Earlier this year Auto Bild published their 2019 SUV all season tyre test, using an Audi Q3 wearing the popular 235/55 R19 all season tyre size.

As usual, all seven tyre patterns were tested in the dry, wet and snow, and as a reference Auto Bild included a premium summer and winter tyre.

All Season vs Summer vs Winter

As we've seen before, the balance of all season vs summer tyres follows a general trend. Summer tyres do the best in the wet and dry, but cannot perform in snowy conditions.

When it comes to comparing all season tyres against winter tyres, things get a little more muddled. In this test the unnamed premium winter tyre only won the aquaplaning test. It was strong in the snow, but not the strongest on test, and while it was weaker in the dry and wet than most of the all season tyres, it wasn't the worst. It just goes to show, the range of all season tyres abilities can span from dry optimised, like the Michelin Crossclimate to a winter tyre beating all season tyre, like the Nokian Weatherproof.

Dry

The dry braking results yielded no big surprises, with the summer tyre and Michelin CrossClimate leading the pack. The Continental was the best of the rest, with the winter bias Nokian Weatherproof struggling to stop the SUV in dry conditions.

Dry Braking
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
RefReference Summer	36.9 m	-2.00 m
1Michelin CrossClimate SUV	38.9 m	Best
2Continental AllSeasonContact	40.1 m	+1.20 m
3Vredestein Quatrac 5	40.5 m	+1.60 m
4Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210	40.6 m	+1.70 m
5Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV	42 m	+3.10 m
6Gripmax Status AllClimate	42.1 m	+3.20 m
RefReference Winter	42.8 m	+3.90 m
7Nokian WeatherProof SUV	43.6 m	+4.70 m

The difference between best and worst was 18.2% (6.7 m ≈ 1.5 Car Lengths).

The dry handling results were similar to the dry braking, with the summer and Michelin leading the pack.

Dry Handling
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
RefReference Summer	96 km/h	+0.80 km/h
1Michelin CrossClimate SUV	95.2 km/h	Best
2Vredestein Quatrac 5	95 km/h	-0.20 km/h
3Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210	94.3 km/h	-0.90 km/h
4Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV	94.1 km/h	-1.10 km/h
5Continental AllSeasonContact	93.9 km/h	-1.30 km/h
RefReference Winter	93.4 km/h	-1.80 km/h
6Nokian WeatherProof SUV	92.2 km/h	-3.00 km/h
7Gripmax Status AllClimate	92 km/h	-3.20 km/h

The difference between best and worst was 4.2% (4 Km/H).

Wet

During wet braking, the Vredestein and Continental were closest to the summer tyres distances, just 0.1 meters off. The Nokian, Falken struggled compared to the best on test, and the budget GripMax was shockingly bad.

Wet Braking
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
RefReference Summer	55.5 m	-0.10 m
1Vredestein Quatrac 5	55.6 m	Best
1Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV	55.6 m	Best
3Michelin CrossClimate SUV	58.5 m	+2.90 m
4Continental AllSeasonContact	58.6 m	+3.00 m
RefReference Winter	59 m	+3.40 m
5Nokian WeatherProof SUV	61.4 m	+5.80 m
6Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210	62 m	+6.40 m
7Gripmax Status AllClimate	88.5 m	+32.90 m

The difference between best and worst was 59.5% (33 m ≈ 7.3 Car Lengths).

As with the dry handling results, the wet handling results showed a similar order to wet braking.

Wet Handling
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
RefReference Summer	82.5 km/h	+2.50 km/h
1Vredestein Quatrac 5	80 km/h	Best
1Continental AllSeasonContact	80 km/h	Best
3Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV	78.8 km/h	-1.20 km/h
4Michelin CrossClimate SUV	78.6 km/h	-1.40 km/h
5Nokian WeatherProof SUV	78.5 km/h	-1.50 km/h
RefReference Winter	78.2 km/h	-1.80 km/h
6Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210	77.2 km/h	-2.80 km/h
7Gripmax Status AllClimate	66.8 km/h	-13.20 km/h

The difference between best and worst was 19% (15.7 Km/H).

The straight aquaplaning results had the reference winter tyre winning the test, with the summer in the middle of the all season tyres.

