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.
Dry Performance Overview
Dry Braking (M)
Dry braking in meters (Lower is better)
Dry Handling (s)
Dry handling time in seconds (Lower is better)
Subj. Dry Handling ( Points)
Subjective Dry Handling Score (Higher is better)
Subj. Fun ( Points)
Subjective Fun Score (Higher is better)
Wet Performance Overview
Wet Braking (M)
Wet braking in meters (Lower is better)
Wet Handling (s)
Wet handling time in seconds (Lower is better)
Subj. Wet Handling ( Points)
Subjective Wet Handling Score (Higher is better)
Straight Aqua (Km/H)
Float Speed in Km/H (Higher is better)
Curved Aquaplaning (m/sec2)
Remaining lateral acceleration (Higher is better)
Snow Performance Overview
Snow Braking (M)
Snow braking in meters (Lower is better)
Snow Traction (s)
Snow acceleration time (Lower is better)
Snow Handling (s)
Snow handling time in seconds (Lower is better)
Snow Circle (S)
Snow Circle Time in Seconds (Lower is better)
Comfort Performance Overview
Subj. Comfort ( Points)
Subjective Comfort Score (Higher is better)
Subj. Noise ( Points)
Subjective in car noise levels (Higher is better)
Value Performance Overview
Rolling Resistance (kg / t)
Rolling resistance in kg t (Lower is better)
Overall Findings
Based on the weighted scoring from all tests, here are the overall results:
| Position | Tyre | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport | 98.6% | |
| 2 | Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 | 98.1% |
| 3 | Michelin CrossClimate 3 | 96.4% |
| 4 | Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6 | 96.3% |
Test Winner
Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6
96.3%
Hi!
For BMW iX3 (2022) what would you recommend?
It is hard to find Michelin CC3 Sport because of the different front and rear size (245/45 R20 & 275/40 R20). And the vehicle is 2300 kg.
What of those two tires has the best option for longest running distance in KM?
I'm having trouble finding the Pirreli SF3 and normal CC3 in wheelsize 235/40R18.
Mild climate, mild winters mostly -3, summer 25+
Bridgestone and CC3 sport are available. But prices are a big difference.
€180 for CC3 vs €130 for Bridgestone.
Justifyable to go for CC3 over bridgestone or you think i won't really notice on daily basis?
Hi Jonathan! Do you have any information for an additional sizes for the CC3 Sport? Seems they are quite few....
Thanks!
I don't sorry, check the label section on the tire page for the latest eprel data.
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Hi, I've just discovered your website and content, and it's really thorough and useful, so thank you. I've been looking at your videos and reviews and trying to figure things out, but I still can't determine the best course of action, so I'd really appreciate your advice. I'm based in the southern UK and I've just become the owner of a 2019 F87 M2 Competition. The car came with four new Michelin Pilot Super Sports on it, which I'm a bit apprehensive about using through the winter. I drive carefully and appropriately for the conditions, and have previously driven on Bridgestone Potenza S001s and Potenza Sports throughout winter in my old car (Mazda MX-5), at temperatures down to -1/0 C with no issues (just taking it very slow and cautiously), but given the increased power of the M2C, I'm hesitant to do the same with the Pilot Super Sports. It seems like my two options are to either run separate winter and summer tyres and change these accordingly, or to opt for all-season tyres (and keep the fresh PSS for the warmer months so as not to waste them). Given the climate of the UK, with heavy snow being relatively rare, I'm not sure that dedicated winter tyres are wholly necessary, and it seems like all-season tyres may be adequate? I enjoy spirited driving when the conditions permit, but the priority would be performance in wet and cold conditions, while still balancing this with overall performance and feel. It doesn't look like the Michelin PS all-season 4 is available in the UK in the correct size/fitment. What would your recommendations be? Would the CrossClimate 3 Sport be a good choice? Thank you.
If you can get the CC3S in your sizes then yes, that would be a good winter option. I'm not sure the M2 will be much worse than the mazda on summers throughout the winter but it will certainly be slippy when it's cold and wet.
