All season tyre test 205/55 R16 - Autobild 2020

205/55 R16 - 2020

Winner

Bridgestone

Bridgestone Weather Control A005

Best Value

hankook

Hankook Kinergy 4S2 H750

Test Vehicle

vw VW Golf

Tested tyres

32

1

1

Bridgestone Weather Control A005

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry40,9

Stopping distance on wet45

Wet

Wet Braking#1/14

Wet Handling#3/14

Aquaplaning Cross#7/14

Wet Circle Cornering#7/14

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/14

Dry

Dry Handling#1/14

Dry Braking#3/14

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/14

Mileage#11/14

Price Value Ratio#14/14

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/14

Ride Comfort#13/14

Snow

Snow Handling#11/14

Snow Braking#13/14

Snow Circle Cornering#13/14

Snow Traction#14/14

2

2

Vredestein Quatrac

Rating: -

£70
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91V · £66

Stopping distance on dry40,6

Stopping distance on wet46,3

3

3

Hankook Kinergy 4S2 H750

Rating: -

£83
94 Htyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

94V · £8094W · £119

Stopping distance on dry41,1

Stopping distance on wet47,2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/14

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/14

Wet Handling#1/14

Wet Circle Cornering#2/14

Wet Braking#3/14

Dry

Dry Braking#3/14

Dry Handling#3/14

Economy

Rolling Resistance#9/14

Price Value Ratio#11/14

Mileage#13/14

Comfort

Noise Exterior#10/14

Ride Comfort#13/14

Snow

Snow Braking#3/14

Snow Circle Cornering#5/14

Snow Handling#5/14

Snow Traction#6/14

4

4

Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-3

Rating: -

£78
91 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94V · £9294V · £9094V+1

