Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO vs Vredestein Quatrac
In this article we will be looking at independent tyre test data, and real world driver reviews of the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO and the Vredestein Quatrac to find out which tyre is best for your own driving.
The good news is that both the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO and Vredestein Quatrac are Premium Touring All Season tyres designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars, which means comparing the two tyres is relatively simple.
Both tyres are hugely popular in the market place with drivers, and both have been featured in independent tyre tests.
Test Results
Independent comparison tyre tests are the best source of data to get tyre information from, and the good news is there have been seven tests which compare both tyres directly!
| Tyre | Test Wins | Performance |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO | two | |
| Vredestein Quatrac | five |
While it might look like the Vredestein Quatrac is better than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO purely based on the higher number of test wins, tyres are very complicated objects which means where one tyre is better than the other can be more important in real world use.
Let's look at how the two tyres compare across multiple tyre test categories.
Dry Braking - Cool
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during one dry braking - cool tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO stopped the vehicle in 2.31% less distance than the Vredestein Quatrac.
Best In Dry Braking - Cool: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
See how the Dry Braking - Cool winner was calculated >>
Dry Braking
Looking at data from seven tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during four dry braking tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac stopped the vehicle in 0.3% less distance than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Dry Braking: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Dry Braking winner was calculated >>
Dry Handling - Cool [s]
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during one dry handling - cool [s] tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac was 0.26% faster around a lap than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Dry Handling - Cool [s]: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Dry Handling - Cool winner was calculated >>
Dry Handling [s]
Looking at data from two tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during two dry handling [s] tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac was 0.76% faster around a lap than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Dry Handling [s]: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Dry Handling winner was calculated >>
Dry Handling [Km/H]
Looking at data from three tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during one dry handling [km/h] tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac was 0.15% faster around a lap than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Dry Handling [Km/H]: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Dry Handling winner was calculated >>
Wet Braking
Looking at data from seven tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during six wet braking tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO stopped the vehicle in 3.81% less distance than the Vredestein Quatrac.
Best In Wet Braking: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
See how the Wet Braking winner was calculated >>
Wet Braking - Cool
Looking at data from two tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during two wet braking - cool tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO stopped the vehicle in 5% less distance than the Vredestein Quatrac.
Best In Wet Braking - Cool: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
See how the Wet Braking - Cool winner was calculated >>
Wet Handling - Cool [s]
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during one wet handling - cool [s] tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac was 0.22% faster around a wet lap than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Wet Handling - Cool [s]: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Wet Handling - Cool winner was calculated >>
Wet Handling [s]
Looking at data from two tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during two wet handling [s] tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac was 2.14% faster around a wet lap than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Wet Handling [s]: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Wet Handling winner was calculated >>
Wet Handling [Km/H]
Looking at data from three tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during three wet handling [km/h] tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac was 1.56% faster around a wet lap than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Wet Handling [Km/H]: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Wet Handling winner was calculated >>
Wet Circle
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during one wet circle tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was 0.17% faster around a wet circle than the Vredestein Quatrac.
Best In Wet Circle: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
See how the Wet Circle winner was calculated >>
Straight Aqua
Looking at data from five tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during five straight aqua tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac floated at a 3.4% higher speed than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Straight Aqua: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Straight Aqua winner was calculated >>
Curved Aquaplaning
Looking at data from two tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during one curved aquaplaning tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac slipped out at a 1.8% higher speed than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Curved Aquaplaning: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Curved Aquaplaning winner was calculated >>
Snow Braking
Looking at data from five tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during four snow braking tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac stopped the vehicle in 4.6% less distance than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Snow Braking: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Snow Braking winner was calculated >>
Snow Traction
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during one snow traction tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac accelerated 0.34% faster than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Snow Traction: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Snow Traction winner was calculated >>
Snow Traction
Looking at data from three tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during three snow traction tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac had 5.95% better snow traction than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Snow Traction: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Snow Traction winner was calculated >>
Snow Handling [s]
Looking at data from two tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during one snow handling [s] tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac was 0.1% faster around a lap than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Snow Handling [s]: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Snow Handling winner was calculated >>
Snow Handling [Km/H]
Looking at data from three tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during three snow handling [km/h] tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac was 3.42% faster around a lap than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Snow Handling [Km/H]: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Snow Handling winner was calculated >>
Snow Circle
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during one snow circle tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac was 2.41% faster around a snow circle than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Snow Circle: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Snow Circle winner was calculated >>
Snow Slalom
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during one snow slalom tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac was 11.65% faster through a slalom than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Snow Slalom: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Snow Slalom winner was calculated >>
Subj. Comfort
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO and Vredestein Quatrac performed equally well in subj. comfort tests.
