All season tyre test 225/40 R18 - Tyre Reviews 2026

All Season Ivalo, Finland (snow); Mireval, France (dry, wet and road).

2026

Year

10

Tyres

VW Golf GTI Clubsport

Winner

Goodyear Vector All Season 4

Test Vehicle

VW Golf GTI Clubsport

Tested tyres

10

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Tyre Reviews All-Season Test 2026/27: Goodyear leads in 225/40 R18

Tyre Reviews compared ten all-season tyres in 225/40 R18 on a VW Golf GTI Clubsport. Snow testing took place in Ivalo, Finland; dry, wet and road testing in Mireval, France. The test was published on September 14, 2026.

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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

Goodyear Vector All Season 4

Rating: -

£85

92 V

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92Y · £85

Wet98.6

Dry97.6

Snow98

Rolling resistance96.6

Stopping distance on dry36.9

Stopping distance on wet31.94

Stopping distance on snow27.16

Comfort94

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Wet Handling#1/10

Aquaplaning Cross#2/10

Wet Braking#2/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/10

Dry

Dry Handling#2/10

Dry Braking#4/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/10

Snow

Snow Traction#2/10

Snow Handling#3/10

Snow Braking#4/10

Summary

Best wet circle and subjective wet handling.
Second in wet braking and timed wet handling.
Seventh in straight aquaplaning; fourth in dry braking.

2

Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport

Rating: -

£101

92 Y

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Wet97.5

Dry98.1

Snow96.7

Rolling resistance100

Stopping distance on dry36.4

Stopping distance on wet31.82

Stopping distance on snow26.99

Comfort93

Wet

Wet Braking#1/10

Wet Handling#3/10

Wet Circle Cornering#4/10

Aquaplaning Cross#5/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/10

Dry

Dry Handling#1/10

Dry Braking#3/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#10/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/10

Snow

Snow Braking#3/10

Snow Traction#3/10

Snow Handling#9/10

Summary

Best wet braking: 31.82 m.
Lowest rolling resistance: 7.56 kg/t.
Loudest measured tyre; eighth in timed wet handling.

Goodyear Vector All Season 4 won with 97.7%.

3

Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3

Rating: -

£116

92 Y

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

Wet96.6

Dry99.4

Snow95.2

Rolling resistance92.8

Stopping distance on dry35.5

Stopping distance on wet33.74

Stopping distance on snow28.22

Comfort98.6

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Wet Handling#3/10

Wet Braking#8/10

Wet Circle Cornering#8/10

Dry

Dry Braking#1/10

Dry Handling#2/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/10

Snow

Snow Traction#4/10

Snow Handling#7/10

Snow Braking#10/10

Summary

Best dry braking: 35.5 m.
Best curved aquaplaning and comfort.
Last in snow braking; eighth in wet braking.

4

Vredestein Quatrac

Rating: -

£94

92 W

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92Y · £120

Wet98

Dry94.5

Snow97.6

Rolling resistance85.2

Stopping distance on dry38.6

Stopping distance on wet32.36

Stopping distance on snow26.67

Comfort97.5

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/10

Wet Braking#3/10

Aquaplaning Cross#4/10

Wet Circle Cornering#5/10

Wet Handling#6/10

Dry

Dry Handling#8/10

Dry Braking#9/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/10

Snow

Snow Braking#2/10

Snow Handling#3/10

Snow Traction#5/10

Summary

Best straight aquaplaning: 90.77 km/h.
Quietest measured tyre: 69.25 dB.
Ninth in dry braking; higher rolling resistance.

5

Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6

Rating: -

£85

92 Y

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92Y · £117 92Y · £106

Wet97

Dry98.6

Snow93.9

Rolling resistance84.1

Stopping distance on dry36.1

Stopping distance on wet32.92

Stopping distance on snow27.8

Comfort96.2

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/10

Aquaplaning Cross#3/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/10

Wet Handling#3/10

Wet Braking#6/10

Dry

Dry Braking#2/10

Dry Handling#2/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#4/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#9/10

Snow

Snow Handling#7/10

Snow Braking#8/10

Snow Traction#8/10

Summary

Second in dry braking: 36.1 m.
Good comfort and standing-water resistance.
Ninth in rolling resistance and timed snow handling.

Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport led wet braking at 31.82 m.

6

Continental AllSeasonContact 2

Rating: -

£89

92 V

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92V 92W 92W · £101 +2

Wet95.4

Dry97.1

Snow96.1

Rolling resistance90.9

Stopping distance on dry37.4

Stopping distance on wet33

Stopping distance on snow27.52

Comfort93.8

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/10

Wet Braking#7/10

Wet Handling#7/10

Aquaplaning Cross#9/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/10

Dry

Dry Braking#5/10

Dry Handling#5/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/10

Snow

Snow Handling#2/10

Snow Traction#6/10

Snow Braking#7/10

Summary

Fastest dry handling: 92.54 s.
Low measured noise and strong subjective snow handling.
Second last in both aquaplaning tests.

