The Best 10 All Season / All Weather Tires for 2022/23 Tested and Rated!
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2024
- This is the best all season tire test for 2022!
All season / all weather tyres are trying to be one tyre for every situation, but as we know no tyre can excel in every category, meaning tyre manufacturers often take away from one area to be better in another, for example reducing the wet grip to get better snow grip.
So, which all season tyre is best for YOUR own needs? To find out I have taken ten of the most popular all season tyres on the market, and will be testing them in the snow, dry and wet, noise, comfort and rolling resistance!
The tyre size I'm testing is massively popular 225/45 R17, and while there might not be any new names in the test this year, a different size and different testing location means we're likely to get some interesting results! The Michelin Crossclimate 2 stormed to victory last year in 16", will this year be any different?
In this all season tire test we have:
Bridgestone WeatherControl A005 EVO
Continental AllSeasonContact
Falken Euroall season AS210
Goodyear Vector 4Season Gen-3
Hankook Kinergy 4S2 H750
Kleber Quadraxer 2
Michelin CrossClimate 2
Pirelli Cinturato AllSeason SF2
Tomket Allyear 3
Vredestein Quatrac Pro
Here's the link to adjust the test results: www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre-Test...
The full article can be found on the Tire Reviews website here:
www.tyrereviews.com/Article/2...
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00:00 Introduction
00:32 The All Season Tires on Test
00:58 Snow Handling
04:46 Snow Braking
04:58 Wet Handling
09:12 Wet Braking & Aquaplaning
09:33 Dry Handling and Braking
12:15 Fuel Use
12:35 Noise and Comfort
12:55 Final Results - Auta a dopravní prostředky
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@@krissklein oooo thank you
Thank you so much for your incredible work. 2 years ago I bought the Goodyear Vector tires. Now, 30.000 km later they're still ok.
The performance is very good and you always can feel when the tire is about to lose grip. I just wanted to know whether there was a new better tire in the meantime. Living in south Germany with some snow I'll take them again.
Thank you so much again. I simply don't have the time to search a good model. Your test has both, a large number of tires and multiple conditions on the same car. Your scoring is transparent and blind tested.
@@Stefan50326 That's some good wear! Glad you're enjoying them, get a review on the site sometime :)
I have a VW Golf mk7.5 GTD and live in South UK. I cover around 20,000 miles a year and after some good tyres. I'm after some advice on which would be a good tyres? Would a summer tyre be good or all season? I've always liked Michelin tyres but open to ideas. Many thanks
Tyre size is 225/40/18
Thank you for your continued high quality content. After your tests I switched to using a summer tyre for the warm seasons, and the Hankook Kinergy as a winter tyre even though it's an all season, as I live in Italy where it rarely snows.
Thanks for the video, just bought a set of Michelins after watching this and putting in my own test wheighting on the website. Glad to hear its better in the snow now.
Having gone on the whole journey from CrossClimate through CrossClimate Plus to CrossClimate 2 on three different cars over the last few years I'm still extremely happy with this family of tyres. Before that I always used to have separate sets full winter tyres and now I really don't need that. While heavy snow has been fairly infrequent I often have to tackle work trips as far as northern Scotland at short notice so I am happy being slightly over-provisioned for snow. Wear has been good too.
Glad you're getting on with them, it's a really excellent range of tyres
They simply spank it when you look at total ownership cost they do good high miles and all gear round are just consistent. The noise is easy to get used to as well.
@@TheKingpleb I agree, while you pay up front they are good value over time. Mine haven't been noisy at all really, on my ancient BMW 530i, decade-old Prius and newish 2.0 Corolla hybrid on 225/45 R17 where they are quieter than the OEM Falkens (which I didn't like much at all)
@@harryspeakup8452 Tires are one of those things that you just should not cheap out on. Every single handling characteristic is ultimately limited by the tires. Paying (random number here) 30% more on tires is cheaper than having tires under-perform and get you in a wreck.
Hi Harry, I have now a worn set of CC+ , do you feel that new CC2 have a less "summer tyre," feeling as per this review?
I bought Crossclimate 2s in November because of this channel.
They are incredible tires in the snow. I am very happy with them.
:D
Wow these tests just keep getting better. The usual comprehensive testing packed with information but the innovation of being able to adjust weighting on the web site is icing on the cake. Didn't mention tyre optics this time though. Keep up the good work.🙂
I can't believe, last night I searched best all season 2022 in your channel. What a timing and thank you for absolute best quality content.
I hope it was useful :)
I just purchased my first brand new car -2023 Subaru Outback, and in my irrational exuberance, decided to replace the OE Yokohama AVID GT tires with the Cross Climate 2. I've lusted after this tire for years after watching your videos and can't wait to have them installed. Thank you for your great work!
The best review of tires I’ve ever watched on CZcams. Well done sir. I bought the CrossClimate 2 a few months ago because I saw the tread pattern on someone else’s vehicle and I was blown away honestly. I had never seen a tread pattern quite like it. I live in Canada and winter is real. The fact that the tires won your test in the balanced category and that the tires are better than half the winter tires you’ve tested, validates that I choose pretty solid tires for my 17’ Honda Civic EXT to be on the rims all year long. The OEM Firestone tires were horrible in all weather conditions, including dry pavement. I’ve noticed like you have tested, that the CrossClimate 2’s are the best all season tire/all weather tire that money can buy.
Lol! Never seen a tread pattern like it?
Did you look at the tires in this test?
Everyone is copying it already.
Thanks for another great video test! I use Good Year Vector 4seasons Gen-3 and i have to say I never had better tyres! I used to have Bridgestone turanza only, loved them, but they were struggling on these few days of snow and ice in Northern Ireland. But now I can see also huge difference on wet roads now, far better performance. And they did good during hot days, so definitely gonna be loyal user for few years.
