As a hydraulic man and commercial/agricultural tyre fitter my van spends its life in quarries, farms, forests and fields, and these tyres have got me there and back every time! Top of Snowdon TWICE! Ploughed fields, snow up to the sills pulling cars out, bogs and beaches where never a problem, in my mind there not a winter tyre, there the best AT2 tyre you can put on a work van, and it’s not even close and I’ve tried most.
Van Winter Premium Touring Tyres
All Van Winter Premium Touring Tyres on Tyre Reviews, ranked. The 13 tyres in this category are scored using 15 owner reviews covering 458,030 miles of driving.
- 13tyres in this category
- 15owner reviews
- 458,030 milescovered on them
The quick answer
| Pick | Tyre | The evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Owners' favourite | General Eurovan Winter 2 | 64% from 4 owner reviews |
Best overall is the highest TR Score in the category; the owners' favourite is the highest rated by the drivers who run them. The full rankings and the evidence behind every pick are below.
What is a Premium Touring tyre?
Premium Touring tyres are the leading brands' everyday tyres, and the default fitment for most modern cars. They balance wet safety, comfort, low noise, long life and fuel efficiency rather than chasing outright grip.
Winter tyres use soft, high-silica compounds and heavy siping that keep working below roughly 7C, on snow and on ice. The category spans three different products - Central European, Nordic friction and studded tyres - built for different winters.
The Van Winter Premium Touring Tyres owners rate highest
Rated purely by the people who drive on them, the top tyre in the category is the General Eurovan Winter 2 - 64% from 4 owner reviews. 1 tyres have enough reviews to qualify; this is the same ranking behind the category position shown on each tyre's own page.
| # | Tyre | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed | TR Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
General Eurovan Winter 2
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64% | 4 | 310,030 miles | - |
A tyre needs at least 3 owner reviews to appear here. Owner ratings reward different things to tests - comfort, wear and value show up over thousands of miles, not on a test track.
What drivers say about Van Winter Premium Touring Tyres
The most recent owner reviews from this category, in their own words.
Had all 4 tyres from factory in loaded work van. Decent winter van tyres especially in the cold wet conditions however in the dry and cornering, performance was below par. Understeer is common on Vans but these tyres definitely did not help in that regard.
Subjective feel was not great but not the worst either and road noise was quite loud at low speed.
Wear was good as these have lasted 2 years at 32000 miles with the fronts now showing just below 3mm tread but considering the price of the tyre (had to replace one due to slow puncture for £265 fitted), the value is good but not remarkable.
To be honest, I don't think I would buy these tyres again as they're are better alternatives for the price.
Subjective feel was not great but not the worst either and road noise was quite loud at low speed.
Wear was good as these have lasted 2 years at 32000 miles with the fronts now showing just below 3mm tread but considering the price of the tyre (had to replace one due to slow puncture for £265 fitted), the value is good but not remarkable.
To be honest, I don't think I would buy these tyres again as they're are better alternatives for the price.
These tires look good and grip fairly well in all conditions but that's where the positives end. They wear out quite quickly and I've had one so badly out of shape it's like a rugby ball, causing extremely bad vibrations (I've never seen anything like it) only 18months old. At this price point and with the 'General' name I expected far more; in all honesty you'd be better with a budget. The side walls are like cheese, they split and are cut by the passing air, they are hard as concrete, providing little road feedback or comfort. In short spend your money elsewhere
Wonderful tyres. Fitted them to my van and then swapped them onto my breakdown truck after that. Never left me stuck and have got me out the shit on a few occasions. Will buy again.
I bought these because I needed some tyres for the front of my Vauxhall Vivaro quickly and they were the only ones that my local dealer had.
From about 20mph to 50mph they are terrible, noisy and vibrate through the steering. Above about 55mph you do drive out of this. I have now done about 2000 miles on them and really can't bear them any longer. I am going to swap them with the Goodyears on the back but if this doesn't work I will have to change them. Buy cheap buy twice as the saying goes.
Pirelli chrono four season
These are the best van tyres I have ever had
Wear is excellent and after recent snow I felt that I had extreme confidence in using them and almost smug k owing I had such great tyres fitted
I believe all season tyres are such an advantage especially if wear is still as good as summer tyres
Brilliant
These are the best van tyres I have ever had
Wear is excellent and after recent snow I felt that I had extreme confidence in using them and almost smug k owing I had such great tyres fitted
I believe all season tyres are such an advantage especially if wear is still as good as summer tyres
Brilliant
After two winter seasons struggling with the studded Continental vanco ice contact I wanted to try the Nokian Hakkapeliitta CR3. And WOW! What a grip! These non studded tires actually grips better on every kind of ice and snow than the Continentals. They have superb traction on slushy roads, and offers very good tread life as well. The only concern is about the interal noise that could be lower but the comfort it self is good. After 12000 miles they have worn approx 10%.
Used over a 20 month period through 2 fairly mild winters and 2 typically rubbish British summers with temperatures from +90C to -8C these tyres were superb.
