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2022 Sport Auto All Season Tire Test

Overall test winnerMichelin CrossClimate 2

The testing heros at Sport Auto have answered a question we've all wanted to know the answer to!

Data analyzed and reviewed byJonathan Benson

October 17, 2022 5 min read Updated January 8, 2025

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Tires tested: 7
Tested size: 235/35 R19

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7 Tires tested

Published finishing positions, with the strengths and considerations from this test. Owner reviews cover other sizes and driving conditions.

1^st

Michelin CrossClimate 2

+Very good on snow with a high level of grip and a comparatively wide limit range for an all-season. Very short braking distances dry. Good feedback and high grip in dry corners, good safety reserves.

−Slightly longer braking distances in the wet and heavy understeer in wet turns, somewhat reduced aquaplaning safety. Weakly audible howling noise between 50 and 19 mph (determined when the vehicle coasts from 50 mph)

173 owner reviews Test Results

2^nd

Vredestein Quatrac Pro

+Moderate grip on snow, but excellent wet grip with very precise and reliable handling. Reliable performance even in the dry. Very quiet on the outside and inside, comfortable.

−Slightly longer braking distances on snow, a bit nervous and sensitive to load changes when cornering. High rolling resistance.

47 owner reviews Test Results

3^rd

Continental AllSeasonContact

+Very good traction and easy to control driving behavior on snow, cooperates very well with the ASR/ESP/ABS control systems. Quite safe from aquaplaning, good level of grip and safe handling on dry roads, very low rolling resistance.

−Sharp traction break, narrow slip zone on snow. Slightly longer braking distances on wet and dry roads.

44 owner reviews Test Results

Joint4^th

Bridgestone Blizzak LM005

+Reference winter tires with better grip due to the system and wider slip and limit areas on snow. Easily manageable even in critical situations. Good wet grip, decent ride comfort.

−Significant deficits when driving fast on winding, dry roads. Sluggish steering response, strong understeer. Very weakly perceptible rolling noise inside the vehicle, increased rolling resistance.

115 owner reviews Test Results

Joint4^th

Bridgestone Weather Control A005

+Quite balanced performance on snow for an all-season, decent grip in the wet, cornering, precise and quite similar to a summer tire in the dry.

−Comparatively narrow threshold range on snow, low aquaplaning resistance, faintly audible, humming road noise at low speeds.

82 owner reviews Test Results

5^th

Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3

+Decent grip and agile handling on snow, safer and wider limit area on wet. Very manageable on dry roads, but not very dynamic.

−Low reserves for spinning wheels on snow. Not very stable when changing loads in the wet. Longer braking distances on dry asphalt, high rolling resistance.

81 owner reviews Test Results

6^th

Toyo Celsius AS2

+Acceptable braking and cornering grip on snow. Good balanced performance on dry roads, superior aquaplaning safety.

−Inharmonious with too small steering angle and slip reserves handling on snow. Deficits in cornering grip and too long braking distances on a wet road (devaluation). Increased rolling resistance. A bit rumbling, howling road noise at 70-31 mph.

6 owner reviews Test Results

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Compare selected tires

2022 Sport Auto All Season Tire Test · 235/35 R19

Tire	Michelin CrossClimate 2	Vredestein Quatrac Pro	Continental AllSeasonContact	Bridgestone Blizzak LM005	Bridgestone Weather Control A005	Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	Toyo Celsius AS2
Position	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Joint 4^th	Joint 4^th	5^th	6^th
Category scores (% of best)
Dry	100%	94.3%	94.7%	93.3%	97.7%	93%	96.4%
Wet	89.9%	97.7%	93.7%	94.5%	93%	93.6%	88.4%
Snow	98.9%	87.7%	92.9%	100%	90.9%	91.9%	90%
Comfort	98.6%	100%	97.3%	99.9%	98.6%	99.2%	99.4%
Rolling Resistance	98.7%	83.3%	100%	87.2%	90.4%	83.3%	85.2%
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The full test

The evidence behind the verdict

The testing heroes at Sport Auto have answered a question we've all wanted to know the answer to! Just how good are all season tires in large wheel sizes on a performance vehicle?

