels the OE tyres may be Kumho Ecsta PS71 215/45 R17. If a Fabia has  16"-diameter or 18"-diameter wheels, Kumho tyres are not fitted as OE.

11 hours ago, VAGCF said:

When we get our new car I think the first job will be to get a decent set of tyres fitted rather than those Eco tyres which don't offer the best grip in the UK climate. 

 

Michelin's advice on summer, winter and all-season tyres can be read here

 

https://www.michelin.co.uk/auto/advice/choose-tyres/summer-winter-all-season-tyres

 

If you will be getting a Monte Carlo model with the 1.5litre motor, according to Skoda's website the OE tyres for 17"-diameter wheels will be 215/45 R17 size and either Kumho Ecsta PS 71 (Wet Grip A ) or Bridgestone TURANZA Eco (Wet Grip B ). The optional 18"-diameter wheels are shod with 215/40 R18 Continental ContiSportContact 5 (Wet Grip A ).

 

Living in central England for most of my life, I've never found any persuasive reason to swap the 'summer' tyres fitted as original equipment to my new vehicles for 'all season' equivalents when it came time to change those tyres. In the rare spells of very cold winter weather over the years I would have liked to have had 'full winter' tyres fitted, but, If I planned to drive regularly in such conditions, I would not be choosing a Fabia in which to do it.

 

Good luck with your quest for "...a decent set of tyres fitted rather than those Eco tyres which don't offer the best grip in the UK climate.". There are plenty of 'best tyre' reviews online, but my own opinion is that you'd be wasting your money.

All depends on where you live, how you drive, how you expect the tyres to perform.

 

The wheel and tyres sizes offered on modern cars are more form over function more party frocks and high heels than sensible wear for what's required.

 

Whilst the car is new to a driver then the standard tyres it comes with are best whilst the driver learns the vehicle and what it can do then after a reasonable period of learning and adjustments if wanted then a change of tyres (better still, if possible to smaller wheels and narrower tyres with more sidewall height for our 3rd-world roads, grip and perform can be retained or improved from original wheel and tyre sizes).

 

I used to give a set of tyres up to 1,000 miles to see if I like them, mainly on performance vehicles, but that luxury is in the past, now I adapt my driving to suit what's on the car until the tyres need changing and improve the tyres then.

 

I agree with what you say about the wheels on modern cars but sometimes you don't even get offered the sensible option anymore!

 

With my Volvo I've got 18" wheels and given the size of the tyres have good sidewall depth and look good on an SUV. These have now been dropped on new cars and replaced with 19" which are still acceptable but you have the option of 20". The top spec cars have 20" and that's it, which isn't what I'd want. It's an SUV not a sports car! Some owners had cars supplied with Continental EcoContacts which some didn't like and found they had less wet weather grip. Fortunately both mine came with Michelin Primacy which I've been very happy with. The TT has Contis but they are SportContact which are a different animal and I'm happy with those as well.

 

For the Fabia SE L we are sticking with the 16" wheels, not only for better ride comfort but also to lessen the risk of kerb damage.

 

My TT does have 19" wheels with low profile tyres which as well as looking good and suiting the car do at least make sense on a car like that albeit at the expense of a harsher ride, but not too bad on our poor excuse for roads.

Edited 18 August, 20241 yr by VAGCF

22 hours ago, DerekU said:

Living in central England for most of my life, I've never found any persuasive reason to swap the 'summer' tyres fitted as original equipment to my new vehicles for 'all season' equivalents when it came time to change those tyres. In the rare spells of very cold winter weather over the years I would have liked to have had 'full winter' tyres fitted, 

Bad advice as it ignores the recent change in tyre formulation, so just because  they worked in past years doesn't mean it will be ok now.   A few years ago would have got General summer tyre optimised for lower temperature range.

 

Factory now fits Eco biased summer tyres optimised for WLTP tests (which are done at around +22c).  In UK average temperature (same as in a cave is nearer 12c).  Rain in UK is typically cold and below 10c for about 9 months of the year.

 

Eco biased summer tyres usually have wet grip that falls off rapidly below about +12c and is often poor or dangerous below about +5c.  That is why people can often spin wheels pulling out of junctions on damp mornings even with 1 litre engines.

 

Yes driving in UK with old school normal summer tyres was ok, but using Eco summer tyres in cooler months is just bad idea if don't want to skid into a wall, cyclist or pedestrian.

 

 

As you will be buying a Fabia SE L (according to the the Skoda website) the tyres will have a 195/55 R16 91V XL specification with three make/pattern possibilities

 

Continental ECOCONTACT 6 (Fuel efficiency class A/Wet grip class B )

Goodyear EFFICIENTGRIP PERFORMANCE (Fuel efficiency class A/Wet grip class B )

Bridgestone TURANZA ECO (Fuel efficiency class A/Wet grip class A) 

6 minutes ago, SurreyJohn said:

Bad advice...

 

 

 

It wasn't advice, just a statement...

 

Mu understanding of the term "ECO" when tyre manufacturers apply it to their products is that it does not indicate a tyre that is optimised for fuel economy, but that it had been made from 'sustainable' materials. 

 

Obviously I don't know what tyre-related expertise you have, but the RAC's advice on 'eco' tyres is here

 

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/tyres/green-tyres-how-are-they-different/

 

Goodyear Efficient Grip, I find them very good, wet or dry. 

What criteria are you using to allow you to rate your Fabia Mk4's Goodyear tyres as being "very good, wet or dry", please?

 

My Fabia is also fitted with Goodyear EFFICIENTGRIP PERFORMANCE 195/55 R16 91V XL tyres and - as far as I'm concerned - they are no better or worse than I expect them to be.

 

The only tyres I remember actively disliking were the Continental ones fitted as original equipment to my Skoda Roomster bought new in 2009. Those tyres would cause the car to 'tram-line' noticeably on uneven road surfaces and I put this down to their design having a relatively sharp angle where the tread met the sidewall. Whatever the cause of the uneven-road behaviour, when I replaced the Continentals with Hankooks that had a more rounded tread-to-sidewall profile, the tram-ling stopped and, when I subsequently replaced the Hankooks with (the present) Falken tyres that also have 'rounded' edges, there's was still no tram-lining.

 

My Roomster's Continental, Hankook and Falken tyres were/are all OK in wet or dry weather, but I've never driven the vehicle on a test track or skid-pan to allow we to establish their ultimate capability. 

I like to tramp on and the car corners predictably and accurately, I do tone it down in the wet but that is only sensible.

Other traffic respected in all conditions of course. 

Bridgestone Turanza 225/45x17". Happy enough so far with them.