Here at SimpleTire, we’ve gone through the catalog, totaled up, and tabulated the SimpleScore for some of the best Land Rover Discovery Sport tires, including all-season, all-terrain, and winter tire choices. Without further delay let’s dive in for a closer look:
1. Goodyear Wrangler Steadfast HT - Best All-Season tire
The Goodyear Wrangler Steadfast HT is a highway all-season tire that’s committed to delivering Grand Touring-style levels of ride comfort, road manners, stability, and treadwear. The Wrangler Steadfast HT features DuPont Kevlar in the tread with a reinforced sidewall and built-in WearGauge indicators in the tread pattern. Goodyear backs the Wrangler Steadfast HT with a 70,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty. That adds up to a tire that offers long, even wear and resistance to damage from potholes and other hazards – we give the Wrangler Steadfast HT a SimpleScore of 9.9 for longevity. A SimpleScore of 9.7 for traction is pretty respectable too, thanks to a pattern of sipes, lateral and angled grooves, and extra-wide circumferential grooves that help resist hydroplaning and get through wet weather with ease and confidence. Cornering, braking response, and steering input are all sharp and immediate, thanks to that tread design and a solid center rib – we give the Steadfast HT a SimpleScore of 9.5 for handling.
2. Toyo Open Country A/T III - Best All-Terrain tire
Since the Land Rover Discovery Sport is designed to be just as much in its native element off the pavement as on the highway, there needs to be at least one all-terrain tire choice. The Toyo Open Country A/T III is exactly the kind of tire that can lend the traction and durability you need for off-road forays in sand, snow, mud, or rocks. That’s all with minimal compromise on the low noise, responsive handling, good road manners, and comfortable ride that you’d expect the best all-season tires to offer. That might all sound like some pretty lofty expectations, but the Toyo Open Country A/T III is exactly that kind of all-terrain tire. Toyo designed the Open Country A/T III with a durable cut-and-chip-resistant rubber compound, polyester casing, two steel belts, and a spiral wrap polyamide cap layer. Toyo stands by the Open Country A/T III with a 65,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty, which is all we needed to hear at SimpleTire to give the Open Country A/T III a solid SimpleScore of 9.6 for longevity. The symmetric all-terrain tread easily ejects stones, mud, and debris thanks to its high void ratio so there’s always a clear section of the tire to dig in. It also features an extra-deep tread for long wear as well as traction. The Toyo Open Country A/T III has the Three Peak Mountain Snowflake certification for severe winter service for a traction score of 9.7. Cornering, braking, and steering responses are also confident and immediate without being twitchy, thanks to the shoulder design, sipe pattern, and stable internal construction of the Open Country A/T III for a SimpleScore of 9.3. All in all, the Toyo Open Country A/T III is a strong, capable choice for your Land Rover Discovery, with performance that’s equally at home on or off of paved surfaces.
3. Nokian Nordman 9 SUV - Best Winter tire
You’d expect a Finnish-based company to have some expertise in developing tires to get through the tough Scandinavian winters, and you’d be right. If you live in a part of the country where winters are tough and you have to contend with snow, slush, and ice that stays on the ground (and the roads) for weeks at a time, you probably already know that most all-season tires just aren’t capable of getting the job done. You should think about the Nokian Nordman 9 SUV – Nokian is a Finnish tire manufacturer (yes, the same parent company as Nokia phones) and they know all about winter conditions and winter tire design. The Nordman 9 SUV is designed for the absolute dead-worst that winter weather can throw your way, with a rubber compound that’s purpose-built to stay flexible and deliver great traction in sub-freezing conditions. The Nordman 9’s winter tread features a network of deep grooves and strategically placed sipes that multiply your tire’s surface area and biting edges to dig into snow and slush. The Nordman 9 SUV is pre-drilled for easy installation of studs that would be strategically placed to bolster traction and safely get you across hockey-rink-slick with confidence. NOTE: studded tires are not legal in all states and are limited to certain months of the year in states where they are legal – check your state laws to be sure.
With an average SimpleScore of 9.2, the Nordman 9 Studded excels in longevity (9.1) and traction (9.7) while also offering handling (8.7).
While these are three of the best Land Rover Discovery tires on the market, there are plenty of other great options on the market. Here are two others that stood out:
4. Falken Wildpeak A/T Trail - Great All-Terrain tire
Let’s wrap this list up with the Falken Wildpeak A/T Trail. The Wildpeak A/T Trail is a near perfect tire for the confidence and durability you need in your offroad adventures without a serious tradeoff in ride comfort, handling, low noise, and road manners for daily driver duties. The Falken Wildpeak A/T Trail was designed with the power, handling, and driving dynamics of modern trucks, SUVs, and crossovers in mind. It features a 2-ply polyester casing, steel belt package, and polyamide cap ply for durability and highway stability, and its silica-rich tread compound delivers long wear across a wide range of temperatures and great wet or dry-weather traction. The open shoulder design, circumferential grooves to resist hydroplaning and aggressive, symmetric all-terrain tread design with a deep 10/32” tread depth. Falken all contribute to great wet-weather grip. Falken also designed the Wildpeak A/T Trail for winter traction as well; its interlocking 3D Canyon Sipes deliver grip that’s worthy of the tire industry’s Three Peak Mountain Snowflake certification for severe winter service. This is a durable tire for rough off-road conditions, too; the Wildpeak A/T Trail has a reinforced sidewall and boosts lateral traction for ruts or cornering with lugs that extend from the shoulder onto the sidewall itself. To personalize your vehicle’s looks, there’s a choice of two sidewall designs – one with traditional serrated lettering and the other with a raised, three-dimensional lettering style. Falken stands behind 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.
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