The 2022 Auto Bild SUV all season tire test has tested eleven popular all season tires in 225/50 R18 tire size and included a summer and winter tire as comparison references! 225/50 R18 is a small sidewalled tire for an SUV, this is aimed at the more compact crossover SUV all season tire market, with Auto Bild using a BMW X2 for the testing.
There will be no surprise at the winners of the test, with the products from Michelin, Hankook, Continental and Goodyear all performing well across the important dry, wet and snow tests.
The included reference summer and winter tires made for some interesting data, especially when the winter tire didn't perform best in all the snow tests, and some of the all season tires ahead of the summer tire in the wet! Read on for all the stats.
Dry
Naturally the summer tire led the way in dry braking, with the Michelin CrossClimate SUV and Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3 close behind.
Dry Braking
Spread: 8.90 M (26.7%)|Avg: 37.97 M
Dry braking in meters (100 - 0 km/h) (Lower is better)
Reference Summer
33.30 M
Michelin CrossClimate SUV
35.60 M
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
36.70 M
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2
36.80 M
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
37.10 M
Hankook Kinergy 4S 2 X
37.60 M
Toyo Celsius AS2
37.70 M
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
38.50 M
Continental AllSeasonContact
38.70 M
Vredestein Quatrac Pro
39.00 M
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 SUV
39.50 M
Goodride All Season Elite Z 401
40.90 M
Reference Winter
42.20 M
Bridgestone managed to jump up the order for dry handling proving to be the fastest tire, and almost matching the summer tire around the lap! Goodyear was best of the rest, which is always a surprise given its lack of ability in dry braking, but it seems to be a trend consistent across many tests.
The winter tire managed to be better than the worst all season tire, which was the Toyo Celsius AS2.
Dry Handling
Spread: 3.40 Km/H (3.1%)|Avg: 109.14 Km/H
Dry Handling Average Speed (Higher is better)
Reference Summer
110.80 Km/H
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
110.70 Km/H
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 SUV
110.00 Km/H
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2
109.90 Km/H
Michelin CrossClimate SUV
109.60 Km/H
Hankook Kinergy 4S 2 X
109.60 Km/H
Vredestein Quatrac Pro
109.30 Km/H
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
109.10 Km/H
Continental AllSeasonContact
108.80 Km/H
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
108.60 Km/H
Reference Winter
107.50 Km/H
Goodride All Season Elite Z 401
107.50 Km/H
Toyo Celsius AS2
107.40 Km/H
Wet
The summer tire was also the best in wet braking with the Michelin again performing well. The Goodride All Season Elite Z401 had dangerously long wet braking, stopping the BMW nearly 20 meters after the summer tire!
Wet Braking
Spread: 17.60 M (42%)|Avg: 46.23 M
Wet braking in meters (100 - 0 km/h) (Lower is better)
Reference Summer
41.90 M
Michelin CrossClimate SUV
43.40 M
Vredestein Quatrac Pro
43.80 M
Continental AllSeasonContact
43.90 M
Hankook Kinergy 4S 2 X
44.40 M
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
44.50 M
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
44.90 M
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 SUV
45.40 M
Reference Winter
45.90 M
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2
46.20 M
Toyo Celsius AS2
48.10 M
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
49.10 M
Goodride All Season Elite Z 401
59.50 M
The top four tires were very close around the wet handling lap, with the winter tire making a surprise midpack appearance!
Wet Handling
Spread: 6.80 Km/H (8.1%)|Avg: 82.80 Km/H
Wet Handling Average Speed (Higher is better)
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 SUV
84.30 Km/H
Continental AllSeasonContact
84.20 Km/H
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
84.10 Km/H
Reference Summer
84.00 Km/H
Vredestein Quatrac Pro
84.00 Km/H
Hankook Kinergy 4S 2 X
83.60 Km/H
Reference Winter
83.50 Km/H
Michelin CrossClimate SUV
83.20 Km/H
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
82.70 Km/H
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
82.40 Km/H
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2
82.20 Km/H
Toyo Celsius AS2
80.70 Km/H
Goodride All Season Elite Z 401
77.50 Km/H
The Michelin proved to be the best in the deeper water of the straight aquaplaning test.