Straight Aqua
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
RefReference Winter	76.5 km/h	+0.10 km/h
1Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210	76.4 km/h	Best
2Continental AllSeasonContact	75.1 km/h	-1.30 km/h
RefReference Summer	74.7 km/h	-1.70 km/h
3Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV	74.5 km/h	-1.90 km/h
4Michelin CrossClimate SUV	74 km/h	-2.40 km/h
4Nokian WeatherProof SUV	74 km/h	-2.40 km/h
6Vredestein Quatrac 5	72.2 km/h	-4.20 km/h
7Gripmax Status AllClimate	68.5 km/h	-7.90 km/h

The difference between best and worst was 10.5% (8 Km/H).

Snow

The winter bias Nokian all season tyre won snow braking, stopping in a shorter distance than even the full winter tyre! Continental Did a great job of mixing dry, wet and snow results by finishing second.

Snow Braking
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Nokian WeatherProof SUV	23.5 m	Best
RefReference Winter	24.1 m	+0.60 m
2Continental AllSeasonContact	24.7 m	+1.20 m
3Vredestein Quatrac 5	25 m	+1.50 m
4Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV	25.5 m	+2.00 m
5Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210	27.1 m	+3.60 m
6Michelin CrossClimate SUV	27.2 m	+3.70 m
7Gripmax Status AllClimate	28.5 m	+5.00 m
RefReference Summer	62.5 m	+39.00 m

The difference between best and worst was 166% (39 m ≈ 8.7 Car Lengths).

The Continental and Nokian were again the strongest tyres during snow handling, besting the full winter tyre. The summer tyre could not complete a lap of snow handling, so didn't set a time.

Snow Handling
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Continental AllSeasonContact	47.3 km/h	Best
2Nokian WeatherProof SUV	47.1 km/h	-0.20 km/h
RefReference Winter	46.2 km/h	-1.10 km/h
3Michelin CrossClimate SUV	45.9 km/h	-1.40 km/h
4Vredestein Quatrac 5	45.7 km/h	-1.60 km/h
5Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210	45.2 km/h	-2.10 km/h
6Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV	44.6 km/h	-2.70 km/h
7Gripmax Status AllClimate	43 km/h	-4.30 km/h

The difference between best and worst was 9.1% (4.3 Km/H).

Environment

The Goodyear was the only tyre to match the low noise of the summer tyre.

Noise
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV	72.1 dB	Best
RefReference Summer	72.1 dB	0.00 dB
2Continental AllSeasonContact	72.2 dB	+0.10 dB
3Nokian WeatherProof SUV	72.4 dB	+0.30 dB
RefReference Winter	72.5 dB	+0.40 dB
4Michelin CrossClimate SUV	72.8 dB	+0.70 dB
5Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210	73 dB	+0.90 dB
6Vredestein Quatrac 5	73.1 dB	+1.00 dB
7Gripmax Status AllClimate	73.8 dB	+1.70 dB

All the tyres in the Noise test finished less than 3% apart.

The Continental and Michelin had the lowest rolling resistance on test, but were some of the most expensive tyres to purchase at the time of test.

Rolling Resistance
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best	Extra fuel / year
1Continental AllSeasonContact	6.73 kg/t	Best	£0
2Michelin CrossClimate SUV	7.37 kg/t	+0.64 kg/t	£42
RefReference Summer	7.37 kg/t	+0.64 kg/t	£42
3Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV	7.51 kg/t	+0.78 kg/t	£51
RefReference Winter	7.52 kg/t	+0.79 kg/t	£52
4Gripmax Status AllClimate	7.69 kg/t	+0.96 kg/t	£63
5Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210	7.98 kg/t	+1.25 kg/t	£82
6Vredestein Quatrac 5	8.27 kg/t	+1.54 kg/t	£101
7Nokian WeatherProof SUV	8.55 kg/t	+1.82 kg/t	£119

The difference between best and worst was 27% (1.82 kg / t). Over 19,000 km a year at £1.45/L, the Nokian WeatherProof SUV uses about 82 L (£119) more fuel than the Continental AllSeasonContact.

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Results

Dry97.9%

Wet99.4%

Snow95.3%

Comfort98.6%

Rolling Resistance81.4%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (9)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tyres in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	Result	Gap to best
Dry BrakingLower is better	3^rd / 7	40.5 m	+1.60 m
Dry HandlingHigher is better	2^nd / 7	95 km/h	-0.20 km/h
Wet BrakingLower is better	1^st / 7	55.6 m	Best in this discipline
Wet HandlingHigher is better	1^st / 7	80 km/h	Best in this discipline
Straight AquaHigher is better	6^th / 7	72.2 km/h	-4.20 km/h
Snow BrakingLower is better	3^rd / 7	25 m	+1.50 m
Snow HandlingHigher is better	4^th / 7	45.7 km/h	-1.60 km/h
NoiseLower is better	6^th / 7	73.1 dB	+1.00 dB
Rolling ResistanceLower is better	6^th / 7	8.27 kg/t	+1.54 kg/t

