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Thank you so much for your incredible work. 2 years ago I bought the Goodyear Vector tires. Now, 30.000 km later they're still ok. The performance is very good and you always can feel when the tire is about to lose grip. I just wanted to know whether there was a new better tire in the meantime. Living in south Germany with some snow I'll take them again. Thank you so much again. I simply don't have the time to search a good model. Your test has both, a large number of tires and multiple conditions on the same car. Your scoring is transparent and blind tested.
I have a VW Golf mk7.5 GTD and live in South UK. I cover around 20,000 miles a year and after some good tyres. I'm after some advice on which would be a good tyres? Would a summer tyre be good or all season? I've always liked Michelin tyres but open to ideas. Many thanks Tyre size is 225/40/18
Very informative, and interesting. A couple of things I kept in mind during your results and recommendations: 1) Grip versus rolling resistance, there's no way to have the best of both because they oppose each other. Like so many tyre characteristics, it's a trade-off. 2) When you mentioned that for some areas snow may be the exception, I think it is also important to consider what other conditions may be rare too. For example for me, after snow, warm and dry conditions are the next rarest, so while I don't need a snow biased tyre, I also don't need a summer biased tyre either. With an average of 200 days of rainfall per year (55%) and 100 days (27%) of overcast or cold weather (so while it's not actually raining, the road surface doesn't really dry out either), warm, dry, summery conditions are almost as rare as snow. I found the adjustable score weighting feature on your website to be brilliant for accounting for this, and as testament to your "mild" weighted test in this video, the top three tyres you recommended were exactly the same as the top three given in the results on the website, after being adjusted for wet biased conditions. Top stuff, keep them coming.
Summer tyres perform better in the wet than all weather tyres unless it's below 7 degree average. For the UK that 7 degree average only lasts about 4 months if the year. So summers make a lot of sense still in the UK for a lot of the year.
The best review of tires I’ve ever watched on RUclips. Well done sir. I bought the CrossClimate 2 a few months ago because I saw the tread pattern on someone else’s vehicle and I was blown away honestly. I had never seen a tread pattern quite like it. I live in Canada and winter is real. The fact that the tires won your test in the balanced category and that the tires are better than half the winter tires you’ve tested, validates that I choose pretty solid tires for my 17’ Honda Civic EXT to be on the rims all year long. The OEM Firestone tires were horrible in all weather conditions, including dry pavement. I’ve noticed like you have tested, that the CrossClimate 2’s are the best all season tire/all weather tire that money can buy.
Having gone on the whole journey from CrossClimate through CrossClimate Plus to CrossClimate 2 on three different cars over the last few years I'm still extremely happy with this family of tyres. Before that I always used to have separate sets full winter tyres and now I really don't need that. While heavy snow has been fairly infrequent I often have to tackle work trips as far as northern Scotland at short notice so I am happy being slightly over-provisioned for snow. Wear has been good too.
They simply spank it when you look at total ownership cost they do good high miles and all gear round are just consistent. The noise is easy to get used to as well.
@@TheKingpleb I agree, while you pay up front they are good value over time. Mine haven't been noisy at all really, on my ancient BMW 530i, decade-old Prius and newish 2.0 Corolla hybrid on 225/45 R17 where they are quieter than the OEM Falkens (which I didn't like much at all)
@@harryspeakup8452 Tires are one of those things that you just should not cheap out on. Every single handling characteristic is ultimately limited by the tires. Paying (random number here) 30% more on tires is cheaper than having tires under-perform and get you in a wreck.
Viewed this great tire review video 07/23 and straight bought the Hangkook kinergy 4s2 245/18“. After 30tkm, passing every day a 1500m mountain on a highway to work, going to ski every weekend in wintertime, I can highly suggest this tire and confirm the excellent heavy rain behaviour. It becomes the standard for all of our cars in the family. 5mm profile is remaining.
Fantastic test and work, thank you. For mild climates, Hankook Kinergy 4S2 is the best. Wet is always more difficult than dry. Snow is rare and thus Hankook is the best.
I use Goodyear V4-G3 on my Focus 2021 and I'm really happy how these tires perform on all types of weather: hot like hell, wet and winter. And these tires last pretty good, no visible wear after 35k km done in one year and ten months since I got them.
@@tyrereviews I have 89 000 km on G2 (previous edition) and they still have around 50% thread left. Moved front to back tires only once at 60 000 km. Very impressed with durability and overall traction, used in absolutely all possible conditions, from dry, wet, snow, ice and mild rocks. 225/45/R17 on a hybrid.
My tyres are all that is between me staying in control of my car and losing it, regardless of speed and the surface conditions. I was a Honda Civic/Conti-man for decades but when I bought my Citroen C3 series2 (for wife's ease of access/egress) I discovered this car to be a trifle "skippy" when cornering on several road surfaces; possibly due to it's relatively light weight and suspension set up. By chance I came across one of your tyre tests three or more years ago and changed over to Goodyear Vector 4. Wow! what a difference they made to the handling and stability control of my C3. It now goes where I want it to and when I want it to. Surface water gets demolished: these tyres just bite into the tarmac, shedding all that aquaplaning hazardous material away from my chosen line of travel. These are epic, dependable and potentially life saving tyres and have a very low rolling resistance too. They are worth the extra money every day and every mile. My life depends on them as does my wifes too & any one else in my proximity. Remember, always anticipate: avoid reaction!
Ha "sporgy handling" is a great description for the Falkens that came OEM on my VW. Very sharp and sporty just off-center for an all-season but then they have this spongy/balooney give to them that makes it feel kinda floatey under sustained cornering.
I live at the northern tip of Derbyshire. We don't have snow as frequently as we used to but, given that most of the roads are on inclines to some degree, I am happy to remain faithful to the Michelin CrossClimate. The street where I live is the steepest residential road in our town, yet I could still get to the top in snow and ice from a standing start.
I usually do, and there's plenty of tests on www.tyrereviews.com with that in. This year I tried something different, I tested 10 sets of winter tyres in the same size at the same time thinking we could get a really big comparison but it didn't quite go as planned. I'll make another video on this soon :)
Just ordered some Goodyear 4season gen 3 for a fiat panda, reckon it will be the fastest thing on the road if we get some snow ever in the uk. Thanks for the review and particularly the mild climate rating.
I love the CC2. If it matches its predecessor in terms of durability (3mm of tread left after 70.000km in my case), there is really no negative arguments against the tyre.
@@clark5583 Western Germany. We don't have that much snow in this region, but the winter can be quite rainy. My driving style is rather smooth and relaxed. The usual driving route is a good mix of city and highway driving.
@@DashCamSerbia The legal limit here is 1.6mm tread depth, but 4mm is recommended. But since this year was very dry, I changed the tires only towards the fall.
I had a set of the original Michelin CCs for 7+ years. I replaced them once again with a set of CC2s. Great tire. I highly recommend that you pull the trigger and give it a go in case you are in doubt. Needless to say, I do not promote having the same set of tires for too long. Follow the instructions of the tire manufacturer and have your tires inspected by a specialist once in a while.
Thanks for another great video test! I use Good Year Vector 4seasons Gen-3 and i have to say I never had better tyres! I used to have Bridgestone turanza only, loved them, but they were struggling on these few days of snow and ice in Northern Ireland. But now I can see also huge difference on wet roads now, far better performance. And they did good during hot days, so definitely gonna be loyal user for few years.
My daughter, son in law and myself all have the CC2s. The son in law has had them for a year in Wisconsin (USA) winters and before I bought mine, I asked him how they performed in the snow, he replied fine, but he was amazed at the performance in the wet. That said we all own AWD Subarus, so there's that.
As a driver that has a history of using winter and summer tyres on performance cars for many years, I actually went for the Michelin crossclimate 2 on my Golf for all season usage. I expected the summer performance on a Golf 1.4 tsi to be more then adequate. However I was completely surprised at how capable they were in the winter. Even in snow/slush and ice. I would say they gave me as much confidence in cold weather driving as my previous Nokian Full winter tyres. I am that impressed with the winter performance, I actually have these on my winter wheel set up for my X4M Comp. Obviously I will not be using them as "all season" on the X4M. But I am more than confident using these on the BMW for the winter. If anything the Nokians were a bit spongy in warmer winter climates, where as I do not get this feeling with the crossclimate 2s. I have been a big advocate for alternating winter and summer tyres for years to get the best of both worlds and not to sacrifice performance by using all season across the seasons. However, now I personally think the Michelin crossclimate 2 is perfect for the UK climate all year around on the "average" family car. However I will still be putting my Michelin PS4s on the X4M in the summer, for as good as the crossclimate 2 are in the winter, I wouldn't recommend them on any "performance" car for summer use. Fantastic review as always 👌👍
I just purchased my first brand new car -2023 Subaru Outback, and in my irrational exuberance, decided to replace the OE Yokohama AVID GT tires with the Cross Climate 2. I've lusted after this tire for years after watching your videos and can't wait to have them installed. Thank you for your great work!