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Hi need a set of tires in 215/50 R17. I'm wondering between Michelin CC3 and Pirelli SF3.
I'm using all season instead of winter tires nowadays. I need to prepare for cold wet and few centimeters of snow. But want to have good handling in the cold dry. I don't really care about summer performance as I'm running it from November to early March around -10C to 10C temperature range.
The car is a Ford Focus 182 Hp 2019.
Thanks for the help
SF3 seems ahead to me
@TyreReviews:disqus i have a question if you don’t mind. I can’t get Michelin cross climate 3 sport or Pirelli SF3 in the sizes I need to have a full set on my car, but I can get sf3 for front (225/45/18) and cc3s for rear (255/40/18) (staggered set up).
I can also get continental asc2 all round. To me, it seems the mixed set up offers better theoretical performance but I am wondering if the different characteristics will make it overall less safe than the asc2 set up? The car is a w205 c43. Interested to know your thoughts. Asc2 seems like a worse performing tyre than either of the cc3s and sf3 but maybe the consistency between front and rear is better for safety?
My focus is on safety only.
Many thanks!
In this case I would go ASC2 all round. It even beat the CC3S - https://www.tyrereviews.com...
Thank you for that!
So I've got a Porsche mecan GTS that comes with Michelin latitude sport 3, I'm curious how the cross climate 3 sports would compare. Is it worth changing to have an all season sport tyre yet? Or would them latitudes be better?
In your review on September 23, 2024 (The Best All Season Tyres for 2024 / 2025) the Pirelli performed better than the Bridgestone in the wet braking test, here is the opposite, is there a difference in the test? am I missing something here? Thanx in advance.
https://www.tyrereviews.com...
it seems it's close overall, but Looking at data from twelve tyre tests, the Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6 was better during nine wet braking tests. On average the Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6 stopped the vehicle in 1.58% less distance than the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3.
I need help. I want news tyres on my Ford Explorer PHEV in size 255/55 R20. I'm between Pirelli SF3
and CC3S. But i wonder, if in that size Pirellis SCORPION SF3 is the same sa standard SF3 on passanger car. Now I have SF3 on my Mazda 6 GH to use as autumn/winter/spring and I'm satisfied. But they are a bit jelly in hotter conditions. That's why I consider Michelin. I want allrounder with as much safety as I can get.
Scorpion is very similar to SF3, slightly different compound and construction to cope with extra weight.
And do your think, that CC3S is worth extra 100€ over SF3 on set? It's about 10% more (900 vs 1000)
According to the recent autobild test no it's not, the SF3 won the test. I would probably buy michelin for the sidewall lol
Between Nokian Seasonproof 2 and Michelin CC3, which one would you recommend for Toyota corolla in UK
What would you recommend out of the results as a "winter wheel" set up - I mean using an all season as I think for the uk its a better option. I've got a Mercedes GLB (fwd only). Only requirement is to keep the occupants as safe and mobile as possible during the winter months.
I'm trying to decide between the Pirelli scorpion weatheractive or if I should wait for CC3's to become available in Canada (I know the CC3's may take a while). Which would be better from a comfort and noise standpoint? I've read instances of the pirellis become quite loud after the first year of wear which has me concerned. This is for a 2020 Acura MDX Aspec (265/45r20). Any help would be greatly appreciated!
No idea, no one has run the CC3 long enough to know how it wears
Thank you for your response! For context I had come across some feedback regarding wear on the Pirellis, in which after the first year they got considerably louder, which has me considering the CC3s as an alternative. I was hoping you could share your thoughts on which tire provides better comfort and lower noise levels (when new is fine), the CC3 or the Pirelli Scorpion WeatherActive. For context, I’ve had the CC2s on two cars, and while they performed well, I found the ride a bit stiffer, harsher and noisier than I prefer
For what it's worth I'm 99% sure you're not getting the CC3 this year, or even at the start of next year so that might help your choice?
