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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Best All-Season Tires from 2013

 Continental ExtremeContact DWS
 Coninental ExtremeContact DWS image from TireRack.com

There are several all-season tire test results available, I have accumulated the various data and scored points for first to tenth place. (Tire ratings are accumulated and scored differently by each test and website.)
The basis of this review is to see which tires are being rated in the same order more than once. Consistency is the basis, basically the higher the rank of the tire in more tests the higher it's overall score will be.
Ratings in the brackets are (PMC + TireRack) other tires mentioned were based on consumer reports testing results or insufficient test data. (n/r = not rated) All data was accumulated from 2013 tire test results, as soon as the 2014 versions are available they will be posted.

Best Standard All-Season

1) Michelin - Primacy MXV4 (9+7.35(9)) = 18
2) Michelin - Defender (10+7.02(7)) = 17
3) Bridgestone - Turanza Serenity Plus (6+7.39(10)) = 16
4) Yokohama - Avid Ascend (7+6.49(4)) = 11
4) Continental PureContact with ecoplus (3+7.33(8)) = 11
5) Michelin HydroEdge (5+6.88(5)) = 10
6) Pirelli P4 Four-Seasons (4+6.24(3)) = 7
6) Goodyear Assurance TripleTred (1+6.93(6)) = 7

Other tires mentioned insufficient data:
Hankook Optimo H727 (n/r+6.66)
Continental ProContact EcoPlus+ (n/r+7.02)
Michelin Energy Saver A/S (n/r)
Nokian - Entyre (8+n/r)
I) Michelin Harmony (2+n/r)

The winner is Michelin, top 2 well done. Although Michelin tends to be a little more expensive than the competition. Any of the above eight tires mentioned would be a great choice. Make sure to check the warranty as well as the price that each manufacturer requests. Although sometimes you get what you pay for.

Best High Performance All-Season

1) Michelin - Pilot Sport A/S Plus (10+7.88(10)) = 20
2) Coninental - ExtremeContact DWS (9+7.57(8)) = 17
3) Bridgestone - Potenza RE970AS Pole Position (8+7.67(9)) = 17
4) Bfgoodrich - g-Force Super Sport A/S (7+7.29(5)) = 12
5) Bridgestone - Potenza RE960AS Pole Position (6+7.53(6)) = 12
6) Pirelli - PZero Nero All Season (5+6.99(3) ) = 8
7) Yokohama Avid ENVigor (2+7.05(4)) = 6

Other tires mentioned insufficient data:
Michelin Primacy HP (4+n/r)
Michelin Pilot Exalto A/S (3+n/r)
Continental PureContact (1+n/r)
Goodyear - Eagle F1 Asymmetric All Season (n/r+(7.55)(7))
Nokian WR G2 (n/r)
Cooper Zeon RS3-A (n/r)
Sumitomo HTR A/S PO1 (n/r+(6.97)(2))

The winner again Michelin, this time it's a clear win, the Pilot Sport A/S. Although number two and three Continental and Bridgestone were very close. Hopefully one of these three great tires are available in your tire size at your price.

LINKS:

PMC tire full all-season test results PDF format: http://tires.pmctire.com/x-stuff/docs/en/eval-summer/PMC-en-2013-4s-auto-evaluations.pdf
PMC tire full performance all-season test results PDF format: http://tires.pmctire.com/x-stuff/docs/en/eval-summer/PMC-en-2013-4s-Perfo-auto-evaluations.pdf

TireRack.com full all-season test results:http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=166

TireRack.com full test results on performance all-season tires: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests
Autoguide.com link to consumer reports test results: http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2012/03/best-tires-to-buy-list-released-by-consumer-reports.html

1010tires.com full consumer test results: https://www.1010tires.com/Tires/Reviews/All+Season

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