Vredestein Quatrac Pro+

At the time I purchased these, they were the only all-weather tire in size 205/45 R17 I could find in North America. It was my first experience with Vredestein. They are excellent in the wet, including cold and wet, and while driving spiritedly. They’re good in the dry, although breaking distance is average. They’re surprisingly okay in the snow! I wouldn’t use them as dedicated winter tires in Canada, but they managed well in fresh snow, packed snow and uphill on slippery packed snow. The tire is marketed as being performance-oriented, which is a bit of a stretch. It does handle well, but under high torque, the tires tend to take a second before finding their grip.
The biggest downside of these tires are the sidewalls which are on the softer side. Actually, after hitting what felt like a small pothole, the tire ripped across the sidewall and tread. That kind of tear was too catastrophic to be repaired. At the time, I could not source a replacement tire in Canada, which is when I decided to swap all four tires for something different.

I've had several premium brands of All Season tires fitted to SUVs (Honda CRV, Toyota RAV 4, Ford Galaxy TDCi) over the last few years (Bridgestone, Goodyear, Michelin, Hankook) and they've all performed well and lasted a reasonable mileage before needing replaced. However, the Vredestein Quatracs as fitted to my Ford Galaxy AWD in February 2026 have been utterly shocking. In July after only 3000 miles of driving, consisting of mainly pootling about on normal roads (NB no off-road driving) with some steady longer runs on dual carriageways, the tread on the front tires had started to disintegrate shedding flakes and granules (see pics). These are in the process of a warranty return via Asda Tires - no news yet on this front from Vredestein / Asda. The rate of wear on rears is also concerning. The tread is still intact but already down to 6mm after only 4000 miles and will be lucky to make my annual mileage of 8000 without needing replacing. Luckily I have a spare pair of Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons left over from when the Vredesteins were fitted and now have these on the front with the Vredesteins still on the rear. For comparison, my Goodyears were fitted in February 2023, lasted for three years and around 20000 miles before the fronts reached minimum legal tread, while the rears still had 6mm left. As already mentioned, the durability of the Vredesteins is quite shocking and I'll never go near this brand again. For info: I had a wheel alignment done at the same time the front Vredesteins were taken off and there were no issues there.

Once again Vredestein proves to be the best performing and longest lasting tire for me, and they're 30% cheaper than Michelin.
Dry grip is insane, very controllable slip on launches despite my 390hp RWD Mustang.
Cornering is great, it's softer compared to summer tires of course but predictable and smooth.
They're a bit noisy, I can hear the tires "dragging" but that means it's gripping hard.
Wet and snow behave surprisingly good, I've went offroad on a hill covered in a couple inches of snow, gravel and mud without ever getting stuck and barely slipping despite the Mustang.
Oversteer and understeer occurs on ice, take extra precautions and drive slow when asphalt is glossy/glittery, it applies to every tire but these ones lose control easier from lateral forces when slippery.
I've mounted these tires on a Dacia Duster 4x4, Audi A3 and now the Mustang, they all behave like this. Compared to Michelin or Continental which cost over 200€ these Vredestein perform the same or better for around 150€ unbelievable. I'm curious how long they'll last on the Mustang but on previous cars they endured lots more than expected. I have Vredestein (best performance and value) as first choice with Bridgestone (less available in my size hard to find) performance wise. Michelin and Continental 2nd (performance on par with Vredestein and a notch below Bridgestone, always available but the pricing is unjustifiable). I won't buy Pirelli anymore, they're super comfortable and good performing but they get shredded, bald and trashed within 15-20tkm,

5.000 km (spring, summer 20°C to 36°C)
After approximately 4.000 km, the tire, with just under 1 mm of wear, has completed its break-in period. On highway trips up to 160 km/h, even in temperatures well above 30°C, it is an extremely comfortable tire, more so than the Q.Pro version, which was already excellent. The slowness and insincerity of the first few kilometers have given way to a responsive and predictable feel (it's as if the characteristics initially encountered up to 80 km/h have extended to at least double that speed). Sudden changes of direction are more linear and easier to handle than at the beginning, although a tendency toward oversteer, already noted with the previous version, remains. The softer sidewall compared to the Q.Pro version obviously results in less steering precision, but this can be well compensated for by adequate anticipation of maneuvers, once you become familiar with the characteristic inertias. On the usual track, consisting of a rapid succession of about twenty corners taken in third gear at around 6000 rpm, I noticed a reduced margin of grip at the limit. When drifting, however, it expresses good balance, proving very manageable and fun, so much so that it often encourages a bit of rough driving.

I bought these based on the review from tirereviews.com on youtube where they did a comparison with about 8 different all season options and a summer and winter dedicated tire thrown in to show the difference in performance. Have had dedicated winter tires before, Yokohamas, Conti Winter Contact, and Vredestein all of which are really solid on snowy roads. I am very happy with the all round performance of the Quatrac Pro Plus All Seasons. They have been great in normal UK driving conditions during winter and now some warmer days. When using the dedicated winter tires you can feel them sliding a little on warm dry days at the limit as the compound is softer and less suited to those conditions. However i have to say i've not felt that with the Quatracs, they remain grippy for as far as i've wanted to push them on warm dry, cold wet etc conditions in the UK. I have also had them out in the Alps for several weeks over winter, and they didn't let me down there either, some snowy roads and with appropriate driving they are solid in that environment as well. The tire i had before on this car when i bought it last year did offer more assured dry grip was summer Pirelli Powergy, but i will keep with the Quatracs now, they are a really excellent tire and when i'm out in the Alps i know they'll keep me right.

After 4 years and 33,000 km the excellent Quatrac Pro have hardened and are very close to the legal limit for an AS (4mm). Time and wear have made them wagging, still valid in the wet and very reactive in the dry, but on snow they would have been nothing short of a gamble.

And since I will be going to Germany again in January with the brz and the Quatrac Pro were not available, I recently mounted the Quatrac Pro+ (215/45/17 91Y XL B/C utqg400/A/A).

The Q.Pro+ have a softer carcass and sidewall, are less reactive, have a different compound more oriented to wet/snow and also require more running-in (at least 500 km).

The always very nice design remains unchanged with an appreciable footprint of the tread and the characteristic wide central rib.

At first I optimistically thought I could mount the Q.Pro+ only on the rear, leaving the old Q.Pro on the front which with a generous 5mm could have done another 10,000 km. But all the differences mentioned above are overall so important that, in the few days I rode with the new ones only on the rear, at every minimal change of direction I could perceive a clear oversteer combined with an appreciable lateral instability of the rear (cobblestone sensation, so to speak), practically disappeared, net of the remaining wax to dispose of, once the new ones were mounted on the front as well. I didn't think that the lack of homogeneity between the two axles could be so problematic. It was basically like having a summer tire on the front and a winter tire on the rear with the consequences of the case.

I will do a full review around 5000 km.