The Best All Season Tyres for 2024

Great and unbiased test, thank you!
I have been using Michelin CC1 tires for 7 years on my Suzuki SX4 Scross, with 60,000 km.
I am thinking about replacing them. Which would you recommend? CC2 or Conti Allseason contact 2?
I am a little concerned about Conti's poorer aquaplaning resistance.

Hello!
I am looking to refresh the tires on my Opel Astra.
Context : 205 55 r16 is the tire size.
I currenly own 2 sets of wheels ; 1. Summer - Dunlop SportBluResponse DOT 4815 - good shape just a bit old
2. Winter - Nokian WRA4 DOT 4318 - goodish shape, sadly worn in 2022 and 2023 without swapping.
I live in Romania

My question is : should i buy a good set of AllSeasons (probably Pirelli's) and sell my winter wheels as is or buy 4 new Dunlops and 2 Nokian winter ones? What would you do? Price is the same for the 4 vs 4+2 where i live.
Thanks in advance!

This is a great review, however I noticed that both your dry and wet weather testing was done at 17.5 degrees. I drive a lot in UK autumn/winter where temps often hover from 2 - 8 degrees when wet or damp and I've found some compounds cope very well with the lower temps whilst others really suffer in the wet when temps get below 10 degrees.

I wondered if this you can include slightly lower temp (but not snow or ice) tests in the future? Or is there some way to use the other test data to draw some conclusions on how each tire performs in more typical northerly UK conditions?

Thanks!

Hi,

I have 4 all-season Avon tyres and the front two need to be replaced soon. All four tyres have small cracks in the thread areas. I don't drive much, around 5k-6k per year, is it worth spending money on premium tyres when I mostly drive in the city?

I was thinking about Yokohama. Can you recommend any other brand? I drive Nissan QQ 2011.

Thanks

Hey. Why didn't you include Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 in this test? Goodyear ranked second in 2023 test.

Thanks for the great review.
I am looking for All Season Tyres 235/55 R19. I am quite a noob.
In the ADAC Test from 2024 the Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 ranked first.
Which one would you recommend and why? The Continental Allseason Contact 2 or the Goodyear or another tyre.
I live in a big German City with snow for only a couple of days per year though we usually go skiing for one week and have snow chains with us for severe snow conditions. Safety is the most important, yet wear and rolling resistance are also important for us.
Thanks in advance!

Thanks for another great review. I am currently considering buying new tires for the winter, but I'm also thinking about all-season ones. I live in Slovakia, where most of the winter is wet and dry. There are a few days when there may be snow on the road, either fresh or wet. I drive on packed and icy roads a few times when I go to the mountains. My Vredestein Wintrac Pro tires, which I've had for 5 seasons, are wearing out, and they worked quite well for my driving. I am considering new winter tires, Continental TS870p, or the all-season Continental AllSeasonContact 2. Could you directly compare them? I haven't found relevant data for a comparison in the same size and on the same car, but it seems to me that the TS870p might be slightly better on ice and perhaps (if at all) on snow. However, on wet and dry surfaces, the ASC2 should perform better. In transitional conditions, which prevail during most of the period from October to April, the all-season tires should be better, so I'm wondering if it's worth buying strictly winter tires. Thank you.

Why in this year comparison there is no Good Year?

Any thoughts on the Nokian Remedy 5s ...
I had the 4s which were medicore. The 5s are apparently much improved.

I would appreciate feedback

I've got the Bridgestone on for nearly a year now. While I cannot speak to its snow performance because all roads were cleared up before I could experience it, what I can say it is a very comfortable tyre in 225/45 R17 size. It gives a 'plush' feel, even when highly inflated (running around 38). I suspect it's because of the tread structure. Of course, it is not as sharp as a consequence, but the grip is there, as you would expect from a premium tyre. Also, wear looks good after a year, done probably around 15k on it, they still look young.

Hi Jonathan, amazing work as always! One question I have for you, which I can’t find an answer to anywhere - why are UHP all season tyres not offered in the UK?

they seem like the perfect tyre for milder parts of the country, southern areas especially.

Do you think this segment will ever be sold in the UK?

Jonathan ! After watching previous episode about AS tyres decided to buy kleber Quadraxer3. By the end of september I will have been on them a year. Great on dry, good on snow, birdish sound on wet and damn silent on all surfaces. But I still have my winter tires dunlop winter sport 5 6 year old with 5.85 mm of depth. Is it worth concidering putting them (dunlop) back for one and last winter or is it better to stick to almost new (10000km done so far)kleber quadraxer3? Is a 6 year old dunlop (no cracks, no damage) any worth for winter condition.?

