Best tires for the Porsche Taycan
Top picks across four categories for the Porsche Taycan, anchored to the current-generation OEM size 265/35R21. Every recommendation is selected from our 22,000-tire catalog by ranking on UTQG treadwear, mileage warranty, cabin-noise rating, and season class — no commission-weighted reordering.
Daily driver
Best all-season touring
Long warranty, low noise, balanced ride. The one-tire compromise that works for 80% of owners.
Bridgestone
Potenza Sport
Touring-tuned summer compound; balanced ride, grip, and tread life for everyday driving.
Goodyear
Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
UTQG 320 with a 30,000-mile warranty — long-wear summer compound built for the daily-driver mileage profile typical for Porsche Taycan owners.
Yokohama
Advan Apex V601
UTQG 300 with a 30,000-mile warranty — long-wear summer compound built for the daily-driver mileage profile typical for Porsche Taycan owners.
Bridgestone
Potenza Sport 265/35R21
Touring-tuned all-season compound; balanced ride, grip, and tread life for everyday driving.
Lowest cost per mile
Best budget
Best price-per-warranty-mile in this size. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options, not safety.
Continental
ProContact RX
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
Goodyear
Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
320 UTQG with a 30,000-mile warranty works out to roughly 0.00¢ per 100 miles before install. Best price-per-mile in this size — no premium-brand markup.
Bridgestone
Potenza Sport
Lowest sticker price in this size that still meets the OEM load index. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options.
Yokohama
Advan Apex V601
300 UTQG with a 30,000-mile warranty works out to roughly 0.00¢ per 100 miles before install. Best price-per-mile in this size — no premium-brand markup.
Lowest cabin noise
Best quiet
Tread patterns engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning. Pick this if you commute long highway distances daily.
Goodyear
Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
71 dB cabin-noise rating per the EU tire label — well below the segment median. Tread pattern engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning.
Bridgestone
Potenza Sport
72 dB cabin-noise rating per the EU tire label — well below the segment median. Tread pattern engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning.
Yokohama
Advan Apex V601
72 dB cabin-noise rating per the EU tire label — well below the segment median. Tread pattern engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning.
Side-by-side
Pick the trade-off that matches your driving
| All-season Bridgestone Potenza Sport | Best budget Continental ProContact RX | Best quiet Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| UTQG treadwear | 300 | 480 | 320 |
| Mileage warranty | — | — | 30,000 mi |
| Cabin noise | 72 dB | — | 71 dB |
| Season class | summer | — | summer |
| Type | performance | — | performance |
OEM tire sizes by year
What size does the Porsche Taycan use?
Recommendations on this page are anchored to the latest model-year's OEM size. Confirm yours against the driver-door placard before purchase.
| Year | OEM size | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020–2021 | 265/35R21 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2022–2024 | 245/45R20 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2025–2026 | 265/35R21 | Year-specific fitment → |
How we ranked these tires for the Porsche Taycan
We started with the latest model-year's OEM tire size — 265/35R21 — and filtered our catalog of 22,000+ tires to those offered in that exact size. From there, four parallel rankings:
- Best all-season ranks on a weighted score: tire type matches performance car segment, season is "all-season", premium brand bonus (Michelin / Continental / Bridgestone / Pirelli / Goodyear / Nokian).
- Best budget ranks on cost-per-warranty-mile — the lower the better. Premium brands get no bonus here.
- Best quiet ranks on the EU tire-label dB rating; lower is quieter.
- Best winter filters to tires marked 3PMSF severe-snow rated or all-weather class, with a small premium-brand bonus because winter-compound R&D is capital-intensive.
Performance trims trade tread life for grip. Expect summer-class compounds to wear 15,000–25,000 miles vs 50,000+ for all-season touring. The all-season recommendation below is the daily-driver compromise; the budget pick saves money for owners who want the same compound class without the brand premium. Use the side-by-side comparison above to weigh the trade-offs against your specific driving — highway-heavy, winter-state, performance-oriented, or budget-constrained.
NHTSA-reported issues for Porsche Taycan
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Reported across: 2020 – 2020 (1 years)
Complaints are voluntarily submitted to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation and are not verified by NHTSA — they represent owner-reported problems, not proven defects. Counts can be useful as a relative quality signal across comparable tires or vehicles.
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Last verified 2026-06-09.