Data Explorer / Car and Driver
2025 Car and Driver All Weather Tyre Test
- Tested size
- 225/45 R18
- Tyres tested
- 5
- Disciplines
- 9
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Results
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| m ↓ | s ↓ | m ↓ | s ↓ | g ↑ | m ↓ | s ↓ | s ↓ | ms/2 ↑ | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 95.99 | 38.9 | 30.4 | 97.8 | 47.2 | 33.4 | 0.71 | 97.8 | 28.6 | 8.1 | 94.4 | 0.26 | 91.5 | |
StrengthsThe Pirelli Cinturato WeatherActive has the fastest dry handling lap, the second-shortest dry and wet braking and the second-fastest wet handling lap. ConsiderationsIt has the second-longest snow braking, joint-worst snow traction and the lowest snow cornering grip. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry97.82 × 30% = 29.34 Wet97.84 × 41% = 40.12 Snow91.49 × 29% = 26.53 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 98.43 | 37.2 | 30.5 | 99.8 | 45.3 | 33.3 | 0.72 | 100.0 | 27.7 | 8.0 | 97.9 | 0.30 | 94.8 | |
StrengthsThe Michelin CrossClimate 2 AW has the shortest dry and wet braking, the fastest wet handling lap and the second-fastest dry handling lap. ConsiderationsIt has the slowest snow handling lap and is the most expensive tyre. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry99.84 × 30% = 29.95 Wet100 × 41% = 41 Snow94.76 × 29% = 27.48 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 95.38 | 42.9 | 31.0 | 92.4 | 49.1 | 34.2 | 0.70 | 94.8 | 27.0 | 7.5 | 86.6 | 0.29 | 99.2 | |
StrengthsThe Bridgestone WeatherPeak has the shortest snow braking, the best snow traction and the fastest snow handling lap. ConsiderationsIt has the longest dry braking, the slowest dry handling lap, the second-longest wet braking and the second-slowest wet handling lap. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry92.39 × 30% = 27.72 Wet94.84 × 41% = 38.88 Snow99.23 × 29% = 28.78 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 95.68 | 41.0 | 30.7 | 94.9 | 47.8 | 33.5 | 0.72 | 97.1 | 28.7 | 8.0 | 92.5 | 0.29 | 94.5 | |
StrengthsThe Goodyear Assurance WeatherReady shares the best wet cornering grip, has the joint second-best snow traction and the second-fastest snow handling lap. ConsiderationsIt has the second-longest dry braking, the joint second-slowest dry handling lap and the longest snow braking. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry94.88 × 30% = 28.46 Wet97.11 × 41% = 39.82 Snow94.48 × 29% = 27.4 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 92.96 | 40.0 | 30.7 | 96.0 | 52.8 | 35.3 | 0.64 | 90.1 | 28.3 | 8.1 | 94.9 | 0.29 | 93.9 | |
StrengthsThe Nokian Remedy WRG5 has the joint second-best snow cornering grip and is the second-cheapest tyre. ConsiderationsIt has the longest wet braking, the slowest wet handling lap, the lowest wet cornering grip and joint-worst snow traction. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry96.01 × 30% = 28.8 Wet90.05 × 41% = 36.92 Snow93.93 × 29% = 27.24 | |||||||||||||||
| Ref |
Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02
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— | — | 33.3 | 29.4 | 107.6 | 39.4 | 31.0 | 0.84 | 111.2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry107.56 × 30% = 32.27 Wet111.25 × 41% = 45.61 Snow— | |||||||||||||||
| Ref |
Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24.8 | 6.5 | 80.4 | 0.33 | 110.3 |
Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry— Wet— Snow110.31 × 29% = 31.99 | |||||||||||||||
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Leading with these priorities
Michelin CrossClimate 2 AW
These are calculated scenarios, not new test awards. The published verdict may reflect judgement, close results and factors outside this calculation.
Not ranked: a measurement needed for these weights is missing. Missing results are not treated as zero or redistributed.
Reference tyres provide context only. They do not set the benchmark and cannot win the personalised ranking.
Weighting vs real impact
What decides this ranking
The weighting is how much each category counts. The real impact is how much of the difference between the tyres it creates: a discipline in which every tyre performed about the same barely changes the order, however much it counts.
No weighting is recorded for this test, so the weighting here starts from Tyre Reviews’ season defaults, not from the test’s own scoring.
- Dry Weighting 30% Real impact 32%
- Wet Weighting 41% Real impact 48%
- Snow Weighting 29% Real impact 20%
- Dry Braking counts for 15% of the score but creates 29% of the difference between the tyres, because their results in it were far apart.
- Dry Handling counts for 15% of the score but creates only 4% of the difference, because most tyres performed about the same in it.
Every discipline 9
| Discipline | Weighting | Real impact |
|---|---|---|
| Dry Braking | 15% | 29% |
| Dry Handling | 15% | 4% |
| Wet Braking | 20.3% | 29% |
| Wet Handling | 20.3% | 18% |
| Wet Circle | 0.4% | <1% |
| Snow Braking | 7.8% | 9% |
| Snow Traction | 6.7% | 3% |
| Snow Handling | 7.8% | 7% |
| Snow Circle | 6.7% | 0% |
How it is worked out: each discipline’s weighting is multiplied by the spread of its results (the gap across the middle half of the tyres, as a percentage of the best result), then shared out so that all the disciplines add up to 100%. It estimates what separates the tyres; it is not a second set of weights, and it follows the weights you set.
How your ranking is calculated
Each discipline is scored against the best non-reference tyre in the full test field: best ÷ result × 100 when lower is better, or result ÷ best × 100 when higher is better. Discipline scores are rounded to two decimal places, then combined using your weights.
Within-category weights divide that category’s share of the overall score. A 50% wet category and 40% wet-braking share give wet braking 20% of the total. A weight is a scoring priority, not a measure of its actual effect on the ranking: the performance gaps matter too. What decides this ranking ↑
Published joint positions are preserved separately. Calculated positions tie only when their underlying scores match; two displayed scores can look equal after rounding.
A zero weight excludes that category or discipline. At least one active discipline is required, and the disciplines in every active category must have a positive total.
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