Really complete and extremely clear tests! Unfortunately I only found this site last week. I only knew TCS tests which are much much less detailed.

Now my question.
I am waiting for a new Skoda Karoq 4x4 in September and thinking to replace the summer tyres with all season as soon as the car is available. My choice would be Pirelli even if I know I will need to replace them in three yeas (anyway much less expensive than buying 4 winter + cost of changing two times a year + replacing 8 tyres for aging).

My question is: do you think that high Pirelli wear rate implies also weakness / easy damaging on hard surface like (light) offroad?

Thank you!

Thanks for the great test again!

Guys, I am having a hard time choosing between Michelin CrossClimate 2, Continental AllSeasonContact 2 and Kleber Quadraxer 3.

The main point - it has to have the best winter capabilities: snow and hopefully, ice. I was thinking to buy Kleber, but then saw this Continental test. Just wondering if it is a bit worse in snow then Kleber/Michelin. Seems that it's better on ice though.

Thank you!

Continental AllSeasonContact2 will NOT be released in the US - just talked to a Continental rep. Any other info on this would be great. Thanks

Firstly, big fan of your work - keep it up! Secondly, I’m looking to switch to all seasons on my rwd BMW 320i Touring for the changeable Scottish weather. I’ve spent a lot of time searching online, but I’m struggling to find anything to fit both the front and rear due to the car having a staggered wheel set up and needing run flats (no spare wheel)

Any advice for something that would be suitable in 225/45/18 front and 255/40/18 rear? I would love to use one of the new continental, Pirelli or Bridgestones, but so far all I can find is the Hankook Kinergy 4S2.

Thanks in advance!

for some reason the Conti isn't available in the US :-(

Since there won't be many tests due to the lack of new tires that will debut in 2024, would you entertain a suggestion for a test? Equip a car with two Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06+ tires in the front and two Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 in the rear, and then repeat the test with two different Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 in the front and two different Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06+ tires in the rear and see how they perform. Find out which way works better, and whether the car performs better with mixed tires or kept all the same. That would satisfy my curiosity. But if not, then it will just have to remain a dream :)

Thanks for your YouTube channel and all the testing that you do!

Hi! I need some specific help here. I need to change tires on an e38 bmw 7 series.
235/60/16...
All I can find are SUV XL tires and I dont know if it's OK to fit them. Please help. I'm in the market for all season tires for this car. Location: western + central europe. Thanks!

After ~37k+ km and almost 3 years, its time to change Michelin CC2 to something else, because tread now is down to about 4mm, tire is quite cracked and about this I am shocked. What I think about CC2: Good comfort, good in snow, bad on ice, not so great on wet tarmac, okayish on dry tarmac in sharp corners, not so great on gravel.
Thinking to go to Continental AllSeasonContact 2 in autumn.

Continental looks great all-around, but it lost 10% on dry breaking to no.1 Pirelli. This is THE ONE most important category! 4m longer braking... Bridgestone loses on ice and snow to everyone. I think the best all-arounder is stil Michelin or maybe Pirelli(with the worse snow braking, but still only about 5%). Which is not so surpise - the most expensive tires.

I can't find any of the "highly recommended" all season tires from this article for my car (235/45 R18) at Discount Tire :(

Hello TyreReviews!

https://www.bridgestone.co.uk/car-tyres/summer-tyres-turanza/turanza-all-season-6

Please, in the test, was this the newer ENLITEN family tire or plain and older? It would be important as it developed further. I hope I get a quick answer.

Hello, i like your reviews very much! I'm currently deciding which of these to take as a replacement for my Nokian WRD4. My question would be which acts better on accelerations for a high torque front wheel drive Octavia VRS with 350hp and 500nm? Considering that summer Goodyear Asymmetric 6 225/40R18 i sometimes loose grip even in 4th gear. So which of these have the better grip on wet/dry? Thanks in advance!