Just ordered a set myself. Being fitted this weekend. Glad your experience is positive.
This was a great review video. So much covered. Everyone looking for this kind of tire needs to watch this.
Thanks for the good review. I have CC2 on my Tesla Model 3 here in New Hampshire and they work great. Just ordered them for my wife's Outback as well since her OEM tires only made it 35k miles. Love that good snow performance!
Usual high standard of fair and informative testing which I follow you for. Good work and thanks for the effort you put in 👏🏼
thank you :)
Following a purchase of these based on your excellent reviews, I’ve now had a wet summer and very recently a lot of uk snow. For the benefit of others, thought I’d add a comment on my experience. As it was the uk the snow was initially very wet and whilst like that I found they allowed more spin that a winter tyre but that’s to be expected. In heavy wet snow in lane 2 they quickly got overwhelmed and i had to retreat so whilst far better than summers, I then knew they weren’t a patch on my previous full winters….until the temp went below freezing. In -1 to -8 the snow crisped up and was hard packed or ice below. The tyres then became amazing and I regained confidence with them. So they are amazing but so far only if the temps are low and the snow isn’t wet/slushy. Hope that helps someone!
As a driver that has a history of using winter and summer tyres on performance cars for many years, I actually went for the Michelin crossclimate 2 on my Golf for all season usage. I expected the summer performance on a Golf 1.4 tsi to be more then adequate. However I was completely surprised at how capable they were in the winter. Even in snow/slush and ice. I would say they gave me as much confidence in cold weather driving as my previous Nokian Full winter tyres. I am that impressed with the winter performance, I actually have these on my winter wheel set up for my X4M Comp. Obviously I will not be using them as "all season" on the X4M. But I am more than confident using these on the BMW for the winter. If anything the Nokians were a bit spongy in warmer winter climates, where as I do not get this feeling with the crossclimate 2s. I have been a big advocate for alternating winter and summer tyres for years to get the best of both worlds and not to sacrifice performance by using all season across the seasons. However, now I personally think the Michelin crossclimate 2 is perfect for the UK climate all year around on the "average" family car. However I will still be putting my Michelin PS4s on the X4M in the summer, for as good as the crossclimate 2 are in the winter, I wouldn't recommend them on any "performance" car for summer use. Fantastic review as always 👌👍
I like to use the CC2 as a winter tyre for places like the uk
I'm coming to the end of three years on Conti 4S contact, (205/60/16), which have been outstanding on my Tourneo Connect, I'm now moving to a +1, 205/55/17, wheel and tyre package with Cross Climate 2.
Your reviews have been excellent and helped with my final tyre choices. The Conti's were only let down by the more rounded shoulders raising the wear blocks on outside of the tyre with over 4mm left in the middle, possibly to encourage you to change before the tyre reaches manufacturers recommend 3mm maximum wear limit.
Man you are awesome! Aside from the great testing as always, you also actually picked up the remark on the pronounciation of the name Vredestein. Keep being you!
Very informative, and interesting. A couple of things I kept in mind during your results and recommendations:
1) Grip versus rolling resistance, there's no way to have the best of both because they oppose each other. Like so many tyre characteristics, it's a trade-off.
2) When you mentioned that for some areas snow may be the exception, I think it is also important to consider what other conditions may be rare too. For example for me, after snow, warm and dry conditions are the next rarest, so while I don't need a snow biased tyre, I also don't need a summer biased tyre either. With an average of 200 days of rainfall per year (55%) and 100 days (27%) of overcast or cold weather (so while it's not actually raining, the road surface doesn't really dry out either), warm, dry, summery conditions are almost as rare as snow.
I found the adjustable score weighting feature on your website to be brilliant for accounting for this, and as testament to your "mild" weighted test in this video, the top three tyres you recommended were exactly the same as the top three given in the results on the website, after being adjusted for wet biased conditions.
Top stuff, keep them coming.
Glad you enjoyed the score adjusting, I'm glad it's being used!
Summer tyres perform better in the wet than all weather tyres unless it's below 7 degree average. For the UK that 7 degree average only lasts about 4 months if the year. So summers make a lot of sense still in the UK for a lot of the year.
@@DrNitin14 I have that doubt in central Italy where I live, only that cold for 3 months...almost 1/2 days of snow
@@DrNitin14 nope please don't listen to this guy
@@Uno_Floydd it's literally what the data shows. From this very channel.
I'm quite happy with the Michelin's bias towards snow. Even though I live in the UK I still use them as a winter tyre so there's less emphasis on summer/spring aspects of the All season tyre.
I've been waiting for this test for weeks and now you've uploaded it exactly the moment i've got to leave for work. ;)
haha sorry!
Great video as always! As a data geek I really appreciate the work and effort you put into the experiments and the analysis! Amazing! Watching this and last year's all season tyre test I think there are some differences in how tyres form the same company perform, and this I think has to do with the tyre size and traction pattern. For instance, vredestein quatrac (smaller sizes) and quatrac pro (bigger sizes) have different traction patterns and seem to perform a bit different that expected, when compared to the CC2 which is the same tyre type in both tests. It would be really nice and helpful if you could include a tyre test for smaller sizes as well next year. I know it is double the effort but there is a huge target group for smaller sizes as well! As for a future video, ''Does size matter?" can be a good option as well (Cliche). Thanks again for your informative analysis and keep up the great work!😀
Fantastic test and work, thank you.
For mild climates, Hankook Kinergy 4S2 is the best. Wet is always more difficult than dry. Snow is rare and thus Hankook is the best.