To answer this, Sport Auto have tested six of the best all season tires, and included a NAMED summer and winter tire, the Bridgestone Potenza Sport UUHP summer tire, and the test winning Bridgestone Blizzak LM005 winter tire.

It's a good test.

Dry

What can we learn? Naturally the summer tire wins the dry tests, that's no surprise, but there's quite a big delta in dry braking and a huge difference in dry handling! The winter also places as you'd expect in dry handling, although it does beat the Goodyear Vector 4Seasons G3 in dry braking, which is always a weakness of that all season tire.

Dry Braking
Position / Tire	Result
RefBridgestone Potenza Sport	100 %
1Michelin CrossClimate 2	96 %
2Bridgestone Weather Control A005	92 %
3Toyo Celsius AS2	90 %
4Continental AllSeasonContact	87 %
5Vredestein Quatrac Pro	85 %
6Bridgestone Blizzak LM005	85 %
7Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	84 %

The difference between best and worst was 16%.

Dry Handling
Position / Tire	Result
RefBridgestone Potenza Sport	100 %
1Michelin CrossClimate 2	97 %
2Bridgestone Weather Control A005	96 %
3Vredestein Quatrac Pro	96 %
4Toyo Celsius AS2	96 %
5Continental AllSeasonContact	96 %
6Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	96 %
7Bridgestone Blizzak LM005	95 %

The difference between best and worst was 5%.

Wet

Wet braking is quite a surprise. The tests were done at 8c, and it's important to remember the Potenza Sport UUHP summer tire is one of the UUHP tires that does need a bit of temperature to work, but in this test the summer tire could only manage mid pack in wet braking and near the bottom during wet handling! The rear star is the winter tire, beating all the all season tires are relatively warm winter conditions, apart from the Vredestein Quatrac Pro, which is always outstanding in the wet.

Wet Braking
Position / Tire	Result
1Vredestein Quatrac Pro	100 %
2Bridgestone Blizzak LM005	92 %
3Bridgestone Weather Control A005	91 %
RefBridgestone Potenza Sport	90 %
4Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	90 %
5Continental AllSeasonContact	87 %
6Michelin CrossClimate 2	85 %
7Toyo Celsius AS2	76 %

The difference between best and worst was 24%.

Wet Handling
Position / Tire	Result
1Vredestein Quatrac Pro	100 %
2Bridgestone Blizzak LM005	98 %
3Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	97 %
4Continental AllSeasonContact	96 %
5Bridgestone Weather Control A005	95 %
RefBridgestone Potenza Sport	95 %
6Michelin CrossClimate 2	93 %
7Toyo Celsius AS2	91 %

The difference between best and worst was 9%.

Straight Aqua
Position / Tire	Result
1Toyo Celsius AS2	100 %
RefBridgestone Potenza Sport	100 %
2Continental AllSeasonContact	96 %
3Bridgestone Blizzak LM005	95 %
4Michelin CrossClimate 2	94 %
5Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	93 %
6Vredestein Quatrac Pro	93 %
7Bridgestone Weather Control A005	91 %

The difference between best and worst was 9%.

Snow

Fortunately the winter tire was also the best in all the snow tests and the summer tire the worst.

As we've seen in other tests, the Michelin CrossClimate 2 is as close to a winter tire as any all season tire is.

Snow Braking
Position / Tire	Result
1Bridgestone Blizzak LM005	100 %
2Michelin CrossClimate 2	99 %
3Continental AllSeasonContact	91 %
4Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	90 %
5Bridgestone Weather Control A005	90 %
6Toyo Celsius AS2	87 %
7Vredestein Quatrac Pro	84 %
RefBridgestone Potenza Sport	46 %

The difference between best and worst was 54%.

