PIRELLI 185/70 VR 15

CINTURATO™ CN36

185/70 VR 15 PIRELLI CINTURATO ™

In the late 60's low profile tires were developed, and the tire size 185/70VR15 was developed and in 1969 PIRELLI released the 185/70VR15 CN36 CINTURATO ™ HS tire.

185/70R15 Tires

The tires size 165HR15 was a pretty common tire size, used by sports cars of the 60's. When low profile tire technology was develop some car manufacturers (such as Porsche; with their 911), moved onto low profile tire technology fitting 185/70VR15. The side wall height of a 185/70VR15 is 70% of 185mm tall. the side wall height of a 165R15 is 80% of 165mm tall. These 2 side wall heights being the same made the 185/70VR15 the ideal low profile alternative.

185/70 R 15 CN36 Tires

Porsche jumped on the opportunity to take advantage of, one of the worlds best tire manufacturers, new developments with low profile tires, and fitted PIRELLI's 185/70VR15 CN36 CINTURATO ™ tires to their 911, 924 & 944 cars.

Many people with cars that fit a 165R15 often want to fit a wider tire, under those circumstances the 185/70VR15 CINTURATO ™ CN36 tire would be an idea. It is worth considering if you have a car like a TR4, TR5, TR6 or MGC the manufacturers of these cars chose to fit 165R15 tires long after the 185/70R15 tire size had been invented. They stuck with 165R15, because that is how these cars handled best, under these circumstances possibly the 165HR15 PIRELLI CINTURATO ™ CA67 tire would be a better option.

Porsche 911 on 185/70VR15 CN36 CINTURATO ™

Original article on the Porsche 911 Tires page


PIRELLI 185/70 VR 15 CINTURATO™ CN36 Relevant Cars


Porsche 911 on PIRELLI 185/70 VR 15 CINTURATO™ CN36 Tires

Porsche 911 on PIRELLI 185/70 VR 15 CINTURATO™ CN36 Tires

Austin Healey - 100/4, 100/6, 3000

De Tomaso - Pantera

Maserati - Merak

MG - MGC

Peugeot - 604

Porsche - 356, 911, 914, 924, 944, 911 SC, 912, Carrera

Triumph - TR3, TR4, TR5, TR6

TVR - Griffith

Volkswagen - Beetle

Volvo - Amazon, 164, P1800


PIRELLI 205/70 VR 14 CINTURATO™ CN36 Details


TIRE TYPE TUBELESS RADIAL
DIAMETER OF RIM 15" / 380 mm
ACTUAL WIDTH 196 mm / 7.72"
DIAMETER WHEN INFLATED 637 mm / 25.07"
WEIGHT 8 kg
LOAD INDEX 89 = 580 kgs
SPEED RATING W = 168 mph / 270 km/h
INNERTUBES Michelin 15E
RIM WIDTH 5.5" 6.0" 6.5"