These AW tires are quite close to the Hakka R5 reference tire in the winter tests. R5 is northern European friction tire? How much closer would the AW tires be to a central European winter tire? As a road rep in NW Colorado mountains and into Wyo and Montana, I've always gravitated toward performance winter tires vs studless just to get better wear and longer life, but with better winter characteristics than all seasons. Seems I could now go All Weathers year round now and not give up much except pure ice ability?
How much variation might tire size add to the equation? I'm currently running some Pirelli P7 AS Plus 3 in size 245/40-19, and may be needing some replacements in the not too distant future. Being in the southeast, snow/ice is not a significant concern, plus, if necessary, I have other vehicles that would be better suited to those conditions.
Hi. This are all weather tires for USA. This tires are avaible in Europe? Correctly in Poland? I search best of the best. You show us - all weather tires are better than all season. In Europe we have all season, thats right. Can i buy all weather tires in Europe, Poland? Searching at sites www give not satisfactionary results. Have a nice day, my English is poor.
No, you can't purchase these in Europe. They are similar performance to European all season tires, so don't worry you're not missing out. Buy tires from this category: https://www.tyrereviews.com...
I am looking into a new set of Tires. I am currently in the warranty process of getting rid of Pirelli Scorpion AS 3plus. They dry rotted at 50k miles. They are a 70k mile tire. I am currently looking at the Michelin CC2 and Goodyear Assurance Weather Ready 2. I live in the Northeast of the USA and we haven't had a ton of snow in my area in a while, plus I drive to the South often (I often drive very "spirited" so I need great handling as well). Would the CC2 be the better choice or should I give the Weather Ready 2 a chance?
This might be a dumb question but what's the difference of an all weather vs. an all season tire given the fairly recent review of https://www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre-Tests/Best-All-Season-Tyres-2024-2025.htm ? At least in Germany, the terminology is mixed into one category basically whilst this review shows a focus on the AW part. E.g., the Michelin CrossClimate 2 appears to be available with and without the "AW" in its name. At the same time, Michelin apparently mixes it into one category on its German website as well? https://www.michelin.de/auto/tipps/leitfaden-winterreifen/winterreifen-oder-allwetterreifen Just looking at the Snow Braking distances of the Michelin CrossClimate 2 in the linked review compared to this one, it appears the "AW" variant has 1.69m shorter distance to brake in your testing.
Not a dumb question, tires are very confusing. All weather is basically the same as the European all season tire, except its designed for the american market so the CC2 AW is a different tire (more tread depth, higher rolling resistance etc)
Comparing snow braking between tests is sadly not possible as snow can offer quite a varying amount of grip. Michelin say the two tires should have comparable snow grip.
Hi, thanks for the response! Does the linked all season test refer to European variants then or is there a differentiation in the US regarding all season vs. All weather? Just trying to wrap my head around on which tests can be referred to for the all season / all weather tires
I have not performed a US spec all season test before, all the all season articles on the site are EU region specific. All weather are US specific. I have made a few UHP all season tests, which are US specific.
I will work out a way of highlighting that in the article.
All Weather tires in North America carry the snowflake and mountain label similar to Snow/Winter tires. All Season Tires do not. In some designations (eg, Quebec, British Columbia, etc) tires must have that symbol to be legal for snow conditions.
I love this. Thank you so much - especially for the ice braking test! This is extremely informative. Thank you!
If you ever have a chance to repeat this test in the future, there is one particular tire I would love to see tested: Hankook WeatherFlex GT - successor to the Kinergy 4S2, which seems to get excellent reviews from European testers, so I'd love to see the American version tested against other all-weather tires.
It would also be nice to see a reference American all-season tire, rather than a summer tire. Most Americans are going to be comparing 4-season tires to 3-seasons. I'd like to see how much wet grip an all-weather sacrifices compared to a more relevant alternative.
And a few other budget tires too, if you can: General AltiMax 365AW Kumho Solus HA32 Falken Aklimate Nexen N Blue 4S 2 Nitto Motivo 365
It would be particularly interesting to see how a budget all-weather tire compares to a mid-tier all-season tire. Some people can only afford mid-tier all-season tires. To afford an all-weather tire, they have to go down a step. So it would be nice to know if something like the Nexen or Nitto can be recommended in good faith to less-affluent friends and family.
I agree, I should have included a US all season tire instead, that was a mistake on my part, but I do have videos comparing the categories (check the YT description)
Would have loved to include the General / Falken / Kumho etc but sadly it was out of budget.
Currently on my 3rd car using Cross Climate 2 (well, the first car was using Cross Climate 1).
I guess I am still going to stick to Cross Climate 2. In Ontario weather, I do wish it had slightly better grip on covered surfaces (I'm also used to X-Ice but stopped using them 8 years ago) but I guess I'm asking too much.
Great test and very useful results! You mentioned the reference winter tire but not the reference summer tire. Could you disclose the name of the reference summer tire?
These AW tires are quite close to the Hakka R5 reference tire in the winter tests. R5 is northern European friction tire? How much closer would the AW tires be to a central European winter tire? As a road rep in NW Colorado mountains and into Wyo and Montana, I've always gravitated toward performance winter tires vs studless just to get better wear and longer life, but with better winter characteristics than all seasons. Seems I could now go All Weathers year round now and not give up much except pure ice ability?
How much variation might tire size add to the equation? I'm currently running some Pirelli P7 AS Plus 3 in size 245/40-19, and may be needing some replacements in the not too distant future. Being in the southeast, snow/ice is not a significant concern, plus, if necessary, I have other vehicles that would be better suited to those conditions.
