All season tyre test 205/55 R16 - Auto Express 2026

All Season

2026

Year

8

Tyres

Winner

Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3

Test Vehicle

Volkswagen Golf; Skoda Octavia

Tested tyres

8

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Auto Express tyre test 2026: 205/55 R16 — all-season tyres

Auto Express compared 8 tyres in size 205/55 R16.

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Price vs Quality

See how tyre price relates to test performance at a glance

Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

1

Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3

Rating: -

£91

94 V

mytyres.co.uk

Stopping distance on dry100

Stopping distance on wet100

Stopping distance on snow95.5

Wet

Wet Braking#1/8

Wet Handling Measured#1/8

Aquaplaning Cross#2/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/8

Wet Circle Cornering#3/8

Dry

Dry Braking#1/8

Dry Handling Measured#5/8

Comfort

Noise Interior#2/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/8

Snow

Snow Handling Measured#2/8

Snow Traction#3/8

Snow Braking#8/8

Summary

Published overall result: 100 / 100 · 1/8
Best discipline position: Dry braking (1/8)
Lowest discipline position: Snow braking (8/8)

Positions follow the original publisher classification.

2

Michelin CrossClimate 3

Rating: -

£85

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

91V · £85 91W · £86 94V · £89

Stopping distance on dry95.8

Stopping distance on wet94.1

Stopping distance on snow100

Wet

Wet Handling Measured#3/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/8

Aquaplaning Cross#5/8

Wet Braking#6/8

Wet Circle Cornering#7/8

Dry

Dry Braking#3/8

Dry Handling Measured#7/8

Comfort

Noise Interior#8/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/8

Snow

Snow Braking#1/8

Snow Handling Measured#1/8

Snow Traction#1/8

Summary

Published overall result: 99.6 / 100 · 2/8
Best discipline position: Snow braking (1/8)
Lowest discipline position: Interior noise (8/8)

3

Continental AllSeasonContact 2

Rating: -

£85

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91H · £85 91V 91V · £90 +2

Stopping distance on dry93.4

Stopping distance on wet99.7

Stopping distance on snow96.8

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/8

Wet Braking#2/8

Wet Handling Measured#2/8

Aquaplaning Cross#4/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/8

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#2/8

Dry Braking#5/8

Comfort

Noise Interior#7/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/8

Snow

Snow Handling Measured#5/8

Snow Traction#5/8

Snow Braking#6/8

Summary

Published overall result: 99.4 / 100 · 3/8
Best discipline position: Wet circle cornering (1/8)
Lowest discipline position: Interior noise (7/8)

4

Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6

Rating: -

£73

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94V · £106 94V · £84

Stopping distance on dry97

Stopping distance on wet99.7

Stopping distance on snow97.9

Wet

Wet Braking#2/8

Aquaplaning Cross#3/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/8

Wet Circle Cornering#3/8

Wet Handling Measured#5/8

Dry

Dry Braking#2/8

Dry Handling Measured#4/8

Comfort

Noise Interior#1/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/8

Snow

Snow Braking#2/8

Snow Traction#2/8

Snow Handling Measured#3/8

Summary

Published overall result: 99.3 / 100 · 4/8
Best discipline position: Interior noise (1/8)
Lowest discipline position: Rolling resistance (7/8)

Unavailable source values are shown as — and are not estimated.

5

Nokian Seasonproof 2

Rating: -

£80

91 V

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £92

Stopping distance on dry93

Stopping distance on wet95.5

Stopping distance on snow96.5

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/8

Wet Circle Cornering#2/8

Wet Braking#4/8

Wet Handling Measured#4/8

Dry

Dry Braking#7/8

Dry Handling Measured#8/8

Comfort

Noise Interior#4/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/8

Snow

Snow Handling Measured#4/8

Snow Traction#6/8

Snow Braking#7/8

Summary

Published overall result: 99 / 100 · 5/8
Best discipline position: Cornering aquaplaning (1/8)
Lowest discipline position: Dry handling - objective (8/8)

6

Falken EuroALL Season AS220

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry95

Stopping distance on wet94.9

Stopping distance on snow97.6

Wet

Wet Braking#5/8

Wet Circle Cornering#5/8

Aquaplaning Cross#6/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/8

Wet Handling Measured#6/8

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#3/8

Dry Braking#4/8

Comfort

Noise Interior#2/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/8

Snow

Snow Braking#4/8

Snow Traction#4/8

Snow Handling Measured#6/8

Summary

Published overall result: 98.2 / 100 · 6/8
Best discipline position: Interior noise (2/8)
Lowest discipline position: Wet handling - objective (6/8)

These are the publisher’s percentages of the best result, not physical measurements. No absolute values have been reconstructed.

