Following on from the 32 tyre braking shootout, Auto Bild have taken the fourteen best all season tyres to the full test, and included a summer and winter tyre as reference.
As with the Tyre Reviews all season test, Auto Bild have ranked the new Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-3 as the best all season tyre, not because it was outstanding in one single area, but because it had a rounded performance in nearly all tests.
Auto Bild also tested the new Vredestein Quatrac, which replaces the Quatrac 5. This new tyre performed excellently in the dry and wet tests, and had the best wear of the group, making the Vredestein Quatrac a very good tyre for climates like the UK.
Auto Bild also found the Continental AllSeasonContact to be a well rounded tyre, and the CrossClimate+ strong in the dry, but a little disappointing in the wet.
The updated Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO again struggled in the snow, which peanalised it more with the German score weighting than it did in the Tyre Reviews test.
Auto Bild performed drum wear testing and while their mileage predictions seem somewhat optimistic, it's worth scrolling down to the wear section to see the results as it wasn't something Tyre Reviews could test this year.
It's always nice when the data from two different tests, in difference sizes, performed in different conditions are similar, and this is what we have between the Auto Bild results, and our own.
Dry
As usual, the summer reference tyre had the advantage in dry braking, and the dry optimised Michelin CrossClimate+ was a close second.
Dry Braking
Spread: 5.30 M (13.6%)|Avg: 41.71 M
Dry braking in meters (Lower is better)
Reference Summer
39.00 M
Michelin CrossClimate Plus
39.70 M
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF
39.80 M
Vredestein Quatrac
40.60 M
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
40.90 M
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
40.90 M
Hankook Kinergy 4S2
41.10 M
Firestone MultiSeason Gen 02
41.20 M
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3
41.60 M
Nexen N Blue 4 Season
41.90 M
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
42.70 M
Continental AllSeasonContact
43.00 M
BFGoodrich g Grip All Season 2
43.10 M
Kleber Quadraxer 2
43.20 M
Reference Winter
44.30 M
Kumho Solus 4S HA32
44.30 M
Dry Handling retained the summer tyre's advantage, with the Bridgestone WeatherControl A005 EVO moving up to second place, ahead of the Vredestein and Michelin.
Dry Handling
Spread: 2.40 Km/H (2.6%)|Avg: 89.68 Km/H
Dry Handling Average Speed (Higher is better)
Reference Summer
90.90 Km/H
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
90.60 Km/H
Vredestein Quatrac
90.40 Km/H
Michelin CrossClimate Plus
90.10 Km/H
Hankook Kinergy 4S2
90.10 Km/H
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3
90.00 Km/H
Continental AllSeasonContact
90.00 Km/H
Firestone MultiSeason Gen 02
89.90 Km/H
Kumho Solus 4S HA32
89.80 Km/H
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
89.70 Km/H
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
89.70 Km/H
Nexen N Blue 4 Season
89.00 Km/H
Kleber Quadraxer 2
88.90 Km/H
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF
88.70 Km/H
BFGoodrich g Grip All Season 2
88.60 Km/H
Reference Winter
88.50 Km/H
Wet
As in the Tyre Reviews test, a number of all season tyres beat the summer tyre in wet braking, with Bridgestone taking the lead.
Wet Braking
Spread: 10.80 M (24%)|Avg: 49.61 M
Wet braking in meters (Lower is better)
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
45.00 M
Vredestein Quatrac
46.30 M
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3
47.00 M
Reference Summer
47.20 M
Hankook Kinergy 4S2
47.20 M
Continental AllSeasonContact
48.60 M
Kumho Solus 4S HA32
49.30 M
Firestone MultiSeason Gen 02
49.30 M
Michelin CrossClimate Plus
49.70 M
Nexen N Blue 4 Season
50.30 M
BFGoodrich g Grip All Season 2
51.00 M
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF
51.10 M
Kleber Quadraxer 2
51.20 M
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
51.30 M
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
53.40 M
Reference Winter
55.80 M
Wet handling moved the new Quatrac to the top, ahead of the Hankook and Goodyear.
Wet Handling
Spread: 4.00 Km/H (5%)|Avg: 77.45 Km/H
Wet Handling Average Speed (Higher is better)
Vredestein Quatrac
79.50 Km/H
Hankook Kinergy 4S2
79.10 Km/H
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3
78.80 Km/H
Reference Summer
78.60 Km/H
Michelin CrossClimate Plus
78.50 Km/H
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
78.30 Km/H
Firestone MultiSeason Gen 02
77.90 Km/H
Continental AllSeasonContact
77.90 Km/H
Kumho Solus 4S HA32
77.10 Km/H
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
77.00 Km/H
Kleber Quadraxer 2
76.40 Km/H
Nexen N Blue 4 Season
76.40 Km/H
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF
76.40 Km/H
BFGoodrich g Grip All Season 2
76.10 Km/H
Reference Winter
75.70 Km/H
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
75.50 Km/H
Straight aquaplaning had the summer leading by a small margin over the Vredestein and Hankook.