Excellent video. I was looking forward to this to compare it to last year's results.
The table with adjustable weights is a brilliant tool. I set it up for my preferences and was very pleased with the resulting ranking (Hankook for me)
Glad you like the tool :)
Thank you. Just noticed your Utah Plate in the background. We have Definitely had the snow on the highways this year.
My tyres are all that is between me staying in control of my car and losing it, regardless of speed and the surface conditions. I was a Honda Civic/Conti-man for decades but when I bought my Citroen C3 series2 (for wife's ease of access/egress) I discovered this car to be a trifle "skippy" when cornering on several road surfaces; possibly due to it's relatively light weight and suspension set up. By chance I came across one of your tyre tests three or more years ago and changed over to Goodyear Vector 4. Wow! what a difference they made to the handling and stability control of my C3. It now goes where I want it to and when I want it to. Surface water gets demolished: these tyres just bite into the tarmac, shedding all that aquaplaning hazardous material away from my chosen line of travel. These are epic, dependable and potentially life saving tyres and have a very low rolling resistance too. They are worth the extra money every day and every mile. My life depends on them as does my wifes too & any one else in my proximity. Remember, always anticipate: avoid reaction!
Absolutely love your channel. Thank you for the tests! Because of you I went with the Hankook Kinergy 4S2 last year and I've been super happy with them! Living in NE Europe with loads of rain, snow and a couple of months of +25C weather the tyre has been amazing for every day use while still having a pretty good price. Thank you for your work! :)
Glad you like them! Get a review on www.tyrereviews.com sometime :D
Hi, I'm also going to choose Hankook, how is the wear? How many kilometers have you done so far and how many kilometers do you think they can last, thanks a lot.
@@JosePerez-gf3ps Hi! Very hard to say, I haven’t checked the thread recently. Lost my drivers licence for speeding (I know, stupid), so the car is now parked away for 6 months. But, tbh, I don’t worry about wear that much, I’m ok to buy a new set every other year.
Love these tests! Can you throwing in the top 1 or 3 AS tires in the winter tire tests to show how much of a difference they really are.
I usually do, and there's plenty of tests on www.tyrereviews.com with that in. This year I tried something different, I tested 10 sets of winter tyres in the same size at the same time thinking we could get a really big comparison but it didn't quite go as planned. I'll make another video on this soon :)
@@tyrereviews ah man, sorry to hear that. Looking forward to the video!
Another amazing review. Thanks for putting in all the hard work making these videos
Thank you!
Thank you. Based on the results, I ordered a set of Hankook tires yesterday. I used Vector 4Season gen2 for over four years and was very pleased. I wanted to switch to gen3 but the price is not very friendly: /. I have used hankook in the past (summer and winter) and couldn't complain about it. I hope to be happy with the choice this time too :).
As a curiosity, I can say that now for set of Hankook and paid the same amount as for set of Gen2 four years ago :).
Thanks for the great review! I got the Crossclimate 2 for my Ford Focus in the spring. Generally, I am very satisfied with the tire. What I love: great comfort and silence, for a family car, this is great. I also like dry handling, it does feel similar to a standard summer tyre, with quite accurate steering. The only thing that leaves we wondering is wet grip. I am not even talking about handling but just grip. My 1.6t petrol car spins its front wheels pretty easily on wet roads. I didn't expect that, as my previous pilot sport 4 never skipped a beat. I have yet to test the tires in winter, but according to this test, I should be good.
PS4 is the clue here. If you had been on an ordinary touring / economy tyre rather than a PS4 you would not have found a difference in wet traction
@@harryspeakup8452 to be honest, I used Hankook kinergy eco and they had great grip too, and that is an eco tyre.
As in this test, the CC2 isn't the very strongest in the wet at the moment, but it's not too far off
Just fitted the Hankook on my 1999 Chevy Camaro. The car is primarily used for Sunday drives and vacation trips, but also needs to get me to and from work if my wife needs our daily driver. Therefore I wanted a tire that never leaves me stranded and from what I‘ve seen so far I’m very satisfied with my choice.
Awesome!! I just bought the Hankook RH06 Ventus ST’s for my Ford F150. Hopefully I made the right choice. Cheers from the West Coast USA!! 🤙🏽
Great review. I love how you do the test blind. Best empirical measure for tyre testing. Nice to see you in a manual, too!
thank you sir :)
Just ordered some Goodyear 4season gen 3 for a fiat panda, reckon it will be the fastest thing on the road if we get some snow ever in the uk. Thanks for the review and particularly the mild climate rating.
Another great video and no surprise that the Michelin is again near the top. My only real feedback would be that "all season" is a very broad brush to paint with; I think it would be more accurate to describe these as all-season touring tires. The overwhelming majority of these will be put on non-sporty cars and driven gently. I do find it interesting how the tread designs on these tires all look so similar -- I feel like we don't see this in other tire classes.
Directional certainly has an advantage for their design targets :) And agreed, these are mostly premium touring all season tyres
Ha "sporgy handling" is a great description for the Falkens that came OEM on my VW. Very sharp and sporty just off-center for an all-season but then they have this spongy/balooney give to them that makes it feel kinda floatey under sustained cornering.
Yay, it's not just me!
Great review. Had to laugh at the end. "Bring back aspects of the cross climate 1", and I'm quick to say NOOO! I'm over in Canada and well, we get some snow. I love that the CC2 favours the snow. These reviews have been a huge help. I'll be outfitted with CC2's in a few weeks. Thanks!
Surely if you get a lot of snow you should be on winters ;) I say in Salt lake city where I use the CC2 as a winter tyre lol
Great job, we really needed to know this! Keep up the great work!
