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Westlake All Season Elite Z401

The Westlake All Season Elite Z401 is a Touring All Season tyre designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.

5.8
Tyre Reviews Score Based on Professional Tests
Medium Confidence View Breakdown
Dry Grip
100%
Wet Grip
100%
Road Feedback
100%
Handling
100%
Wear
100%
Comfort
100%
Buy again
90%
Snow Grip
80%
Ice Grip
80%
1 Reviews
94% Average
5,000 miles driven
2 Tests (avg: 19th)
Westlake All Season Elite Z401

Westlake All Season Elite Z401

All Season Budget
BETA
5.8 / 10
Based on Professional Tests · Medium Confidence · Updated 30 Jan 2026

The Tyre Reviews Score is the most comprehensive tyre scoring system available. It aggregates professional test data from multiple independent publications, user reviews, and consistency analysis using Bayesian statistical methods, weighted normalisation, and recency-adjusted scoring to produce a single, reliable performance rating.

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Value
99
0.38x / 1 test
Wet
46.2
2x / 6 tests
Dry
42.7
1.5x / 4 tests
Comfort
40
0.29x / 3 tests
Snow
40
1.38x / 4 tests

Cross-category scores are derived metrics that combine data from multiple test disciplines to evaluate real-world performance characteristics.

Braking
47.1
5 tests
Handling
40
6 tests
Traction
40
1 test
Score Components
Professional Tests
Weight: 80%
Tests: 2
Publications: 2
Period: 2024 - 2025
User Reviews
Weight: 15%
Reviews: 1
Avg Rating: 94.4%
Min Required: 5
Consistency
Weight: 5%
Score Std Dev: 0.64
History Points: 10
Methodology & Configuration
Scoring Process
  1. Collect Test Data: Gather results from professional tyre tests across multiple publications. Minimum 1 test(s) required.
  2. Normalize Positions: Convert test positions to percentile scores using exponential weighting (factor: 1.2).
  3. Apply Recency Weighting: More recent tests are weighted higher with a decay rate of 0.95.
  4. Incorporate User Reviews: Factor in user review data (minimum 5 reviews). Weight: 15%.
  5. Bayesian Smoothing: Apply Bayesian prior (score: 7, weight: 1.5) to prevent extreme scores with limited data.
  6. Calculate Final Score: Combine all components using normalization factor of 1.1. Max score with limited data: 9.5.
Component Weights
Test Data
80%
User Reviews
15%
Consistency
5%
All Configuration Parameters
ParameterValueDescription
safety_weight 0.7 Weight multiplier for safety-related metrics
performance_weight 0.55 Weight multiplier for performance metrics
comfort_weight 0.4 Weight multiplier for comfort metrics
value_weight 0.45 Weight multiplier for value-for-money metrics
user_reviews_weight 0.15 How much user reviews contribute to the final score
test_data_weight 0.8 How much professional test data contributes to the final score
consistency_weight 0.05 How much score consistency contributes to the final score
recency_decay_rate 0.95 Rate at which older test results lose influence (higher = slower decay)
min_test_count 1 Minimum number of professional tests required
min_review_count 5 Minimum number of user reviews required
score_version 1.8 Current version of the scoring algorithm
score_normalization_factor 1.1 Factor used to normalize raw scores to the 0-10 scale
confidence_factor_weight 0.2 How much data confidence affects the final score
position_penalty_weight 0.2 Penalty applied for poor test positions
gap_penalty_threshold 8 Score gap (%) that triggers additional penalties
min_metrics_count 2 Minimum number of test metrics needed per test
limited_data_threshold 2 Number of tests below which data is considered limited
single_test_penalty 0.1 Score multiplier when only one test is available
critical_metric_penalty 0.7 Penalty for poor performance on critical safety metrics
critical_metric_threshold 70 Score below which a critical metric penalty applies
position_exponential_factor 1.2 Exponent used to amplify position-based scoring
position_exponential_threshold 0.9 Position percentile below which exponential scoring applies
gap_multiplier_critical 3 Multiplier for critical gap penalties
max_category_weight 2 Maximum weight any single category can have
max_score_limited_data 9.5 Score cap when data is limited
bayesian_prior_weight 1.5 Weight of the Bayesian prior in smoothing
bayesian_prior_score 7 Prior score used for Bayesian smoothing
evidence_test_multiplier 1.9 Multiplier for test evidence in confidence calculation
evidence_metric_divisor 3 Divisor for metric count in evidence calculation
evidence_review_divisor 10 Divisor for review count in evidence calculation
Data Sources
TestPublicationDateSizePositionMetrics
Best SUV All Season Tyres for 2025 Tyre Reviews 2025 235/55 R18 7/9 16 metrics
2024 All Season Tyre Market Overview Auto Bild 2024 225/50 R17 31/37 2 metrics
2
Tests
19th
Average
7th
Best
31st
Worst
Latest Tyre Test Results
7th/9
Low rolling resistance, good comfort.
Extremely long dry and wet braking distances, extremely poor aquaplaning performance, low levels of snow traction, highest noise levels.
The Westlake All Season Elite Z401 had an excellent rolling resistance and was ok in comfort (but not noise), but in almost every other test it was firmly in last place. This test has 16 categories, so that's amazing consistency to be last in all but two of them. Dangerously long wet braking is the only headline you should really need to avoid this tyre.
31st/37

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Given 94% while driving a Jeep compass (215/60 R17) on a combination of roads for 5,000 easy going miles
Good allseason tyre but the look is to fade, that tyre don't have any identity...
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