I had the Michelin CrossClimate 2 installed on my son’s Toyota Camry (we are in southwest Ohio, USA) and it’s been a great tire in the mild snow and rain. It’s quiet, too. Well worth the money!
Thanks for the great review! I got the Crossclimate 2 for my Ford Focus in the spring. Generally, I am very satisfied with the tire. What I love: great comfort and silence, for a family car, this is great. I also like dry handling, it does feel similar to a standard summer tyre, with quite accurate steering. The only thing that leaves we wondering is wet grip. I am not even talking about handling but just grip. My 1.6t petrol car spins its front wheels pretty easily on wet roads. I didn't expect that, as my previous pilot sport 4 never skipped a beat. I have yet to test the tires in winter, but according to this test, I should be good.
Around 90.000km in two different generation Hyundai i30 using the Hankooks and in love with them. Great Tyre all over the Year driving around Munich-Italia-Zürich-Lisbon-Wien. One of them was sold after 65.000km still with 2.8/6mm Profile. I will never drive with Sommer/Winter tyres again,,,Hankook from now
Just fitted the Hankook on my 1999 Chevy Camaro. The car is primarily used for Sunday drives and vacation trips, but also needs to get me to and from work if my wife needs our daily driver. Therefore I wanted a tire that never leaves me stranded and from what I‘ve seen so far I’m very satisfied with my choice.
I've been researching on winter tires for GR Corolla since it was revealed last March. And at this point, I've almost concluded I will get the CrossClimate2 in the stock size 235/40R18. But if anyone has second opinion, I'd appreciate the input. I live in SE Michigan. While it snows here, they plow very well. So, the roads are mostly very cold pavements except in the thawing weeks in March. But because I go to XC skiing north in weekends, snow performance is still important. For these reasons, I've been using performance winter tires like PA3 and LM001. They usually lasted about 20k mi for me. But one caveat is I go to mountain biking to south in Thanksgiving and Christmas logging approx. 4k mi on winter tires. I believe these trips shortened the life of the tires. And I think the CrossClimate2 would serve better for the usages like mine and am hoping it lasts longer. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
@@gx4548 Yes, I picked the CrossClimate 2. It works very well on the cold surface below 32F. It's good on the snow but not the level of the PA3 and the LM001 I used in the past. And I've run the CC2 only for a month now. So, I can't tell about the longevity. But I hear the CC2 is not as long lasting as the usual all-seasons but on par with the other all-weathers.
I recently bought CrossClimate 2's for my car, they're great for Belgian summer weather, even during the heat wave they were good! Can't wait to see how they perform this winter. Bring on some snow!!
Thanks for the good review. I have CC2 on my Tesla Model 3 here in New Hampshire and they work great. Just ordered them for my wife's Outback as well since her OEM tires only made it 35k miles. Love that good snow performance!
When I cross-reference this tire review with the newer Winter tire review video I found when combining both tests results that was done one day after another with the same size tires: In cold temperature the Michelin CrossClimate2 is the fastest in snow handling that has the best grip in snow, best in snow breaking in All-Weather category but mid pack with both group, mid pack on wet handling, wet breaking, straight aquaplaning, dry handling and above average in dry breaking and top three on rolling resistance. Beside the need to break earlier in snow to match the winter tire breaking performance, everything else sense to do just as well as a dedicated winter tire! Nice! Would still like to see the comparisons between the Micheline X-Ice Snow vs Micheline CrossClimate2 though.😉
One word of warning, the snow testing was done on different days and we had quite a lot of temperature change which changed grip quite a lot. I'll make a video about it soon!
Thanks for the video, just bought a set of Michelins after watching this and putting in my own test wheighting on the website. Glad to hear its better in the snow now.
After much resurch and lasts year's CC2 win I picked up a set for my all wheel drive suv,a week later on to a road trip to MN and Wl.Most of the trip out and back we're on dry roads.what a pleasant drive quiet tires handled well full loaded. Coming home we ran into a very early snow storm in the U.P. of Mi.round one of the storm was 14 in ches of snow .It was the most effortless snow trip I've ever been on during decades of living in MN and Mi.As long as I could seei could keep moving with out the white knuckle syndrome.we managed to get home before round 2 the next day of 18 more inches .Our last 150 miles was heavy rain only . We were going down a hill and at the bottom the was a lot of deep water the SUV hit it and slowed down from the water but never did the CC2 tires come off the road at 55 mph .That alone with the ice and snow we met makes my choice even more reassuring. Did a millage check after fill-ups for the 1700 mile trip , loaded up to 75 mph at times ,lost 2 mpg ,not bad.car calls for 35 psi I ran them at 37psi. The only down side was if you drive on wet dirt they will fling mud .Small price to pay .We think these are the best tires we have ever had period!!!
I took this guys advice. He was spot on with the CrossClimate 2 last year. The CC2 offer great confidence on the road, even when conditions are bad. They’re as good as many dedicated winter tyres and unless you’re driving on snow all the time, the CC2 are great all around tyre.
Just got some crossclimate 2's for my winter wheels to put on my Tesla model 3. The decision was easy for me as I've previously used the original Crossclimates on my previous car and wife's car which were brilliant in the snow
Thank you for your continued high quality content. After your tests I switched to using a summer tyre for the warm seasons, and the Hankook Kinergy as a winter tyre even though it's an all season, as I live in Italy where it rarely snows.
Absolutely love your channel. Thank you for the tests! Because of you I went with the Hankook Kinergy 4S2 last year and I've been super happy with them! Living in NE Europe with loads of rain, snow and a couple of months of +25C weather the tyre has been amazing for every day use while still having a pretty good price. Thank you for your work! :)
Hi, I'm also going to choose Hankook, how is the wear? How many kilometers have you done so far and how many kilometers do you think they can last, thanks a lot.
@@JosePerez-gf3ps Hi! Very hard to say, I haven’t checked the thread recently. Lost my drivers licence for speeding (I know, stupid), so the car is now parked away for 6 months. But, tbh, I don’t worry about wear that much, I’m ok to buy a new set every other year.
Super interesting test. Thank you. I must say though: Michelin, if you're reading -- ignore last minute or so from jonathan. Where I am in the world, the CrossClimate2 snow performance is weighted perfectly. Keep it up!
Top class video as always, shoutout to the adjustable score weighting! My only wish for these tests is to perform at least breaking if not handling in below freezing temperatures on tarmac without snow, preferably with some early morning frost on it. That's a very common condition during the winter where I live and I never see any tests on that.
Early morning frost testing would be so good, if you can think of a way to get the surface consistent for the 5 hours we need to do braking and handling let me know!
Could you do a frost braking with a wide frozen runway with multiple drivers/ cars so you all do an emergency stop together at the same time and compare the results? That would keeps some of the consistency such as temperature?
We LOVE Michelin Cross Climate tires on both our Outback and our Forester. It excellent on all road conditions, even snow. We live in the mountains in north central WA state and get 5-6 feet of snow every winter. We have to plow and maintain our private road. We also live 5 miles from town so after a heavy snow storm, it’s nice having the confidence that the Cross Climate tires will get us into town or the city, 30 miles away.
My tire dealer told me to get the CC2 due to it is fully tested down to 2mm even in snow for the owner to get extra life out of them while the Hankook is great but poor on fuel efficiency and faster in waring out their treads so the 25% saving evens out at the end.
@@Jeo-What I read about tire wear on tirerack. We'll see, I've only put 5k miles on them since January... So far so good but that is not a lot of miles
Thanks for test. Michelin cross climate+ Aquaplaning understeer cross climate + that's a disadvantage! , snow traction best . steer cornering snow best , dry road braking test best rain good cornering good .
Great video, highly informative. Bought a CC2 last year for our family car and it outperformed the winter tyres on my other car (in the snow). Would have loved to have seen a winter and summer reference tyre, for their respective categories, just to get an idea of how far these allrounders are off the specialists. Really looking forward to your winter tyre test, not because I need new winter tyres, but because I really enjoy your analysis of the differences in tyres and really love the way you combine hard data with subjective impressions. Cheers
I usually included reference summer and winter tyres, and there's plenty of tests on www.tyrereviews.com with that in. This year I tried something different, I tested 10 sets of winter tyres in the same size at the same time thinking we could get a really big comparison but it didn't quite go as planned. I'll make another video on this soon :)
Still running my crossclimates for a few years ago (very low wear due to limited milage 2019-2022). Very happy as long as I take care in the summer, The UK heatwave reminded me they not a summer tyre .....
I'm quite happy with the Michelin's bias towards snow. Even though I live in the UK I still use them as a winter tyre so there's less emphasis on summer/spring aspects of the All season tyre.
