Can you recommend quiet, economical tyres for my Rover 75 diesel on 15-inch wheels?

I’m looking for a quiet-running tyre for a recently acquired Rover 75 diesel with the (sensible) 15-inch alloys and 195/65 R15 tyres. It came on unidirectional Goodrich Profilers, which are wearing well but are a bit noisy. I used Michelin Energy Savers (to great effect) on my last car - a Yaris Diesel, bought on your recommendation, and run to 180,000 until an economic write-off last year. When renewal time comes, I’m considering Energy Savers for the Rover but maybe they don't always translate to other cars and sizes. Any suggestions?

Asked on 6 February 2012 by SG, via email

Answered by Honest John

I ran a Focus ECOnetic on 195/65 R15 Energy Savers for a year. Very comfortable, and handled well in summer. Just a little noisy in winter at very low temperatures because harder compound low rolling resistance tyres usually are.

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