Straight Aqua
Spread: 10.00 Km/H (11.8%)|Avg: 80.58 Km/H
Float Speed in Km/H (Higher is better)
Michelin CrossClimate SUV
85.10 Km/H
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2
82.80 Km/H
Hankook Kinergy 4S 2 X
82.50 Km/H
Continental AllSeasonContact
82.00 Km/H
Reference Summer
81.90 Km/H
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
81.20 Km/H
Toyo Celsius AS2
81.10 Km/H
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
81.00 Km/H
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 SUV
79.90 Km/H
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
79.80 Km/H
Vredestein Quatrac Pro
77.70 Km/H
Reference Winter
77.50 Km/H
Goodride All Season Elite Z 401
75.10 Km/H
Snow
The winter tire had an impressive advantage during snow braking.
Snow Braking
Spread: 36.40 M (157.6%)|Avg: 28.91 M
Snow braking in meters (50 - 0 km/h) (Lower is better)
Reference Winter
23.10 M
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 SUV
25.10 M
Hankook Kinergy 4S 2 X
25.10 M
Continental AllSeasonContact
25.30 M
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2
25.30 M
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
25.70 M
Vredestein Quatrac Pro
25.70 M
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
26.80 M
Toyo Celsius AS2
26.90 M
Michelin CrossClimate SUV
26.90 M
Goodride All Season Elite Z 401
27.40 M
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
33.00 M
Reference Summer
59.50 M
But the winter tire couldn't match the best, or even second best all season tire during snow traction testing.
Snow Traction
Spread: 1683.00 N (62.8%)|Avg: 2383.08 N
Pulling Force in Newtons (Higher is better)
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 SUV
2678.00 N
Hankook Kinergy 4S 2 X
2663.00 N
Reference Winter
2650.00 N
Continental AllSeasonContact
2599.00 N
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2
2595.00 N
Goodride All Season Elite Z 401
2585.00 N
Vredestein Quatrac Pro
2557.00 N
Michelin CrossClimate SUV
2507.00 N
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
2443.00 N
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
2443.00 N
Toyo Celsius AS2
2281.00 N
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
1984.00 N
Reference Summer
995.00 N
The winter won back its lead during snow handling, but the Continental AllSeasonContact had a very fast lap to almost match its average speed.
Snow Handling
Spread: 6.70 Km/H (11.7%)|Avg: 54.97 Km/H
Snow handling average speed (Higher is better)
Reference Winter
57.50 Km/H
Continental AllSeasonContact
57.20 Km/H
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 SUV
56.40 Km/H
Michelin CrossClimate SUV
56.30 Km/H
Hankook Kinergy 4S 2 X
55.60 Km/H
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2
55.50 Km/H
Toyo Celsius AS2
55.30 Km/H
Vredestein Quatrac Pro
54.10 Km/H
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
54.10 Km/H
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
53.50 Km/H
Goodride All Season Elite Z 401
53.30 Km/H
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
50.80 Km/H
Environment
The Maxxis was significantly noisier than the other tires on test at 80 km/h. The winter tire did prove to be even noisier than all the all season tires on test, however this isn't a normal trend, winter tires can be just as quiet as all season tires, especially internally.
Noise
Spread: 2.60 dB (3.6%)|Avg: 72.66 dB
External noise in dB (Lower is better)
Michelin CrossClimate SUV
71.90 dB
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2
71.90 dB
Continental AllSeasonContact
72.00 dB
Vredestein Quatrac Pro
72.10 dB
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
72.30 dB
Toyo Celsius AS2
72.40 dB
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
72.50 dB
Hankook Kinergy 4S 2 X
72.50 dB
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 SUV
72.50 dB
Reference Summer
72.80 dB
Goodride All Season Elite Z 401
72.90 dB
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
74.30 dB
Reference Winter
74.50 dB
The Bridgestone WeatherControl A005 EVO had the lowest rolling resistance, with Maxxis and Falken costing you the most at the pumps.
Rolling Resistance
Spread: 1.23 kg / t (16.9%)|Avg: 7.91 kg / t
Rolling resistance in kg t (Lower is better)
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 E
7.26 kg / t
Toyo Celsius AS2
7.33 kg / t
Goodride All Season Elite Z 401
7.55 kg / t
Continental AllSeasonContact
7.65 kg / t
Michelin CrossClimate SUV
7.97 kg / t
Reference Summer
7.99 kg / t
Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2
8.00 kg / t
Hankook Kinergy 4S 2 X
8.02 kg / t
Vredestein Quatrac Pro
8.04 kg / t
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 SUV
8.06 kg / t
Reference Winter
8.07 kg / t
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3
8.37 kg / t
Falken EUROALL SEASON AS210
8.49 kg / t
The trend of getting what you pay for in terms of price vs overall results tracks almost perfectly, apart from the Hankook Kinergy 4S2 X coming in at a very reasonable price for its performance level, and the Bridgestone comparatively overpriced.