All season tyre test 215/55 R18 - AUTO BILD 2026

All Season

2026

Year

8

Tyres

Winner

Hankook ION FlexClimate

Test Vehicle

Kia EV3; Cupra Born

Tested tyres

8

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AUTO BILD tyre test 2026: 215/55 R18 — all-season tyres

AUTO BILD compared 8 tyres in size 215/55 R18.

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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

Hankook ION FlexClimate

Rating: Exemplary

£131

99 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet2+

Dry2+

Snow2+

Stopping distance on dry39.8

Stopping distance on wet40.7

Stopping distance on snow17

Running costs1−

Wet

Wet Braking#1/8

Wet Circle Cornering#1/8

Wet Handling Measured#1/8

Aquaplaning Cross#2/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/8

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#1/8

Dry Braking#2/8

Economy

Mileage#1/8

Rolling Resistance#5/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/8

Snow

Snow Braking#3/8

Snow Handling Measured#5/8

Snow Circle Cornering#6/8

Snow Traction#6/8

Summary

Published overall result: 1.2 · 1/8
Best discipline position: Dry handling - objective (1/8)
Lowest discipline position: Snow traction (6/8)

2

Continental AllSeasonContact 2

Rating: Exemplary

£123

95 T

mytyres.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

95H · £134 95T · £131 99V +1

Wet2

Dry2

Snow1−

Stopping distance on dry42

Stopping distance on wet42.2

Stopping distance on snow16.9

Running costs2

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/8

Aquaplaning Cross#3/8

Wet Handling Measured#3/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/8

Wet Braking#4/8

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#4/8

Dry Braking#6/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/8

Mileage#4/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/8

Snow

Snow Braking#1/8

Snow Circle Cornering#3/8

Snow Handling Measured#3/8

Snow Traction#3/8

Summary

Published overall result: 1.4 · 2/8
Best discipline position: Exterior noise (1/8)
Lowest discipline position: Dry braking (6/8)

Positions follow the original publisher classification.

3

Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3

Rating: Good

£126

99 V

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

Wet2

Dry2−

Snow1−

Stopping distance on dry39.5

Stopping distance on wet41.7

Stopping distance on snow17.1

Running costs2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/8

Wet Braking#2/8

Wet Circle Cornering#4/8

Wet Handling Measured#5/8

Dry

Dry Braking#1/8

Dry Handling Measured#5/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/8

Mileage#6/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#4/8

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#1/8

Snow Handling Measured#1/8

Snow Traction#1/8

Snow Braking#5/8

Summary

Published overall result: 1.6 · 3/8
Best discipline position: Cornering aquaplaning (1/8)
Lowest discipline position: Mileage (6/8)

4

GoodYear Vector 4Seasons Gen-3

Rating: Good

£122

99 V

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

99V · £122 99V

Wet2

Dry2−

Snow2+

Stopping distance on dry43.8

Stopping distance on wet44.1

Stopping distance on snow17

Running costs2+

Wet

Wet Handling Measured#2/8

Wet Circle Cornering#3/8

Aquaplaning Cross#5/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/8

Wet Braking#6/8

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#2/8

Dry Braking#7/8

Economy

Mileage#2/8

Rolling Resistance#4/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/8

Snow

Snow Braking#3/8

Snow Circle Cornering#4/8

Snow Handling Measured#4/8

Snow Traction#4/8

Summary

Published overall result: 1.7 · 4/8
Best discipline position: Exterior noise (1/8)
Lowest discipline position: Dry braking (7/8)

5

Kleber Quadraxer SUV

Rating: Good

£121

99 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet2−

Dry2−

Snow1−

Stopping distance on dry41.1

Stopping distance on wet42

Stopping distance on snow16.9

Running costs2−

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/8

Wet Braking#3/8

Aquaplaning Cross#4/8

Wet Circle Cornering#5/8

Wet Handling Measured#6/8

Dry

Dry Braking#4/8

Dry Handling Measured#7/8

Economy

Mileage#5/8

Rolling Resistance#7/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/8

Snow

Snow Braking#1/8

Snow Circle Cornering#2/8

Snow Handling Measured#2/8

Snow Traction#2/8

Summary

Published overall result: 2.0 · 5/8
Best discipline position: Snow braking (1/8)
Lowest discipline position: Rolling resistance (7/8)

