Test Summary
Wet Braking	Michelin CrossClimate
Dry Braking	Continental WinterContact TS 860
Wet Handling	Continental WinterContact TS 860
Wear	Continental WinterContact TS 860
Rolling Resistance	Nokian WeatherProof
Noise	Continental WinterContact TS 860
Snow Handling	Continental WinterContact TS 860 Falken EUROALL SEASON AS200 Uniroyal AllSeasonExpert BFGoodrich g Grip All Season 2 Toyo Celsius

The German publication Auto Zeitung have just published their 2017 all season tire test, and it might be the most UK relevant tire test we've seen this year.

First, they're testing in the most popular 205/55 R16 size using a FWD Audi A3, which represents a large slice of our car market. Secondly, they've managed to include ten all season patterns, which is more than most all season tire tests manage, but the icing on the cake is the winter tire included for reference is the multiple award winning Continental WinterContact TS 860.

We've mentioned a number of times that the Continental WinterContact range is not only consistently the best tested winter tires on the market, but could also be considered as the best "winter-bias all season tire" available due to its remarkable ability to work well in the snow, and the wet. This test confirms that, but it faces close competition from the only summer-bias all season tire on the market, the Michelin CrossClimate

Dry

There are no surprises during the dry testing. The summer-bias Michelin CrossClimate makes good on its promise of behaving like a summer tire in dry conditions, and aces both the dry braking and dry handling tests by some margin.

BF Goodrich have a good showing, placing second under dry braking and third in dry handling, and the Continental WinterContact TS860 and Goodyear Vector 4Season Gen 2 both finish mid pack in a closely contested group.

Wet

The wet braking confirms why the Continental WinterContact TS860 is currently unbeaten in winter tire testing, it wins the wet handling lap by over a second, and finishes joint first in wet braking. While the Michelin couldn't quite match the Continental and Goodyear during wet braking, it still finishes a respectable fourth place overall, and places second overall in wet handling.

Snow

The Goodyear all season tire managed to beat the Continental winter tire during the snow braking test, and the Nokian all season tire just edges out the Continental during snow handling. The summer bias Michelin managed a respectable fifth place during the snow braking, despite its summer bias, but the lack of sipes were highlighted in the snow handling test, where the Michelin could only finish ninth overall.

Other

The Nokian proved to have the lowest fuel use on test, and all eleven tires were within 2db during the external drive by noise test.

Results

1st: Continental WinterContact TS 860
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 845 Dry: 113 Wet: 149 Snow: 140 Comfort: 9 Rolling Resistance: 22 Noise: 10 Overall: 402 Excellent performance in the snow (better than any of the all-season tires), good braking and handling in the wet, low rolling resistance Poor dry handling Read Reviews
1st: Michelin CrossClimate
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 750 Dry: 138 Wet: 124 Snow: 96 Comfort: 7 Rolling Resistance: 18 Noise: 9 Overall: 358 Good acceleration and braking on snow, good in the wet, very short dry braking, excellent dry handling Weak snow handling Read Reviews
2nd: Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons Gen 2
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 747 Dry: 110 Wet: 118 Snow: 126 Comfort: 6 Rolling Resistance: 24 Noise: 9 Overall: 354 Even better than the winter under snow braking, excellent snow traction, good wet braking, low rolling resistance Relatively long dry braking and poor dry handling Read Reviews    Buy from £80.27
3rd: BFGoodrich g Grip All Season 2
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 728 Dry: 123 Wet: 111 Snow: 111 Comfort: 8 Rolling Resistance: 20 Noise: 10 Overall: 345 Good acceleration and braking on snow, good handling on wet and dry roads, low rolling resistance Poor snow handling Read Reviews
4th: Nokian WeatherProof
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 714 Dry: 108 Wet: 95 Snow: 134 Comfort: 6 Rolling Resistance: 25 Noise: 9 Overall: 337 Almost as good as a full winter in the snow, good aquaplaning resistance, low rolling resistance Average braking and handling in the wet Read Reviews
5th: Uniroyal AllSeasonExpert
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 676 Dry: 95 Wet: 103 Snow: 123 Comfort: 7 Rolling Resistance: 17 Noise: 10 Overall: 321 Good snow handling, good wet braking, good resistance to aquaplaning Longest braking in the dry, and poor dry handling Read Reviews
6th: Vredestein Quatrac 5
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 630 Dry: 116 Wet: 98 Snow: 88 Comfort: 7 Rolling Resistance: 18 Noise: 8 Overall: 295 Good wet and dry handling Weak resistance to aquaplaning, poor lateral snow grip, loudest tire on test Read Reviews
7th: Falken EUROALL SEASON AS200
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 596 Dry: 90 Wet: 112 Snow: 82 Comfort: 6 Rolling Resistance: 12 Noise: 10 Overall: 284 Good wet handling Weak grip in the snow, long dry braking, high rolling resistance Read Reviews
8th: Pirelli Cinturato AllSeason
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 597 Dry: 104 Wet: 110 Snow: 67 Comfort: 8 Rolling Resistance: 18 Noise: 9 Overall: 281 Good resistance to aquaplaning and good wet braking Understeer in the dry, longest braking distances in the snow Read Reviews    Buy from £98.86
9th: Hankook Kinergy 4S
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 584 Dry: 111 Wet: 85 Snow: 82 Comfort: 7 Rolling Resistance: 12 Noise: 9 Overall: 278 Good dry handling Poor snow handling, longest wet braking, poor wet handling Read Reviews
10th: Toyo Celsius
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 571 Dry: 103 Wet: 79 Snow: 88 Comfort: 7 Rolling Resistance: 14 Noise: 10 Overall: 270 None mentioned Poor snow handling, long dry braking Read Reviews