Thank you!
This has come at the perfect time as I am pricing up all seasons to switch to in winter. Being in the Midlands I would have gone CrossClimate 2 without a second thought but as we get less than 7 days a year of snow I am seriously considering the Hankook now for the wet capabilities which it will encounter more of the time. Great video as always!
I highly recommend the hankooks, got them last year and I prefer them in the summer to the previously fitted primacy 3 my car came with and cold weather performance is excellent
I got the Hankook and honestly I enjoy driving in the rain after getting those tires. During dry weather the grip seems like it's too much, but as soon as the roads get wet it just feels right.
I'm planning to buy the Hankook for exactly the same reasons. There are more wet days here than days with snow.
I use Crossclinate 2 on a small estate, Skoda Fabia. I can honestly say even pushing really hard I've never had understeer in the wet, this may be due to the relatively light weight of the car. By far the best all round tyre I've used and would happily use them again.
Had a fwd on Michelin CCs and am running a 4x4 on Bridgestone Evos, anecdotally, I totally agree with these results, the CCs were amazing on the snow and fine everywhere else. The Bridgestone isn't great in the snow but feels better in the dry and wet.
Having said that, I've used a pair of Bridgestone's which have seen no snow. Good old UK weather.
I'm glad we sync up on data :)
Thank you for your testing and your brilliant formula to calculate the best option for yourself!
In my region it snows maybe 5 days a year. In the Winter it is mostly dry (63%) and often wet (39%) but cold enough in the night that you shouldn't drive with summer tyres.
Your calculations recommended me the cheapest option, Bankook(93.8%), but unfortunately my supplier only had 81Y, so I went for the 2nd best option, which was Michelin (93.5%), and the most expensive one 😅 followed by Bridgestone (92.6%)
But the price should not matter when it comes to your tires, which are (hopefully) the only parts of the vehicle that have contact with the ground.
It'd be interesting to know the wet test temperature. In the UK really the big difference I have found is that all season tyres tend to perform better in a big way in the wet below 8 celsius. In the UK a lot of the year is wet and below 8 celsius :) The Uniroyal RainExpert 5 or RainSport 5 tyres seem to be a stand out summer wet tyre that can also handle low temps. Dunno if you can manage comparing all season tyres to the uniroyals in the wet but perhaps an idea for next years test?
Why is no one raving about the Hankook Kinergy 4S2? They’re almost 25% cheaper than Michelins and do EVERYTHING great.
My tire dealer told me to get the CC2 due to it is fully tested down to 2mm even in snow for the owner to get extra life out of them while the Hankook is great but poor on fuel efficiency and faster in waring out their treads so the 25% saving evens out at the end.
the wear is certainly a questionmark of the hankook
@@Jeo-What I read about tire wear on tirerack. We'll see, I've only put 5k miles on them since January... So far so good but that is not a lot of miles
@@tyrereviews yes, especially how quickly the speed dropped after the first warm up lap.
Choose Goodyear Vector gen3 there 20 euro cheaper than cc2 plus the wear is better
Nice informative video again! Love to watch you're reviews. Keep up the good work!! As a GoodYear fan, I bought the all seasons Gen 3 for coming winterseason. Next spring I'll fit the Eagle F1 ass. 6!
Nice choices :)
Thanks for another interesting video, I'd really like to see how the quadraxer 3 performs in your future tests!
Great vid, I only have experience of the continental and Michelin. I’m a bit confused about the good aqua planing performance of the continental, I found it to be pretty horrific when my near side wheels went into deep water and it was such a big issue I changed tyres even though I really liked them. I much prefer the Michelins for aqua planing which make it a clear winner for me. I might have to try the winners of the mild climate group next. It would be great to see a review of the Michelins in snow with different levels of tread.
I have something coming on that theme :)
I recently bought CrossClimate 2's for my car, they're great for Belgian summer weather, even during the heat wave they were good! Can't wait to see how they perform this winter. Bring on some snow!!
They're so good in the snow you'll be very happy
Thanks so much for this video - as a result I put a set of Hankook Kinergy 4S2s onto my Golf GTI. Shortly after I drove up to Scotland on a 6 hour drive with torrential rain all the way. I felt incredibly secure the whole time. The Hankooks feel like they might be made specifically for the UK's climate.
This one was right on time, as i plan to buy a new All Season within next weeks. Great test as always, best tire reviews on YT. Many thanks
Glad to help! What you going to buy?
@@tyrereviews I was always a fan of Hankook, they provide a great price-performance ratio. So it will be the Hankook 4S, have not seen snow in Frankfurt/Germany for three years now 😄
I would really love to see next year a BUDGET all weather test, compared to a reference premium tyre. Really missed theese tyres from this years test:
Barum Quartiris 5
Uniroyal AllSeason Expert 2
Dunlop Sport AllSeason
and Nokian's 2 allweather tyre, the Seasonproof, and the Weatherproof
NOted :)
The Kinergy 4S2 is a great tire, it may not last as long as some others, but it has been excellent in rain and snow.
Hi, how many miles can you do with it
Thanks
@@starfuker on an EV, probably only 40,000 miles
@@phatgringo2.0 that is ok for allseason tyre..thx
Just got some crossclimate 2's for my winter wheels to put on my Tesla model 3. The decision was easy for me as I've previously used the original Crossclimates on my previous car and wife's car which were brilliant in the snow
Great video!! I was here to hear about the Vredesteins. Really looking at those Hankooks, though. Too bad they don't come in 19"s!
