Toyo Versado Noir Review

Toyo is introducing a new tire this year to its Versado all-season lineup that it calls the Noir. In general, the Versado line is meant to offer a smooth, quiet ride in line with what you might expect in a premium vehicle. Toyo Versado Noir Review.

The Noir line is specifically meant for sedans and coupes and designed to make longer drives more comfortable and to damp out bumps and uneven road surfaces. It acts as a replacement to the Versado LXII in Toyo’s product lineup and ought to offer improvements in fuel economy over those tires barring other changes.

SEE ALSO: Toyo Proxes 4 Plus Review

Before I fitted my 2004 Acuara TSX with the Versado Noirs, it rode on a set of Toyo’s ultra high performance all-season Proxes 4 Plus. I evaluated those tires

Nevertheless, they are still performance tires. It’s been about a month since I made the switch and the difference is obvious. The Versado Noirs make less noise at highway speeds and absorb road imperfections more gracefully than the performance tires I grew accustomed to. When I would drive over highway joins with the old tires, I could feel and hear a “thunking” sound that isn’t present with the more comfort-oriented Versado Noirs.

The sidewalls feel softer and the trade-off there is that my TSX doesn’t feel as eager to corner and able to hang on during those corners as it used to. I can feel the tires squishing more around highway clover leafs, but it isn’t enough to be problematic.

Toyo offers a wide range of fitments with widths running from 195 to 245 millimeters and wheel diameters from 15 to 18 inches. Pricing for the smallest set starts at about $68 per tire and can run as high as $149 per tire.