Matched sets for your BMW 5-Series (2016)

245/45R18 front · 275/40R18 rear

Your car takes a wider tyre on the back, so these come as a set — the same make front and rear, priced for all four fitted. Pull the shelf along for more.

OE for your car first: the sets BMW approved for this car, the mark on the tyre wall says which. Then the rest, best grade first, no maker twice in a row.

Are your tyres run-flats?

Run-flats only.

What’s the BMW star (★) on a tyre?

BMW’s approval. A star on the tyre wall means BMW tested that tyre for your model — around 50 checks, from grip and braking to wear, noise and high speed, well beyond the EU tyre label.

Not the law. A tyre without the star, in the right size and rating, is safe and legal and passes the NCT.

Why it matters most on xDrive (four-wheel drive). The front and back wheels are driven together, and the drive system allows only a tiny difference in how far each tyre travels per turn. Star tyres are made to BMW’s own measurements so all four roll alike; two tyres with the same size printed on them, from different makers, can differ by a few millimetres.

So on xDrive, keep all four the same: star on all four or none, and the front and back within about 3 mm of tread of each other. Mixing them is what wears the transfer case — and BMW dealers check it before a transfer-case warranty claim.

What we do. BMW’s star sets come first. The others fit and perform fine as a full set of four, and on xDrive we never fit a pair against star tyres on the other axle.

  • Hankook
    OE for your carPremium

    Why it’s first: * — BMW and Mini: the star is BMW's approval: built to BMW's rolling-circumference tolerance so the driven wheels turn as one through the differential (and the transfer case on an xDrive). BMW says star tyres on all four, never a star mixed with a non-star. The approved sets come before the rest.

    Front
    245/45R18 100Y XL RunFlatVentus S1 Evo 3 (*)€219 eachtap the tyre for the tread and the label
    +
    Rear
    275/40R18 103Y XL RunFlatVentus S1 Evo 3 (*)€289 eachtap the tyre for the tread and the label
    here by 09:00 on MondaySame tread front and rear
    €1,016all four, fitted
    Ring to order · 01 295 3829
  • Goodyear
    OE for your carPremium

    Why it’s first: * — BMW and Mini: the star is BMW's approval: built to BMW's rolling-circumference tolerance so the driven wheels turn as one through the differential (and the transfer case on an xDrive). BMW says star tyres on all four, never a star mixed with a non-star. The approved sets come before the rest.

    Front
    245/45R18 100Y XL RunFlatEagle F1 Asymmetric 3 FP (*)€246 eachtap the tyre for the tread and the label
    +
    Rear
    275/40R18 99Y XL RunFlatEagle F1 Asymmetric 3 FP (*)€335 eachtap the tyre for the tread and the label
    here by 09:00 on MondaySame tread front and rear
    €1,162all four, fitted
    Ring to order · 01 295 3829
  • Pirelli
    OE for your carPremium

    Why it’s first: * — BMW and Mini: the star is BMW's approval: built to BMW's rolling-circumference tolerance so the driven wheels turn as one through the differential (and the transfer case on an xDrive). BMW says star tyres on all four, never a star mixed with a non-star. The approved sets come before the rest.

    Front
    245/45R18 100Y RunFlatCinturato P7 MOE (*)€253 eachtap the tyre for the tread and the label
    +
    Rear
    275/40R18 99Y RunFlatCinturato P7 (*)€333 eachtap the tyre for the tread and the label
    here by 09:00 on MondaySame tread front and rear
    €1,172all four, fitted
    Ring to order · 01 295 3829
  • Michelin
    OE for your carPremium

    Why it’s first: * — BMW and Mini: the star is BMW's approval: built to BMW's rolling-circumference tolerance so the driven wheels turn as one through the differential (and the transfer case on an xDrive). BMW says star tyres on all four, never a star mixed with a non-star. The approved sets come before the rest.

    Front
    245/45R18 100Y XL RunFlatPILOT SPORT 4 (*)€265 eachtap the tyre for the tread and the label
    +
    Rear
    275/40R18 103Y XL RunFlatPILOT SPORT 4 (*)€398 eachtap the tyre for the tread and the label
    here by 09:00 on MondaySame tread front and rear
    €1,326all four, fitted
    Ring to order · 01 295 3829
  • Pirelli
    OE for your carPremium

    Why it’s first: * — BMW and Mini: the star is BMW's approval: built to BMW's rolling-circumference tolerance so the driven wheels turn as one through the differential (and the transfer case on an xDrive). BMW says star tyres on all four, never a star mixed with a non-star. The approved sets come before the rest.

    Front
    245/45R18 100Y XL RunFlatP Zero PZ4 (*)€269 eachtap the tyre for the tread and the label
    +
    Rear
    275/40R18 103Y XL RunFlatP Zero (*)€390 eachtap the tyre for the tread and the label
    here by 09:00 on MondaySame tread front and rear

    The front is the P Zero PZ4, the current P Zero; the other end is listed as P Zero. Compatible as a set, and we'll confirm the exact tread with you before fitting.

    €1,318all four, fitted
    Ring to order · 01 295 3829
  • Falken
    Mid-range
    Front
    245/45R18 100Y XL RunFlatFK520 AZENIS -RFT- FEXM€254 eachtap the tyre for the tread and the label
    +
    Rear
    275/40R18 103Y XL RunFlatFK520 AZENIS FEXM€328 eachtap the tyre for the tread and the label
    here by 15:00 todaySame tread front and rear

    No BMW star (★) — not BMW's own approved fitment, but the right size and rating: it fits and performs fine as a full set of four — on xDrive, never a pair of these against star tyres on the other axle.

    €1,164all four, fitted
    Ring to order · 01 295 3829
  • Pirelli
    Premium
    Front
    245/45R18 100Y RunFlatCinturato P7 (*)€243 eachtap the tyre for the tread and the label
    +
    Rear
    275/40R18 99Y RunFlatCinturato P7 (*)€333 eachtap the tyre for the tread and the label
    here by 09:00 on MondaySame tread front and rear
    €1,152all four, fitted
    Ring to order · 01 295 3829

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