All season tyre test 225/40 R18 - Die Reifentester 2026

All Season Dry and wet: Goodyear proving ground, Mireval, France. Snow: Arctic Center, Ivalo, Finland.

2026

Year

8

Tyres

Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport (300 PS, 400 Nm).

Winner

Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3

Test Vehicle

VW Golf GTI Clubsport

Tested tyres

8

article

Die Reifentester All-Season Tyre Test 2026 (225/40 R18): Pirelli narrowly beats the new Goodyear

Die Reifentester and Autoflotte compared eight officially ranked all-season tyres in 225/40 R18, using a 300 PS, 400 Nm Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport. Pirelli’s Cinturato All Season SF3 secured victory with 806 points, only five ahead of the new Goodyear Vector All Season 4 on 801. Both received a “very good” verdict.

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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

Pirelli was shortest at 36.8 m from 100 km/h; Bridgestone followed at 37.7 m.

1

Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3

Rating: Very good

£101

92 Y

mytyres.co.uk

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/9

Wet Handling#2/9

Wet Braking#5/9

Dry

Dry Braking#1/9

Dry Handling#2/9

Comfort

Noise Interior#2/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/9

Snow

Snow Handling#3/9

Snow Traction#3/9

Snow Braking#5/9

Summary

2

Goodyear Vector All Season 4

Rating: Very good

£95

92 V

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

92Y · £97

Wet

Wet Handling#1/9

Aquaplaning Cross#4/9

Wet Braking#4/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/9

Dry

Dry Handling#1/9

Dry Braking#4/9

Comfort

Noise Interior#4/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/9

Snow

Snow Handling#1/9

Snow Traction#2/9

Snow Braking#3/9

Summary

3

Michelin CrossClimate 3

Rating: Good

£117

92 W

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/9

Wet Handling#7/9

Aquaplaning Cross#8/9

Wet Braking#9/9

Dry

Dry Braking#6/9

Dry Handling#8/9

Comfort

Noise Interior#3/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/9

Snow

Snow Braking#1/9

Snow Handling#1/9

Snow Traction#4/9

Summary

4

Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6

Rating: Good

£86

92 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

92Y · £119 92Y · £106

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/9

Wet Braking#6/9

Wet Handling#8/9

Dry

Dry Braking#2/9

Dry Handling#4/9

Comfort

Noise Interior#7/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#9/9

Snow

Snow Braking#2/9

Snow Traction#5/9

Snow Handling#8/9

Summary

4

Hankook Kinergy 4S2

Rating: Good

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#3/9

Wet Braking#3/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/9

Wet Handling#6/9

Dry

Dry Handling#3/9

Dry Braking#5/9

Comfort

Noise Interior#7/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/9

Snow

Snow Braking#4/9

Snow Traction#6/9

Snow Handling#7/9

Summary

6

Nokian Seasonproof 2

Rating: Good

£96

92 Y

mytyres.co.uk

Wet

Wet Braking#1/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/9

Wet Handling#4/9

Aquaplaning Cross#7/9

Dry

Dry Braking#7/9

Dry Handling#8/9

Comfort

Noise Interior#5/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/9

Snow

Snow Handling#5/9

Snow Braking#9/9

Snow Traction#9/9

Summary

7

Continental AllSeasonContact 2

Rating: Good

£101

92 V

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

92V 92W 92W · £101 +2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#6/9

Wet Braking#7/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/9

Wet Handling#9/9

Dry

Dry Handling#6/9

Dry Braking#8/9

Comfort

Noise Interior#1/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/9

Snow

Snow Handling#6/9

Snow Braking#7/9

Snow Traction#7/9

Summary

8

Kumho Solus 4S HA32+

Rating: Satisfactory

£74

92 W

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

92W · £74

Wet

Wet Handling#3/9

Wet Braking#7/9

Aquaplaning Cross#9/9

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/9

Dry

Dry Handling#7/9

Dry Braking#9/9

Comfort

Noise Interior#5/9

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/9

Snow

Snow Braking#6/9

Snow Handling#8/9

Snow Traction#8/9

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	£131 92 V +1 More
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 GoodYear Vector 4Seasons Gen-2 87%	87%	Premium
5	Premium Michelin CrossClimate+ 87%	87%	Premium	£127 92 Y +1 More
6	Premium Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO 85%	85%	Premium
7	Premium Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2 84%	84%	Premium
8	Premium Pirelli Cinturato All Season 84%	84%	Premium

9	Upper-middle Nokian Seasonproof 84%	84%	Upper-middle
10	Premium Dunlop Sport All Season 83%	83%	Premium
11	Budget GT RADIAL ClimateActive 83%	83%	Budget
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	£114 92 W
16	Budget Debica Navigator 3 75%	75%	Budget

17	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-Grip All Season 2 74%	74%	Upper-middle	£125 92 V +1 More
18	Budget Ceat 4 SeasonDrive 72%	72%	Budget
19	Budget Barum Quartaris 5 70%	70%	Budget	£94 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	£124 92 Y +1 More
23	Budget Linglong Sport Master 4S 61%	61%	Budget
24	Upper-middle Kleber Quadraxer 2 61%	61%	Upper-middle

25	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth-4S AW21 61%	61%	Upper-middle	£75 92 W
26	Budget Semperit AllSeason-Grip 50%	50%	Budget	£95 92 Y
27	Upper-middle Cooper Discoverer All Season 48%	48%	Upper-middle	£113 0 Y +1 More
28	Nokian Seasonproof 1 36%	36%		£74 92 V +1 More
29	Budget Fulda MultiControl 36%	36%	Budget	£80 92 V +1 More
30	Budget Delinte AW6 28%	28%	Budget
31	Upper-middle Uniroyal AllSeasonExpert 2 23%	23%	Upper-middle	£86 92 V