What is the best all-season tire?

What makes a tire the best all-season tyre? The experts of AutoWeek have compiled a list of criteria for this. The cars are assessed on snow, wet and dry surfaces. All-season tires certainly deserve attention because they have special properties in all seasons.

• braking distance. This is of course an important criterion for all-season tyres. In the test you can see that winter tires perform slightly better on snowy surfaces. Still, you need more than the double braking distance on summer tires compared to all-season tires. On dry and wet roads, they have to recognize their superiority in the summer tires.
• cornering behaviour. This includes steering behavior in general, roundabouts and steering precision (on dry road surfaces) are criteria here.
• Slalom on snow. The maximum lateral grip is measured here.
• Snow traction, where traction is measured on this white ground. And all-season tires perform impressively here, even compared to a winter tire that was included in the test.
• Aquaplaning. Aquaplaning can occur with a car tire on a straight wet road as well as when cornering.
• Tire noise on a dry road.
• Rolling resistance on dry road. Does a tire have a high or low rolling resistance? This has a direct impact on fuel consumption. There appear to be quite a few differences between the all-season tires in this area.
• Price of the tire. The costs play the main role in the final result, because for many people this is the most important criterion.

What makes the best all-season tire?

You can read the most recent all-season tire test for this. There you will find the latest results for regular cars and SUVs. That gives you a starting point. If you really want to see which tire is the most convenient for you, you can use that information and the AutoWeek Car Tire Price Comparator to find the best winter tire for yourself and where you can get it at the best price.