When I cross-reference this tire review with the newer Winter tire review video I found when combining both tests results that was done one day after another with the same size tires: In cold temperature the Michelin CrossClimate2 is the fastest in snow handling that has the best grip in snow, best in snow breaking in All-Weather category but mid pack with both group, mid pack on wet handling, wet breaking, straight aquaplaning, dry handling and above average in dry breaking and top three on rolling resistance. Beside the need to break earlier in snow to match the winter tire breaking performance, everything else sense to do just as well as a dedicated winter tire! Nice! Would still like to see the comparisons between the Micheline X-Ice Snow vs Micheline CrossClimate2 though.😉
One word of warning, the snow testing was done on different days and we had quite a lot of temperature change which changed grip quite a lot. I'll make a video about it soon!
@@tyrereviews what had changed in weather between the two days? Which day was colder?
I use Goodyear V4-G3 on my Focus 2021 and I'm really happy how these tires perform on all types of weather: hot like hell, wet and winter. And these tires last pretty good, no visible wear after 35k km done in one year and ten months since I got them.
35k and no wear showing, that's amazing!
@@tyrereviews I have 89 000 km on G2 (previous edition) and they still have around 50% thread left. Moved front to back tires only once at 60 000 km. Very impressed with durability and overall traction, used in absolutely all possible conditions, from dry, wet, snow, ice and mild rocks.
225/45/R17 on a hybrid.
This is extremely informative. It is also presented in an excellent way!! Thank you very much!!
THank you :)
@TyreReviews: Another epic piece of work as always Sir. Thanks for all you're tireless efforts. Personally, I love all season tyres and wish more of the top manufacturers, and mid range maybe, did them in BIG sizes (20"-22") (Vredestein are really good in this respect!) and in Runflat for BMW owners too! Anyway, the improvement over Summers in snow, cold (below +9°C) and ice, is amazing while still being brilliant in the wet usually, and only the tiniest bit worse in dry, is a fantastic trade off / compromise, in the UK especially.
Any chance you could plan a more specific UK weather test?
Ie. Test Summers vs All Seasons vs Winters, not just in Snow, wet and dry, but specifically in just above zero (dry & wet), just below zero (dry and wet) and on ice instead of just snow or just wet?
I think this could be fascinating to see just how good All Seasons are vs Summers in the UK for 75% of the year, not just the odd day of snow! Fingers crossed you like this suggestion! Many thanks, Jonathan. 😊
Been looking forward to this one!
I hope you enjoyed it!
@@tyrereviews Awesome job as usual!
I've had a CrossClimate SUV version in north california mountains, where we get a good 5 months of snow coverage, though the plows and eventual melt reduces that down. I'm excited to eventually switch to the Crossclimate 2 SUV version. IT would be great to see the difference between those two tires! As always, thanks for the objective reviews.
I think the differences are mostly the sizes they're offered in, they should be very similar in performance :) I look forward to your review of the swap!
Still running my crossclimates for a few years ago (very low wear due to limited milage 2019-2022). Very happy as long as I take care in the summer, The UK heatwave reminded me they not a summer tyre .....
Super interesting test. Thank you. I must say though: Michelin, if you're reading -- ignore last minute or so from jonathan. Where I am in the world, the CrossClimate2 snow performance is weighted perfectly. Keep it up!
Top class video as always, shoutout to the adjustable score weighting!
My only wish for these tests is to perform at least breaking if not handling in below freezing temperatures on tarmac without snow, preferably with some early morning frost on it. That's a very common condition during the winter where I live and I never see any tests on that.
Early morning frost testing would be so good, if you can think of a way to get the surface consistent for the 5 hours we need to do braking and handling let me know!
@@tyrereviews You did a temperature test a while ago in a special venue. Isn't it possible to use that? I don't know what possibilities they offer.
@@Fred_P it is but I don't have the 50k+ needed for a few days use sadly
@@tire_reviews Understandable, thanks for responding.
Could you do a frost braking with a wide frozen runway with multiple drivers/ cars so you all do an emergency stop together at the same time and compare the results? That would keeps some of the consistency such as temperature?
I don’t even want all seasons but I still love these videos
:D
the most underrated channel in my opinion! keep up the crazy good work! 👍👍👍👍
Thanks, will do!
Just found this channel and I’m subscribed and loving it!
I have already written this comment on your website but I will repeat it here, perhaps the comment will be helpful to someone.
I've been using the CrossClimate 2 tyres for about a year and have done over 15,000 kilometres in that time. I live in central Poland, so winters are fairly mild.
The fuel consumption has not changed (I think it has increased slightly). They are quite quiet, a bit noisier than the average summer tyre.
They grip poorly on ice but I don't think any civilian tyres grip well.
In the dry they never squealed, in the wet it is hard to lose grip. In the snow they lose traction quite late, I would compare them to an average winter tyre. But even when they do lose traction, they are predictable at all times. In any case, they perform better in winter conditions than budget winter tyres and incomparably better than a few years old winter tyres.
I have not noticed any significant tyre wear.
My tyre choice was influenced by Tyre Reviews and I am very grateful for it. If you don't live in an area with a very hard climate they would be a very good choice. They have never let me down so far and will perform better than summer tyres during cold spring mornings and better than winter tyres during warm sunny days in winter. I highly recommend this tyres.
Thank you for the review on the site :)
I had conti all season contact on my previous car for the last couple of years, partially based on your reviews. I was very happy with them, and will probably fit them to my new car (see separate whinge about smaller tyres being more expensive !).. Do you have any data on wear rates? It loos like the contis have more tread depth than the michelins. But obviously there are many other factors at play, and that alone might not translate to a longer lasting tyre. Keep up the good work!
