Name: 2020 All Season Tyre Market Overview - 32 Tyre Braking Test
Creator: Tyre Reviews
Published: 2020-09-24

Every year, the German publication Auto Bild selects a tyre size, finds as many all season tyres as possible in that size, and tests them all in dry and wet braking, with the top 14 tyres proceeding to the full all season tyre test.

For the 2020 all season tyre test, Auto Bild rounded up 34 all season tyres in the common 205/55 R16 size, and a summer and winter tyre as reference.

This is the best overview of the all season tyre market we will get all year, and make sure you come back to Tyre Reviews tomorrow for the full test, where the top 14 will be put through a full range of dry, wet and snow testing.

To see the winter version of this market overview, click here, and be sure to check out the Auto Bild website.

Dry Braking

Dry Braking
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
RefReference Summer	39 m	-0.70 m
1Michelin CrossClimate+	39.7 m	Best
2Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF	39.8 m	+0.10 m
3Vredestein Quatrac	40.6 m	+0.90 m
4Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3	40.9 m	+1.20 m
4Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO	40.9 m	+1.20 m
6Hankook Kinergy 4S2	41.1 m	+1.40 m
7Firestone MultiSeason Gen 02	41.2 m	+1.50 m
8Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	41.6 m	+1.90 m
9Nexen N Blue 4 Season	41.9 m	+2.20 m
10Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210	42.7 m	+3.00 m
11Atlas Green 4S	42.8 m	+3.10 m
12Rotalla Setula 4 Season RA03	42.9 m	+3.20 m
13Continental AllSeasonContact	43 m	+3.30 m
14BFGoodrich g Grip All Season 2	43.1 m	+3.40 m
15Kleber Quadraxer 2	43.2 m	+3.50 m
16Sailun Atrezzo 4 Seasons	43.5 m	+3.80 m
17Giti GitiAllSeason AS1	43.7 m	+4.00 m
18Yokohama BluEarth 4S AW21	44 m	+4.30 m
19Achilles Four Seasons	44.2 m	+4.50 m
20Kumho Solus 4S HA32	44.3 m	+4.60 m
20CST Medallion All Season ACP1	44.3 m	+4.60 m
RefReference Winter	44.3 m	+4.60 m
22Nankang Cross Seasons AW6	44.4 m	+4.70 m
22Momo 4run M4 All Season	44.4 m	+4.70 m
24Fulda MultiControl	44.5 m	+4.80 m
25Apollo Alnac 4G All Season	44.8 m	+5.10 m
26Toyo Celsius	44.9 m	+5.20 m
27General Altimax 365AW	45.1 m	+5.40 m
28Nokian WeatherProof	45.2 m	+5.50 m
29Viking FourTech	45.3 m	+5.60 m
30Barum Quartaris 5	46 m	+6.30 m
31Uniroyal AllSeasonExpert 2	47.7 m	+8.00 m

The difference between best and worst was 22.3% (8.7 m ≈ 1.9 Car Lengths).

Wet Braking

Wet Braking
Position / Tyre	Result	Gap to best
1Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO	45 m	Best
2Vredestein Quatrac	46.3 m	+1.30 m
3Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	47 m	+2.00 m
4Hankook Kinergy 4S2	47.2 m	+2.20 m
RefReference Summer	47.2 m	+2.20 m
5Uniroyal AllSeasonExpert 2	47.9 m	+2.90 m
6Continental AllSeasonContact	48.6 m	+3.60 m
7Firestone MultiSeason Gen 02	49.3 m	+4.30 m
7Kumho Solus 4S HA32	49.3 m	+4.30 m
9Michelin CrossClimate+	49.7 m	+4.70 m
10Barum Quartaris 5	50 m	+5.00 m
11Nexen N Blue 4 Season	50.3 m	+5.30 m
12General Altimax 365AW	50.6 m	+5.60 m
13Achilles Four Seasons	50.8 m	+5.80 m
14BFGoodrich g Grip All Season 2	51 m	+6.00 m
14Viking FourTech	51 m	+6.00 m
16Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF	51.1 m	+6.10 m
17Kleber Quadraxer 2	51.2 m	+6.20 m
18Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210	51.3 m	+6.30 m
19Nokian WeatherProof	51.6 m	+6.60 m
20CST Medallion All Season ACP1	51.9 m	+6.90 m
21Sailun Atrezzo 4 Seasons	52.7 m	+7.70 m
22Yokohama BluEarth 4S AW21	52.9 m	+7.90 m
23Toyo Celsius	53 m	+8.00 m
24Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3	53.4 m	+8.40 m
25Fulda MultiControl	54.8 m	+9.80 m
RefReference Winter	55.8 m	+10.80 m
26Apollo Alnac 4G All Season	56 m	+11.00 m
27Giti GitiAllSeason AS1	56.7 m	+11.70 m
28Nankang Cross Seasons AW6	58.1 m	+13.10 m
29Momo 4run M4 All Season	59.3 m	+14.30 m
30Rotalla Setula 4 Season RA03	59.4 m	+14.40 m
31Atlas Green 4S	63 m	+18.00 m

The difference between best and worst was 40% (18 m ≈ 4 Car Lengths).