Stopping distance on dry41,6

Stopping distance on wet47

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/14

Wet Braking#3/14

Wet Circle Cornering#3/14

Wet Handling#3/14

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/14

Dry

Dry Handling#3/14

Dry Braking#8/14

Economy

Mileage#1/14

Rolling Resistance#1/14

Price Value Ratio#4/14

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/14

Ride Comfort#3/14

Snow

Snow Handling#3/14

Snow Circle Cornering#4/14

Snow Traction#4/14

Snow Braking#7/14

5

5

Michelin CrossClimate+

Rating: -

£128
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94V · £12894V94V · £99

Stopping distance on dry39,7

Stopping distance on wet49,7

Wet

Wet Handling#3/14

Wet Braking#6/14

Wet Circle Cornering#7/14

Aquaplaning Cross#10/14

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#11/14

Dry

Dry Braking#1/14

Dry Handling#3/14

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/14

Mileage#3/14

Price Value Ratio#8/14

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/14

Ride Comfort#3/14

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#5/14

Snow Handling#5/14

Snow Traction#6/14

Snow Braking#7/14

6

6

Firestone Multiseason 2

Rating: -

£66
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94V · £70

Stopping distance on dry41,2

Stopping distance on wet49,3

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#3/14

Wet Braking#6/14

Wet Handling#6/14

Aquaplaning Cross#13/14

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#14/14

Dry

Dry Braking#3/14

Dry Handling#7/14

Economy

Price Value Ratio#1/14

Mileage#3/14

Rolling Resistance#6/14

Comfort

Ride Comfort#3/14

Noise Exterior#10/14

Snow

Snow Traction#1/14

Snow Braking#3/14

Snow Handling#5/14

Snow Circle Cornering#10/14

7

7

Pirelli Cinturato All Season Plus

Rating: -

£146
0 mytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H91V · £14691V+2

Stopping distance on dry39,8

Stopping distance on wet51,1

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/14

Aquaplaning Cross#7/14

Wet Braking#10/14

Wet Circle Cornering#10/14

Wet Handling#10/14

Dry

Dry Braking#1/14

Dry Handling#11/14

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/14

Price Value Ratio#6/14

Mileage#7/14

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/14

Ride Comfort#9/14

Snow

Snow Traction#10/14

Snow Circle Cornering#13/14

Snow Braking#14/14

Snow Handling#14/14

8

8

Continental AllSeasonContact

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry43

Stopping distance on wet48,6

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/14

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/14

Wet Circle Cornering#3/14

Wet Braking#5/14

Wet Handling#6/14

Dry

Dry Handling#3/14

Dry Braking#10/14

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/14

Mileage#6/14

Price Value Ratio#8/14

Comfort

Ride Comfort#9/14

Noise Exterior#10/14

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#1/14

Snow Traction#1/14

Snow Braking#3/14

Snow Handling#3/14

9

9

Nexen N Blue 4 Season

Rating: -

£56
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £8494H · £8694H · £92+2

Stopping distance on dry41,9

Stopping distance on wet50,3

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/14

Wet Braking#6/14

Aquaplaning Cross#10/14

Wet Handling#10/14

Wet Circle Cornering#12/14

Dry

Dry Braking#8/14

Dry Handling#11/14

Economy

Price Value Ratio#1/14

Mileage#7/14

Rolling Resistance#13/14

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/14

Ride Comfort#3/14

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#7/14

Snow Braking#10/14

Snow Traction#10/14

Snow Handling#11/14

10

10

Kumho HA32 Solus 4S

Rating: -

£65
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94V · £96

Stopping distance on dry44,3

Stopping distance on wet49,3

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/14

Wet Circle Cornering#3/14

Wet Braking#6/14

Wet Handling#8/14

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/14

Dry

Dry Handling#7/14

Dry Braking#14/14

Economy

Price Value Ratio#13/14

Mileage#14/14

Rolling Resistance#14/14

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/14

Ride Comfort#9/14

Snow

Snow Braking#3/14

Snow Handling#5/14

Snow Traction#6/14

Snow Circle Cornering#10/14

11

11

Falken EuroALL Season AS210

Rating: -

£68
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94V · £7794V

Stopping distance on dry42,7

Stopping distance on wet51,3

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/14

Aquaplaning Cross#7/14

Wet Circle Cornering#7/14

Wet Handling#8/14

Wet Braking#10/14

Dry

Dry Handling#7/14

Dry Braking#10/14

Economy

Price Value Ratio#1/14

Mileage#3/14

Rolling Resistance#9/14

Comfort

Ride Comfort#3/14

Noise Exterior#10/14

Snow

Snow Handling#5/14

Snow Braking#10/14

Snow Circle Cornering#10/14

Snow Traction#10/14

12

12

BFGoodrich G-Grip All Season 2

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry43,1

Stopping distance on wet51

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#10/14

Wet Braking#10/14

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#11/14

Wet Circle Cornering#12/14

Wet Handling#13/14

Dry

Dry Braking#10/14

Dry Handling#11/14

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/14

Mileage#10/14

Price Value Ratio#11/14

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/14

Ride Comfort#1/14

Snow

Snow Braking#1/14

Snow Circle Cornering#1/14

Snow Handling#1/14

Snow Traction#4/14

13

13

Maxxis Premitra AS AP3

Rating: -

£72
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91W · £9994T94V · £65

Stopping distance on dry40,9

Stopping distance on wet53,4

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/14

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/14

Wet Circle Cornering#12/14

Wet Braking#14/14

Wet Handling#14/14

Dry

Dry Braking#3/14

Dry Handling#7/14

Economy

Price Value Ratio#8/14

Rolling Resistance#9/14

Mileage#11/14

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/14

Ride Comfort#9/14

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#7/14

Snow Braking#10/14

Snow Traction#10/14

Snow Handling#11/14

14

14

Kleber Quadraxer 2

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry43,2

Stopping distance on wet51,2

Wet

Wet Braking#10/14

Wet Circle Cornering#10/14

Wet Handling#10/14

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#11/14

Aquaplaning Cross#13/14

Dry

Dry Braking#10/14

Dry Handling#11/14

Economy

Price Value Ratio#4/14

Rolling Resistance#6/14

Mileage#7/14

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/14

Ride Comfort#3/14

Snow

Snow Braking#1/14

Snow Circle Cornering#1/14

Snow Handling#1/14

Snow Traction#1/14

15

15

Achilles Four Seasons

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry44,2

Stopping distance on wet50,8

16

16

Uniroyal AllSeasonExpert 2

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry47,7

Stopping distance on wet47,9

17

17

General Tire Altimax A/S 365

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry45,1

Stopping distance on wet50,6

18

18

Barum Quartaris 5

Rating: -

£75
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94V · £76

Stopping distance on dry46

Stopping distance on wet50

19

19

CST Medallion All Season ACP1

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry44,3

Stopping distance on wet51,9

20

20

Sailun Atrezzo 4 Seasons

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry43,5

Stopping distance on wet52,7

21

21

Viking Fourtech

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry45,3

Stopping distance on wet51

22

22

Nokian WeatherProof

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry45,2

Stopping distance on wet51,6

23

23

Yokohama BluEarth-4S AW21

Rating: -

£63
91 Vmytyres.co.uk

Stopping distance on dry44

Stopping distance on wet52,9

24

24

Toyo Celsius

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry44,9

Stopping distance on wet53

25

25

Berlin Tires All Season 1

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry43

Stopping distance on wet55,4

26

26

Fulda MultiControl

Rating: -

£61
94 Vmytyres.co.uk

Stopping distance on dry44,5

Stopping distance on wet54,8

27

27

Giti AllSeason AS1

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry43,7

Stopping distance on wet56,7

28

28

Apollo Alnac 4G All Season

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry44,8

Stopping distance on wet56

29

29

Rotalla Setula 4 Season RA03

Rating: -

£52
91 Vtyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

94V · £56

Stopping distance on dry42,9

Stopping distance on wet59,4

30

30

Nankang CROSS SEASONS AW-6

Rating: -

£106
94 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94V · £70

Stopping distance on dry44,4

Stopping distance on wet58,1

31

31

Momo M-4 Four Season

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry44,4

Stopping distance on wet59,3

32

32

Atlas Green 4S

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry42,8

Stopping distance on wet63

Above you can see the results of the Autobild 2020 205/55 R16 test performed by Autobild on a VW Golf in 2020. This test was performed in 205/55 R16, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (205). Bridgestone Weather Control A005 is the best of 32 tested tyres according to tested properties (Stopping distance on dry, Stopping distance on wet, ). Other featured tyres include Vredestein Quatrac, Hankook Kinergy 4S2 H750, Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-3; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Nokian Seasonproof, Dunlop Sport All Season, Pirelli Cinturato All Season.

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