Wow these tests just keep getting better. The usual comprehensive testing packed with information but the innovation of being able to adjust weighting on the web site is icing on the cake. Didn't mention tyre optics this time though. Keep up the good work.🙂
Great review. Had to laugh at the end. "Bring back aspects of the cross climate 1", and I'm quick to say NOOO! I'm over in Canada and well, we get some snow. I love that the CC2 favours the snow. These reviews have been a huge help. I'll be outfitted with CC2's in a few weeks. Thanks!
I've had the Quatrac Pro for 3 years and ~65.000km now (Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, also 225/45R17) and it never let me down. It is nice to see that it isn't that bad over all compared to its newer rivals and really good in the wet. I'll visit your website and check out if it's still the best choice for me (northern Germany, more rain, almost no snow) or if i should give the Hankook a chance. Korean car, korean tires, could be a great team.
@@tyrereviews Yes Sir! :) Most of the time (and my daily commute) i cruise in-town or on country roads at moderate speed. Only a few times in the year "Autobahn", so the tires have a relatively easy job to do. There is still enough profile left, but they're getting porous now (relevant for the TÜV) and already in the last winter (had two days of snow ;)) i noticed a lack of grip on snow.
@@Timico1000 getting porous? 65000km is really a good number. My Falkens are only with 4mm left after about 4year 50000km, half Autobahn half country road, and my car is not a muscle car either. And it is getting uneven, with louder road noise and slightly unpredictable direction.
@@gx4548 Yes, porous. But my car always sits outside, exposed to the sunlight, i think that makes it worse. I also noticed a slight increase in noise, thats getting annoying. Last week i passed the TÜV, but he noted that i should replace them because of the porosity. Ordered a set of Goodyears last week, get them next week.
Following a purchase of these based on your excellent reviews, I’ve now had a wet summer and very recently a lot of uk snow. For the benefit of others, thought I’d add a comment on my experience. As it was the uk the snow was initially very wet and whilst like that I found they allowed more spin that a winter tyre but that’s to be expected. In heavy wet snow in lane 2 they quickly got overwhelmed and i had to retreat so whilst far better than summers, I then knew they weren’t a patch on my previous full winters….until the temp went below freezing. In -1 to -8 the snow crisped up and was hard packed or ice below. The tyres then became amazing and I regained confidence with them. So they are amazing but so far only if the temps are low and the snow isn’t wet/slushy. Hope that helps someone!
Michelin will not import CC2 to Australia. We use All Season on Mercedes GLC to reduce tyre judder, crabbing from front left tyres (due to RHD market), and MB solution was all season run flats, Eagle - Looks like I might see if Hankook have a tyre - open to suggestions with run flats or self seal as MB do not provide an emergency spare in boot/trunk !! Thanks, great reviews.
Thanks again for doing this best 10 All Season/All Weather tires again this year. It is very impressive that the tire with the lowest tread depth (CrossClimate 2), hardest (V-rated) and lightest does the best in snow! I have driven the CrossClimate 2 for eighteen month, 28,000mile/45,000Km from 95F(35C) to 031F(-35C) on dry, wet, slush, icy, heavy freezing rain with 50mile/80Km gusting wind, 2/3ft of unplowed heavy snow/wet snow roads and a 10 hours straight of heavy downpour on highway and windy mountain pothole roads in Canada on a FWD HEV and they are wonderful when driven responsibly. It works so well that I don't even bother putting on the one season 4 months used Micheline X-Ice Xi3. I like them so much, once Micheline released the size for my 19 years young Toyota Sienna 8 seater I replaced the 5 years old (60% tread left) Conti TrueContact & 10 years old Micheline X-Ice Xi2 (consider over the expiry date) with theses tires when they became available. 5 years / 60,000mils (100,000Km) from now I will be looking forward to buy the CrossClimate 3 with all the money I have saved from not have to pay for tire swapping cost on both vehicles (always get free tire rotations when doing the break service😉).
@@tyrereviews I do not run high speed laps on my daily commute with all the red lights and stop signs which makes all the fast accelerations irrelevant in real life commuting; however, stopping, handling and traction is what me and the pedestrians (including babies) needs the most especially during snowy condition. No more wondering if I had change the snow tires too early or too late and what if snow comes back at early spring (which it always do). Just drive! Thanks again for your reviews that helps people like me to make a safer driving world.
I've shown Bridgestone A005 EVO on my channel how fast they wear out. Very fast. After 20,000 km they can only be thrown away. So this is what tests don't show, that is, how long they all will last. I also showed CrossClimate but the C version, that is, strenghtened for cargo vans. After 125,000km !!! they sill look like new.
You're not wrong, nearly all tests on the website that do wear show this. Sadly, as I don't test wear for all the tyres I can't include it for some of the tyres that have been tested by other people. I'm working on this in the future.
I have to say hankook is the absolute winner, it may be drink a slight bit more gas than other tires , but it's probably negligible. I had 205/45 Hankook evo 2 then now I have 195/50 hankook 4s , drinks exactly the same.
Also the 4s is lasting more Kms/miles than the Evo 2. Best tire I ever had , and I felt the safety with heavy rain compared to standard tires. I'm trying to convince my dad on using them on his car but he wants summer tires only
@@PhDPIMP Yes I still have them, I had the Hankook sport summer tires ( Ventus S1 evo 2 ) and they lasted less than the 4s. It's a lovely tire , less grippy than s1 evo2 obviously but soft tirewall ( more comfy ) and very good grip in all conditions ( like you saw in the tests ).
@@dimmacommunication thats great to hear! I've heard some rumors that the hankook 4s2 loses it grip after a couple years/20k km and wears pretty quickly but that doesnt seem to be the case to you. Do you mind telling me your tire size? Because that also might have impact on the durability.
@@PhDPIMP The durability of a tire depends 99% on the car , then the manufacturer makes different tire for different sizes. The 4s 225/45 is way more rigid than mine wich is a 195/50 if I remember correctly . Either way rigid or not the road behaviour is excellent. Regarding the lose of grip it's a 4 season tire it's understandable that the last part of the thread should be not used ( like winter tires ).
Had a fwd on Michelin CCs and am running a 4x4 on Bridgestone Evos, anecdotally, I totally agree with these results, the CCs were amazing on the snow and fine everywhere else. The Bridgestone isn't great in the snow but feels better in the dry and wet. Having said that, I've used a pair of Bridgestone's which have seen no snow. Good old UK weather.
Great video. There is one important area which wasn't tested: wear. Based on other 3rd party testing as far as I can tell Hankooks all season tires are known for average wear at best, whereas the Crossclimates are usually great in this area. This is not only important because the tires can last longer, but also because performance usually drops with wear, especially in snow and wet. It would be nice to see a matchup between Hankook Kinergy 4s2 and the CC2 with, lets say, a 30.000 km of wear. I am almost certain the CC2 would have an advantage.
This 30000 km wear comparison would be great to see. In my country the Michelin CC2 is 30% more expensive than Kinergy 4s2, so the rubber life and the tread life would need to be 30% better to make sense getting the CC2.
I have a 2005 Acura RSX Type S (with A-Spec) and am planning to replace it's original tires after 110K+ miles, so thank-you for the test results. Growing up, our family had a 64 Monza convertible (110 / 4sp), later on I had a 66 Corsa convertible (140 / 4sp). My Mom worked at a tire store and was given a free set of Michelin radials, it was funny seeing mechanics shake their heads when my five foot and a bit mom tried to tell them the tires weren't flat. ;-D
I've had the Michelin CC2 since it's win last year. Although my usage is mild climate (southern UK), I have been hugely pleased with them. They have worked great on VERY hot and fairly cold roads, resisted aquaplaning to an amazing degree and given predictable and grippy handling in all conditions (apart from snow - not tested). I struggle to find any negatives with them but I guess we could say the tread level you get for the price. I'd buy again but would also take a hard look at those Hankooks!
I got them last year too, went out of my way to test them in snow and they didn’t disappoint, still got around 7mm tread so great shape for this coming winter
The CC2 may have a fraction less tread depth when new but I am finding them extremely long-lasting none the less. How Michelin do this, I have no idea, given their excellent cold weather grip.
I've recently picked up at complete set of CC2 an I'm certainly not disappointed in my daily commuting. I do find it hard to believe that they're not decent on wet roads. Although I'd be intrigued to know the difference between these an the hankooks.
Good to see the GY Vector back up the ranks. Bought them 2 years ago after they won the 1st test they were in had them in all conditions from deep snow to 35 degrees to torrential rain with both gentle and hard driving. Do it all without complaint and never give a nasty surprise. Also done 15k on the front and only lost 2mm...will be swapping this week to get the rears on the front. Should last more than 40k miles at this rate even if I get rid at 3mm to keep winter performance.
