If ever there was a place for all-season tyres to do well it’s the UK. Sure, the Scottish Highlands may require a decent set of winter tyres come but for the most part, a single set of tyres designed to be safe and effective in all weather conditions sounds just about perfect.
All-seasons are designed to be perfect for both the hottest July drive and the inevitable frost and misery of a British January. Question is, which set should you settle on? Should you stick to the bigger brands (and prices) in the hope they’ll be better developed, and the added safety will make stomaching the cost easier? Or do you try your luck with a smaller brand that’s a little cheaper?
Thankfully, our German friends over at Auto Zeitung have conducted incredibly thorough all-season tyre testing to help find the perfect all-season tyres that blend performance, safety and efficiency while also looking at the price.
How we tested the best all-season tyres 2023:
Auto Zeitung enforces stringent rules to ensure reliable results:
- All tyres were purchased from independent retailers in June 2020.
- Tests are independent with no manufacturer help. Each tyre is examined using reproducible driving manoeuvres at the limit on snow, wet and dry surfaces – with and without ESP stability control engaged. This is the only way we can say whether a tyre offers security during a spontaneous evasive manoeuvre. We also subjectively evaluate the comfort properties.
- Noise, vibration and harshness were tested to accurately examine how manhole covers, badly repaired roads or cross joints would affect the tyres.
- Each tyre has its rolling resistance tested on two different test stands.
The best all-season tyres:
There were joint victors with Continental AllSeasonContacts and Vredestein Quatrac nabbing the top spot. Both were top performers in the wet, dry and snowy tests with the only real distinction being the prices with the Vredestein tyres representing excellent value for money.
Next up are the Goodyear, Michelin and Bridgestone tyres. All three proved good in the wet and dry testing but fell down when it came to the snow. This means that if you live somewhere that rarely sees snowfall these tyres will be more than acceptable and shouldn’t be discounted from your search. In a similar vein, the Hankook, Nokian and Falken tyres were well suited to the snow but fell apart when it came to either the wet or dry testing. Finally, the Maxxis had a very good stopping distance in the dry but came home a distant last because it was poor in the wet and snow.
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