All season tyre test 225/40 R18 - AUTO BILD 2026

All Season

2026

Year

5

Tyres

Winner

Goodyear Vector All Season 4

Test Vehicle

VW Golf R

Tested tyres

5

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AUTO BILD tyre test 2026: 225/40 R18 — all-season tyres

AUTO BILD compared 5 tyres in size 225/40 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

Goodyear Vector All Season 4

Rating: Exemplary

£84

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

92Y · £86

Stopping distance on dry37.9

Stopping distance on wet51.1

Stopping distance on snow29.3

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/5

Wet Handling Measured#1/5

Aquaplaning Cross#2/5

Wet Braking#2/5

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/5

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#2/5

Dry Braking#4/5

Comfort

Noise Exterior#4/5

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/5

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#1/5

Snow Handling Measured#1/5

Snow Traction#1/5

Snow Braking#2/5

Summary

Published overall result: — · 1/5
Best discipline position: Snow cornering (1/5)
Lowest discipline position: Exterior noise (4/5)

Positions follow the original publisher classification.

2

Continental AllSeasonContact 2

Rating: Exemplary

£99

92 V

tyres-pneus-online.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

92V 92W 92W · £100 +2

Stopping distance on dry38.1

Stopping distance on wet51.3

Stopping distance on snow29.6

Wet

Wet Handling Measured#2/5

Wet Braking#3/5

Wet Circle Cornering#4/5

Aquaplaning Cross#5/5

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/5

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#1/5

Dry Braking#5/5

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/5

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/5

Snow

Snow Handling Measured#2/5

Snow Braking#3/5

Snow Circle Cornering#4/5

Snow Traction#5/5

Summary

Published overall result: — · 2/5
Best discipline position: Dry handling - objective (1/5)
Lowest discipline position: Snow traction (5/5)

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

3

Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport

Rating: Exemplary

£103

92 Y

mytyres.co.uk

Stopping distance on dry37

Stopping distance on wet50.1

Stopping distance on snow29.1

Wet

Wet Braking#1/5

Aquaplaning Cross#4/5

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/5

Wet Handling Measured#4/5

Wet Circle Cornering#5/5

Dry

Dry Braking#2/5

Dry Handling Measured#4/5

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/5

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/5

Snow

Snow Braking#1/5

Snow Circle Cornering#2/5

Snow Handling Measured#2/5

Snow Traction#2/5

Summary

Published overall result: — · 3/5
Best discipline position: Exterior noise (1/5)
Lowest discipline position: Wet circle cornering (5/5)

4

Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3

Rating: Exemplary

£106

92 Y

mytyres.co.uk

Stopping distance on dry36.8

Stopping distance on wet51.8

Stopping distance on snow29.9

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/5

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/5

Wet Circle Cornering#2/5

Wet Handling Measured#2/5

Wet Braking#4/5

Dry

Dry Braking#1/5

Dry Handling Measured#3/5

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/5

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/5

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#2/5

Snow Traction#3/5

Snow Braking#4/5

Snow Handling Measured#4/5

Summary

Published overall result: — · 4/5
Best discipline position: Cornering aquaplaning (1/5)
Lowest discipline position: Wet braking (4/5)

Overall results are reproduced from the linked secondary report; the full original score sheet has not been independently checked.

5

Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6

Rating: Good

£83

92 Y

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

92Y · £109 92Y · £106

Stopping distance on dry37.6

Stopping distance on wet53

Stopping distance on snow30.4

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/5

Aquaplaning Cross#3/5

Wet Circle Cornering#3/5

Wet Handling Measured#4/5

Wet Braking#5/5

Dry

Dry Braking#3/5

Dry Handling Measured#5/5

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/5

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/5

Snow

Snow Traction#4/5

Snow Braking#5/5

Snow Circle Cornering#5/5

Snow Handling Measured#5/5

Summary

Published overall result: — · 5/5
Best discipline position: Longitudinal aquaplaning (2/5)
Lowest discipline position: Wet braking (5/5)

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	£109 92 Y
3	Upper-middle Hankook Kinergy 4S2 H750 88%	88%	Upper-middle	£86 92 Y +1 More
4	Premium Michelin CrossClimate+ 87%	87%	Premium	£137 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 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	£76 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	£124 92 V +1 More
18	Budget Ceat 4 SeasonDrive 72%	72%	Budget
19	Budget Barum Quartaris 5 70%	70%	Budget	£93 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	£128 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	£69 92 W
26	Budget Semperit AllSeason-Grip 50%	50%	Budget	£89 92 Y
27	Upper-middle Cooper Discoverer All Season 48%	48%	Upper-middle	£108 0 Y +1 More
28	Nokian Seasonproof 1 36%	36%		£78 92 V +1 More
29	Budget Fulda MultiControl 36%	36%	Budget	£79 92 V +1 More
30	Budget Delinte AW6 28%	28%	Budget
31	Upper-middle Uniroyal AllSeasonExpert 2 23%	23%	Upper-middle	£88 92 V