@@gx4548 at 2.5 not really seeing any. However car is in regular use doing about 11-12k a year. Previous car had GY Vector 4 seasons gen 2 and they did age surprisingly quickly, not sure if the gen 3 is different or whether it's just all the standing round that car did (apparently it hardens up the the walls making them more prone to cracking). A relative did have the Michelin CC+ at one point and that aged like milk so hopefully they've fixed the later ones as after 4 years it looked like something you'd see dangling off the the front of trawler.
After continually looking at the Michelin CrossClimate series since shortly after they first came out, I recently put the CC2 on my 2016 Subaru Outback. I live in Massachusetts; but regularly travel to New Hampshire and Maine all year long, so a tire that would give me the traction I need in all types of New England weather was my primary consideration. So far, I've had it on smooth roads, rough roads, wet roads, flooded roads, gravel roads and dirt roads, in a wide variety of dry to wet conditions, and can say, at this point in my personal testing, that it's the best All Season/All Weather tire I've ever had - Of course, pending my experiences in snow, ice & slush over the coming Winter. 😉
hi, do you have very hot days? 86 degrees Fahrenheit and more, how does the tire behave? and at 5 degrees Fahrenheit is the tire stiff? thanks for the reply. from Ukraine
@@V.Blizniykov - We've had some days up in the mid-90s, and I've been up North in NH & ME when the temperatures have been down in the single digits. As far as I'm concerned, the tires perform very well no matter what the temperatures or road conditions are. VERY good for living in New England. 😉
Excellent video. I was looking forward to this to compare it to last year's results. The table with adjustable weights is a brilliant tool. I set it up for my preferences and was very pleased with the resulting ranking (Hankook for me)
I live in Devon and got over 40,000 miles out of a set of Michelin Crossclimate+s on our VW Touran by swapping them front to back each year - and now both our cars in our family are shod with the 2 version. Very happy with their overall value for money.
Another great video and no surprise that the Michelin is again near the top. My only real feedback would be that "all season" is a very broad brush to paint with; I think it would be more accurate to describe these as all-season touring tires. The overwhelming majority of these will be put on non-sporty cars and driven gently. I do find it interesting how the tread designs on these tires all look so similar -- I feel like we don't see this in other tire classes.
Note, some people in heavy snow zones use dedicated winter tires, yet still use all season tires the other seasons, for their well rounded capabilities. So your 'Mild Climate' results could apply to them as well.
I live in the UK and as you say snowfall is rather unpredictable and usually we don't get that much, but from my own experience I have had Michelin Cross Climate on my Volvo V70 and now have Falken Euroall AS210 which I had fitted a few months back, and I must tell you the dry handling of the Falkens is way above the Michelins, I had a lot of understeer with the Michelins but hardly any from the Falkens, drives brilliantly now, the dry grip is phenomenal, plus they are quieter too, rolling resistance doesn't bother me in the slightest, I bought these all season tyres to help with adverse weather conditions not how much money I was going to save on fuel, braking is as good as the Michelin's if not slightly better especially in the dry. Haven't had the opportunity to try them out in winter as yet, but looking forward to see how they handle in the cold & wet conditions that we often get in the UK, and hopefully some snow as well this coming winter, the Mitchelin's were good in the snow, but to date I love the Falkens so the jury is out regarding grip in snowy conditions, but the icing on the cake is that they are considerably cheaper to buy than the Michelin's !
This has come at the perfect time as I am pricing up all seasons to switch to in winter. Being in the Midlands I would have gone CrossClimate 2 without a second thought but as we get less than 7 days a year of snow I am seriously considering the Hankook now for the wet capabilities which it will encounter more of the time. Great video as always!
I highly recommend the hankooks, got them last year and I prefer them in the summer to the previously fitted primacy 3 my car came with and cold weather performance is excellent
I got the Hankook and honestly I enjoy driving in the rain after getting those tires. During dry weather the grip seems like it's too much, but as soon as the roads get wet it just feels right.
@@tyrereviews I was always a fan of Hankook, they provide a great price-performance ratio. So it will be the Hankook 4S, have not seen snow in Frankfurt/Germany for three years now 😄
Just bought a full set of the Hankook tyres as it seemed best for the climate I'll encounter. Thank you for this comprehensive review! Love from Scotland Edit: this was after having been dead set on the crossclimate 2s, before considering the generally milder and rainier climate
@@Helium_Hunter Yeah I've been happy with them so far, but I've not really got much to compare it to since it's my first set of new tyres. I have read online that the CC2 is supposed to be tested down to 2mm whereas the Hankooks haven't been?
I've been using the Hankooks on both our cars and on both my parents cars for years in Central Scotland, they've been great in both the 4S and 4S2 versions and I will continue to use. SMS Tyres in Stirling sell a lot of Hankooks.
I'm coming to the end of three years on Conti 4S contact, (205/60/16), which have been outstanding on my Tourneo Connect, I'm now moving to a +1, 205/55/17, wheel and tyre package with Cross Climate 2. Your reviews have been excellent and helped with my final tyre choices. The Conti's were only let down by the more rounded shoulders raising the wear blocks on outside of the tyre with over 4mm left in the middle, possibly to encourage you to change before the tyre reaches manufacturers recommend 3mm maximum wear limit.
Excellent video. After watching so many of your videos, I find myself looking at what tyres are on cars. It's scary. So many garbage mix and match tyres on all types of vehicle. Landsails adorn jukes, A classes, Fiestas of all ages. No wonder people can't drive properly. In England, my Eagle F1 A6 will be fine. Again, appreciate the effort you put in. Everyone should watch your videos and the roads would be much much safer.
Agree, and something I'd like to see in all tire comparisons. Most of the debate within tire types is, to some degree, splitting hair a bit. I'd rather see what pro cons I'm getting in an all-weather vs. all-season vs. winter tire. If you're in a dry climate for example, it seems there's little benefit to a a winter tire even in cold temps. Though it's definitely true that all-weather tires vary the most in wet conditions (perhaps because some are basically winter tires, and others are just grippy all-seasons).
Bought the GY vector AS g3. Jaguar S-type. This car needs UHP tyres otherwise it gets all numb. But these GY was great as they provide great feel through steering and seat. Grip is very good both front and rear and steering is quick and the big car turns in very quick as Jaguars do) and although they might lose out edge in extreme driving to Assymetric F1 they are sweet tyres. And fun. Just a quick first impression after 200 km driving.
It'd be interesting to know the wet test temperature. In the UK really the big difference I have found is that all season tyres tend to perform better in a big way in the wet below 8 celsius. In the UK a lot of the year is wet and below 8 celsius :) The Uniroyal RainExpert 5 or RainSport 5 tyres seem to be a stand out summer wet tyre that can also handle low temps. Dunno if you can manage comparing all season tyres to the uniroyals in the wet but perhaps an idea for next years test?
RUclips only allows one thumb to up - this is worth lots of thumbs! Distinction between "conditions of use" provides excellellent consumer advice and is missed in EVERY other test - be it written oder broadcast.
I was really hoping to see Nexen tire on this test beacause its one of cheaper brands and VW puts them from factory on Golf and Polo. Anyway, great job!
Man you are awesome! Aside from the great testing as always, you also actually picked up the remark on the pronounciation of the name Vredestein. Keep being you!
Great job with the test, but I really miss one test I find very important: wear/reliability factor. I mention that because I've bought Hankooks few years ago, and those tyres were among the best tyres I ever used... but only during first season. The tread was still great, they were looking fine, but they've lost like half of the grip. I was under the impression that copound got harder. So it is possible, that some manufacturers make products that are awesome in the tests brand new, but in reality they loose all theattributes pretty fast. And most of us will not use their tyres for one season only...
I live in Northern B.C. Canada and I use all weather nokian WRG3's and switch over to nokian hakka 8's (studded) once there's ice buildup. It allows me to wait until after the winter rush and then I can take my studs off before the spring rush I swear by these two tires, they're fantastic
Based on your test a couple of years ago i got the hankooks for my car in this exact size. Would rather have grip vs low rolling resistance. They inspire confidence in the wet, are more comfortable than gy asy3 summers they replaced, and feel like a summer tyre in the dry. Great all rounders.
The problem comparing new tyres with old tyres is that people forget what the tyres were like brand new and are more often than not comparing the qualities of worn tyres with the qualities of new tyres.
@bremCZ that is a good point you raise. But I do think there are inbuilt characteristics of tyres that aren't age dependent in that a 4season tyre vs a summer "sportier" tyre like in my case hankooks kinergy 4s vs gy asy3/5 will always be different in terms of comfort vs outright performance. For me having swapped between winters and summer tyres with my last car I felt the compromise in opting for all season vs swapping and storing the spare set of tyres twice a year was worth it. As I said in my review, imo the hankooks feel like summer tyres most of the year and for how I drive (with my kids and wife mostly) the extra autumn/winter/early spring cold and rain performance and the confidence they give me in all conditions made it right for me.