I've not tested, but there's a few tests on www.tyrereviews.com that have wear included (look for the auto bild tests) and more recently the conti and goodyear have had the best wear
I have Goodyear's U.S. market equivalent tire (WeatherReady) and my father has Cross Climate 2s (per my recommendation due to your testing). We both have been driving them for at least a year and still really like them.
www.tyrereviews.com/submit.htm?match=Goodyear-Assurance-WeatherReady---Tyre-Reviews-and-Tests
I had the Michelin CrossClimate 2 installed on my son’s Toyota Camry (we are in southwest Ohio, USA) and it’s been a great tire in the mild snow and rain. It’s quiet, too. Well worth the money!
Great to hear!
The test I've been waiting for 😁
Been using Hankooks for years, and never been disappointed, even on the ZS EV.
These are quite special tyres for sure!
Note, some people in heavy snow zones use dedicated winter tires, yet still use all season tires the other seasons, for their well rounded capabilities. So your 'Mild Climate' results could apply to them as well.
The Vredestein Quatrac pro is my go to tire living in Indiana. The Quatrac pro has been great in rain and light snow for me. My only issue with this tire is tread life. I have yet to get 50,000 miles out of them, but I typically get somewhere around 40k to 48k on them. Lastly, the Toyo Celsius should have been included in this test.
Opted for the Good Year, fitting next weekend. The wet handling did it for me. I'm excited never tried all season tyres, so fingers crossed.
I've had the Quatrac Pro for 3 years and ~65.000km now (Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, also 225/45R17) and it never let me down. It is nice to see that it isn't that bad over all compared to its newer rivals and really good in the wet. I'll visit your website and check out if it's still the best choice for me (northern Germany, more rain, almost no snow) or if i should give the Hankook a chance. Korean car, korean tires, could be a great team.
65000km from one set?!
@@tyrereviews Yes Sir! :) Most of the time (and my daily commute) i cruise in-town or on country roads at moderate speed. Only a few times in the year "Autobahn", so the tires have a relatively easy job to do.
There is still enough profile left, but they're getting porous now (relevant for the TÜV) and already in the last winter (had two days of snow ;)) i noticed a lack of grip on snow.
@@Timico1000 getting porous? 65000km is really a good number. My Falkens are only with 4mm left after about 4year 50000km, half Autobahn half country road, and my car is not a muscle car either. And it is getting uneven, with louder road noise and slightly unpredictable direction.
@@gx4548 Yes, porous. But my car always sits outside, exposed to the sunlight, i think that makes it worse. I also noticed a slight increase in noise, thats getting annoying. Last week i passed the TÜV, but he noted that i should replace them because of the porosity. Ordered a set of Goodyears last week, get them next week.
Always lovely to see your all season tests every year 👌🏽
Just shows again that modern all season rubber is bloddy great for 90% of ppl, despite most not even thinking about buying them
And also, don't cheap out on tires.
In my area, the price diffrence between the tomket and the top 3 tires is like 10-20€ per tire. Now divide that extra cost through 2-3 yrs. You really wanna have iffy handling, unsafe tires for 100€ less cost for the next 2-3 yrs?
With that little price difference you'd have to be really silly to buy the budgets!
@@codincoman9019 i really hesitated for some time whether i should reply to replies like this, cause im fee up with them
Yes. Under EXTREME conditions. Yes. Heavy snow, -20°C, ice plates all over the road and a blizzard. No way in hell am i gonna prefer all season tires over dedicated winter ones
But the thing is: I don't face these situations 😅 central europe(Austria) and doesn't really face heavy winters like that(especially near cities)
A winter tires is always gonna perform and risk lives under real conditions. Its worse in the wet, worse in the dry, worse in handling, worse in fuel mileage, worse in noise, worse in braking, worse in tyre wear. A winter tyre excels in WINTER conditions and nothing else. So if ya don't have any real winter, its not the best idea to run with winter tyres
You could argue that they make less sense in summer. Yet they also perform surprisingly good. Again, if ya face 40°C weather, dry ass asphalt and drive like a maniac, a summer tyre makes way more sense. But if not...statistically you are gonna be fine. Prbly makes more diffrence that ya react faster/better to changing road conditions
Outstanding work. Love the new weighting control in website. Be great if you had a test winner summer tyre in the test for folk in very mild climates, like south west
Glad you like it! Check out some of the other AS tests on the site, or mine from last year, I have good summer tyres in :)
After much resurch and lasts year's CC2 win I picked up a set for my all wheel drive suv,a week later on to a road trip to MN and Wl.Most of the trip out and back we're on dry roads.what a pleasant drive quiet tires handled well full loaded.
Coming home we ran into a very early snow storm in the U.P. of Mi.round one of the storm was 14 in ches of snow .It was the most effortless snow trip I've ever been on during decades of living in MN and Mi.As long as I could seei could keep moving with out the white knuckle syndrome.we managed to get home before round 2 the next day of 18 more inches .Our last 150 miles was heavy rain only .
We were going down a hill and at the bottom the was a lot of deep water the SUV hit it and slowed down from the water but never did the CC2 tires come off the road at 55 mph .That alone with the ice and snow we met makes my choice even more reassuring.
Did a millage check after fill-ups for the 1700 mile trip , loaded up to 75 mph at times ,lost 2 mpg ,not bad.car calls for 35 psi I ran them at 37psi.
The only down side was if you drive on wet dirt they will fling mud .Small price to pay .We think these are the best tires we have ever had period!!!
