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

Τεσσάρων εποχών 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

ελαστικά που δοκιμάστηκαν

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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

Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3

βαθμολογία: πολύ καλό

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

βαθμολογία: πολύ καλό

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

βαθμολογία: καλό

151 €

92 W

elastika-online.gr

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

βαθμολογία: καλό

128 €

92 Y

elastika-online.gr

+2 More sizes →

92Y · 152 €92Y · 128 €

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

βαθμολογία: καλό

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

βαθμολογία: καλό

117 €

92 Y

elastika-online.gr

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

βαθμολογία: καλό

113 €

92 V

elastika-online.gr

+5 More sizes →

92V 92W 92W · 129 €+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+

βαθμολογία: Satisfactory

99 €

92 W

elastika-online.gr

+1 More sizes →

92W · 112 €

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.

#	ονομασία	Our rating	Segment	Price
1	Premium Continental AllSeasonContact 90%	90%	Premium
2	Premium Michelin CrossClimate 2 89%	89%	Premium
3	Upper-middle Hankook Kinergy 4S2 H750 88%	88%	Upper-middle	117 € 92 Y +1 More
4	Premium GoodYear Vector 4Seasons Gen-2 87%	87%	Premium
5	Premium Michelin CrossClimate+ 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	95 € 92 Y
15	Upper-middle Kumho HA32 Solus 4S 76%	76%	Upper-middle
16	Budget Debica Navigator 3 75%	75%	Budget

17	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-Grip All Season 2 74%	74%	Upper-middle	169 € 92 V +1 More
18	Budget Ceat 4 SeasonDrive 72%	72%	Budget
19	Budget Barum Quartaris 5 70%	70%	Budget
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	150 € 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	94 € 92 W
26	Budget Semperit AllSeason-Grip 50%	50%	Budget
27	Upper-middle Cooper Discoverer All Season 48%	48%	Upper-middle	147 € 0 Y +1 More
28	Nokian Seasonproof 1 36%	36%		95 € 92 V +1 More
29	Budget Fulda MultiControl 36%	36%	Budget	106 € 92 V +1 More
30	Budget Delinte AW6 28%	28%	Budget
31	Upper-middle Uniroyal AllSeasonExpert 2 23%	23%	Upper-middle	104 € 92 V