Hello, question, why 94V and not 91H? I am looking to buy AS tires for my Ford Focus MK2 Facelift 1.8tdci and I thought 94H would be overkill because they have this "XL" rating (both Crossclimate2 and Allseasoncontact 2) and it would harm performance in curves and make driving feel stiffer. In exchange they seem to have a better fuel rating index (B vs. C), and I guess they'll last longer because "XL" tires are made more durable? But that's what I think, is there really any disadvantage to it? Should I buy 205/55 R16 91H or 94H XL Continental Allseasoncontact 2

hello i live in Greece,i have peugeot 3008 and i want all season tyres,which to buy? (i need more dry and wet to be good beacause we dont have snow here,just a little bit for 1-3 days maybe and not)

Hi guys! I've been thinking to purchase one of the top all season tyres for a while. I live in Kyiv, Ukraine and only drive in the city. We do get snow and slush. Sometimes, the road may be covered with a bit of ice, but not on the main roads I guess. The winter temperatures are usually around -3 - -5 C. Sometimes a bit lower. I've previously used Nokian WR G2, that are probably closer to all seasons than to real winter tires and they did good. I also used Michelin X-Ice, which are true winters - good too. Never used studded tyres as I don't see the value for where I live. From the experts point of view, do you think Micheline CrossClimate 2, Continental or Kleber Quadraxer 3 would work well for these winter conditions? They seem to be, according to all the tests that I have seen, just wanted to hear from someone who actually used those. Thank you!

What tyre do you recommend for the mountain area in Romania, where it can get very hot in the summer and also snow can be an issue in winter? I have used Michelin Cross Climate for the last 8 years and because they were not so good in the snow I bought Continental TS860 winter tyres too. Wear is not an issue because I still have 4mm of thread pattern left on the Cross Climate... I have to change them because the tyres seem to be too old for safe usage. Should I try a new generation of All Season tyres or should I have learned my lesson and go for Summer tyres and Winter Tyres? The good part about all season tyres as summer tyres is that during spring it can get up to 28C hot and next days it can snow again, so there are a lot of safety reserves in all conditions. Thank you for your recommendations.

Thanks for your effort and utmost useful reviews.

Are these measuments also meningful for the 195/55 R16 tyre size? Or is it better to refer to your previous "2023 Tyre Reviews All Season Tyre Test" which was conducted on 195/65 R15 tyre size?

Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen3 were not included in the test; are these, today, still a safe choice or rather a "thing of the past" (for the 195/55 R16 tyre size)?

I suppose test measurements were taken on tyres at their 100% full tread depth; do also they remain valid along the tyres life span ( e.g. at 50% and 30% remaining tread depth)? Also, does tread wear determine a change in the ranking position of the different tyre models?

Actually, I need to replace my first generation Goodyear Vector 4Seasons tyres, which have reached their limits (2mm tread depth). I almost drive on urban roads and highways (rarely on extra-urban or winding roads); I live in region with temperatures spanning from -3°C to over 30°C. Mostly and mainly, I am interested in performances on dry and wet road coditions; a bit on iced one; snow might be a climate accident but noy my habit at all. My shortlist (for the 195/55 R16 size) includes: Continental AllSeasonContact, Bridgestone Turanza AllSeason 6 and Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-3.
I'd love reading your recommendation.

Thanks

Big Thanks for the very nice review.

I noticed also that Pirelli make a very big step forward, the predecessors had a hard time to reach average performance. The Pirelli would also my 1st choice if I would buy an Allseason

The Bridgestone did also much better in overall performance than the A005 and I´m surprised in the wear performance. The Potenza Sport was devalued in the last tests because of awful wear performance. But yeah, it looks like a copy from the CC2. Hope, it would not be like in the past where all Winter Tyres look like the Goodyear UG 4

The Conti reminds me a bit of 1st Goodyear Vector and the copy, my unknown Hankook All Season from 1991 (which even Hankook can´t remember). To sad, I don´t found pictures of these tyres

Hello,

It is time for me to change my all season tiers. I'm driving Skoda Octavia Wagon, tyre size 225/45/17.
I live in South East Euore, where we have hot summers and winters are mainly cold and rainy and sometimes with little snow. I'm a familiy man and I need a tayre that is good, relaible, good wear, performance also.
I have narrowed to following tiers Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6, Continental Contact 2, Goodyear Vector Gen3 and CrossClimate 2. If I need to put them in order it should go something like this Continetal, Goodyear, Bridgestone and CC2.

I'm even considering Kleber Quadrarex 3.

Which one do you recomend? Or do you have something else to recomend? Thank you for your time and help!

I wonder why the dry braking tests are done from rather conservative 100 km/h and not from highway speeds (120 km/h / 130 km/h or even 160 km/h).