Price: 650.00

Dry100%

Wet96.7%

Snow91.7%

Comfort99%

Rolling Resistance91.3%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (9)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tyres in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	Result	Gap to best
Dry BrakingLower is better	1^st / 7	38.9 m	Best in this discipline
Dry HandlingHigher is better	1^st / 7	95.2 km/h	Best in this discipline
Wet BrakingLower is better	3^rd / 7	58.5 m	+2.90 m
Wet HandlingHigher is better	4^th / 7	78.6 km/h	-1.40 km/h
Straight AquaHigher is better	4^th / 7	74 km/h	-2.40 km/h
Snow BrakingLower is better	6^th / 7	27.2 m	+3.70 m
Snow HandlingHigher is better	3^rd / 7	45.9 km/h	-1.40 km/h
NoiseLower is better	4^th / 7	72.8 dB	+0.70 dB
Rolling ResistanceLower is better	2^nd / 7	7.37 kg/t	+0.64 kg/t

Price: 830.00

Dry97.8%

Wet97.5%

Snow97.6%

Comfort99.9%

Rolling Resistance100%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (9)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tyres in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	Result	Gap to best
Dry BrakingLower is better	2^nd / 7	40.1 m	+1.20 m
Dry HandlingHigher is better	5^th / 7	93.9 km/h	-1.30 km/h
Wet BrakingLower is better	4^th / 7	58.6 m	+3.00 m
Wet HandlingHigher is better	1^st / 7	80 km/h	Best in this discipline
Straight AquaHigher is better	2^nd / 7	75.1 km/h	-1.30 km/h
Snow BrakingLower is better	2^nd / 7	24.7 m	+1.20 m
Snow HandlingHigher is better	1^st / 7	47.3 km/h	Best in this discipline
NoiseLower is better	2^nd / 7	72.2 dB	+0.10 dB
Rolling ResistanceLower is better	1^st / 7	6.73 kg/t	Best in this discipline

Price: 770.00

Dry95.7%

Wet99.1%

Snow93.2%

Comfort100%

Rolling Resistance89.6%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (9)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tyres in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	Result	Gap to best
Dry BrakingLower is better	5^th / 7	42 m	+3.10 m
Dry HandlingHigher is better	4^th / 7	94.1 km/h	-1.10 km/h
Wet BrakingLower is better	1^st / 7	55.6 m	Best in this discipline
Wet HandlingHigher is better	3^rd / 7	78.8 km/h	-1.20 km/h
Straight AquaHigher is better	3^rd / 7	74.5 km/h	-1.90 km/h
Snow BrakingLower is better	4^th / 7	25.5 m	+2.00 m
Snow HandlingHigher is better	6^th / 7	44.6 km/h	-2.70 km/h
NoiseLower is better	1^st / 7	72.1 dB	Best in this discipline
Rolling ResistanceLower is better	3^rd / 7	7.51 kg/t	+0.78 kg/t

Price: 810.00

Dry93%

Wet94.6%

Snow99.8%

Comfort99.6%

Rolling Resistance78.7%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (9)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tyres in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	Result	Gap to best
Dry BrakingLower is better	7^th / 7	43.6 m	+4.70 m
Dry HandlingHigher is better	6^th / 7	92.2 km/h	-3.00 km/h
Wet BrakingLower is better	5^th / 7	61.4 m	+5.80 m
Wet HandlingHigher is better	5^th / 7	78.5 km/h	-1.50 km/h
Straight AquaHigher is better	4^th / 7	74 km/h	-2.40 km/h
Snow BrakingLower is better	1^st / 7	23.5 m	Best in this discipline
Snow HandlingHigher is better	2^nd / 7	47.1 km/h	-0.20 km/h
NoiseLower is better	3^rd / 7	72.4 dB	+0.30 dB
Rolling ResistanceLower is better	7^th / 7	8.55 kg/t	+1.82 kg/t

