While the full results are summarised below, we thought it would be interesting to take a closer look at how the all season tires compared to the summer Continental EcoContact 5 and winter Dunlop WinterSport 5 included in the test.

Dry

In dry handling, the Continental summer tire offered the best steering feel, grip and balance, however the testers found the Michelin and Goodyear were surprisingly close for all season tires. The Dunlop winter matched a number of the all season tires, showing how many all season tires could also be marketed as full winter without any change in composition.

In dry braking the summer once again took first place but the Michelin all season had a nearly identical performance, with the Goodyear and Pirelli a little behind the Michelin.

Wet

During the wet testing, the summer tire held its advantage with the Continental finishing top of the wet handling tests, but this time with the Goodyear and Hankook all season tires narrowly behind it, with the Michelin and Falken a small percentage further back.

Under wet braking the Michelin was once again the only tire able to get close to the Continental summer, with the Goodyear the next best, some 6% behind the Michelin.

The Nokian managed to reign supreme under the aquaplaning tests, beating even the winter tire which was the next best tire included.

Snow

Unsurprisingly the Continental summer tire couldn't perform in the snow, scoring less than 50% of even the worst all season tire in each test.

Perhaps more surprisingly was the performance of the Nokian all season tire, which managed to beat the dedicated winter tire under snow braking, and match the winter tire during the snow traction test. The Goodyear all season was a very reasonable third in each test, and the Michelin CrossClimate could brake and accelerate on terms with the majority of all season tires, showing the advantage in the summer doesn't compromise the winter performance too highly.

Results

1st: Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 61 Dry: 10 Wet: 21 Snow: 15 Comfort: 5 Rolling Resistance: 5 Noise: 5 Almost a match for the Dunlop in the snow and the Continental in summer conditions, good handling on dry surfaces Read Reviews    Buy from £80.27
2nd: Michelin CrossClimate
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 54 Dry: 10 Wet: 20 Snow: 11 Comfort: 4 Rolling Resistance: 4 Noise: 5 Good handling, best steering feel and short braking distances on dry surfaces, good handling and short braking distances on wet surfaces Tendency to understeer in the snow, average traction and relatively long braking distance on snow Read Reviews
3rd: Dunlop Winter Sport 5
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 58 Dry: 7 Wet: 21 Snow: 15 Comfort: 5 Rolling Resistance: 5 Noise: 5 In the snow the Dunlop is king, but in this test the all-season Goodyear and Uniroyal almost managed to match it. In summer conditions Dunlop was strong in handing because it has a very predictable behavior, but because of the soft compound, it will wear quickly in hot weather Read Reviews    Buy from £89.40
4th: Nokian WeatherProof
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 58 Dry: 8 Wet: 21 Snow: 15 Comfort: 4 Rolling Resistance: 5 Noise: 5 High traction, short braking distances and good handling with only a small tendency to understeer in the snow, very high resistance to aquaplaning Understeer in the wet and dry Read Reviews
5th: Hankook Kinergy 4S
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 52 Dry: 8 Wet: 20 Snow: 13 Comfort: 4 Rolling Resistance: 2 Noise: 5 Good value for money, good handling, short braking distances and high traction on snow, short braking distances on wet roads, high resistance to aquaplaning Relatively high rolling resistance Read Reviews
6th: Uniroyal AllSeasonExpert
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 51 Dry: 7 Wet: 18 Snow: 15 Comfort: 4 Rolling Resistance: 3 Noise: 4 Very good results in the snow Poor handling on wet roads, long braking distances on dry and wet roads Read Reviews
7th: Continental Eco Contact 5
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 50 Dry: 10 Wet: 23 Snow: 3 Comfort: 4 Rolling Resistance: 5 Noise: 5 In this test, the summer Continental was the standard in the dry and wet Extremely weak on snow Read Reviews    Buy from £79.02
8th: Falken EUROALL SEASON AS200
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 49 Dry: 9 Wet: 19 Snow: 11 Comfort: 4 Rolling Resistance: 1 Noise: 5 Low Price, good handling and short braking distances in the snow, good handling on dry surfaces, acceptable handling on wet surfaces (even though the tendency to understeer) High rolling resistance (the only noticeable flaw) Read Reviews
9th: Pirelli Cinturato AllSeason
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 47 Dry: 10 Wet: 17 Snow: 7 Comfort: 4 Rolling Resistance: 5 Noise: 4 Very good handling and short braking distances on dry roads, short braking distances on wet surfaces, low rolling resistance Marked tendency to understeer on wet roads, poor traction and long braking distances on snow Read Reviews    Buy from £95.99
10th: Vredestein Quatrac 5
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 47 Dry: 8 Wet: 15 Snow: 11 Comfort: 4 Rolling Resistance: 4 Noise: 5 Good handling and short braking distance on dry roads, good handling and high traction on snow A tendency to understeer and long braking distances on wet roads Read Reviews
11th: Westlake SW602 All Season
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 43 Dry: 6 Wet: 15 Snow: 10 Comfort: 4 Rolling Resistance: 3 Noise: 5 Satisfactory handling on snow, in the dry and wet (but worse than the best tires) Low braking performance, the weakest resistance to aquaplaning Read Reviews