There can be some small variances based on test size, however we regularly see that a good tire is a good tire, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.
Hi. This are all weather tires for USA. This tires are avaible in Europe? Correctly in Poland? I search best of the best. You show us - all weather tires are better than all season. In Europe we have all season, thats right. Can i buy all weather tires in Europe, Poland? Searching at sites www give not satisfactionary results. Have a nice day, my English is poor.
No, you can't purchase these in Europe. They are similar performance to European all season tires, so don't worry you're not missing out. Buy tires from this category: https://www.tyrereviews.com...
PS your english is good.
I am looking into a new set of Tires. I am currently in the warranty process of getting rid of Pirelli Scorpion AS 3plus. They dry rotted at 50k miles. They are a 70k mile tire. I am currently looking at the Michelin CC2 and Goodyear Assurance Weather Ready 2. I live in the Northeast of the USA and we haven't had a ton of snow in my area in a while, plus I drive to the South often (I often drive very "spirited" so I need great handling as well). Would the CC2 be the better choice or should I give the Weather Ready 2 a chance?
This might be a dumb question but what's the difference of an all weather vs. an all season tire given the fairly recent review of https://www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre-Tests/Best-All-Season-Tyres-2024-2025.htm ? At least in Germany, the terminology is mixed into one category basically whilst this review shows a focus on the AW part. E.g., the Michelin CrossClimate 2 appears to be available with and without the "AW" in its name. At the same time, Michelin apparently mixes it into one category on its German website as well? https://www.michelin.de/auto/tipps/leitfaden-winterreifen/winterreifen-oder-allwetterreifen
Just looking at the Snow Braking distances of the Michelin CrossClimate 2 in the linked review compared to this one, it appears the "AW" variant has 1.69m shorter distance to brake in your testing.
Not a dumb question, tires are very confusing. All weather is basically the same as the European all season tire, except its designed for the american market so the CC2 AW is a different tire (more tread depth, higher rolling resistance etc)
Comparing snow braking between tests is sadly not possible as snow can offer quite a varying amount of grip. Michelin say the two tires should have comparable snow grip.
Hi, thanks for the response!
Does the linked all season test refer to European variants then or is there a differentiation in the US regarding all season vs. All weather? Just trying to wrap my head around on which tests can be referred to for the all season / all weather tires
I have not performed a US spec all season test before, all the all season articles on the site are EU region specific. All weather are US specific. I have made a few UHP all season tests, which are US specific.
I will work out a way of highlighting that in the article.
Thanks for clarifying and the in-depth reviews in general!
Sorry, I still don't get it.
I live in Denmark and I need a tire that will stay on my car all year. I have the money to spare and I just want the best tire available.
Do I go with the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3, as this article would indicate I should do? https://www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre-Tests/Best-All-Season-Tyres-2024-2025.htm
Or do I go with the Michelin CrossClimate 2, as this article would indicate I should do? https://www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre-Tests/The-7-BEST-All-Weather-Tyres-Tested.htm
Sorry if I'm just incredibly daft.
SF3 is better than CC2.
Straight to the point - I like it! Thank you very much :)
All Weather tires in North America carry the snowflake and mountain label similar to Snow/Winter tires. All Season Tires do not. In some designations (eg, Quebec, British Columbia, etc) tires must have that symbol to be legal for snow conditions.
Thanks for this very useful information.
Glad you found it useful!
I love this. Thank you so much - especially for the ice braking test! This is extremely informative. Thank you!
If you ever have a chance to repeat this test in the future, there is one particular tire I would love to see tested:
Hankook WeatherFlex GT - successor to the Kinergy 4S2, which seems to get excellent reviews from European testers, so I'd love to see the American version tested against other all-weather tires.
It would also be nice to see a reference American all-season tire, rather than a summer tire. Most Americans are going to be comparing 4-season tires to 3-seasons. I'd like to see how much wet grip an all-weather sacrifices compared to a more relevant alternative.
And a few other budget tires too, if you can:
General AltiMax 365AW
Kumho Solus HA32
Falken Aklimate
Nexen N Blue 4S 2
Nitto Motivo 365
It would be particularly interesting to see how a budget all-weather tire compares to a mid-tier all-season tire. Some people can only afford mid-tier all-season tires. To afford an all-weather tire, they have to go down a step. So it would be nice to know if something like the Nexen or Nitto can be recommended in good faith to less-affluent friends and family.
Regardless, thank you again, so very much!
I agree, I should have included a US all season tire instead, that was a mistake on my part, but I do have videos comparing the categories (check the YT description)
Would have loved to include the General / Falken / Kumho etc but sadly it was out of budget.
Currently on my 3rd car using Cross Climate 2 (well, the first car was using Cross Climate 1).
I guess I am still going to stick to Cross Climate 2. In Ontario weather, I do wish it had slightly better grip on covered surfaces (I'm also used to X-Ice but stopped using them 8 years ago) but I guess I'm asking too much.
Wait for Cross Climate 3?
There will always be a delta between X-Ice type tires and all weather tires, they have very different targets to meet!
Great test and very useful results! You mentioned the reference winter tire but not the reference summer tire. Could you disclose the name of the reference summer tire?
Sure, it was the Nokian Hakka Green 3.
We're looking forward for the european test to see if goodyear will launch Vector4season GEN-4
Currently I have no information about a gen-4 so sadly I don't think I will be testing it this season as all the tests have already started
When is European results expected?
The first EU all season test will be out at the end of April
Looking forward! I it will be time to replace Goodyear Vector4seaons GEN-2 SUV 215/55/18 and it help me choose!