I was aware it could take a year or so from the European release before we get them in Canada. We have decent tires at the moment so we wouldn't mind waiting if the CC3's are worth the wait :). I've bugged you enough, thanks for your help, love your reviews!
@TyreReviews:disqus hope you had a great summer! Do you know when further sizes will be released for the CC3S, specifically 225/45/18? When we can we expect your big annual all season tyre test, where we see CC3/CC3S go up against the full range of rivals?
Sadly I don't, my all season test will be out soon but it was tested before availability of the CC3 range
The results at first glance look very disappointing for MCC3. Beaten across dry and wet by Pirelli and only top in snow where it was already very good - almost too good given it was giving up performance elsewhere to be a snow champ. I've had the MCC2 for 3 years and will keep for another 3 but I doubt I'll replace with the MCC3.
Jon, do you kniw why haven't Michelin addressed their wet weather performance issues and have doubled down on snow ?
As far as I understand the big target was wear without reducing any other performances.
The extra tread life they added is really impressive, however adding such a huge amount of tread life does oppose wet and snow improvements so i guess that's why they didn't jump up in wet grip.
Luckily there's the CC3S however that is size restricted.
What about Pirelli Powergy All Season SF? Is it something like at Michelin CC3 and CC3 Sport? Has someone some experience? I have found only this couple reviews:
https://www.tyreleader.ie/car-tyres/pirelli/powergy-allseason-sf/225-45-r17-94w-1706560
The powergy is Pirellis cheaper range so I'd guess it is using one of the old Cinturato molds with some slightly cheaper compound. I've not seen any test results I recall.
Thank you for explanation and recommendation....avoid them :)
I'm currently going through all tests I can find to make my mind up as to which tyre to get this fall for my cupra terramar.
Size 255/45 19 V really only leaves me with: CC2 (non suv), CC3S, Conti ASC2 and Bridgestone Turanza AS6. No Pirelli, no CC3, no CC2 SUV.
I had the CC2 SUV "Maserati" on my outgoing car and was pretty happy with it except the wet performance. I mean it was ok, but could have been better.
We really don't have too many snow days anymore in southern Germany, but I also want to be able to drive as safely as possible in the snow, so the Bridgestone does not make too much sense in my head.
Do I go for the Conti, which was the only good rated AS with the ADAC or do I go with the michelin because I was happy with it except wet performance. The CC3S should make up for that right? My CC2 SUV also only came with 6,5mm and lasted 3,5 years above 4mm.
something is off with the wet braking results. When having a look at the "The Best All Season Tyres for 2024 / 2025" test from Sept. 23, 2024, the "wet braking cool" results e.g. for the SF3 were 25.51m from 80km/h to 5, 8c.
The current test, at 9c, same km/h, the SF3 is at 31.47m. So 5.96m difference. VW GTI was used for both tests.
The 2024 test was on 235/35 R19, the current one on 225/40 R18 - but that should not explain that big of a difference...
Different pavement, makes alot of difference
Sadly you can't compare braking between tests as surface and conditions have a huge impact in distances.
Rim protection may seem like an insignificant info to some. It's plenty significant for me. Thank you for including this information.
Such a shame there is no 235/45/18 for model 3 and similar cars!
I agree there isn't a size for the Model Y either, and also not for my Model 3 performance... It doesn't make sense that they dint make those sizes.
Probably the worst release from Michelin in the last years. Cc3s is okay but nothing more. Cc3 is a complete fail.
The wet performance is so bad compared to the rivals! I don’t care if they last 10k km more. If I would drive 20+ tkm I would have changed to winter and summer tyres. But I drive 10tkm a year - man it doest really matter if they last 4-5-6 years. I change my tires after 4 years anyway.
But I care about savety. Breaking wet, dry and snow and wet and snow handling + rolling resistance and comfort and rim protection.
Aquaplaning, dry handling and wear isn’t my concern.