@@matthewrichards4745 While it seems like it would be right, it isn't. There are plenty of all season tyres that are greater in every aspect to many worn summer tyres. I switched my worn summer tyres out for complete winter in late spring when the temps were still well above freezing and they were still quieter, smoother, and had better wet and dry traction even though they were half worn winter themselves. Brand new, those summer tyres were been better in every aspect.
@bremCZ all fair points you make. I'm only speaking from my own perspective. I'm not a tyre expert nor trying to win an argument. If our discussion helps someone with their decision or our reviews, etc help another owner with navigating the endless options out there then all good from my side 👍🏻
I drive the Hankook for 2 years and over 20,000 miles now. Solid comfort and overall performance is great. Although steering can be a little vague compared to a summer tyre. They are all under 3mm now and developed a loud droning noise at certain speeds so I am tyre shopping again. Would probably buy again of it's the cheapest out of the recommended tyres on this test. Thanks for great content!
Great vid, I only have experience of the continental and Michelin. I’m a bit confused about the good aqua planing performance of the continental, I found it to be pretty horrific when my near side wheels went into deep water and it was such a big issue I changed tyres even though I really liked them. I much prefer the Michelins for aqua planing which make it a clear winner for me. I might have to try the winners of the mild climate group next. It would be great to see a review of the Michelins in snow with different levels of tread.
happy with my cross climate.. I have them for both of my car. On VW Up, the wear is amazing.. 70.000km still 4-5mm left on the thread. On heavier car i30 CW it last to around 50.000km with like 2-3mm left when I changed it with CC+ . Mild winter in NL, almost no snow so this tyre is just suitable for the weather.
@@tyrereviews need to add side way performance on that small car with 165/70/14 on the wet is less than summer tyre (previously Conti Contact2). I noticed if I drive on runabout a bit too fast, then you feel that it starts sliding. Not that it lost grip, but you can feel a bit different. On 205/55/16 is less or unnoticeable. Between these 2 cars, maybe the weight, maybe the wheelbase or simply 2 different tyre size. Further it performs well as expected.
Always lovely to see your all season tests every year 👌🏽 Just shows again that modern all season rubber is bloddy great for 90% of ppl, despite most not even thinking about buying them And also, don't cheap out on tires. In my area, the price diffrence between the tomket and the top 3 tires is like 10-20€ per tire. Now divide that extra cost through 2-3 yrs. You really wanna have iffy handling, unsafe tires for 100€ less cost for the next 2-3 yrs?
@@codincoman9019 i really hesitated for some time whether i should reply to replies like this, cause im fee up with them Yes. Under EXTREME conditions. Yes. Heavy snow, -20°C, ice plates all over the road and a blizzard. No way in hell am i gonna prefer all season tires over dedicated winter ones But the thing is: I don't face these situations 😅 central europe(Austria) and doesn't really face heavy winters like that(especially near cities) A winter tires is always gonna perform and risk lives under real conditions. Its worse in the wet, worse in the dry, worse in handling, worse in fuel mileage, worse in noise, worse in braking, worse in tyre wear. A winter tyre excels in WINTER conditions and nothing else. So if ya don't have any real winter, its not the best idea to run with winter tyres You could argue that they make less sense in summer. Yet they also perform surprisingly good. Again, if ya face 40°C weather, dry ass asphalt and drive like a maniac, a summer tyre makes way more sense. But if not...statistically you are gonna be fine. Prbly makes more diffrence that ya react faster/better to changing road conditions
Been rolling Michelin CC2 in my Audi e-tron for a year in Canada. Excellent tire in any condition, but you do notice on an EV that driving range does take a hit by around ~15% loss.
Great video with great info as always! Based on your previous reviews, I already bought the CrossClimate 2 and felt in love with it. As a sugestion, could you prepare and add the same kind of tests but with some used tyres? Let's say around 50% wear. This way we can see if performance remains the same over the years of use
I have a test with some of these worn coming, however there is a big cost with wearing tyres, to do all of these it would cost over 100,000 euros so sadly it's something a a little out of my budget to do properly.
I also moved to the CrossClimate 2 based on his review having previously ran separate summers/winters. From my experience of those I was pleased to see my wife's NX300h had the CrossClimate SUV fitted when we purchased a used example as I wanted to move away from the summer/winter swap on her vehicle too. Given this review I would have replaced those with the Hankook but they are not available in the 235/55R18 size. Neither is the new CrossClimate 2 SUV. I find this frustrating/confusing. It has what assumed to be an unexceptional tyre size.
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@@krissklein oooo thank you
Thank you so much for your incredible work. 2 years ago I bought the Goodyear Vector tires. Now, 30.000 km later they're still ok.
The performance is very good and you always can feel when the tire is about to lose grip. I just wanted to know whether there was a new better tire in the meantime. Living in south Germany with some snow I'll take them again.
Thank you so much again. I simply don't have the time to search a good model. Your test has both, a large number of tires and multiple conditions on the same car. Your scoring is transparent and blind tested.
@@Stefan50326 That's some good wear! Glad you're enjoying them, get a review on the site sometime :)
I have a VW Golf mk7.5 GTD and live in South UK. I cover around 20,000 miles a year and after some good tyres. I'm after some advice on which would be a good tyres? Would a summer tyre be good or all season? I've always liked Michelin tyres but open to ideas. Many thanks
Tyre size is 225/40/18
Very informative, and interesting. A couple of things I kept in mind during your results and recommendations:
1) Grip versus rolling resistance, there's no way to have the best of both because they oppose each other. Like so many tyre characteristics, it's a trade-off.
2) When you mentioned that for some areas snow may be the exception, I think it is also important to consider what other conditions may be rare too. For example for me, after snow, warm and dry conditions are the next rarest, so while I don't need a snow biased tyre, I also don't need a summer biased tyre either. With an average of 200 days of rainfall per year (55%) and 100 days (27%) of overcast or cold weather (so while it's not actually raining, the road surface doesn't really dry out either), warm, dry, summery conditions are almost as rare as snow.
I found the adjustable score weighting feature on your website to be brilliant for accounting for this, and as testament to your "mild" weighted test in this video, the top three tyres you recommended were exactly the same as the top three given in the results on the website, after being adjusted for wet biased conditions.
Top stuff, keep them coming.
Glad you enjoyed the score adjusting, I'm glad it's being used!
Summer tyres perform better in the wet than all weather tyres unless it's below 7 degree average. For the UK that 7 degree average only lasts about 4 months if the year. So summers make a lot of sense still in the UK for a lot of the year.
@@DrNitin14 I have that doubt in central Italy where I live, only that cold for 3 months...almost 1/2 days of snow
@@DrNitin14 nope please don't listen to this guy
@@Uno_Floydd it's literally what the data shows. From this very channel.
The best review of tires I’ve ever watched on RUclips. Well done sir. I bought the CrossClimate 2 a few months ago because I saw the tread pattern on someone else’s vehicle and I was blown away honestly. I had never seen a tread pattern quite like it. I live in Canada and winter is real. The fact that the tires won your test in the balanced category and that the tires are better than half the winter tires you’ve tested, validates that I choose pretty solid tires for my 17’ Honda Civic EXT to be on the rims all year long. The OEM Firestone tires were horrible in all weather conditions, including dry pavement. I’ve noticed like you have tested, that the CrossClimate 2’s are the best all season tire/all weather tire that money can buy.
Lol! Never seen a tread pattern like it?
Did you look at the tires in this test?
Everyone is copying it already.
I bought Crossclimate 2s in November because of this channel.
They are incredible tires in the snow. I am very happy with them.
:D
Having gone on the whole journey from CrossClimate through CrossClimate Plus to CrossClimate 2 on three different cars over the last few years I'm still extremely happy with this family of tyres. Before that I always used to have separate sets full winter tyres and now I really don't need that. While heavy snow has been fairly infrequent I often have to tackle work trips as far as northern Scotland at short notice so I am happy being slightly over-provisioned for snow. Wear has been good too.
Glad you're getting on with them, it's a really excellent range of tyres
They simply spank it when you look at total ownership cost they do good high miles and all gear round are just consistent. The noise is easy to get used to as well.
@@TheKingpleb I agree, while you pay up front they are good value over time. Mine haven't been noisy at all really, on my ancient BMW 530i, decade-old Prius and newish 2.0 Corolla hybrid on 225/45 R17 where they are quieter than the OEM Falkens (which I didn't like much at all)
@@harryspeakup8452 Tires are one of those things that you just should not cheap out on. Every single handling characteristic is ultimately limited by the tires. Paying (random number here) 30% more on tires is cheaper than having tires under-perform and get you in a wreck.
