All season tyre test 225/45 R17 - Autoexpress 2025

All Season Snow tests were conducted at Goodyear’s ‘Arctic Center’ in Saariselkä, northern Finland, at -7°C to -4°C; wet and dry tests took place at Continental’s Contidrom near Hannover, Germany, with early morning temperatures around 4°C to simulate typical cold and damp UK conditions.

2025

Year

6

Tyres

A 2021 Mercedes A-Class (automatic, 1.3L petrol) was used to ensure real-world relevance; all tyres sourced from the open market for integrity.

Winner

Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3

Best Value

Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3

Test Vehicle

VW Golf VIII, Škoda Octavia

Tested tyres

6

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: Test winner

£99

94 W

mytyres.co.uk

Winter100.0

Wet99.3

Dry100.0

Snow98.9

Rolling resistance90.2

Noise92.9

Stopping distance on dry100.0

Stopping distance on wet98.3

Running costs127

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/6

Wet Braking#2/6

Wet Handling#3/6

Wet Circle Cornering#4/6

Dry

Dry Braking#1/6

Dry Handling#2/6

Comfort

Noise Interior#6/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/6

Snow

Snow Handling#1/6

Snow Traction#1/6

Snow Braking#3/6

Summary

2

Continental AllSeasonContact 2

Rating: Highly recommended

£99

94 V

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

94V · £171 94W · £100 94W · £115 +1

Winter99.8

Wet98.6

Dry99.7

Snow100.0

Rolling resistance92.9

Noise98.6

Stopping distance on dry92.7

Stopping distance on wet93.6

Running costs117

Wet

Wet Handling#1/6

Wet Braking#3/6

Wet Circle Cornering#3/6

Aquaplaning Cross#6/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/6

Dry

Dry Braking#3/6

Dry Handling#3/6

Comfort

Noise Interior#3/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/6

Snow

Snow Braking#1/6

Snow Handling#2/6

Snow Traction#4/6

Summary

3

Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6

Rating: Highly recommended

£81

94 V

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

94W · £99 94W · £81 94Y · £102

Winter96.6

Wet100.0

Dry99.4

Snow99.0

Rolling resistance83.6

Noise98.2

Stopping distance on dry96.6

Stopping distance on wet100.0

Running costs123

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/6

Wet Braking#1/6

Wet Circle Cornering#1/6

Aquaplaning Cross#2/6

Wet Handling#5/6

Dry

Dry Braking#2/6

Dry Handling#5/6

Comfort

Noise Interior#5/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/6

Snow

Snow Braking#2/6

Snow Handling#5/6

Snow Traction#5/6

Summary

4

Vredestein Quatrac

Rating: Recommended

£95

94 V

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94Y · £121

Winter99.4

Wet93.5

Dry98.1

Snow98.9

Rolling resistance89.7

Noise98.6

Stopping distance on dry91.1

Stopping distance on wet95.4

Running costs104

Wet

Wet Handling#2/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/6

Aquaplaning Cross#4/6

Wet Braking#4/6

Wet Circle Cornering#6/6

Dry

Dry Braking#4/6

Dry Handling#6/6

Comfort

Noise Interior#3/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/6

Snow

Snow Braking#3/6

Snow Handling#3/6

Snow Traction#3/6

Summary

5

Dunlop All Season 2

Rating: Recommended

£82

94 W

mytyres.co.uk

Winter99.3

Wet93.5

Dry99.7

Snow98.6

Rolling resistance100.0

Noise99.1

Stopping distance on dry87.0

Stopping distance on wet94.4

Running costs130

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/6

Wet Braking#4/6

Wet Handling#4/6

Aquaplaning Cross#5/6

Dry

Dry Handling#3/6

Dry Braking#5/6

Comfort

Noise Interior#2/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/6

Snow

Snow Traction#2/6

Snow Handling#4/6

Snow Braking#5/6

Summary

6

Sailun Atrezzo 4Seasons

Rating: Sufficient

Winter95.6

Wet85.5

Dry100.0

Snow86.2

Rolling resistance75.6

Noise100.0

Stopping distance on dry86.8

Stopping distance on wet94.1

Running costs98

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/6

Wet Circle Cornering#4/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/6

Wet Braking#6/6

Wet Handling#6/6

Dry

Dry Handling#1/6

Dry Braking#6/6

Comfort

Noise Interior#1/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/6

Snow

Snow Braking#6/6

Snow Handling#6/6

Snow Traction#6/6

Summary

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	£93 94 V +2 More
2	Premium Michelin CrossClimate 2 89%	89%	Premium	£110 91 W +3 More
3	Premium GoodYear Vector 4Seasons Gen-2 87%	87%	Premium	£89 91 V +5 More
4	Premium Michelin CrossClimate+ 87%	87%	Premium
5	Premium Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO 85%	85%	Premium
6	Premium Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2 84%	84%	Premium
7	Upper-middle Nokian Seasonproof 84%	84%	Upper-middle
8	Premium Dunlop Sport All Season 83%	83%	Premium	£121 94 W

9	Budget GT RADIAL ClimateActive 83%	83%	Budget
10	Premium Pirelli Cinturato All Season 82%	82%	Premium
11	Upper-middle Nokian Weatherproof 81%	81%	Upper-middle
12	Upper-middle Falken EUROALL SEASON AS200 80%	80%	Upper-middle
13	Upper-middle Firestone Multiseason 2 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£71 94 V
14	Upper-middle Kumho Solus HA31 78%	78%	Upper-middle
15	Upper-middle Kumho HA32 Solus 4S 76%	76%	Upper-middle
16	Budget Debica Navigator 3 75%	75%	Budget	£80 94 V +1 More

17	Premium GoodYear Vector 4Seasons 75%	75%	Premium
18	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-Grip All Season 2 74%	74%	Upper-middle
19	Budget Barum Quartaris 5 70%	70%	Budget	£79 94 V +1 More
20	Premium Bridgestone Weather Control A005 67%	67%	Premium
21	Budget Kormoran All Season 66%	66%	Budget
22	Budget Giti All Season AS2 64%	64%	Budget
23	Premium Pirelli Cinturato All Season Plus 62%	62%	Premium	£97 94 W +2 More
24	Upper-middle Kleber Quadraxer 2 61%	61%	Upper-middle

25	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth-4S AW21 61%	61%	Upper-middle	£68 94 V
26	Nexen N'blue 4Season2 59%	59%		£69 94 W
27	Budget Matador MP62 All Weather Evo 50%	50%	Budget
28	Budget Semperit AllSeason-Grip 50%	50%	Budget	£90 94 W +1 More
29	Upper-middle Cooper Discoverer All Season 48%	48%	Upper-middle	£114 0 W +1 More
30	Budget Fulda MultiControl 36%	36%	Budget	£77 94 V +2 More
31	Budget Roadhog RGAS02 32%	32%	Budget
32	Budget Delinte AW6 28%	28%	Budget

33	Lanvigator Catchfors A/S 24%	24%
34	Upper-middle Uniroyal AllSeasonExpert 2 23%	23%	Upper-middle	£91 94 V +1 More