Results

Dry97.1%

Wet100%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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 / 31	40.9 m	+1.20 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	1^st / 31	45 m	Best in this discipline

Dry97.8%

Wet97.2%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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 / 31	40.6 m	+0.90 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	2^nd / 31	46.3 m	+1.30 m

Dry96.6%

Wet95.3%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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 / 31	41.1 m	+1.40 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	4^th / 31	47.2 m	+2.20 m

Dry95.4%

Wet95.7%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	8^th / 31	41.6 m	+1.90 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	3^rd / 31	47 m	+2.00 m

Dry100%

Wet90.5%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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 / 31	39.7 m	Best in this discipline
Wet BrakingLower is better	9^th / 31	49.7 m	+4.70 m

Dry96.4%

Wet91.3%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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 / 31	41.2 m	+1.50 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	7^th / 31	49.3 m	+4.30 m

Dry99.8%

Wet88.1%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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 / 31	39.8 m	+0.10 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	16^th / 31	51.1 m	+6.10 m

Dry92.3%

Wet92.6%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	13^th / 31	43 m	+3.30 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	6^th / 31	48.6 m	+3.60 m

Dry94.8%

Wet89.5%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	9^th / 31	41.9 m	+2.20 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	11^th / 31	50.3 m	+5.30 m

Dry89.6%

Wet91.3%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	20^th / 31	44.3 m	+4.60 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	7^th / 31	49.3 m	+4.30 m

Dry93%

Wet87.7%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	10^th / 31	42.7 m	+3.00 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	18^th / 31	51.3 m	+6.30 m

Dry92.1%

Wet88.2%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	14^th / 31	43.1 m	+3.40 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	14^th / 31	51 m	+6.00 m

Dry97.1%

Wet84.3%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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 / 31	40.9 m	+1.20 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	24^th / 31	53.4 m	+8.40 m

Dry91.9%

Wet87.9%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	15^th / 31	43.2 m	+3.50 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	17^th / 31	51.2 m	+6.20 m

Dry89.8%

Wet88.6%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	19^th / 31	44.2 m	+4.50 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	13^th / 31	50.8 m	+5.80 m

Dry83.2%

Wet94%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	31^st / 31	47.7 m	+8.00 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	5^th / 31	47.9 m	+2.90 m

Dry88%

Wet88.9%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	27^th / 31	45.1 m	+5.40 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	12^th / 31	50.6 m	+5.60 m

Dry86.3%

Wet90%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	30^th / 31	46 m	+6.30 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	10^th / 31	50 m	+5.00 m

Dry89.6%

Wet86.7%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	20^th / 31	44.3 m	+4.60 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	20^th / 31	51.9 m	+6.90 m

Dry91.3%

Wet85.4%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	16^th / 31	43.5 m	+3.80 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	21^st / 31	52.7 m	+7.70 m

Dry87.6%

Wet88.2%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	29^th / 31	45.3 m	+5.60 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	14^th / 31	51 m	+6.00 m

Dry87.8%

Wet87.2%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	28^th / 31	45.2 m	+5.50 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	19^th / 31	51.6 m	+6.60 m

Dry90.2%

Wet85.1%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	18^th / 31	44 m	+4.30 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	22^nd / 31	52.9 m	+7.90 m

Dry88.4%

Wet84.9%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	26^th / 31	44.9 m	+5.20 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	23^rd / 31	53 m	+8.00 m

Dry89.2%

Wet82.1%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	24^th / 31	44.5 m	+4.80 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	25^th / 31	54.8 m	+9.80 m

Dry90.9%

Wet79.4%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	17^th / 31	43.7 m	+4.00 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	27^th / 31	56.7 m	+11.70 m

Dry88.6%

Wet80.4%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	25^th / 31	44.8 m	+5.10 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	26^th / 31	56 m	+11.00 m

Dry92.5%

Wet75.8%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	12^th / 31	42.9 m	+3.20 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	30^th / 31	59.4 m	+14.40 m

Dry89.4%

Wet77.5%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	22^nd / 31	44.4 m	+4.70 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	28^th / 31	58.1 m	+13.10 m

Dry89.4%

Wet75.9%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	22^nd / 31	44.4 m	+4.70 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	29^th / 31	59.3 m	+14.30 m

Dry92.8%

Wet71.4%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (2)

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	11^th / 31	42.8 m	+3.10 m
Wet BrakingLower is better	31^st / 31	63 m	+18.00 m

Discussion

6 comments

Petar J Petrovic Nov 12, 2020 archived

Autoklub ČR 2020 all season tyre test has Kormoran All Season being practically on par with Hanook H750 kinergy 4S2. Wondering if you have some info on those tires since tests and reviews are a bit sparse but can be had for quite cheaper. Thanks

#6325
1. TyreReviews Petar J Petrovic Nov 16, 2020 archived
  
  I don't, sorry, do you have a link to the test?
  
  #6326
  1. Kolemjdouci TyreReviews Nov 20, 2020 archived
    
    Try the mirror here in EN: https://www.thetirelab.com/... or here in CZ but with tables for the wet, dry, snow and the video: https://pneumagazin.cz/velk...
    Professional recent test of 9 winter and 7 all seasons tyres, popular dimension 205/55 R16, presented by Autožurnál.
    
    #6329
    1. TyreReviews Kolemjdouci Nov 20, 2020 archived
      
      Interesting test, thanks for the links. Strange they used the Gen-2 Goodyear. The overall results presented together is very unusual.
      I don't yet have any information on the Kormoran, however I would be surprised if they were on par with the Hankook in all areas.
      
      #6330
Rick von H Sep 25, 2020 archived

It would be interesting to see this test with the 195/65/15 size of tyre.
I ask as the Yokohama BluEarth 4S AW21 is TUV Sud approved in that size.
And I also own a set for my Skoda Octavia Combi

#6151
1. Kolemjdouci Rick von H Oct 4, 2020 archived
  
  Write here your own review.
  
  #6182

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