Snow Handling
Position / Tire	Result
1Bridgestone Blizzak LM005	100 %
2Michelin CrossClimate 2	100 %
3Continental AllSeasonContact	96 %
4Toyo Celsius AS2	94 %
5Bridgestone Weather Control A005	94 %
6Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	94 %
7Vredestein Quatrac Pro	91 %
RefBridgestone Potenza Sport	37 %

The difference between best and worst was 63%.

Snow Slalom
Position / Tire	Result
1Bridgestone Blizzak LM005	100 %
2Michelin CrossClimate 2	98 %
3Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	92 %
4Continental AllSeasonContact	91 %
5Toyo Celsius AS2	89 %
6Bridgestone Weather Control A005	88 %
7Vredestein Quatrac Pro	88 %
RefBridgestone Potenza Sport	35 %

The difference between best and worst was 65%.

Environment

Noise is an interesting test, with the summer tire by far the nosiest and the winter tire once again only being beat by the Vredestein. Summer tires are usually closer to all season tires in noise, this Potenza Sport is particularly noisy.

Noise
Position / Tire	Result
1Vredestein Quatrac Pro	100 %
2Bridgestone Blizzak LM005	100 %
3Toyo Celsius AS2	99 %
4Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	99 %
5Bridgestone Weather Control A005	99 %
5Michelin CrossClimate 2	99 %
7Continental AllSeasonContact	97 %
RefBridgestone Potenza Sport	96 %

The difference between best and worst was 4%.

There was quite a spread in rolling resistance, with the AllSeasonContact proving to be the best of the group.

Rolling Resistance
Position / Tire	Result
1Continental AllSeasonContact	100 %
2Michelin CrossClimate 2	99 %
3Bridgestone Weather Control A005	90 %
4Bridgestone Blizzak LM005	87 %
5Toyo Celsius AS2	85 %
6Vredestein Quatrac Pro	83 %
6Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen 3	83 %
RefBridgestone Potenza Sport	77 %

The difference between best and worst was 23%.

Interestingly all the all season tires were priced between the summer and winter tires.

Results

Test Winner / Very Good.

Dry100%

Wet89.9%

Snow98.9%

Comfort98.6%

Rolling Resistance98.7%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (12)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tires in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	%
Dry Braking	1^st / 7	100%
Dry Handling	1^st / 7	100%
Wet Braking	6^th / 7	84.55%
Wet Handling	6^th / 7	92.71%
Wet Circle	6^th / 7	94.37%
Straight Aqua	4^th / 7	94.44%
Curved Aquaplaning	4^th / 7	78.68%
Snow Braking	2^nd / 7	99.24%
Snow Handling	2^nd / 7	99.58%
Snow Slalom	2^nd / 7	97.71%
Noise	5^th / 7	98.61%
Rolling Resistance	2^nd / 7	98.68%

EU Label: C/B/71
3PMSF: Yes
Weight: 9.98 kgs
Tread: 6.7 mm
Price: 208.00

Very Good.

Dry94.3%

Wet97.7%

Snow87.7%

Comfort100%

Rolling Resistance83.3%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (12)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tires in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	%
Dry Braking	5^th / 7	88.84%
Dry Handling	3^rd / 7	99.84%
Wet Braking	1^st / 7	100%
Wet Handling	1^st / 7	100%
Wet Circle	1^st / 7	100%
Straight Aqua	6^th / 7	92.72%
Curved Aquaplaning	6^th / 7	74.81%
Snow Braking	7^th / 7	84.47%
Snow Handling	7^th / 7	90.81%
Snow Slalom	7^th / 7	87.68%
Noise	1^st / 7	100%
Rolling Resistance	6^th / 7	83.33%

EU Label: D/B/71
3PMSF: Yes
Weight: 11.1 kgs
Tread: 7.9 mm
Price: 174.00

Very Good.