With winter tyres I have noticed that during emergency braking from higher speeds (100+ km/h or few times even from 80 km/h when using witer tires in hot weather) at some point the tires started to melt and there was a clear jerk as the deceleration was suddely reduced. During the first two seconds the deceleration was excellent as expected on premium winter tyres. However, somewhere close to the third second of the emergency braking the melting occured and it was almost like a switch from dry braking on premium tyres to wet braking on budget tyres.
I have never observed anyting like this with summer tires as i tend to use UHP tires in summer. I suspect all season tyres might suffer from this as well.
For this reason I wonder what the winter tire results might be when dry braking from highway speeds.

I live in Southern Europe, the weather is quite hot from May-September. Because of my job I travel 70km daily and during winter about half of this road is quite tricky, especially in the morning. It's not that bad tho to use two pairs in summer and winter, so I decided the all seasons. So, I'm searching for the most summer oriented tyres that would be capable to step in the snow if needed, but I'm afraid the extreme weather conditions for my area for these tyres would be the +30°C during summer.
I'd love reading your recommendation.
Thx...

Interesting.
Pirelli excels in seven tests, so it is still third.
The winner Continental is the best in four tests, while the second Bridgestone excels in only one test.
I think I will still buy Pirelli.

Great reviews!! I am driving a Mercedes '17 E300 4matic. All season fan as I have been living in moderate climates. Moving to Wisconsin for work now so instead of buying two sets of tires would like one great set (also for winter conditions). Michelin CC2 is a great choice, but have you done a report on the Continental Extreme Contract Plus? Or a head to head comparison? Please note here the Conti's are USD $100 cheaper per tire than the CC2. (Even the Pilot AS4 are $70 cheaper per tire than the CC2). Love a quiet ride with secure handling. Please note, love good handling but it is an E300 and not a sports car which I totally understand. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Jonathan you say that wet performance is the most important attribute in an AS tyre but I wondered if you could explain why it's more important than dry. Clearly snow is a nice to have and the MCC2 is too good in this respect and needs to trade off for wet performance but surely dry and wet are equally important?

This preference for wet also explains some frankly bizarre conclusions in otherwise exemplary German tyre tests where frankly unacceptably poor dry braking was ignored due to stellar wet performance.

I bought Bridgestone weather control A001 to replace Michelin Crossclimate but i don't have opinion because are new.What is your point of view about these tyres?

Why is there first generation Dunlop in the test and not the brand new second generation Dunlop All Season 2?

I am quite surprised by underperformance of a Michelin CC2 in your test and is somewhat at odds with other tests (e.g. AutoBild). OK, The new Bridgestone has always been better in wet, but not by so much and new Michelin CC2 has always been better in dry. Overall, it has always been a very close call.
What happened here?

Were the condition different (temperature in dry test?)

Do tyre dimensions play a role? 225/45 R17 in AutoBild test vs. 205/55 R16 in yours?
Sidewalls rigidity does effect handling, maybe also braking?

Is quality of Michelin tyres inconsistent?

Do you expect Michelin CC2 SUV (225/50 R18) with reinforced sidewall to perform differently?

Unfortunately I ordere a new set of Michelin CC2 SUV (225/50 R18) for my BMW X1 xDrive just days before you published you test. And they were not cheap either. I was leaning towards new Bridgestone anyway, but were somewhat hard to find...perhaps I should try harder..
Did I make a mistake?

A suggestion to Tyrereviews team: you could calculate the total cost of ownership per kilometer when data is available. You have often calculated value for tires, but it doesn’t take into account the rolling resistance, cost of changing tyres or interest rate. Rolling resistance could be estimated on a average fuel consuming car, for example VW Golf.

So having been driven (pun intended) to do ever more research into tyres and their likely availability and having spoken to customer service at Bridgestone, Continental and Michelin on multiple occasions about tyre availability over the last 6 months - I fear I am becoming or even may have become a tyre geek/bore.

The Bridgestone site has tyre availability table that shows the IPC number of a specific size that can then be looked up on the EPREL website https://eprel.ec.europa.eu/screen/product/tyres This also enables you to look up other of the new Continental and Pirelli All season tyres in your desired configuration/size.

Sadly for me, as I am looking for a 245/40 R18, there are none of the new Bridgestone/Pirelli/Continental tyres that have been issued with EU tyre labels. This ties up with what I was told by Continental that they have not had authorisation to make the other new sizes yet.

