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2019 Auto Bild All Season SUV Tyre Test

Jonathan Benson
Data analyzed and reviewed by Jonathan Benson
6 min read Updated
Below are all the data points for the 2019 Auto Bild All Season SUV Tyre Test, displaying how each tyre performed across all test categories. The spider chart below provides a complete overview of performance, where one hundred percent represents the best performance in each category. The larger the area covered by each tyre's plot, the better its overall performance.
How to read these charts: For each test category, data is presented relative to the best performing tire. The direction indicates whether lower or higher values are better - pay close attention to this when interpreting results.

Performance Overview

This radar chart shows relative performance across all test categories, with 100% representing the best performance in each category. Reference tires may have gaps where data is not available.

Vredestein Quatrac 5
Gripmax Status AllClimate
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
Reference Winter
Reference Summer
Continental AllSeasonContact
Michelin CrossClimate SUV
Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV
Nokian WeatherProof SUV

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Dry Performance Overview

Dry Braking (M)

Spread: 6.70 M (18.2%) | Avg: 40.83 M

Dry braking in meters (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Reference Summer with a result of 36.9 M. The difference between best and worst was 15.4%.
  1. Reference Summer
    36.9 M
  2. Michelin CrossClimate SUV
    38.9 M
  3. Continental AllSeasonContact
    40.1 M
  4. Vredestein Quatrac 5
    40.5 M
  5. Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
    40.6 M
  6. Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV
    42 M
  7. Gripmax Status AllClimate
    42.1 M
  8. Reference Winter
    42.8 M
  9. Nokian WeatherProof SUV
    43.6 M

Dry Handling (Km/H)

Spread: 4.00 Km/H (4.2%) | Avg: 94.01 Km/H

Dry Handling Average Speed (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Reference Summer with a result of 96 Km/H. The difference between best and worst was 4.2%.
  1. Reference Summer
    96 Km/H
  2. Michelin CrossClimate SUV
    95.2 Km/H
  3. Vredestein Quatrac 5
    95 Km/H
  4. Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
    94.3 Km/H
  5. Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV
    94.1 Km/H
  6. Continental AllSeasonContact
    93.9 Km/H
  7. Reference Winter
    93.4 Km/H
  8. Nokian WeatherProof SUV
    92.2 Km/H
  9. Gripmax Status AllClimate
    92 Km/H

Wet Performance Overview

Wet Braking (M)

Spread: 33.00 M (59.5%) | Avg: 61.63 M

Wet braking in meters (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Reference Summer with a result of 55.5 M. The difference between best and worst was 37.3%.
  1. Reference Summer
    55.5 M
  2. Vredestein Quatrac 5
    55.6 M
  3. Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV
    55.6 M
  4. Michelin CrossClimate SUV
    58.5 M
  5. Continental AllSeasonContact
    58.6 M
  6. Reference Winter
    59 M
  7. Nokian WeatherProof SUV
    61.4 M
  8. Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
    62 M
  9. Gripmax Status AllClimate
    88.5 M

Wet Handling (Km/H)

Spread: 15.70 Km/H (19%) | Avg: 77.84 Km/H

Wet Handling Average Speed (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Reference Summer with a result of 82.5 Km/H. The difference between best and worst was 19%.
  1. Reference Summer
    82.5 Km/H
  2. Continental AllSeasonContact
    80 Km/H
  3. Vredestein Quatrac 5
    80 Km/H
  4. Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV
    78.8 Km/H
  5. Michelin CrossClimate SUV
    78.6 Km/H
  6. Nokian WeatherProof SUV
    78.5 Km/H
  7. Reference Winter
    78.2 Km/H
  8. Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
    77.2 Km/H
  9. Gripmax Status AllClimate
    66.8 Km/H

Straight Aqua (Km/H)

Spread: 8.00 Km/H (10.5%) | Avg: 73.99 Km/H

Float Speed in Km/H (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Reference Winter with a result of 76.5 Km/H. The difference between best and worst was 10.5%.
  1. Reference Winter
    76.5 Km/H
  2. Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
    76.4 Km/H
  3. Continental AllSeasonContact
    75.1 Km/H
  4. Reference Summer
    74.7 Km/H
  5. Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV
    74.5 Km/H
  6. Nokian WeatherProof SUV
    74 Km/H
  7. Michelin CrossClimate SUV
    74 Km/H
  8. Vredestein Quatrac 5
    72.2 Km/H
  9. Gripmax Status AllClimate
    68.5 Km/H