Dry94.7%

Wet93.7%

Snow92.9%

Comfort97.3%

Rolling Resistance100%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (12)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tires in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	%
Dry Braking	4^th / 7	90.31%
Dry Handling	5^th / 7	99.1%
Wet Braking	5^th / 7	87.25%
Wet Handling	4^th / 7	95.62%
Wet Circle	3^rd / 7	97.8%
Straight Aqua	2^nd / 7	95.77%
Curved Aquaplaning	2^nd / 7	93.8%
Snow Braking	3^rd / 7	90.63%
Snow Handling	3^rd / 7	96.45%
Snow Slalom	4^th / 7	91.4%
Noise	7^th / 7	97.26%
Rolling Resistance	1^st / 7	100%

EU Label: C/A/72
3PMSF: Yes
Weight: 8.86 kgs
Tread: 7.8 mm
Price: 193.00

Good.

Dry97.7%

Wet93%

Snow90.9%

Comfort98.6%

Rolling Resistance90.4%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (12)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tires in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	%
Dry Braking	2^nd / 7	95.5%
Dry Handling	2^nd / 7	99.92%
Wet Braking	3^rd / 7	91.49%
Wet Handling	5^th / 7	95.09%
Wet Circle	2^nd / 7	98.29%
Straight Aqua	7^th / 7	90.87%
Curved Aquaplaning	7^th / 7	71.32%
Snow Braking	5^th / 7	90%
Snow Handling	5^th / 7	94.15%
Snow Slalom	6^th / 7	88.25%
Noise	5^th / 7	98.61%
Rolling Resistance	3^rd / 7	90.36%

EU Label: C/A/72
3PMSF: Yes
Weight: 10.3 kgs
Tread: 6.9 mm
Price: 182.00

Dry93.3%

Wet94.5%

Snow100%

Comfort99.9%

Rolling Resistance87.2%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (12)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tires in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	%
Dry Braking	6^th / 7	88.63%
Dry Handling	7^th / 7	97.88%
Wet Braking	2^nd / 7	92.05%
Wet Handling	2^nd / 7	97.75%
Wet Circle	5^th / 7	97.55%
Straight Aqua	3^rd / 7	94.58%
Curved Aquaplaning	5^th / 7	78.29%
Snow Braking	1^st / 7	100%
Snow Handling	1^st / 7	100%
Snow Slalom	1^st / 7	100%
Noise	2^nd / 7	99.86%
Rolling Resistance	4^th / 7	87.21%

EU Label: C/A/72
3PMSF: Yes
Weight: 10.46 kgs
Tread: 8.7 mm
Price: 240.00

Good.

Dry93%

Wet93.6%

Snow91.9%

Comfort99.2%

Rolling Resistance83.3%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (12)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tires in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	%
Dry Braking	7^th / 7	87.02%
Dry Handling	6^th / 7	98.94%
Wet Braking	4^th / 7	89.85%
Wet Handling	3^rd / 7	96.95%
Wet Circle	4^th / 7	97.67%
Straight Aqua	5^th / 7	93.12%
Curved Aquaplaning	3^rd / 7	79.07%
Snow Braking	4^th / 7	90.31%
Snow Handling	6^th / 7	93.74%
Snow Slalom	3^rd / 7	91.69%
Noise	4^th / 7	99.16%
Rolling Resistance	6^th / 7	83.33%

EU Label: D/C/72
3PMSF: Yes
Weight: 9.4 kgs
Tread: 8.3 mm
Price: 226.00

Fair.