So, if you want to find out whether your tyre is likely to be released soon then visit eprel site and look up your tyre as the new Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3, Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6 and Continental Allseasoncontact 2 can all be found in various sizes.

What I can therefore deduce is that the size I am looking for is unlikely to be available any time soon ☹ Unless Jonathan and the team have insights into how EPREL do testing i.e. continually, in batches at specific times of the year - I suspect the former

Hope you find the tyre you are looking for and this proves helpful.

Awesome review as always. This page/platform is pure gold.
It is very interesting for me, that the Conti won, and the Michelin is off the podium. I know it is a personal preference what do you want from a 4season, but IMO snow grip is crucial. Even if it is 3days in a year. I would buy a summer tire if there is no snow, and i would buy a dedicated winter tire if its more then ... dunno 60days of snow. Couple of days is the territory of 4seasons, and- those are the very dangeaorus ones, where a perfect snow grip is needed to avoid crashes, etc.
But now the testwinner is much worse than the Mich on snow and not much-much better in the other areas. For me the overall winner has to be in the top3 in snow... or to go further it has to be very very good on snow, no matter what is the place :D.
On the other side its good to see that the others are catching up; and so sad that there was no room for the Vector from GY. :D

Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 are 45% more expensive than Michelin CrossClimate 2, at least in Serbia. I've noticed that Pirellis here are always more expensive than Michelins, while it is the other way around in other countries. :(

Very useful test for choosing my next AS tyres. Interesting how wet grip EU label B tyres Bridgestone and Continental outperform wet grip EU label A tyre Pirelli in your wet braking test.

Is it OK to compare those dry/wet results with ie Conti PC7 tested here ?
Those were from the same speed (80km/h)? So ASC2 need 41,4m and PC7 only 35,27m ? I mean the difference is massive! Same for wet but diff is much less but still;

Still weighing pros/cons between allseason and season tyres in the south of Poland where driving mostly around the city and sometimes local roads with snow lying longer but still nothing serious; But is the much worse wet/dry results (if in fact same test condition) worth the sacrifice?

Great test anyway!

Is the Continental AllSeasonContact 2 available in the US?

It would be interesting to see direct comparison between best all season tyres and best summer tyres in summer and winter tyres in winter.

On the Pirelli's, they wear faster and only start at 7mm thread depth. AFAIK below 4mm winter capability really starts to degrade. Would this not mean that the window you can use the Pirelli reliably in snow is quite limited?

Well, maybe it's time Goodyear to present Vector4season 4th generetion...

Jonathan, great test and great comments and as you rightly say these 3 new tyres are a game changer. The challenge now, in the UK at least, is the availability of these tyres as most manufacturers seems to be suggesting April (ish)
I played with the figures (a lot) and using my normal weighting that focuses more on wet/dry braking than snow/ice and also keeps comfort at circa 10% but reduces value to only 5% it is interesting that the Bridgestone comes out 1st then continental then Pirelli.
My heart says Pirelli (fun), the data says Bridgestone (safest) but I have to say I think I will look for the Continentals. This will of course be dependent upon which becomes available first as I am touring in May and need to change them before that (worst case may be the Michelin as I have a pair of ditch finders on the back wheels at the moment)
I might be heart broken if I can only get the Pirellis :-D
Superb job and well worth the wait THANK YOU!!!

Great test again Jon as always!

Few questions:

1) Do you have any insights on the interior noise differences between the Conti and Bridgestone?

2) Do you think that 15% snow/ice is the most representative for northern England, or would you weight snow/ice lower and bump up dry/wet weighting?

3) As a one tyre set all year round for northern England, do you think that All Seasons are still the right choice, or do you think they sacrifice too much dry/wet grip at warm temps compared to summer tyres?

Thanks again, always a pleasure reading your insights.

For the three new tyres, what tread depth are they certified to still work on snow to? I know Michelin make a big deal out of their tyres still being safe and usable all the way down to 2mm which is a big plus point in terms of longevity. Do the Conti, Bridgestone and Pirelli also have full depth sipes in the tread or do they need replacing at 4mm like full winter tyres do?

How is it possible that Continental AllSeasonContact 2 and Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 are not available in size 235/50R19 for cars such as Peugeot 3008/Opel Grandland/VW Tiguan/Hyundai Tuscon/Kia Sportage? These are millions of cars on the market.

Great test, thanks! But i have a question... what about the Hankook Kinergy 4S2? I switched to this from MCC2, I am absolutely satisfied with it, while it is visibly cheaper.