7

Hankook Kinergy 4S2

Rating: -

Wet97

Dry96.4

Snow95.1

Rolling resistance83

Stopping distance on dry37.8

Stopping distance on wet32.84

Stopping distance on snow27.32

Comfort93.7

Wet

Wet Handling#2/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/10

Wet Braking#5/10

Wet Circle Cornering#6/10

Aquaplaning Cross#7/10

Dry

Dry Handling#6/10

Dry Braking#7/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#10/10

Snow

Snow Handling#5/10

Snow Braking#6/10

Snow Traction#7/10

Summary

Second in timed dry handling: 92.62 s.
Strong wet handling and subjective feedback.
Highest rolling resistance: 9.11 kg/t.

Royal Black needed 11.97 m more to stop in the wet than the best tyre.

8

Michelin CrossClimate 3

Rating: -

£118

92 W

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Wet93

Dry95.9

Snow100

Rolling resistance92.4

Stopping distance on dry37.4

Stopping distance on wet34.31

Stopping distance on snow26.49

Comfort94.7

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#7/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/10

Wet Handling#8/10

Wet Braking#9/10

Wet Circle Cornering#9/10

Dry

Dry Braking#5/10

Dry Handling#7/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/10

Snow

Snow Braking#1/10

Snow Handling#1/10

Snow Traction#1/10

Summary

Best snow braking: 26.49 m.
Best snow traction, timed handling and subjective handling.
Ninth in wet braking and timed wet handling.

9

Nokian Seasonproof 2

Rating: -

£92

92 Y

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Wet96.7

Dry92.9

Snow93.1

Rolling resistance91.2

Stopping distance on dry37.9

Stopping distance on wet32.36

Stopping distance on snow27.83

Comfort92.1

Wet

Wet Braking#3/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/10

Aquaplaning Cross#6/10

Wet Circle Cornering#7/10

Wet Handling#9/10

Dry

Dry Braking#8/10

Dry Handling#10/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#8/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/10

Snow

Snow Handling#5/10

Snow Braking#9/10

Snow Traction#10/10

Summary

Fastest wet handling: 66.84 s.
Joint third in wet braking: 32.36 m.
Last in dry handling, snow traction and comfort.

10

Royal Black Royal AS II

Rating: -

Wet79.3

Dry92.4

Snow93.1

Rolling resistance97.4

Stopping distance on dry39.3

Stopping distance on wet43.79

Stopping distance on snow27.26

Comfort93.3

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#10/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#10/10

Wet Braking#10/10

Wet Circle Cornering#10/10

Wet Handling#10/10

Dry

Dry Handling#9/10

Dry Braking#10/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/10

Snow

Snow Braking#5/10

Snow Traction#9/10

Snow Handling#10/10

Summary

Second-lowest rolling resistance: 7.76 kg/t.
Snow braking and comfort were usable.
Last in every wet discipline; wet braking: 43.79 m.

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 Continental AllSeasonContact 90%	90%	Premium
2	Premium Michelin CrossClimate 2 89%	89%	Premium
3	Upper-middle Hankook Kinergy 4S2 H750 88%	88%	Upper-middle	£86 92 Y +1 More
4	Premium Michelin CrossClimate+ 87%	87%	Premium	£125 92 Y +1 More
5	Premium GoodYear Vector 4Seasons Gen-2 87%	87%	Premium
6	Premium Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO 85%	85%	Premium
7	Premium Pirelli Cinturato All Season 84%	84%	Premium
8	Upper-middle Nokian Seasonproof 84%	84%	Upper-middle

9	Premium Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2 84%	84%	Premium
10	Budget GT RADIAL ClimateActive 83%	83%	Budget
11	Premium Dunlop Sport All Season 83%	83%	Premium
12	Upper-middle Nokian Weatherproof 81%	81%	Upper-middle
13	Upper-middle Falken EUROALL SEASON AS200 80%	80%	Upper-middle
14	Upper-middle Firestone Multiseason 2 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£71 92 Y
15	Upper-middle Kumho HA32 Solus 4S 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£109 92 W
16	Budget Debica Navigator 3 75%	75%	Budget

17	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-Grip All Season 2 74%	74%	Upper-middle	£123 92 V +1 More
18	Budget Ceat 4 SeasonDrive 72%	72%	Budget
19	Budget Barum Quartaris 5 70%	70%	Budget	£100 92 Y
20	Premium Bridgestone Weather Control A005 67%	67%	Premium
21	Budget Kormoran All Season 66%	66%	Budget
22	Premium Pirelli Cinturato All Season Plus 62%	62%	Premium	£122 92 Y +1 More
23	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth-4S AW21 61%	61%	Upper-middle	£70 92 W
24	Budget Linglong Sport Master 4S 61%	61%	Budget

25	Upper-middle Kleber Quadraxer 2 61%	61%	Upper-middle
26	Budget Semperit AllSeason-Grip 50%	50%	Budget	£95 92 Y
27	Upper-middle Cooper Discoverer All Season 48%	48%	Upper-middle	£110 0 Y +1 More
28	Budget Fulda MultiControl 36%	36%	Budget	£80 92 V +1 More
29	Nokian Seasonproof 1 36%	36%		£74 92 V +1 More
30	Budget Delinte AW6 28%	28%	Budget
31	Upper-middle Uniroyal AllSeasonExpert 2 23%	23%	Upper-middle	£85 92 V