2018 ACE All Season and Winter Tire Test

As in 2017, the German club ACE have tested all season and winter tires in exactly the same tests! On test are nine 185/65 R15 winter tire patterns, and three all season tires in the same size, and they used an Opel Corsa as the test vehicle.

All twelve tires were put through identical dry, wet and snow testing, and to further highlight the point that most all season tires are interchangeable with winter tires, the all season tires finished second, fifth and ten places overall.

All Season VS Winter

The Continental WinterContact TS860 winter tire won the test, with the Continental AllSeasonContact all season tire placing second. Interestingly, the Continental winter tire proved to be better in the dry, wet and snow, making it more "all season" than the Continental all season tire.

The Nokian Weatherproof all season tire, finishing fifth place overall, had a very similar balance of performance to the Goodyear UltraGrip 9 winter tire which finished in fourth place. They had equal points in the dry, and similar in the wet and snow.

As we've seen before, the Michelin CrossClimate+ all season tire, which finished tenth place overall was the standout tire in the dry, a full 9 points clear of the next best tire in the dry tests. Sadly it could only manage mid pack in the wet and was the worst tire in the snow (although still an order of magnitude better than a summer tire would be.)

One other fact worth highlighting is that the cheapest tire on test, the Kenda WinterGen 2 was the best tire in the snow, but was marked dangerous in the wet, needing 135 feet to stop the car during the wet braking test compared to 112 feet for the Continental. This means, where the test winners stop, the car with the worst tires fitted will have an accident at around 19 mph.

Results

1^st

Continental WinterContact TS 860

185/65 R15

All discipline results (7)

Test	Result
Dry	43
Wet	68
Snow	66
Rolling Resistance	16
Noise	7
Cost	6
Overall	206

Total: 412

2^nd

Continental AllSeasonContact

185/65 R15

All discipline results (7)

Test	Result
Dry	41
Wet	62
Snow	64
Rolling Resistance	19
Noise	8
Cost	6
Overall	200

Total: 400

3^rd

Nokian WR D4

185/65 R15

All discipline results (7)

Test	Result
Dry	40
Wet	58
Snow	65
Rolling Resistance	19
Noise	6
Cost	7
Overall	195

Total: 390

4^th

Goodyear UltraGrip 9

185/65 R15

All discipline results (7)

Test	Result
Dry	40
Wet	68
Snow	57
Rolling Resistance	17
Noise	3
Cost	6
Overall	191

Total: 382

5^th

Nokian WeatherProof

185/65 R15

All discipline results (7)

Test	Result
Dry	40
Wet	63
Snow	55
Rolling Resistance	19
Noise	5
Cost	7
Overall	189

Total: 378

6^th

Dunlop Winter Response 2

185/65 R15

All discipline results (7)

Test	Result
Dry	39
Wet	57
Snow	62
Rolling Resistance	16
Noise	6
Cost	6
Overall	186

Total: 372

7^th

Kumho Winter Craft WP51

185/65 R15

All discipline results (7)

Test	Result
Dry	40
Wet	56
Snow	60
Rolling Resistance	13
Noise	5
Cost	9
Overall	183

Total: 366

8^th

Bridgestone Blizzak LM001

185/65 R15

All discipline results (7)

Test	Result
Dry	43
Wet	53
Snow	58
Rolling Resistance	15
Noise	6
Cost	7
Overall	182

Total: 364

9^th

Nexen Winguard Snow G WH2

185/65 R15

All discipline results (7)

Test	Result
Dry	42
Wet	51
Snow	60
Rolling Resistance	14
Noise	5
Cost	9
Overall	181

Total: 362

10^th

Michelin CrossClimate+

185/65 R15

All discipline results (7)

Test	Result
Dry	52
Wet	52
Snow	50
Rolling Resistance	17
Noise	4
Cost	5
Overall	180

Total: 360

11^th

Pirelli Cinturato Winter

185/65 R15

All discipline results (7)

Test	Result
Dry	36
Wet	59
Snow	56
Rolling Resistance	14
Noise	6
Cost	6
Overall	177

Total: 354

12^th

Kenda Wintergen 2 KR501

185/65 R15

All discipline results (7)

Test	Result
Dry	39
Wet	36
Snow	67
Rolling Resistance	13
Noise	8
Cost	10
Overall	173

Total: 346