Vehicles using 215/50R18 tire size:

• Volkswagen Taos
• Toyota Yaris
• Mercury Sable
• Mazda CX-3
• Kia K5
• Kia Optima
• Kia Seltos
• Kia Soul
• Lexus ES
• Hyundai Sonata
• Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
• Hyundai Kona
• Honda CR-V
• Honda Legend
• Chevrolet Tracker
• Buick Encore
• Audi Q2

1. Yokohama Avid Ascend LX - Best All-Season Tire

Let’s kick this list off with an all-season tire representing a fantastic value, the Avid Ascend LX from Yokohama. For years, our team at SimpleTire has been pretty impressed with every tire the Yokohama line offers, and the Avid Ascend LX is no exception. The Avid Ascend LX is designed year-round for grip and gets a SimpleScore of 8.6 for traction, thanks to a full system of circumferential, lateral, and angled grooves. Treadwear properties are excellent with the Avid Ascend LX; it’s designed with Yokohama’s L-2 polymer blend tread compound for wear resistance and a wider and flatter footprint to encourage long, even treadwear with improved distribution of vehicle weight. Regardless of what kind of tire you’re talking about, it’s hard to beat an 85,000 mile warranty – we chalk up the Avid Ascend LX a 9.7 for longevity. All those tread features (along with large, reinforced shoulder blocks and a solid center rib) are a great system for confident cornering, short braking distances, and steering response that’s light and accurate – we give the Avid Ascend LX a SimpleScore of 8.7 for traction. When Pirelli’s design team envisioned the Scorpion Verde All Season, the goal was to come up with an all-season tire that was ecologically sustainable and could follow through on the expectations of performance and value that Pirelli has come to be associated with. The Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season is designed to cut rolling resistance for fuel savings over the life of the tire, thanks to its lightweight construction and tread design. The Scorpion Verde All Season features a silica-enhanced tread formulation that offers a great wet-weather grip with excellent wear properties. Its all-season tread pattern is packed with circumferential and lateral grooves and a dense network of sipes that multiply grip with hundreds of hair-thin edges for traction in wet, dry, or light wintry conditions. The Scorpion Verde All Season is quiet on the highway, too, with a sound-absorbing layer of foam undertread on select sizes and a tread pitch that’s randomized and computer-tuned to negate certain frequencies and resonances for low noise. SimpleScore data on the Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season gives an overall average of 8.9, with 9.5 for handling, 8.2 for longevity, and 9.2 for traction. Pirelli covers the Scorpion Verde with a 60,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty.

2. Hankook Dynapro HP2 (RA33) - Great All-Season Tire

We’re going to close out this collection of tires for the 215/50R18 tire size with the Hankook Dynapro HP2 RA33. The Dynapro HP2 (RA33) is an uncompromising performer in braking, steering feedback, cornering, and road manners. It features a stiff center rib and high-density polyester construction incorporating two steel belts, a 2-ply polyester casing, and a nylon cap ply. When it comes to handling, the Dynapro HP2 (RA33) gets a SimpleScore of 8.6. The year-round performance is also superb, thanks to a combination of circumferential grooves, angled grooves, and sipes, for a traction SimpleScore of 8.4. We need to mention that the Dynapro HP2’s “silencer sipes” do a great job of helping keep road noise to a minimum. With its advanced silica-based tread formulation, Hankook covers the Dynapro HP2 (RA33) with a 65,000 mile warranty, which rates a SimpleScore of 8.5 in the longevity rankings.

3. Accelera Phi R - Good All-Season Tire

Now we come to the Phi R from Accelera, a great deal in an affordable all-season versatile tire and a strong performer. The Accelera Phi R is designed for cornering, steering, and braking performance that goes more like a UHP tire, with an asymmetric 3-rib design and stiff shoulder blocks. That was enough to register a respectable SimpleScore of 8.5 for handling. All-season traction is confident with a set of circumferential and lateral grooves and a thick network of sipes for a SimpleScore of 7.8 for traction. Accelera backs the Phi R with a 30,000 mile warranty, and we give this tire a 7.7 SimpleScore for longevity. It’s also worth noting that the Accelera Phi R is designed for low rolling resistance and noise, with its sipe pattern and tread pitch redesigned to cancel certain frequencies and keep highway noise to a minimum.

4. Continental VikingContact 7 - Best Winter Tire

For our winter tire pick, we decided on the Continental VikingContact 7, a tire that scores pretty highly in our SimpleScore rankings all the way around. The VikingContact 7 utilizes a rubber compound infused with silica and canola oil for great flexibility in subfreezing weather. Winter traction comes from a specialized tread pattern of cross-hatched grooves, snow grooves that retain snow for better friction, interlocking sipes for traction in snow, ice, and slush, and wider grooves that channel away water and slush to avoid hydroplaning. All of that adds up to an uneatable SimpleScore of 9.9 for traction. That tread pattern is linked together for better rigidity and control with interlocked block bridges, thus a SimpleScore of 9.0 for handling. Though the VikingContact 7 doesn’t have a mileage warranty (most winter tires don’t), we give it a SimpleScore of 8.0 for longevity. As you’d probably expect, the Continental VikingContact 7 is Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rated for severe winter service.

Buy 215/50R18 Size Tires Online

Here at SimpleTire, we understand that the tire buying process can be overwhelming, with numerous choices on the market at various price points and with a multitude of features to consider. We strive to make that experience simpler and less stressful for you. We hope that this list of suggestions for premium all-season, all-weather, winter, and performance tires in the 215/50R18 tire size will provide you with the necessary information to make an informed decision, thereby relieving you of the stress of tire shopping.