After continually looking at the Michelin CrossClimate series since shortly after they first came out, I recently put the CC2 on my 2016 Subaru Outback. I live in Massachusetts; but regularly travel to New Hampshire and Maine all year long, so a tire that would give me the traction I need in all types of New England weather was my primary consideration. So far, I've had it on smooth roads, rough roads, wet roads, flooded roads, gravel roads and dirt roads, in a wide variety of dry to wet conditions, and can say, at this point in my personal testing, that it's the best All Season/All Weather tire I've ever had - Of course, pending my experiences in snow, ice & slush over the coming Winter. 😉
I'm itching to get my CC2's on my Legacy in some snow... my OEM tires had be getting passed by RWD's in snow last year!
hi, do you have very hot days? 86 degrees Fahrenheit and more, how does the tire behave? and at 5 degrees Fahrenheit is the tire stiff?
thanks for the reply. from Ukraine
@@user-sg7yf7vb9y - We've had some days up in the mid-90s, and I've been up North in NH & ME when the temperatures have been down in the single digits. As far as I'm concerned, the tires perform very well no matter what the temperatures or road conditions are. VERY good for living in New England. 😉
I love the CC2. If it matches its predecessor in terms of durability (3mm of tread left after 70.000km in my case), there is really no negative arguments against the tyre.
How much wet+snow u get in ur region? And what's ur driving style?
In Serbia it is illegal in winter to drive on tyres that have under 4mm threads. >:(
It doesn't according to other tests.
@@clark5583 Western Germany. We don't have that much snow in this region, but the winter can be quite rainy. My driving style is rather smooth and relaxed. The usual driving route is a good mix of city and highway driving.
@@DashCamSerbia The legal limit here is 1.6mm tread depth, but 4mm is recommended. But since this year was very dry, I changed the tires only towards the fall.
Such a good video, thank you very much
I'm in Chicago and I appreciate the winter focused performance of the CrossClimate 2.
I ordered the Hankooks literally a few days ago because they were on sale. PLEASE LET THEM BE GOOD. :D
I guess you're happy now :)
Hello @tirereview,
Thank you for all your great test!!! :)
One point to be perfect, could you include the same test but with used tire to see if there is big difference?
Michelin clame that it's good (better then the over...) when it is used.
Could be good to have the confirmation ot that, because tire could be good when new, but poor after midle use.
Thank's. :)
Stay subscribed :)
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Great to see such test. :)
Really thank you for your great and exhaustive test! :)
I live at the northern tip of Derbyshire.
We don't have snow as frequently as we used to but, given that most of the roads are on inclines to some degree, I am happy to remain faithful to the Michelin CrossClimate.
The street where I live is the steepest residential road in our town, yet I could still get to the top in snow and ice from a standing start.
Sounds like you've got a good choice :)
I live in Northern B.C. Canada and I use all weather nokian WRG3's and switch over to nokian hakka 8's (studded) once there's ice buildup. It allows me to wait until after the winter rush and then I can take my studs off before the spring rush
I swear by these two tires, they're fantastic
Great video, highly informative. Bought a CC2 last year for our family car and it outperformed the winter tyres on my other car (in the snow).
Would have loved to have seen a winter and summer reference tyre, for their respective categories, just to get an idea of how far these allrounders are off the specialists.
Really looking forward to your winter tyre test, not because I need new winter tyres, but because I really enjoy your analysis of the differences in tyres and really love the way you combine hard data with subjective impressions.
Cheers
I usually included reference summer and winter tyres, and there's plenty of tests on www.tyrereviews.com with that in. This year I tried something different, I tested 10 sets of winter tyres in the same size at the same time thinking we could get a really big comparison but it didn't quite go as planned. I'll make another video on this soon :)
Thanks again for doing this best 10 All Season/All Weather tires again this year. It is very impressive that the tire with the lowest tread depth (CrossClimate 2), hardest (V-rated) and lightest does the best in snow! I have driven the CrossClimate 2 for eighteen month, 28,000mile/45,000Km from 95F(35C) to 031F(-35C) on dry, wet, slush, icy, heavy freezing rain with 50mile/80Km gusting wind, 2/3ft of unplowed heavy snow/wet snow roads and a 10 hours straight of heavy downpour on highway and windy mountain pothole roads in Canada on a FWD HEV and they are wonderful when driven responsibly. It works so well that I don't even bother putting on the one season 4 months used Micheline X-Ice Xi3. I like them so much, once Micheline released the size for my 19 years young Toyota Sienna 8 seater I replaced the 5 years old (60% tread left) Conti TrueContact & 10 years old Micheline X-Ice Xi2 (consider over the expiry date) with theses tires when they became available. 5 years / 60,000mils (100,000Km) from now I will be looking forward to buy the CrossClimate 3 with all the money I have saved from not have to pay for tire swapping cost on both vehicles (always get free tire rotations when doing the break service😉).
They really are a mega impressive tyre! I have them on my wifes SUV
@@tyrereviews I do not run high speed laps on my daily commute with all the red lights and stop signs which makes all the fast accelerations irrelevant in real life commuting; however, stopping, handling and traction is what me and the pedestrians (including babies) needs the most especially during snowy condition. No more wondering if I had change the snow tires too early or too late and what if snow comes back at early spring (which it always do). Just drive! Thanks again for your reviews that helps people like me to make a safer driving world.
I bought a set of Nexen Nblue 4Season in the size of R13. Handles wet road without problems but doesnt like dry road around 30°C. The car becomes very understeery. Snow test hopefuly coming up this winter :D
A little idea to improve the video: I think as you display the graphs it would be sufficient to only load the bars of the recently announced 1-2 tyres. This would reduce information overload as the graph is coming onto the screen. It would give a reference immediately and give more time for us to look at the numbers every time it is up.
Anyways I love your tests! ;)
I have a 2005 Acura RSX Type S (with A-Spec) and am planning to replace it's original tires after 110K+ miles, so thank-you for the test results.
