Honda Cr-z Tires

Introduced in 2010, the CR-Z was a 2+2 sports coupe from Honda with a hybrid drivetrain. With a low curb weight and 111 horsepower 4-cylinder engine, the CR-Z offered decent performance and great fuel economy. CR-Z models were designed to be inexpensive, efficient, and sporty, with all the earmarks of a sports car and a hybrid engine. And efficient they were – the CR-Z with CVT transmission was rated at 35 mpg city/39 mpg highway, with some drivers reporting 39 mpg combined. Honda’s racing division, HPD, offered an aftermarket performance package for the CR-Z, including a supercharger, performance suspension, upgraded brake calipers, cat-back exhaust, and more. The CR-Z was discontinued in 2016 and was available in Base, EX, EX-L, and LX trim levels.

Here at SimpleTire, our team has reviewed the catalog and picked some great tire options for your Honda CR-Z, including performance, UHP all-season, all-season, and summer/UHP tires. We then ranked them in Best/Great/Good order and used our SimpleScore system to tally up numerical values for each tire's traction, longevity, and handling categories. Ready? Let’s go in for a closer look:

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

Let’s get this list going with an excellent value in an all-season tire, the Avid Ascend LX from Yokohama. Here at SimpleTire, our team has been pretty impressed with just every tire that the Yokohama line has to offer, and the Avid Ascend LX does a great job of keeping that reputation going. The Avid Ascend LX is designed to deliver excellent grip year-round and gets a SimpleScore of 8.6 for traction, with a comprehensive system of circumferential, lateral, and angled grooves. Treadwear properties are excellent with the Avid Ascend LX; it features a wider and flatter footprint to encourage long, even treadwear with improved vehicle weight distribution and Yokohama’s L-2 polymer blend tread compound for improved wear properties. No matter what kind of tire you’re talking about, it’s really hard to beat an 85,000 mile warranty – we give 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 designed to work together for confident cornering, short braking distances, and steering response that’s immediate and precise – we give the Avid Ascend LX a SimpleScore of 8.7 for traction.

2. Bridgestone DriveGuard - Best All-Season Touring Tire

Next up on our list comes the DriveGuard Plus from Bridgestone, a premium all-season touring tire that gives an added measure of peace of mind with run-flat technology. Run-flat tires are designed with a reinforced sidewall structure that can enable a driver to keep going as far as another 50 miles at 50 mph, even if the tire loses all its air pressure and fails. Along with the run-flat design, you can count on the DriveGuard Plus for consistent grip and performance when the weather starts getting tricky,. That includes circumferential grooves that reduce hydroplaning risk by diverting standing water from wet pavement behind the tire's contact patch. Traction in snow, slush, and rain is enhanced with full-depth 3D sipes, adding hundreds of extra biting edges. For wet-weather grip, the asymmetric all-season tread with angled and circumferential grooves works as a system with open shoulder slots for great control. With all that in mind, we give the DriveGuard Plus a SimpleScore of 9.7 for traction. The DriveGuard Plus’s robust internal construction, long-wearing tread compound, and run-flat design mean great wear properties. The DriveGuard Plus is covered by a 65,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty, which accounts partly for our SimpleScore of 9.6 for longevity for this tire. We gave the DriveGuard Plus a solid 9.9 for handling, thanks to its stable, rigid tread face and an asymmetric tread pattern that delivers enhanced cornering, braking, control, and steering response. At the end of the day, this is a Grand Touring tire that delivers consistent year-round traction, excellent wear properties, a quiet, compliant ride, and inspiring handling.

3. Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02 - Best Summer Tire

The ExtremeContact Sport 02 is a next-generation summer tire that perfectly balances tread life, handling properties, ride comfort, and low noise. The ExtremeContact Sport 02 is designed with Continental’s +Silane tread compound for confident handling in wet weather, with deep circumferential grooves that resist hydroplaning by acting as a pathway for standing water to be diverted from the tire’s contact patch. SimpleScore for traction is a very strong 9.8. SimpleScore for handling is a formidable 9.6 – thanks to a ribbed, asymmetric tread pattern with a continuous center rib for enhanced driver feedback and steering response, wide tread blocks, and a reinforced shoulder that boosts lateral grip while cornering. Unlike many tires in the UHP and summer categories, the Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02 is covered by a 30,000 mile treadwear warranty. With two steel belts, a durable polyester casing, and a nylon cap ply layer, the ExtremeContact Sport 02 gets a SimpleScore of 8.5 for longevity.

These are a few of our choices for great premium tires for your Maserati Quattroporte, but we’re not done yet. Here are a couple more for you to think about.

4. Sumitomo HTR AS P03 - Good All-Season Tire

Next up, we’ve got the HTR AS P03 from Sumitomo, an all-season tire that’s a great choice for powerful, high-horsepower sedans, coupes, and crossovers. Sumitomo equipped the HTR AS P03 with the innovative Miura-Ori multi-siping system, circumferential grooves, and “fin”-shaped grooves, all of which work together as a system to boost grip enough for an M+S rating for mud/snow traction (as well as garnering a SimpleScore of 8.5 from us). The tread design and shoulder are reinforced to handle the inertia and stresses of hard cornering. The HTR AS P03 is aided by a sticky silica-enhanced tread compound, reinforced high-tension bead apex, and cross-designed grooves and sipes (SimpleScore of 9.0 for handling). Durability is another strong point with the HTR AS P03, thanks to tough internal construction and rubber formulation. Sumitomo offers up to a 65,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty (depending on tire size), which earns a longevity SimpleScore of 8.7.

5. Falken Ziex ZE960 A/S - Good All-Season Tire

Let’s wrap up this little roundup with the Ziex ZE960 A/S from Falken. The Ziex ZE960 A/S isn’t technically a UHP tire, but it does deliver performance that’s right up there with UHP tires – except in a premium all-season tire package. The Ziex ZE960 A/S incorporated Falken's circumferential, angled, and cross-hatch grooves with innovative Flask Siping for enhanced hydroplaning resistance, pulling a SimpleScore of 8.6 for traction. Cornering, braking, and steering response are crisp and sharp, with a tread face optimized for rigidity and robust internal construction. All told we gave this tire a SimpleScore of 8.6 for handling.

Order Honda CR-Z Tires Online

Buying tires online can be stressful, but it doesn't need to be. SimpleTire offers a simple approach to finding the best tires for you and your Honda CR-Z. Select your Honda CR-Z below, then tell us a few more things, such as year and trim level, to determine your tire size. From there, we'll show you tires that fit your vehicle and are the best match based on performance characteristics, but you can also look for the best value tires, tires that are on sale or part of a promo, have the longest tread life, and much more