Price: 710.00

Dry97.4%

Wet93.8%

Snow91.1%

Comfort98.8%

Rolling Resistance84.3%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (9)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tyres in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	Result	Gap to best
Dry BrakingLower is better	4^th / 7	40.6 m	+1.70 m
Dry HandlingHigher is better	3^rd / 7	94.3 km/h	-0.90 km/h
Wet BrakingLower is better	6^th / 7	62 m	+6.40 m
Wet HandlingHigher is better	6^th / 7	77.2 km/h	-2.80 km/h
Straight AquaHigher is better	1^st / 7	76.4 km/h	Best in this discipline
Snow BrakingLower is better	5^th / 7	27.1 m	+3.60 m
Snow HandlingHigher is better	5^th / 7	45.2 km/h	-2.10 km/h
NoiseLower is better	5^th / 7	73 dB	+0.90 dB
Rolling ResistanceLower is better	5^th / 7	7.98 kg/t	+1.25 kg/t

Price: 650.00

Dry94.5%

Wet74.9%

Snow86.7%

Comfort97.7%

Rolling Resistance87.5%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (9)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tyres in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	Result	Gap to best
Dry BrakingLower is better	6^th / 7	42.1 m	+3.20 m
Dry HandlingHigher is better	7^th / 7	92 km/h	-3.20 km/h
Wet BrakingLower is better	7^th / 7	88.5 m	+32.90 m
Wet HandlingHigher is better	7^th / 7	66.8 km/h	-13.20 km/h
Straight AquaHigher is better	7^th / 7	68.5 km/h	-7.90 km/h
Snow BrakingLower is better	7^th / 7	28.5 m	+5.00 m
Snow HandlingHigher is better	7^th / 7	43 km/h	-4.30 km/h
NoiseLower is better	7^th / 7	73.8 dB	+1.70 dB
Rolling ResistanceLower is better	4^th / 7	7.69 kg/t	+0.96 kg/t

Price: 480.00

Discussion

8 comments

naxop Feb 11, 2020 archived

Hi! I have a CX5 2.0 petrol (165 bhp) only front drive.
We live in a hot and near the sea area, but we have to do like 250 km a day into a cold area, with snow sometimes and frequent ice presence on winding roads. We wear currently Toyo Proxes R46 (225/55 R19). Bad wet handling and decent on dry.
We are thinking of mounting all season. 225/55 r19 is not very common size and the preferred option (Michelin Crossclimate SUV) is very expensive, so we are thinking of changing to equivalent 235/50 R19.
As we do a lot of kms, with hot surfaces, frequent ice and event snow, and mixed highway and secundary roads, which model would yoy recommend me? We value wear (as we do lot of kms), and dey/wet/snow/ice balance.
Thanks.

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MausyMaus Dec 7, 2019 archived

Nice Test John!
Just ordered the Vredestein Quatrac 5 in 245/45/20 for our Discovery Sport.
They gonna replace the Pirelli Scorpion Verde Allseason (who have only M+S) and are done.
Ps. We live in the Grindelwald Region in Switzerland, can’t wait to test these in this size.
We had these Quatrac 5 on our Smart fortwo and they did amazingly well here.
Thank you Vredestein!!

#5415
1. TyreReviews MausyMaus Dec 8, 2019 archived
  
  I just came back from Grindelwald! BEautiful place, video up in a few weeks and there's stuff on instagram. Let me know how you get on with the Vreds :)
  
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  1. MausyMaus TyreReviews Dec 12, 2019 archived
    
    found the article John, all good.
    http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2019-Auto-Bild-SUV-All-Season-Tyre-Test.htm
    Yes it is nice over there! we move in 2020 to Scandinavia after 4 years Switzerland. Main reason: We need more snow on the streets ;) (they clean to quick and to good the swiss roads during winter...) :p
    
    #5438
David CGlez Oct 8, 2019 archived

I´m using the Continental AllSeasonsContact in Luxembourg where 3PMFS is mandatory and they are performing much better than my previous winter tyres (MS77) - at least in wet & dry, not tested yet on snow- Really good option.

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1. TyreReviews David CGlez Oct 8, 2019 archived
  
  Glad you're enjoying them :)
  
  #5176
Paolo Cavarzere Sep 29, 2019 archived

Looking at the last tests (not only this one), it seems that all seasons tires have similar (sometime better) snow performances than pure winter tires but with significant better performances on the dry and wet.
I'm starting to think that in my country (Italy) a good option could be to use AS tires in the winter and Summer tires in summer...

#5135
1. TyreReviews Paolo Cavarzere Sep 29, 2019 archived
  
  I've been recommended all season tyres as winter tyres for a while now, especially summer bias all season like the CrossClimate to the warmer parts of Europe.
  
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