Vehicles that use 235/50R19 tire size:

• Acura RDX
• Audi A6 Allroad
• Audi Q3 Sportback
• Buick Envision
• Chevrolet Equinox
• Chrysler 300
• Chrysler Town & Country
• Dodge Challenger
• Dodge Charger
• Dodge Grand Caravan
• Ford Freestyle
• GMC Terrain
• Honda Element
• Jeep Cherokee
• Kia Sportage
• Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class
• Subaru Forester
• Toyota Sienna
• Volkswagen Tiguan

First off, we’ve got an outstanding all-season tire that gets a nice shiny 9.3 as an aggregate SimpleScore. Continental’s ProContact GX is a performance-oriented all-season tire that’s a great performer and value in a 225/55R18 tire for a crossover or sedan. When it comes to traction, we gave the ProContact GX a SimpleScore of 9.7; it’s designed to deliver reliable, consistent grip in wet, dry or wintry weather. The ProContact GX’s tread pattern incorporates a set of circumferential grooves, sipes and multi-directional angled grooves, all of which work together as a system for tenacious traction. Continental covers the ProContact GX from the factory with an 80,000 mile treadwear warranty along with their Total Confidence Plan, which comes out to a SimpleScore of 8.9 for longevity. You can enjoy sharp cornering and braking and steering response that’s direct and accurate with the ProContact GX thanks to its tread design, internal construction and sipe pattern. It’s worth noting that this is a tire that’s the OEM choice for makes and models like the Jaguar XE, Mercedes-Benz C43 AMG and C300 and Subaru Forester & Outback. After crunching the numbers, we give the ProContact GX a SimpleScore of 9.5 for handling. We also need to mention that Continental designed the ProContact GX around low rolling resistance, ride comfort and low noise, all of which make it a great, versatile option for a variety of vehicle makes and models.

The all-weather tire category is something that might be unfamiliar to some drivers; you can think of them as having a lot of common ground with their all-season tire counterparts except they’re designed with features that put more of an emphasis on winter performance. In other words, they more or less split the difference between all-season and dedicated winter tires. With enhanced grip, braking and control in wet or wintry conditions along with the kind of ride comfort, handling and low noise that you’d expect of a Grand Touring tire, the Toyo Celsius II is a great example of the all-weather tire category,. As you might expect with those features, the Toyo Celsius II has the Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rating for severe winter conditions. It’s designed with a silica-rich tread formulation that delivers long wear as well as enhanced grip in wet or wintry weather. The Celsius II’s tread pattern features large, solid tread blocks and a dense pattern of multi-wave sipes, multiplying grip and surface area with hundreds of extra hair-thin edges that help it slice its way through snow and slush. SimpleScore for traction: 8.7. Our SimpleScore for handling is a solid 8.6 – cornering, high-speed stability, braking and steering response are all sharp thanks to its tread pattern and a high-stiffness design that includes a polyester casing reinforced with two steel belts. All those features also figure into our SimpleScore of 9.6 for longevity (and for a Toyo limited manufacturer tread life warranty of 60,000 miles).

If you live in an area that experiences tough winters – not just a few inches of snow, but snow and slush that lingers on the roads for days or weeks – there’s the Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3. Sottozero translates from Italian as “below zero,” and this tire is set to deliver on Pirelli’s long-standing reputation for quality, engineering and performance. The Sottozero 3’s innovative tread compound is designed to stay flexible and pliable in subfreezing conditions, thanks to a special blend of polymers and other advanced materials. Its directional winter tread pattern is designed with arrow-shaped blocks and rounded shoulders. It’s also dense with grooves that channel water and slush from the contact patch, helping to mitigate any tendency toward hydroplaning. 3D sipes add thousands of extra biting edges to the tread surface to dig in and deliver traction in snow and slush for a SimpleScore rating of 9.8. Internally, the Winter Sottozero 3 from Pirelli is designed for high-speed stability, ride quality and long life, with two steel belts and a spiral-wrapped polyamide layer. The Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3 is Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rated for severe winter service.

Next up is a great UHP/all-season tire, the Ventus S1 (H125) from Hankook. This is an all-season tire that delivers the kind of sharp and accurate cornering and braking you’d expect from a summer or ultra-high-performance tire. Hankook designed the Ventus S1 (H125) with a sticky silica-infused tread compound that delivers great wet traction and long, even wear. It’s then molded into an all-season tread with chamfered circumferential grooves, wide lateral grooves for traction in snow and slush, angled grooves and sipes and, enhanced pattern stiffness for unbeatable stability. That’s enough to register a SimpleScore of 9.0 for traction. Tread wear properties are first-rate with this tire, thanks to the durable rubber compound, shoulder design, and a contact patch that encourages long, even wear. Hankook covers the Ventus S1 (H125) with a generous 50,000 mile warranty, and we give this tire a solid 9.6 SimpleScore for longevity. All the above-mentioned tread features and the stable, tough internal construction of the Ventus S1 (H125) help give this tire the kind of steering response and control that lend themselves to enthusiastic driving – we give this tire a SimpleScore of 9.4 for handling. We should also mention that the Hankook Ventus S1 (H125) has been chosen as the original equipment tire for several premium models from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and Audi.

WE’re going to close out this list with an all-season tire that’s been making a great impression on us, the Crugen HP71 from Kumho. For some time now, our team here at SimpleTire has thought that Kumho products in general deliver premium quality and performance, and the Crugen HP71 comes in with a very solid SimpleScore of 9.1 for longevity. The advanced rubber formulation of the Crugen HP71 has the kind of great wear properties for Kumho to offer a 65,000 mile manufacturer’s treadwear warranty. Steering feedback, response, road manners and cornering are more along the lines of what you’d expect with a performance tire; it features a rigid center rib and shoulder blocks that resist the tread squirm and deformation that come with the forces of braking and cornering. SimpleScore for handling: 8.6. After we crunched the numbers, the Crugen HP71 registers a SimpleScore of 8.4 for traction. Its tread pattern features circumferential grooves, micro-serrations, lateral voids and full-depth sipes, all of which help with solid, consistent grip on a variety of pavement surfaces in wet, dry or wintry conditions. The Kumho Crugen HP71 also has a ride that’s refined and quiet, keeping highway noise to a minimum thanks to a tread pitch that’s randomized and computer tuned to cut down on pattern noise and cancel certain frequencies.

Here at SimpleTire, we know that the tire buying process can be frustrating and a little overwhelming. There are so many models of tires out there at every price point, with a wide range of warranty packages, features and performance profiles. With this list of some of the best tires in the 235/50R19 size, we hope we can make the tire buying experience a little more friction-free for you and hope that this helps you make an informed decision when it’s time to replace your 235/50R19 tires.