Sorry Michelin - I wait for the next Goodyear
MCCS has second best wet handling and braking (not breaking) and best subjective handling and you say its OK? :D You have no idea what you talking about, yean, winner of test is ok but nothing more :D
I think this perception may be an accidental misinterpretation or misreading of the graphs. The way the graphs are trimmed makes it falsely appear that three are huge differences between these tires, but what I think is most impressive is just how close these tires all perform. In the wet specifically, the best tire is always less than 10% better than the worst, and usually less than 5% better. The snow is where we really see the CC3 shine, and those are some of the biggest margins. In reality, I think most drivers would be satisfied with any of these tires, and would be hard pressed to tell the difference. If you're trying to choose between these, I'd do it like this: is this a one-tire all year tire? Do you see a significant amount of snow and ice? If yes, get a CC. If no, get whichever of these three you can get for the least expensive, or that your local shop will get for you and service for you.
@TyreReviews:disqus , I might suggest a toggle at the beginning of the article to display trimmed graphs, or graphs starting at zero. This will more accurately display the differences between the tires.
This is the best way to have differences on mobile. You can press the charts tab to see the 0 starting charts.
Totally agree... it is impressive though how Pirelli is consistent... and has decent aquaplaning unlike cc3s. I'd pick Pirelli this time, and I am actually actuall in October.
" the others will automatically rebalance to maintain a total of 100%."
Please delete that feature immediately, it just doesn't work at all. You set a value, then try to set another one but it change the value you just set... And in the end you have an error because it doesn't add up to 100% but the system won't let you correct it.
This feature is great! It’s true the values sometimes refresh in a way so that they don’t add up to 100 but you can reset the values by reducing all to zero and set one to 100 and then start changing values again. This is a really great feature to help determine the best tyre for a specific set of characteristics.
It actually helped me realise that my Bridgestones as6 are the best tyres for me based on what I value, whereas I may have been thought differently based their placing 4th in this test.
Well, the tool is tricky. I just learned that you must use it from bottom to top in each category.
Edit: And now I'm stuck in Wet Sub-Categories!! Try 0,0,0,50,50 from bottom to top here and then try to change to 0,0,10,45,45.
I just can't use it, it doesn't work at all. it's like a video game where you have to find the right way to get the resukt you want. It took me 30 minute to barely manage one result. I just can't, it's broken.
I'll add a toggle to enable / disable it as soon as I can.
CC3 is not a big step from CC2. Wet performance is still disappointing. Don't know why they improved snow performance instead. CC2 was good enough in that by far. I think Michelin should be afraid of next gen Goodyear (Gen 3 is five years old!) and the next update from Bridgestone (AS 6 evo?). Did Michelin learn something about rim protection on the CC3S? I still like my Bridgestones (235/35 R19).
Agreed! Was quite disappointing to see what was already considered a very snow orientated tyre to be made even more so!
The cc3s also has poor aquaplaning - not sure how bad it is as the values don’t mean much to me but relatively speaking, it didn’t perform well.
Well, I am not interested in aquaplaning at all, as long as the tyre doesn't fail completely. Same for comfort, value and snow traction (because of 4WD). So my personal results are different.
Yes, of course, everyone’s personal results will be different.
BTW, 4WD will help with traction but not braking.
Out of interest, is your view on aquaplaning due to the fact that you think all the tyres are basically safe in this respective and so the relative differences are not meaningful?
That's the reason why I didn't write that I am not interested in braking, just in traction.
Well, differences in straight aqua are under 10 %. If I am unable to limit my speed in heavy rain, I shouldn't drive a car at all.
It seems to me that the cc3s excels at handling and feel but the Bridgestone and Pirelli seem to have better grip and aquaplaning resistance. It’s not head and shoulders above like I thought it might be.
My takeaway is that:
1) cc3s is the best tyre for fun
2) Bridgestone best for pure braking/straightline grip, rim protection and size availability but less comfy and relatively less snow/ice performance.
3) Pirelli best all rounder
True, I was waiting to see this comparison, but now I have a clear winner for my interests, and it’s the Pirelli.