Straight Aqua
Spread: 7.30 Km/H (8.9%)|Avg: 77.94 Km/H
Float Speed in Km/H (Higher is better)
Reference Summer
81.90 Km/H
Vredestein Quatrac
81.40 Km/H
Hankook Kinergy 4S2
81.40 Km/H
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
80.70 Km/H
Continental AllSeasonContact
80.20 Km/H
Nexen N Blue 4 Season
78.40 Km/H
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3
78.20 Km/H
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
78.00 Km/H
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF
77.90 Km/H
Reference Winter
76.70 Km/H
Kumho Solus 4S HA32
76.20 Km/H
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
75.80 Km/H
BFGoodrich g Grip All Season 2
75.30 Km/H
Michelin CrossClimate Plus
75.30 Km/H
Kleber Quadraxer 2
75.10 Km/H
Firestone MultiSeason Gen 02
74.60 Km/H
Snow
There was a 5.3 meter spread between the best and worst all season tyres, with the summer tyre stopping significantly behind the group.
Snow Braking
Spread: 42.20 M (158.6%)|Avg: 31.20 M
Snow braking in meters (Lower is better)
BFGoodrich g Grip All Season 2
26.60 M
Reference Winter
27.00 M
Kleber Quadraxer 2
27.20 M
Firestone MultiSeason Gen 02
27.60 M
Kumho Solus 4S HA32
27.70 M
Continental AllSeasonContact
27.90 M
Hankook Kinergy 4S2
27.90 M
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3
28.50 M
Vredestein Quatrac
28.60 M
Michelin CrossClimate Plus
28.90 M
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
29.50 M
Nexen N Blue 4 Season
29.90 M
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
30.30 M
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
30.90 M
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF
31.90 M
Reference Summer
68.80 M
Kleber and BFGoodrich performed well in snow braking and snow handling, with Bridgestone and Pirelli the worst of the all season tyres in both tests.
Snow Handling
Spread: 15.80 Km/H (37.2%)|Avg: 40.18 Km/H
Snow handling average speed (Higher is better)
Kleber Quadraxer 2
42.50 Km/H
BFGoodrich g Grip All Season 2
42.30 Km/H
Reference Winter
42.20 Km/H
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3
42.00 Km/H
Continental AllSeasonContact
41.90 Km/H
Hankook Kinergy 4S2
41.10 Km/H
Vredestein Quatrac
40.90 Km/H
Michelin CrossClimate Plus
40.90 Km/H
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
40.80 Km/H
Firestone MultiSeason Gen 02
40.70 Km/H
Kumho Solus 4S HA32
40.60 Km/H
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
40.30 Km/H
Nexen N Blue 4 Season
40.20 Km/H
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
40.10 Km/H
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF
39.70 Km/H
Reference Summer
26.70 Km/H
Cost
The projected wear numbers seemed unusually high, with the new Vredestein reportedly being good for over 75,000kms!
While the numbers might be optimistic, we can focus on the overall order of the result to show us the new Vredestein and Goodyear beat the wear king Michelin, while the Bridgestone and Hankook struggle.
Wear
Spread: 32090.00 KM (42.7%)|Avg: 60380.36 KM
Predicted tread life in KM (Higher is better)
Vredestein Quatrac
75090.00 KM
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3
72680.00 KM
Michelin CrossClimate Plus
70210.00 KM
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
67820.00 KM
Firestone MultiSeason Gen 02
67815.00 KM
Continental AllSeasonContact
64890.00 KM
Kleber Quadraxer 2
62750.00 KM
Nexen N Blue 4 Season
60175.00 KM
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF
60150.00 KM
BFGoodrich g Grip All Season 2
57235.00 KM
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
50030.00 KM
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
48575.00 KM
Hankook Kinergy 4S2
44905.00 KM
Kumho Solus 4S HA32
43000.00 KM
Calculating euros per 1000km gives us an overall cost for the tyres life, where the cheaper tyres can still be cost effective, even with lower projected wear.
New all season tyre with exemplary level of performance. Stable driving characteristics in the snow, best aquaplaning resistance, dynamic wet handling, short braking, very low wear.
Convincing all round performance with best winter qualities and very good price-performance ratio. Very good aquaplaning properties, precise steering, low wear, low rolling resistance.