Vehicles using 245/45R19 tire size:

• Audi A6
• BMW 5 Series
• Buick Envista
• Buick LaCrosse
• Cadillac CT6
• Chevrolet Camaro
• Chevrolet Trax
• Chevrolet TrailBlazer
• Ford Mustang
• Genesis G90
• Jeep Compass
• Kia Sportage
• Mercedes-Benz E-Class
• Mitsubishi Outlander
• Tesla Model S
• Volvo XC70
• Subaru Outback
• Subaru Crosstrek

1. Continental PureContact LS - Best All-Season Tire

First out of the gate is the PureContact LS from Continental. If you’ve had a set of Continental tires, you probably already know what to expect with the PureContact LS. The Continental PureContact LS is designed to deliver year-round traction, impeccable road manners, precise handling, and the kind of low noise and compliant, refined ride quality you’d hope for with a Grand Touring tire. A solid center rib gives the PureContact LS great road feel and steering response, and an asymmetric tread design with stable tread blocks all contribute to the PureContact LS’s cornering and steering feedback, earning it a SimpleScore of 9.4 for handling. PureContact LS’s design also has excellent wear properties and a long tread life. It’s engineered with advanced concepts like temperature-activated polymers in the tread compound to deliver outstanding traction, low road noise, and extended wear (with a 70,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty) – SimpleTire’s SimpleScore for longevity with this tire is a very respectable 9.7. For traction in rainy or light wintry conditions, there are Continental’s +Silane additives in the rubber formulation and a comprehensive system of circumferential grooves, sweeping grooves, “traction grooves” that trap snow to provide snow-on-snow friction, and sipes in the shoulders, all adding up to a SimpleScore of 9.7 for traction.

2. Kumho Ecsta PA51 - Great All-Season Tire

We will wrap this list up with the Ecsta PA51 from Kumho. The Ecsta PA51 is designed to deliver the year-round traction of an all-season tire along with UHP levels of braking, cornering, and handling performance, thanks to wide circumferential grooves that resist hydroplaning by diverting water from the tire’s contact patch. Cornering is neutral and accurate with wide, stiffened shoulder blocks (for a SimpleScore of 9.4 in handling), and a semi-solid center rib boosts straight-line stability, steering response, and road manners. Its advanced tread compound is designed for superb traction, rigidity for cornering ability, and long, even wear (for a 45,000 mile manufacturer’s tread life warranty), and winter traction gets a boost from a combination of sipes and specially-designed tread blocks. The Kumho Ecsta PA51 comes in at a little more affordable price point, but that doesn’t mean you have to give up anything in performance or quality.

3. Pirelli P Zero AS Plus 3 - Best UHP All-Season Tire

For drivers who want the sharp performance of a UHP (ultra-high-performance) tire without the headache of having to switch UHP tires for all-season when temperatures get colder, there’s the Pirelli P Zero AS Plus 3. The P Zero AS Plus from Pirelli is another all-season tire designed to deliver the best of both worlds: consistent traction year-round and precise and crisp performance. The P Zero All Season Plus 3 is designed for durability and great wear properties, with a new polymer-enhanced tread formulation, a polyester casing reinforced by a twin steel belt package, and polyamide reinforcement plies for a 50,000 mile manufacturer’s treadwear warranty. With that in mind, we give the Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus 3] a very respectable SimpleScore of 8.9 for longevity. The P Zero AS Plus is designed for dependable traction year-round, with an asymmetric tread pattern that puts more rubber in contact with the road thanks to its flat footprint and a minimal void area. Various sipes, including full-depth 3D sipes in select tread blocks, help deliver great performance in wet or wintry conditions for an outstanding SimpleScore of 9.9 for traction. Larger pitch-sequenced tread blocks and reinforced shoulders give the Pirelli P Zero AS Plus improved steering response, braking, and cornering for a SimpleScore of 9.9 for handling.

4. Goodyear WinterCommand Ultra - Best Winter Tire

If you’ve ever had to contend with heavy snow that lingers on the roads for days or weeks, you probably already discovered that a winter tire is the only thing for it because an all-season tire will not be up to the task. Our nominee for best winter tire is the Goodyear Winter Command Ultra, a studless winter tire designed for the roughest winter conditions. The WinterCommand Ultra is designed with Goodyear’s CryoGrip tread compound, engineered for the flexibility it needs to conform to the road for excellent winter traction. From there, the WinterCommand Ultra is molded into a directional V-shaped tread pattern with Goodyear’s hydro-dynamic grooves, active block cuts, and 3D sipes that all work as a system to evacuate water and slush from the tire’s contact patch and slice their way through standing snow and slush. That’s enough for a hard-to-beat SimpleScore of 9.9 for traction. The WinterCommand Ultra isn’t a clumsy, sluggish “snow tire”. These features give it the same control, cornering, steering response, and braking performance you’d expect with a premium all-season tire for a SimpleScore of 9.9 in handling. While the Goodyear WinterCommand Ultra is designed for durability and boasts a longevity score 8.5, you must remember that it’s a winter tire and unsuitable for year-round driving. The softer, stickier tread compound of winter tires wears prematurely when temperatures are above 45 degrees F, and tire manufacturers advise switching back to all-season tires when the weather warms up. Not surprisingly, the Goodyear Winter Command Ultra is Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rated for severe winter service.

5. Falken Wildpeak A/T Trail - Best All-Terrain Tire

We must include an all-terrain tire in this roundup for 245/45R19-equipped 4WD crossovers like the Chevrolet Trax. The Wildpeak A/T Trail is one tough tire designed for fun and adventure off the pavement without compromising the ride comfort, handling, low noise, and road manners you expect on the open road. The Falken Wildpeak A/T Trail is tailored to the weight, power, torque, and handling of modern trucks, SUVs, and crossovers, with a 2-ply polyester casing reinforced with a steel belt package and polyamide cap ply for stability and a silica-rich tread compound that’s heat-resistant and delivers excellent wet or dry-weather traction and long wear across a wide range of temperatures. The Wildpeak A/T Trail features an aggressive, symmetric all-terrain tread design with a deep 10/32” tread, open shoulder design, and circumferential grooves that remove water from the tire’s footprint to resist hydroplaning. Falken designed the Wildpeak A/T Trail for great traction in snow and slush, with interlocking 3D Canyon Sipes (earning it the tire industry’s Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rating for severe winter service). For durability and damage resistance over rocks, logs, and other obstacles, the Wildpeak A/T Trail has a reinforced sidewall with lugs extending from the shoulder onto the sidewall, boosting lateral traction. You can also dress up your vehicle’s looks with two sidewall designs – traditional serrated lettering and a raised, three-dimensional lettering style. Falken covers the Wildpeak A/T Trail with a five-year/ 65,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty. According to our SimpleScore ratings, the Wildpeak AT Trail gets an overall score of 9.0, with marks of 9.0 for handling, 8.9 for longevity, and 9.2 for traction.

Buy 245/45R19 Size Tires Online

At SimpleTire, the tire buying process can be frustrating and overwhelming, with many tires to choose from and many warranty packages and features to sort out. With this list of some of the best 245/45R19 tires, we hope we can clear up some of the confusion and give you the information you need to decide when to replace your tires.