Hi Harry, I have now a worn set of CC+ , do you feel that new CC2 have a less "summer tyre," feeling as per this review?
I can't believe, last night I searched best all season 2022 in your channel. What a timing and thank you for absolute best quality content.
I hope it was useful :)
Viewed this great tire review video 07/23 and straight bought the Hangkook kinergy 4s2 245/18“.
After 30tkm, passing every day a 1500m mountain on a highway to work, going to ski every weekend in wintertime, I can highly suggest this tire and confirm the excellent heavy rain behaviour. It becomes the standard for all of our cars in the family. 5mm profile is remaining.
Fantastic test and work, thank you.
For mild climates, Hankook Kinergy 4S2 is the best. Wet is always more difficult than dry. Snow is rare and thus Hankook is the best.
Amazing test. The best i've ever seen on tires! Thank you for your work, you are making science out there an helping thousands of people
I use Goodyear V4-G3 on my Focus 2021 and I'm really happy how these tires perform on all types of weather: hot like hell, wet and winter. And these tires last pretty good, no visible wear after 35k km done in one year and ten months since I got them.
35k and no wear showing, that's amazing!
@@tyrereviews I have 89 000 km on G2 (previous edition) and they still have around 50% thread left. Moved front to back tires only once at 60 000 km. Very impressed with durability and overall traction, used in absolutely all possible conditions, from dry, wet, snow, ice and mild rocks.
225/45/R17 on a hybrid.
My tyres are all that is between me staying in control of my car and losing it, regardless of speed and the surface conditions. I was a Honda Civic/Conti-man for decades but when I bought my Citroen C3 series2 (for wife's ease of access/egress) I discovered this car to be a trifle "skippy" when cornering on several road surfaces; possibly due to it's relatively light weight and suspension set up. By chance I came across one of your tyre tests three or more years ago and changed over to Goodyear Vector 4. Wow! what a difference they made to the handling and stability control of my C3. It now goes where I want it to and when I want it to. Surface water gets demolished: these tyres just bite into the tarmac, shedding all that aquaplaning hazardous material away from my chosen line of travel. These are epic, dependable and potentially life saving tyres and have a very low rolling resistance too. They are worth the extra money every day and every mile. My life depends on them as does my wifes too & any one else in my proximity. Remember, always anticipate: avoid reaction!
The Kinergy 4S2 is a great tire, it may not last as long as some others, but it has been excellent in rain and snow.
Hi, how many miles can you do with it
Thanks
@@starfuker on an EV, probably only 40,000 miles
@@phatgringo2.0 that is ok for allseason tyre..thx
I'm in Chicago and I appreciate the winter focused performance of the CrossClimate 2.
Ha "sporgy handling" is a great description for the Falkens that came OEM on my VW. Very sharp and sporty just off-center for an all-season but then they have this spongy/balooney give to them that makes it feel kinda floatey under sustained cornering.
Yay, it's not just me!
I live at the northern tip of Derbyshire.
We don't have snow as frequently as we used to but, given that most of the roads are on inclines to some degree, I am happy to remain faithful to the Michelin CrossClimate.
The street where I live is the steepest residential road in our town, yet I could still get to the top in snow and ice from a standing start.
Sounds like you've got a good choice :)
Love these tests! Can you throwing in the top 1 or 3 AS tires in the winter tire tests to show how much of a difference they really are.
I usually do, and there's plenty of tests on www.tyrereviews.com with that in. This year I tried something different, I tested 10 sets of winter tyres in the same size at the same time thinking we could get a really big comparison but it didn't quite go as planned. I'll make another video on this soon :)
@@tyrereviews ah man, sorry to hear that. Looking forward to the video!
Just ordered some Goodyear 4season gen 3 for a fiat panda, reckon it will be the fastest thing on the road if we get some snow ever in the uk. Thanks for the review and particularly the mild climate rating.
I love the CC2. If it matches its predecessor in terms of durability (3mm of tread left after 70.000km in my case), there is really no negative arguments against the tyre.
How much wet+snow u get in ur region? And what's ur driving style?
In Serbia it is illegal in winter to drive on tyres that have under 4mm threads. >:(
It doesn't according to other tests.
@@clark5583 Western Germany. We don't have that much snow in this region, but the winter can be quite rainy. My driving style is rather smooth and relaxed. The usual driving route is a good mix of city and highway driving.
@@DashCamSerbia The legal limit here is 1.6mm tread depth, but 4mm is recommended. But since this year was very dry, I changed the tires only towards the fall.
I had a set of the original Michelin CCs for 7+ years. I replaced them once again with a set of CC2s. Great tire. I highly recommend that you pull the trigger and give it a go in case you are in doubt.
Needless to say, I do not promote having the same set of tires for too long. Follow the instructions of the tire manufacturer and have your tires inspected by a specialist once in a while.
Thanks for another great video test! I use Good Year Vector 4seasons Gen-3 and i have to say I never had better tyres! I used to have Bridgestone turanza only, loved them, but they were struggling on these few days of snow and ice in Northern Ireland. But now I can see also huge difference on wet roads now, far better performance. And they did good during hot days, so definitely gonna be loyal user for few years.
Just ordered a set myself. Being fitted this weekend. Glad your experience is positive.
My daughter, son in law and myself all have the CC2s.
The son in law has had them for a year in Wisconsin (USA) winters and before I bought mine, I asked him how they performed in the snow, he replied fine, but he was amazed at the performance in the wet.
That said we all own AWD Subarus, so there's that.
As a driver that has a history of using winter and summer tyres on performance cars for many years, I actually went for the Michelin crossclimate 2 on my Golf for all season usage. I expected the summer performance on a Golf 1.4 tsi to be more then adequate. However I was completely surprised at how capable they were in the winter. Even in snow/slush and ice. I would say they gave me as much confidence in cold weather driving as my previous Nokian Full winter tyres. I am that impressed with the winter performance, I actually have these on my winter wheel set up for my X4M Comp. Obviously I will not be using them as "all season" on the X4M. But I am more than confident using these on the BMW for the winter. If anything the Nokians were a bit spongy in warmer winter climates, where as I do not get this feeling with the crossclimate 2s. I have been a big advocate for alternating winter and summer tyres for years to get the best of both worlds and not to sacrifice performance by using all season across the seasons. However, now I personally think the Michelin crossclimate 2 is perfect for the UK climate all year around on the "average" family car. However I will still be putting my Michelin PS4s on the X4M in the summer, for as good as the crossclimate 2 are in the winter, I wouldn't recommend them on any "performance" car for summer use. Fantastic review as always 👌👍
I like to use the CC2 as a winter tyre for places like the uk
I just purchased my first brand new car -2023 Subaru Outback, and in my irrational exuberance, decided to replace the OE Yokohama AVID GT tires with the Cross Climate 2. I've lusted after this tire for years after watching your videos and can't wait to have them installed. Thank you for your great work!
One of the best RUclipsrs for car lovers. Great job man
Appreciated
I had the Michelin CrossClimate 2 installed on my son’s Toyota Camry (we are in southwest Ohio, USA) and it’s been a great tire in the mild snow and rain. It’s quiet, too. Well worth the money!
Great to hear!
Thanks for the great review! I got the Crossclimate 2 for my Ford Focus in the spring. Generally, I am very satisfied with the tire. What I love: great comfort and silence, for a family car, this is great. I also like dry handling, it does feel similar to a standard summer tyre, with quite accurate steering. The only thing that leaves we wondering is wet grip. I am not even talking about handling but just grip. My 1.6t petrol car spins its front wheels pretty easily on wet roads. I didn't expect that, as my previous pilot sport 4 never skipped a beat. I have yet to test the tires in winter, but according to this test, I should be good.
PS4 is the clue here. If you had been on an ordinary touring / economy tyre rather than a PS4 you would not have found a difference in wet traction
@@harryspeakup8452 to be honest, I used Hankook kinergy eco and they had great grip too, and that is an eco tyre.
As in this test, the CC2 isn't the very strongest in the wet at the moment, but it's not too far off
Around 90.000km in two different generation Hyundai i30 using the Hankooks and in love with them. Great Tyre all over the Year driving around Munich-Italia-Zürich-Lisbon-Wien. One of them was sold after 65.000km still with 2.8/6mm Profile. I will never drive with Sommer/Winter tyres again,,,Hankook from now
Just fitted the Hankook on my 1999 Chevy Camaro. The car is primarily used for Sunday drives and vacation trips, but also needs to get me to and from work if my wife needs our daily driver. Therefore I wanted a tire that never leaves me stranded and from what I‘ve seen so far I’m very satisfied with my choice.
Awesome!! I just bought the Hankook RH06 Ventus ST’s for my Ford F150. Hopefully I made the right choice. Cheers from the West Coast USA!! 🤙🏽
I've been researching on winter tires for GR Corolla since it was revealed last March. And at this point, I've almost concluded I will get the CrossClimate2 in the stock size 235/40R18. But if anyone has second opinion, I'd appreciate the input.