Snow Performance Overview

Snow Braking (M)

Spread: 39.00 M (166%) | Avg: 29.79 M

Snow braking in meters (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Nokian WeatherProof SUV with a result of 23.5 M. The difference between best and worst was 62.4%.
  1. Nokian WeatherProof SUV
    23.5 M
  2. Reference Winter
    24.1 M
  3. Continental AllSeasonContact
    24.7 M
  4. Vredestein Quatrac 5
    25 M
  5. Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV
    25.5 M
  6. Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
    27.1 M
  7. Michelin CrossClimate SUV
    27.2 M
  8. Gripmax Status AllClimate
    28.5 M
  9. Reference Summer
    62.5 M

Snow Handling (Km/H)

Spread: 4.30 Km/H (9.1%) | Avg: 45.63 Km/H

Snow handling average speed (Higher is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Continental AllSeasonContact with a result of 47.3 Km/H. The difference between best and worst was 9.1%.
  1. Continental AllSeasonContact
    47.3 Km/H
  2. Nokian WeatherProof SUV
    47.1 Km/H
  3. Reference Winter
    46.2 Km/H
  4. Michelin CrossClimate SUV
    45.9 Km/H
  5. Vredestein Quatrac 5
    45.7 Km/H
  6. Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
    45.2 Km/H
  7. Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV
    44.6 Km/H
  8. Gripmax Status AllClimate
    43 Km/H

Comfort Performance Overview

Noise (dB)

Spread: 1.70 dB (2.4%) | Avg: 72.67 dB

External noise in dB (Lower is better)

Key Insight: All the tyres in the noise test finished less than 3% apart.
  1. Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV
    72.1 dB
  2. Reference Summer
    72.1 dB
  3. Continental AllSeasonContact
    72.2 dB
  4. Nokian WeatherProof SUV
    72.4 dB
  5. Reference Winter
    72.5 dB
  6. Michelin CrossClimate SUV
    72.8 dB
  7. Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
    73 dB
  8. Vredestein Quatrac 5
    73.1 dB
  9. Gripmax Status AllClimate
    73.8 dB

Value Performance Overview

Price

Spread: 350.00 (72.9%) | Avg: 700.00

Price in local currency (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Gripmax Status AllClimate. The difference between best and worst was 42.2%.
  1. Gripmax Status AllClimate
    480
  2. Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
    650
  3. Vredestein Quatrac 5
    650
  4. Nokian WeatherProof SUV
    710
  5. Continental AllSeasonContact
    770
  6. Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV
    810
  7. Michelin CrossClimate SUV
    830

Rolling Resistance (kg / t)

Spread: 1.82 kg / t (27%) | Avg: 7.67 kg / t

Rolling resistance in kg t (Lower is better)

Key Insight: The best performer was Continental AllSeasonContact with a result of 6.73 kg / t. The difference between best and worst was 21.3%.
  1. Continental AllSeasonContact
    6.73 kg / t
  2. Reference Summer
    7.37 kg / t
  3. Michelin CrossClimate SUV
    7.37 kg / t
  4. Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV
    7.51 kg / t
  5. Reference Winter
    7.52 kg / t
  6. Gripmax Status AllClimate
    7.69 kg / t
  7. Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
    7.98 kg / t
  8. Vredestein Quatrac 5
    8.27 kg / t
  9. Nokian WeatherProof SUV
    8.55 kg / t

Overall Findings

Based on the weighted scoring from all tests, here are the overall results:

Position Tyre Score
Vredestein Quatrac 5 0%
2 Michelin CrossClimate SUV 0%
3 Continental AllSeasonContact 0%
4 Nokian WeatherProof SUV 0%
5 Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2 SUV 0%
6 Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210 0%
7 Gripmax Status AllClimate 0%
8 Reference Summer 0%
9 Reference Winter 0%

Discussion

8 comments
  1. naxop 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.

    #5543
  2. MausyMaus 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 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 :)

      #5418
  3. David CGlez 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.

    #5174
  4. Paolo Cavarzere 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 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.

      #5138