Best In Subj. Comfort: Both tyres performed equally well
See how the Subj. Comfort winner was calculated >>
Noise
Looking at data from five tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during three noise tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO measured 0.51% quieter than the Vredestein Quatrac.
Best In Noise: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
See how the Noise winner was calculated >>
Tyre Weight
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during one tyre weight tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO weighed 3.29% less than the Vredestein Quatrac.
Best In Tyre Weight: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
See how the Tyre Weight winner was calculated >>
Wear
Looking at data from two tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during one wear tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac is predicted to cover 20.09% miles before reaching 1.6mm than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Wear: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Wear winner was calculated >>
Value
Looking at data from two tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during two value tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac proved to have a 14.58% better value based on price/1000km than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Value: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Value winner was calculated >>
Price
Looking at data from four tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during three price tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac cost 4.53% less than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Price: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Price winner was calculated >>
Rolling Resistance
Looking at data from five tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during four rolling resistance tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO had a 3.76% lower rolling resistance than the Vredestein Quatrac.
Best In Rolling Resistance: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
See how the Rolling Resistance winner was calculated >>
Fuel Consumption
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during one fuel consumption tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO used 1.26% less fuel than the Vredestein Quatrac.
Best In Fuel Consumption: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
See how the Fuel Consumption winner was calculated >>
Abrasion
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Vredestein Quatrac was better during one abrasion tests. On average the Vredestein Quatrac emitted 20.91% less particle wear matter than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Abrasion: Vredestein Quatrac
See how the Abrasion winner was calculated >>
Real World Driver Reviews
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO Driver Reviews
Overall, drivers report that the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO delivers strong wet grip and aquaplaning resistance with a comfortable, confidence-inspiring ride, often feeling secure in cold-wet conditions and adequate in light snow. However, many note rapid wear and a marked drop-off in performance (especially wet grip) and rising noise as the tread wears. A subset also report tread block damage or delamination and a soft, somewhat vague steering feel. If you prioritize wet safety and comfort and accept shorter tread life, it can be a solid choice.
Based on 45 reviews with an average rating of 71%
Vredestein Quatrac Driver Reviews
Drivers largely praise the Vredestein Quatrac for excellent wet grip, strong snow and cold-weather traction, and impressive tread life, with many noting quiet, comfortable cruising. Handling in the dry is generally good, though a few find it less engaging than top summer options and mention elevated noise on some cars. A small minority report poor wet/dry grip or noise concerns, but high-scoring reviews emphasize balanced all-season performance and value. Overall, the Quatrac delivers dependable year-round capability with standout wet performance and durability.
Based on 28 reviews with an average rating of 82%
Conclusion
In conclusion the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO performed better in dry braking - cool, wet braking, wet braking - cool, wet circle, noise, tyre weight, rolling resistance and fuel consumption, while the Vredestein Quatrac performed better in dry braking, dry handling - cool [s], dry handling [s], dry handling [km/h], wet handling - cool [s], wet handling [s], wet handling [km/h], straight aqua, curved aquaplaning, snow braking, snow traction, snow traction, snow handling [s], snow handling [km/h], snow circle, snow slalom, wear, value, price and abrasion.
Interestingly, both tyres performed equally well in dry handling - cool, dry handling, wet handling - cool, wet handling, snow handling and subj. comfort, showing that they are closely matched in these areas.
Which tyre is best for you depends a lot on your driving style and situation, plus what you want from the tyre. Comparing all the data in the tyre reviews database, on balance Vredestein Quatrac seems to be the best tyre overall.
However, it's important to note that both tyres have their strengths.
Remember, the best tyre for you might depend on which of these factors are most important for your specific driving needs and conditions.
Overall Winner: Vredestein Quatrac
Based on the tyre test data and user reviews we have in our database, the Vredestein Quatrac has demonstrated better overall performance in this comparison. However, as you can see from the spider diagram above, each tyre has its own strengths which should be considered in your final tyre buying choice.Similar Comparisons
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Footnote
This page has been developed using tyre industry testing best practices. This means we are only comparing tests which have had both tyres in the same test.
Why is this important? Tyre testing is heavily affected by things like surface grip levels and surface temperature, which means you can only compare values from the same day. During a tyre test external condition changes are calculated into the overall results, but it is not possible to calculate this between tyre tests performed on different days or at different locations.
As a result you will see other tests on Tyre Reviews which feature both the %s and %s, but as they weren't conducted on the same day, the results are not comparable.
Lots of other websites do this sort of tyre comparison, Tyre Reviews doesn't.