Dry96.4%

Wet88.4%

Snow90%

Comfort99.4%

Rolling Resistance85.2%

Category scores (% of best)

All discipline results (12)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tires in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	Position in discipline	%
Dry Braking	3^rd / 7	93.4%
Dry Handling	4^th / 7	99.35%
Wet Braking	7^th / 7	76.2%
Wet Handling	7^th / 7	90.85%
Wet Circle	7^th / 7	92.78%
Straight Aqua	1^st / 7	100%
Curved Aquaplaning	1^st / 7	100%
Snow Braking	6^th / 7	86.71%
Snow Handling	4^th / 7	94.36%
Snow Slalom	5^th / 7	88.83%
Noise	3^rd / 7	99.44%
Rolling Resistance	5^th / 7	85.23%

EU Label: D/B/71
3PMSF: Yes
Weight: 9.92 kgs
Tread: 7.7 mm
Price: 202.00

All discipline results (12)

Discipline positions compare the ranked tires in this test, not the whole market. These are individual measurements, not weighted overall scores.

Test	%
Dry Braking	100%
Dry Handling	100%
Wet Braking	90.12%
Wet Handling	94.56%
Wet Circle	100%
Straight Aqua	99.87%
Curved Aquaplaning	100%
Snow Braking	45.95%
Snow Handling	36.74%
Snow Slalom	35.24%
Noise	96.21%
Rolling Resistance	76.53%

EU Label: D/A/72
Weight: 10.03 kgs
Tread: 6.4 mm
Price: 171.00

Discussion

10 comments

TJ Dec 9, 2022 archived

Interesting. The difference though between the winter and a/s seems frankly negligible. Is there a reason for that - what temperature were the tests conducted at? I have vredstein hitrac a/s on the car currently was considering a winter for a drive through some snowy passes, but based on this data doesn't look like there would be much benefit?

#8572
1. TireReviews TJ Dec 12, 2022 archived
  
  These are European all season tires, which you call all weather tires. They have a lot more snow performance than a US all season
  
  #8576
  1. 양준영 TireReviews Nov 5, 2023 archived
    
    Hey there’s error on this test results. Michellin cross climate 2 has 3pmsf.
    
    #9175
    1. TireReviews 양준영 Nov 6, 2023 archived
      
      You're right, they''re all 3peak
      
      #9177
Mike Nov 7, 2022 archived

This is a really good test that I’ve been hankering for. Can the top winter tires match all seasons and even a summer tire in similar sizes. I have 235/40/18 tires on a short wheel base Quattro 3.2 TT. A heavy little car, FWD biased and obviously when pushed prefers an under steer balance. My gut says a Vred Wintrac Pro is a better solution than a Bridgestone Weather Control all season, but due to laws on the continent, I need all season or a winter tire. After experiencing the CC2 on my wife’s car year round, I’d rather just get the very very best UHP winter or all season I can buy.

#8508
Steve Oct 18, 2022 archived

I've fitted a pair of CC2 tires to the rear of my car (front has CC+) in 205/55R16 , this is the first time I've read elsewhere about someone else experiencing a strange noise with them on, but I too get a weird 'whooshing' noise only when coasting on quiet surfaces between ~40-50mph. Weird!

#8413
Néocray Oct 17, 2022 archived

That is an interesting review with known winter and summer references AND temperatures.
It looks like the Quatrac Pro is better in the dry on this size than the 225/45R17 recently tested by Jon. Too bad, because otherwise, it seems the right balance for winter driving on mild climate.

#8410
1. TireReviews Néocray Oct 17, 2022 archived
  
  Either the Quatrac Pro is better or the competition is worse in this size. Vred always seem to have done better in tests in bigger sizes, though there's a reason there's not a lot of all season tires in the big sizes, they start becoming too much of a compromise!
  
  #8411
  1. tiranor TireReviews Feb 10, 2023 archived
    
    This disparity with the different sizes makes me uncertain. My car runs 245/45R18, it seems like it's halfway from the 225 from the other test and this one
    
    #8649
    1. TireReviews tiranor Feb 15, 2023 archived
      
      It might just be that the better size had a midlife update that wasn't in the other size at time of testing. Only Vred will know.
      
      #8654

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