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

6

Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6

Rating: Good

£109

99 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet2−

Dry2

Snow2−

Stopping distance on dry40.7

Stopping distance on wet43.6

Stopping distance on snow17.6

Running costs2+

Wet

Wet Handling Measured#4/8

Wet Braking#5/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/8

Wet Circle Cornering#6/8

Aquaplaning Cross#8/8

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#2/8

Dry Braking#3/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/8

Mileage#3/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#7/8

Snow

Snow Braking#7/8

Snow Circle Cornering#7/8

Snow Handling Measured#7/8

Snow Traction#7/8

Summary

Published overall result: 2.1 · 6/8
Best discipline position: Rolling resistance (1/8)
Lowest discipline position: Cornering aquaplaning (8/8)

7

Maxxis Premitra AS AP3

Rating: Satisfactory

£84

99 Q

mytyres.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

99T 99V 99V · £84 +1

Wet3

Dry2−

Snow3+

Stopping distance on dry41.5

Stopping distance on wet45.9

Stopping distance on snow18.1

Running costs3−

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#7/8

Wet Circle Cornering#7/8

Wet Handling Measured#7/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/8

Wet Braking#8/8

Dry

Dry Braking#5/8

Dry Handling Measured#6/8

Economy

Mileage#7/8

Rolling Resistance#8/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#8/8

Snow

Snow Braking#8/8

Snow Circle Cornering#8/8

Snow Handling Measured#8/8

Snow Traction#8/8

Summary

Published overall result: 2.8 · 7/8
Best discipline position: Dry braking (5/8)
Lowest discipline position: Wet braking (8/8)

8

Goodtrip BlueGuard AS

Rating: Conditionally recommended

Wet3

Dry3+

Snow2+

Stopping distance on dry44.2

Stopping distance on wet45.7

Stopping distance on snow17.1

Running costs4+

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#6/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/8

Wet Braking#7/8

Wet Circle Cornering#8/8

Wet Handling Measured#8/8

Dry

Dry Braking#8/8

Dry Handling Measured#8/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/8

Mileage#8/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/8

Snow

Snow Braking#5/8

Snow Circle Cornering#5/8

Snow Handling Measured#5/8

Snow Traction#5/8

Summary

Published overall result: 3.0 · 8/8
Best discipline position: Snow braking (5/8)
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 Michelin Crossclimate 2 89%	89%	Premium	£156 95 H +2 More
2	Premium Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO 85%	85%	Premium	£166 99 V
3	Premium Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2 84%	84%	Premium	£176 99 V
4	Premium Michelin CrossClimate SUV 84%	84%	Premium
5	Upper-middle Falken EuroALL Season AS210 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£120 99 V +1 More
6	Budget GT RADIAL ClimateActive 83%	83%	Budget
7	Upper-middle Falken EUROALL SEASON AS200 80%	80%	Upper-middle
8	Premium GoodYear Vector 4Seasons SUV Gen-2 80%	80%	Premium

9	Upper-middle Firestone Multiseason 2 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£97 99 V
10	Upper-middle Kumho HA32 Solus 4S 76%	76%	Upper-middle	£97 99 V
11	Upper-middle Nokian Seasonproof SUV 75%	75%	Upper-middle
12	Premium Michelin CrossClimate 3 66%	66%	Premium	£150 95 H +3 More
13	Budget Giti All Season AS2 64%	64%	Budget
14	Premium Pirelli Cinturato All Season Plus 62%	62%	Premium	£141 99 V +2 More
15	Budget Semperit AllSeason-Grip 50%	50%	Budget	£117 99 V +1 More
16	Upper-middle Cooper Discoverer All Season 48%	48%	Upper-middle	£639 0 V +3 More

17	Budget Roadhog RGAS02 32%	32%	Budget
18	Budget Imperial All Season Driver 1%	1%	Budget	£99 99 V