I live in SE Michigan. While it snows here, they plow very well. So, the roads are mostly very cold pavements except in the thawing weeks in March. But because I go to XC skiing north in weekends, snow performance is still important. For these reasons, I've been using performance winter tires like PA3 and LM001. They usually lasted about 20k mi for me. But one caveat is I go to mountain biking to south in Thanksgiving and Christmas logging approx. 4k mi on winter tires. I believe these trips shortened the life of the tires. And I think the CrossClimate2 would serve better for the usages like mine and am hoping it lasts longer. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Have you chosen Michelin? Or any other brand? I am currently looking for a all season tire that longer lasting.
@@gx4548 Yes, I picked the CrossClimate 2. It works very well on the cold surface below 32F. It's good on the snow but not the level of the PA3 and the LM001 I used in the past. And I've run the CC2 only for a month now. So, I can't tell about the longevity. But I hear the CC2 is not as long lasting as the usual all-seasons but on par with the other all-weathers.
I recently bought CrossClimate 2's for my car, they're great for Belgian summer weather, even during the heat wave they were good! Can't wait to see how they perform this winter. Bring on some snow!!
They're so good in the snow you'll be very happy
Thanks for the good review. I have CC2 on my Tesla Model 3 here in New Hampshire and they work great. Just ordered them for my wife's Outback as well since her OEM tires only made it 35k miles. Love that good snow performance!
When I cross-reference this tire review with the newer Winter tire review video I found when combining both tests results that was done one day after another with the same size tires: In cold temperature the Michelin CrossClimate2 is the fastest in snow handling that has the best grip in snow, best in snow breaking in All-Weather category but mid pack with both group, mid pack on wet handling, wet breaking, straight aquaplaning, dry handling and above average in dry breaking and top three on rolling resistance. Beside the need to break earlier in snow to match the winter tire breaking performance, everything else sense to do just as well as a dedicated winter tire! Nice! Would still like to see the comparisons between the Micheline X-Ice Snow vs Micheline CrossClimate2 though.😉
One word of warning, the snow testing was done on different days and we had quite a lot of temperature change which changed grip quite a lot. I'll make a video about it soon!
@@tyrereviews what had changed in weather between the two days? Which day was colder?
Thanks for the video, just bought a set of Michelins after watching this and putting in my own test wheighting on the website. Glad to hear its better in the snow now.
I don’t even want all seasons but I still love these videos
:D
After much resurch and lasts year's CC2 win I picked up a set for my all wheel drive suv,a week later on to a road trip to MN and Wl.Most of the trip out and back we're on dry roads.what a pleasant drive quiet tires handled well full loaded.
Coming home we ran into a very early snow storm in the U.P. of Mi.round one of the storm was 14 in ches of snow .It was the most effortless snow trip I've ever been on during decades of living in MN and Mi.As long as I could seei could keep moving with out the white knuckle syndrome.we managed to get home before round 2 the next day of 18 more inches .Our last 150 miles was heavy rain only .
We were going down a hill and at the bottom the was a lot of deep water the SUV hit it and slowed down from the water but never did the CC2 tires come off the road at 55 mph .That alone with the ice and snow we met makes my choice even more reassuring.
Did a millage check after fill-ups for the 1700 mile trip , loaded up to 75 mph at times ,lost 2 mpg ,not bad.car calls for 35 psi I ran them at 37psi.
The only down side was if you drive on wet dirt they will fling mud .Small price to pay .We think these are the best tires we have ever had period!!!
I took this guys advice. He was spot on with the CrossClimate 2 last year. The CC2 offer great confidence on the road, even when conditions are bad. They’re as good as many dedicated winter tyres and unless you’re driving on snow all the time, the CC2 are great all around tyre.
Glad you're liking them :)
@@tyrereviews Yeah Mate, loving them.
Just got some crossclimate 2's for my winter wheels to put on my Tesla model 3. The decision was easy for me as I've previously used the original Crossclimates on my previous car and wife's car which were brilliant in the snow
Thank you for your continued high quality content. After your tests I switched to using a summer tyre for the warm seasons, and the Hankook Kinergy as a winter tyre even though it's an all season, as I live in Italy where it rarely snows.
I've been waiting for this test for weeks and now you've uploaded it exactly the moment i've got to leave for work. ;)
haha sorry!
Absolutely love your channel. Thank you for the tests! Because of you I went with the Hankook Kinergy 4S2 last year and I've been super happy with them! Living in NE Europe with loads of rain, snow and a couple of months of +25C weather the tyre has been amazing for every day use while still having a pretty good price. Thank you for your work! :)
Glad you like them! Get a review on www.tyrereviews.com sometime :D
Hi, I'm also going to choose Hankook, how is the wear? How many kilometers have you done so far and how many kilometers do you think they can last, thanks a lot.
@@JosePerez-gf3ps Hi! Very hard to say, I haven’t checked the thread recently. Lost my drivers licence for speeding (I know, stupid), so the car is now parked away for 6 months. But, tbh, I don’t worry about wear that much, I’m ok to buy a new set every other year.
Super interesting test. Thank you. I must say though: Michelin, if you're reading -- ignore last minute or so from jonathan. Where I am in the world, the CrossClimate2 snow performance is weighted perfectly. Keep it up!
Top class video as always, shoutout to the adjustable score weighting!
My only wish for these tests is to perform at least breaking if not handling in below freezing temperatures on tarmac without snow, preferably with some early morning frost on it. That's a very common condition during the winter where I live and I never see any tests on that.
Early morning frost testing would be so good, if you can think of a way to get the surface consistent for the 5 hours we need to do braking and handling let me know!
@@tyrereviews You did a temperature test a while ago in a special venue. Isn't it possible to use that? I don't know what possibilities they offer.
@@Fred_P it is but I don't have the 50k+ needed for a few days use sadly
@@tire_reviews Understandable, thanks for responding.
Could you do a frost braking with a wide frozen runway with multiple drivers/ cars so you all do an emergency stop together at the same time and compare the results? That would keeps some of the consistency such as temperature?
We LOVE Michelin Cross Climate tires on both our Outback and our Forester.
It excellent on all road conditions, even snow.
We live in the mountains in north central WA state and get 5-6 feet of snow every winter.
We have to plow and maintain our private road.
We also live 5 miles from town so after a heavy snow storm, it’s nice having the confidence that the Cross Climate tires will get us into town or the city, 30 miles away.
Why is no one raving about the Hankook Kinergy 4S2? They’re almost 25% cheaper than Michelins and do EVERYTHING great.
My tire dealer told me to get the CC2 due to it is fully tested down to 2mm even in snow for the owner to get extra life out of them while the Hankook is great but poor on fuel efficiency and faster in waring out their treads so the 25% saving evens out at the end.
the wear is certainly a questionmark of the hankook
@@Jeo-What I read about tire wear on tirerack. We'll see, I've only put 5k miles on them since January... So far so good but that is not a lot of miles
@@tyrereviews yes, especially how quickly the speed dropped after the first warm up lap.
Choose Goodyear Vector gen3 there 20 euro cheaper than cc2 plus the wear is better
Thanks for test. Michelin cross climate+
Aquaplaning understeer cross climate + that's a disadvantage! , snow traction best . steer cornering snow best , dry road braking test best rain good cornering good .
Great video, highly informative. Bought a CC2 last year for our family car and it outperformed the winter tyres on my other car (in the snow).
Would have loved to have seen a winter and summer reference tyre, for their respective categories, just to get an idea of how far these allrounders are off the specialists.
Really looking forward to your winter tyre test, not because I need new winter tyres, but because I really enjoy your analysis of the differences in tyres and really love the way you combine hard data with subjective impressions.
Cheers
I usually included reference summer and winter tyres, and there's plenty of tests on www.tyrereviews.com with that in. This year I tried something different, I tested 10 sets of winter tyres in the same size at the same time thinking we could get a really big comparison but it didn't quite go as planned. I'll make another video on this soon :)
Still running my crossclimates for a few years ago (very low wear due to limited milage 2019-2022). Very happy as long as I take care in the summer, The UK heatwave reminded me they not a summer tyre .....
I'm quite happy with the Michelin's bias towards snow. Even though I live in the UK I still use them as a winter tyre so there's less emphasis on summer/spring aspects of the All season tyre.
Opted for the Good Year, fitting next weekend. The wet handling did it for me. I'm excited never tried all season tyres, so fingers crossed.
Wow these tests just keep getting better. The usual comprehensive testing packed with information but the innovation of being able to adjust weighting on the web site is icing on the cake. Didn't mention tyre optics this time though. Keep up the good work.🙂
Great review. Had to laugh at the end. "Bring back aspects of the cross climate 1", and I'm quick to say NOOO! I'm over in Canada and well, we get some snow. I love that the CC2 favours the snow. These reviews have been a huge help. I'll be outfitted with CC2's in a few weeks. Thanks!