Brilliant stopping in the dry and wet alike. Fantastic handling in deep snow on an unsalted motorway in virtual blizzard, and composed climbing ability up the notorious Detling Hill in the only decent snowfall of last winter in Kent. Handled the subsequent compacted ice on the backroads easily. Shame it all came and went so quickly.
Great wear, 28K, for any tyre, let alone a winter left on permanently through 2 summers is outstanding, especially in a van carrying the weight of this one. Late on the wear became a little uneven, but they were never rotated, and frankly they never faltered even when down to 1.8mm on the front. Day to day handling so sure footed, you wished the engine was better to push them a bit harder. Would buy these tyres again at the drop of a hat. Second time I've had a Conti winter on a Vito, and fantastic both times, the Dunlops in between were poor by comparison. Unfortunately its a company lease vehicle so been put back to summers for now, so its bound to snow for a month come November!
Brilliant stopping in the dry and wet alike. Fantastic handling in deep snow on an unsalted motorway in virtual blizzard, and composed climbing ability up the notorious Detling Hill in the only decent snowfall of last winter in Kent. Handled the subsequent compacted ice on the backroads easily. Shame it all came and went so quickly.
Great wear, 28K, for any tyre, let alone a winter left on permanently through 2 summers is outstanding, especially in a van carrying the weight of this one. Late on the wear became a little uneven, but they were never rotated, and frankly they never faltered even when down to 1.8mm on the front. Day to day handling so sure footed, you wished the engine was better to push them a bit harder. Would buy these tyres again at the drop of a hat. Second time I've had a Conti winter on a Vito, and fantastic both times, the Dunlops in between were poor by comparison. Unfortunately its a company lease vehicle so been put back to summers for now, so its bound to snow for a month come November!
Ok, I have a VW Crafter and had Infinity tyres before these ones. Those were horrible. Dangerous even on dry, not to mention wet, mud or snow - on snow I would rather rent another van and leave my own at home.
Anyway, I was looking for a cheap way out to buy tyres because this van is not the primary vehicle of mine. Hence, found these Pirelli Chrono Winter at half price because 6 years old DOT, but new ones: were stored at good conditions in the seller's storage.
Never had better tyres. They grip on mud, wet, dry, snow, ice, they look great, are quiet, lowered fuel consumption, and I can't really think of one complaint. I've put this van back in business. Highly recommended tyres. I'm hooked to Pirelli now.
Anyway, I was looking for a cheap way out to buy tyres because this van is not the primary vehicle of mine. Hence, found these Pirelli Chrono Winter at half price because 6 years old DOT, but new ones: were stored at good conditions in the seller's storage.
Never had better tyres. They grip on mud, wet, dry, snow, ice, they look great, are quiet, lowered fuel consumption, and I can't really think of one complaint. I've put this van back in business. Highly recommended tyres. I'm hooked to Pirelli now.
Van Winter Premium Touring Tyres EU label data
8 of the 13 tyres in this category carry EU label data. These are the category's label headliners, using each tyre's best available size figures.
A Best wet grip
2 tyres reach EU wet grip class A. The highest scoring:
B Lowest rolling resistance
The most fuel efficient choice: 1 tyres reach rolling resistance class B. The highest scoring:
71dB Quietest tyres
The quietest tyres in this category are labelled from 71 dB external noise:
Label values come from the EU EPREL database and vary by size - the figures here are each tyre's best declared size. Wet grip and rolling resistance run from class A (best) to E; noise is the measured drive-by figure. A good label is a floor, not a verdict: the tests and rankings above tell you far more.
New Van Winter Premium Touring Tyres
The newest arrival in the category is the Cooper Winter Van. 1 tyres have joined in the last two years:
| Tyre | On the market since | TR Score |
|---|---|---|
| Cooper Winter Van | 2026 | not yet scored |
New tyres take time to earn a TR Score - tests have to be run and owner reviews have to arrive. A missing score is a data gap, not a verdict.
All Van Winter Premium Touring Tyres on Tyre Reviews
The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too little evidence to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. The most researched this month: Continental VanContact Winter, Goodyear UltraGrip Cargo, Hankook Winter i cept LV.
| Tyre | TR Score | Owner rating | Reviews | Distance reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Eurovan Winter 2 | - | 64% | 4 | 310,030 miles |
| Nokian WR C Van | - | 90% | 2 | 2,000 miles |
| Pirelli Chrono Winter | - | 100% | 2 | 32,000 miles |
| Continental VanContact Winter | - | 66% | 2 | 35,000 miles |
| Continental VancoWinter 2 | - | 81% | 2 | 55,000 miles |
| Nokian WR C Cargo | - | 93% | 1 | 6,000 miles |
| Nokian Hakkapeliitta CR3 | - | 90% | 1 | 12,000 miles |
| Hankook Winter i cept LV | - | 79% | 1 | 6,000 miles |
5 more tyres in this category have no reviews yet
Bridgestone Blizzak LM32C, Cooper Winter Van, Firestone Vanhawk2 Winter Evo, Goodyear UltraGrip Cargo, Nokian Hakkapeliitta C3
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