Hyundai Creta Tyre Size, Price and Best Tyres (2026)

It depends on the trim. cardekho.com lists 34 current Creta variants, and its "Tyre Size" field splits them three ways (checked November 2026).

That table describes Cretas on sale now. An older Creta, such as a 2021 car, may have left the factory on a different trim-to-size split, and the reliable check is the size moulded on the sidewall of your current tyres. The tyre has to match the wheel diameter, so an R17 tyre will only go on a 17-inch rim.

The 205/65 R16 is the size where the most Creta-specific evidence exists, because Michelin chose a Creta in this size for its own India test. That makes the evidence plentiful and also one-sided, so it is set out here with the independent results beside it.

The Primacy 5 test on a Creta, and what it leaves out

Michelin had Applus+ IDIADA test the Primacy 5 at NATRAX in Indore in May and June 2026, in 205/65 R16 on a Hyundai Creta, against the Bridgestone Turanza 6i, Continental UltraContact UC6 and Yokohama BluEarth GT Max AE51. New, it stopped in 30.5 m on a wet surface against a competitor average of 38.6 m; worn to 2 mm, the figures were 37.6 m and 46.5 m. Independent European tests of the Primacy 5 were less flattering: it placed 7th of 16 in ADAC's 2026 test, held back by a driving-safety grade of 3.2, and 6th of 8 for Auto Express, where it had the lowest rolling resistance of any tyre tested.

We did not record a street price for the Primacy 5 in 205/65 R16, so it is not in the table above. Ask your dealer if it is stocked.

Goodyear Assurance TripleMax for the budget

Goodyear says the TripleMax offers "Maximum Braking Ability, Maximum Wet Grip & Maximum Control". It was one of the rivals in a CATARC test Michelin commissioned in 2018, in which Michelin says its Energy XM2+ had the shortest wet braking distance; no metres were published, so how far behind the TripleMax was is not known.

Energy XM2+ for distance

The same commissioned CATARC test, run in 205/55 R16 on a VW Golf 7, claimed 25% more mileage than the competitor average, extrapolated from a 20,000 km run. It is the dearest tyre we recorded in this size at ₹9,499.

Sixteen of the 34 current variants, all King trims, run 215/55 R18. We have no price for that size from tyremarket.com or tyreplex.com, and no independent test in that exact size, so we are not naming a best tyre for it yet.

What can be said is narrow. Michelin announced that its Chennai plant would make the Primacy 5, Pilot Sport 5, Pilot Sport 4 SUV and LTX Trail ST in 16 to 22 inch sizes, with sales due in the first half of 2026, Autocar India reported. Whether a 215/55 R18 is among them is unconfirmed.

The legal floor in India is 1.6 mm of tread above the wear indicator, under rule 94(3)(iv) of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules. Apollo advises replacing at 2.3 mm rather than waiting for the legal limit, and Michelin recommends rotating tyres about every 8,000 to 10,000 km so the four wear evenly.

Warranties also differ in where the clock starts.

A tyre that has sat in a warehouse for a year has already used part of a warranty that runs from manufacture. For the brand-by-brand picture, see our best tyre brands in India guide.