Growing up, our family had a 64 Monza convertible (110 / 4sp), later on I had a 66 Corsa convertible (140 / 4sp).
My Mom worked at a tire store and was given a free set of Michelin radials, it was funny seeing mechanics shake their heads when my five foot and a bit mom tried to tell them the tires weren't flat. ;-D
Nice selection of vehicles there :)
Based on your test a couple of years ago i got the hankooks for my car in this exact size. Would rather have grip vs low rolling resistance. They inspire confidence in the wet, are more comfortable than gy asy3 summers they replaced, and feel like a summer tyre in the dry. Great all rounders.
Glad you're liking them, please put a review on www.tyrereviews.com sometime :)
The problem comparing new tyres with old tyres is that people forget what the tyres were like brand new and are more often than not comparing the qualities of worn tyres with the qualities of new tyres.
@bremCZ that is a good point you raise. But I do think there are inbuilt characteristics of tyres that aren't age dependent in that a 4season tyre vs a summer "sportier" tyre like in my case hankooks kinergy 4s vs gy asy3/5 will always be different in terms of comfort vs outright performance. For me having swapped between winters and summer tyres with my last car I felt the compromise in opting for all season vs swapping and storing the spare set of tyres twice a year was worth it. As I said in my review, imo the hankooks feel like summer tyres most of the year and for how I drive (with my kids and wife mostly) the extra autumn/winter/early spring cold and rain performance and the confidence they give me in all conditions made it right for me.
@@matthewrichards4745 While it seems like it would be right, it isn't. There are plenty of all season tyres that are greater in every aspect to many worn summer tyres. I switched my worn summer tyres out for complete winter in late spring when the temps were still well above freezing and they were still quieter, smoother, and had better wet and dry traction even though they were half worn winter themselves.
Brand new, those summer tyres were been better in every aspect.
@bremCZ all fair points you make. I'm only speaking from my own perspective. I'm not a tyre expert nor trying to win an argument. If our discussion helps someone with their decision or our reviews, etc help another owner with navigating the endless options out there then all good from my side 👍🏻
Another great review, I've been waiting for this one. Although the CC2 hasn't physically changed since last year (has it?), the 2022 review makes it sound not quite as good as the 2021 review of it (maybe that's just my perception). Anyway I have 4x CC2's being fitted to my car this Thursday and I'm confident i'll be happy with them going by the many, many reviews and time I've spent researching them over the past few weeks. I've probably put way too much thought into this, and I'd be happy with any of the top 5 tyres in reality. Cheers Jonathon.
I think the style of the tyre ist he same as last years test but the competition is a little closer in this size and test conditions. You won't be sad and I have the CC2 on my wifes car
Jonathan, you're doing wonderful work here! I'm looking forward to your winter tyres test cause I need a set. I may like new Hankooks icept RS3 W462, but I will wait for your comparison :)
I would be happy buying that set myself
Well i have to admit i bought good year vector 4s gen 3 for front wheels and hankook kinergy for rear ones before watching your video and i am happy i chose one you highly recommend :P
Great video.
There is one important area which wasn't tested: wear. Based on other 3rd party testing as far as I can tell Hankooks all season tires are known for average wear at best, whereas the Crossclimates are usually great in this area. This is not only important because the tires can last longer, but also because performance usually drops with wear, especially in snow and wet. It would be nice to see a matchup between Hankook Kinergy 4s2 and the CC2 with, lets say, a 30.000 km of wear. I am almost certain the CC2 would have an advantage.
Looking at the data I agree with you
Michelin typically shows longer treadlife, but the benefit is often significantly hampered by price.
This 30000 km wear comparison would be great to see. In my country the Michelin CC2 is 30% more expensive than Kinergy 4s2, so the rubber life and the tread life would need to be 30% better to make sense getting the CC2.
I took this guys advice. He was spot on with the CrossClimate 2 last year. The CC2 offer great confidence on the road, even when conditions are bad. They’re as good as many dedicated winter tyres and unless you’re driving on snow all the time, the CC2 are great all around tyre.
Glad you're liking them :)
@@tyrereviews Yeah Mate, loving them.
Thanks, you are the best tire reviews site/chanal. Go ahead.
just bought a set of the Hankook 4S for my all wheel drive Kuga -Thanks :)
Fitted the Goodyear Vector 4 Season G3 a few weeks ago on our family car and so far so good. Interested to have a go with them in some cold wet temperatures. In the heat of a few weeks ago here in the UK when I fitted them they still performed really well. I've high hopes, my wife is a nurse and drives this car for work and has to travel whatever, so an all season was the perfect choice.
Great, let me know how you get on with them!
As usual an excellent, informative and thorough test, I’ve noticed that the Michelin Crossclimate has dropped in the official wet grip ratings as it’s evolved (from a solid ‘B’ across the range to ‘C’ in many popular sizes, seems to confirm your findings that Michelin have shifted the target market.
It seems to have increased in price more than its competition, a result of its popularity no doubt?
All this meant that as I’m a UK Southerner I went for Goodyear Gen 4s this time around as wet grip and particularly wet braking in our “winter” is my priority. It didn’t hurt that I saved over £100 on a set. The Goodyears are priced really well at the mo’!
Anyway, keep up the good work nipper, informative and entertaining as ever! 👍🏼
Goodyears always seem to be excellent value when compared to Michelin :)
I have the Bridgestones on and for me I think they were the best choice for UK Scotland wet handling and partial snow use for the odd flirt of snow we get in the central belt. If I was further north I would be looking at the cross climates. I had normal summer continentals on before that and they were ok but didn't last, and before that I had kumos on which were good in the dry but stepped out in sub 10 Deg and wet.
Thank you for this test.