7

Linglong Sport Master 4S

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry93.4

Stopping distance on wet93.3

Stopping distance on snow97.7

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#5/8

Aquaplaning Cross#7/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/8

Wet Braking#7/8

Wet Handling Measured#7/8

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#1/8

Dry Braking#5/8

Comfort

Noise Interior#5/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/8

Snow

Snow Braking#3/8

Snow Handling Measured#7/8

Snow Traction#7/8

Summary

Published overall result: 97.7 / 100 · 7/8
Best discipline position: Dry handling - objective (1/8)
Lowest discipline position: Wet handling - objective (7/8)

8

Tomket Allyear 3

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry86.9

Stopping distance on wet77.2

Stopping distance on snow97.4

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#8/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/8

Wet Braking#8/8

Wet Circle Cornering#8/8

Wet Handling Measured#8/8

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#6/8

Dry Braking#8/8

Comfort

Noise Interior#6/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/8

Snow

Snow Braking#5/8

Snow Handling Measured#8/8

Snow Traction#8/8

Summary

Published overall result: 92.4 / 100 · 8/8
Best discipline position: Rolling resistance (1/8)
Lowest discipline position: Wet handling - objective (8/8)

Detailed results

Same size tyres not featured in the test

Tests usually don't cover the whole market - here is our selection what not to miss when shopping for tyres in this size.

#	Name	Our rating	Segment	Price
1	Premium Vredestein Quatrac 90%	90%	Premium	£71 91 H +1 More
2	Premium Continental AllSeasonContact 90%	90%	Premium
3	Premium Michelin CrossClimate 2 89%	89%	Premium	£96 91 H +5 More
4	Premium GoodYear Vector 4Seasons Gen-2 87%	87%	Premium	£79 91 H +8 More
5	Premium Michelin CrossClimate 87%	87%	Premium
6	Premium Michelin CrossClimate+ 87%	87%	Premium	£90 91 H +3 More
7	Premium Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO 85%	85%	Premium
8	Premium Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2 84%	84%	Premium

9	Upper-middle Falken EuroALL Season AS210 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£67 91 H +3 More
10	Upper-middle Nokian Seasonproof 84%	84%	Upper-middle
11	Budget GT RADIAL ClimateActive 83%	83%	Budget
12	Premium Dunlop Sport All Season 83%	83%	Premium
13	Premium Pirelli Cinturato All Season 82%	82%	Premium
14	Upper-middle Nokian Weatherproof 81%	81%	Upper-middle
15	Upper-middle Falken EUROALL SEASON AS200 80%	80%	Upper-middle
16	Upper-middle Firestone Multiseason 2 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£62 91 H +1 More

17	Upper-middle Kumho Solus HA31 78%	78%	Upper-middle
18	Upper-middle Kumho HA32 Solus 4S 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£63 91 H +1 More
19	Premium GoodYear Vector 4Seasons 75%	75%	Premium	£84 91 H +8 More
20	Budget Debica Navigator 3 75%	75%	Budget	£70 94 V
21	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-Grip All Season 2 74%	74%	Upper-middle
22	Budget Sava Adapto HP 74%	74%	Budget
23	Budget Ceat 4 SeasonDrive 72%	72%	Budget
24	Budget Barum Quartaris 5 70%	70%	Budget	£69 91 H +1 More

25	Premium Bridgestone Weather Control A005 67%	67%	Premium
26	Budget Kormoran All Season 66%	66%	Budget
27	Premium Pirelli Cinturato All Season Plus 62%	62%	Premium	£112 +5 More
28	Upper-middle Kleber Quadraxer 2 61%	61%	Upper-middle
29	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth-4S AW21 61%	61%	Upper-middle	£58 91 V +1 More
30	Budget Viking FourTech Plus 56%	56%	Budget	£77 +1 More
31	Budget Semperit AllSeason-Grip 50%	50%	Budget	£98 91 H +1 More
32	Budget Matador MP62 All Weather Evo 50%	50%	Budget

33	Upper-middle Cooper Discoverer All Season 48%	48%	Upper-middle
34	Upper-middle Firestone Multiseason 46%	46%	Upper-middle
35	Budget Fulda MultiControl 36%	36%	Budget	£72 94 V
36	Budget Roadhog RGAS02 32%	32%	Budget
37	Budget Delinte AW6 28%	28%	Budget
38	Lanvigator Catchfors A/S 24%	24%
39	Upper-middle Uniroyal AllSeasonExpert 2 23%	23%	Upper-middle