Surely if you get a lot of snow you should be on winters ;) I say in Salt lake city where I use the CC2 as a winter tyre lol
I've had the Quatrac Pro for 3 years and ~65.000km now (Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, also 225/45R17) and it never let me down. It is nice to see that it isn't that bad over all compared to its newer rivals and really good in the wet. I'll visit your website and check out if it's still the best choice for me (northern Germany, more rain, almost no snow) or if i should give the Hankook a chance. Korean car, korean tires, could be a great team.
65000km from one set?!
@@tyrereviews Yes Sir! :) Most of the time (and my daily commute) i cruise in-town or on country roads at moderate speed. Only a few times in the year "Autobahn", so the tires have a relatively easy job to do.
There is still enough profile left, but they're getting porous now (relevant for the TÜV) and already in the last winter (had two days of snow ;)) i noticed a lack of grip on snow.
@@Timico1000 getting porous? 65000km is really a good number. My Falkens are only with 4mm left after about 4year 50000km, half Autobahn half country road, and my car is not a muscle car either. And it is getting uneven, with louder road noise and slightly unpredictable direction.
@@gx4548 Yes, porous. But my car always sits outside, exposed to the sunlight, i think that makes it worse. I also noticed a slight increase in noise, thats getting annoying. Last week i passed the TÜV, but he noted that i should replace them because of the porosity. Ordered a set of Goodyears last week, get them next week.
Great video!! I was here to hear about the Vredesteins. Really looking at those Hankooks, though. Too bad they don't come in 19"s!
Usual high standard of fair and informative testing which I follow you for. Good work and thanks for the effort you put in 👏🏼
thank you :)
Following a purchase of these based on your excellent reviews, I’ve now had a wet summer and very recently a lot of uk snow. For the benefit of others, thought I’d add a comment on my experience. As it was the uk the snow was initially very wet and whilst like that I found they allowed more spin that a winter tyre but that’s to be expected. In heavy wet snow in lane 2 they quickly got overwhelmed and i had to retreat so whilst far better than summers, I then knew they weren’t a patch on my previous full winters….until the temp went below freezing. In -1 to -8 the snow crisped up and was hard packed or ice below. The tyres then became amazing and I regained confidence with them. So they are amazing but so far only if the temps are low and the snow isn’t wet/slushy. Hope that helps someone!
Michelin will not import CC2 to Australia. We use All Season on Mercedes GLC to reduce tyre judder, crabbing from front left tyres (due to RHD market), and MB solution was all season run flats, Eagle - Looks like I might see if Hankook have a tyre - open to suggestions with run flats or self seal as MB do not provide an emergency spare in boot/trunk !! Thanks, great reviews.
Thanks again for doing this best 10 All Season/All Weather tires again this year. It is very impressive that the tire with the lowest tread depth (CrossClimate 2), hardest (V-rated) and lightest does the best in snow! I have driven the CrossClimate 2 for eighteen month, 28,000mile/45,000Km from 95F(35C) to 031F(-35C) on dry, wet, slush, icy, heavy freezing rain with 50mile/80Km gusting wind, 2/3ft of unplowed heavy snow/wet snow roads and a 10 hours straight of heavy downpour on highway and windy mountain pothole roads in Canada on a FWD HEV and they are wonderful when driven responsibly. It works so well that I don't even bother putting on the one season 4 months used Micheline X-Ice Xi3. I like them so much, once Micheline released the size for my 19 years young Toyota Sienna 8 seater I replaced the 5 years old (60% tread left) Conti TrueContact & 10 years old Micheline X-Ice Xi2 (consider over the expiry date) with theses tires when they became available. 5 years / 60,000mils (100,000Km) from now I will be looking forward to buy the CrossClimate 3 with all the money I have saved from not have to pay for tire swapping cost on both vehicles (always get free tire rotations when doing the break service😉).
They really are a mega impressive tyre! I have them on my wifes SUV
@@tyrereviews I do not run high speed laps on my daily commute with all the red lights and stop signs which makes all the fast accelerations irrelevant in real life commuting; however, stopping, handling and traction is what me and the pedestrians (including babies) needs the most especially during snowy condition. No more wondering if I had change the snow tires too early or too late and what if snow comes back at early spring (which it always do). Just drive! Thanks again for your reviews that helps people like me to make a safer driving world.
I've shown Bridgestone A005 EVO on my channel how fast they wear out. Very fast. After 20,000 km they can only be thrown away. So this is what tests don't show, that is, how long they all will last. I also showed CrossClimate but the C version, that is, strenghtened for cargo vans. After 125,000km !!! they sill look like new.
You're not wrong, nearly all tests on the website that do wear show this. Sadly, as I don't test wear for all the tyres I can't include it for some of the tyres that have been tested by other people. I'm working on this in the future.
I have to say hankook is the absolute winner, it may be drink a slight bit more gas than other tires , but it's probably negligible.
I had 205/45 Hankook evo 2 then now I have 195/50 hankook 4s , drinks exactly the same.
Also the 4s is lasting more Kms/miles than the Evo 2.
Best tire I ever had , and I felt the safety with heavy rain compared to standard tires.
I'm trying to convince my dad on using them on his car but he wants summer tires only
@@dimmacommunication Hi, do you still have the 4s? And how many km/miles do you think they last?
@@PhDPIMP Yes I still have them, I had the Hankook sport summer tires ( Ventus S1 evo 2 ) and they lasted less than the 4s.
It's a lovely tire , less grippy than s1 evo2 obviously but soft tirewall ( more comfy ) and very good grip in all conditions ( like you saw in the tests ).
@@dimmacommunication thats great to hear! I've heard some rumors that the hankook 4s2 loses it grip after a couple years/20k km and wears pretty quickly but that doesnt seem to be the case to you. Do you mind telling me your tire size? Because that also might have impact on the durability.
@@PhDPIMP The durability of a tire depends 99% on the car , then the manufacturer makes different tire for different sizes.
The 4s 225/45 is way more rigid than mine wich is a 195/50 if I remember correctly .
Either way rigid or not the road behaviour is excellent.
Regarding the lose of grip it's a 4 season tire it's understandable that the last part of the thread should be not used ( like winter tires ).
Had a fwd on Michelin CCs and am running a 4x4 on Bridgestone Evos, anecdotally, I totally agree with these results, the CCs were amazing on the snow and fine everywhere else. The Bridgestone isn't great in the snow but feels better in the dry and wet.
Having said that, I've used a pair of Bridgestone's which have seen no snow. Good old UK weather.
I'm glad we sync up on data :)
Great video.
There is one important area which wasn't tested: wear. Based on other 3rd party testing as far as I can tell Hankooks all season tires are known for average wear at best, whereas the Crossclimates are usually great in this area. This is not only important because the tires can last longer, but also because performance usually drops with wear, especially in snow and wet. It would be nice to see a matchup between Hankook Kinergy 4s2 and the CC2 with, lets say, a 30.000 km of wear. I am almost certain the CC2 would have an advantage.
Looking at the data I agree with you
Michelin typically shows longer treadlife, but the benefit is often significantly hampered by price.
This 30000 km wear comparison would be great to see. In my country the Michelin CC2 is 30% more expensive than Kinergy 4s2, so the rubber life and the tread life would need to be 30% better to make sense getting the CC2.
I have a 2005 Acura RSX Type S (with A-Spec) and am planning to replace it's original tires after 110K+ miles, so thank-you for the test results.
Growing up, our family had a 64 Monza convertible (110 / 4sp), later on I had a 66 Corsa convertible (140 / 4sp).
My Mom worked at a tire store and was given a free set of Michelin radials, it was funny seeing mechanics shake their heads when my five foot and a bit mom tried to tell them the tires weren't flat. ;-D
Nice selection of vehicles there :)
I've had the Michelin CC2 since it's win last year. Although my usage is mild climate (southern UK), I have been hugely pleased with them. They have worked great on VERY hot and fairly cold roads, resisted aquaplaning to an amazing degree and given predictable and grippy handling in all conditions (apart from snow - not tested). I struggle to find any negatives with them but I guess we could say the tread level you get for the price. I'd buy again but would also take a hard look at those Hankooks!
I went from Hankooks to the CC2 and the difference for me was vast. Perhaps the best all season tyre I’ve used. The CC2 really does it all.
I got them last year too, went out of my way to test them in snow and they didn’t disappoint, still got around 7mm tread so great shape for this coming winter
The CC2 may have a fraction less tread depth when new but I am finding them extremely long-lasting none the less. How Michelin do this, I have no idea, given their excellent cold weather grip.
If you have the opportunity to go and find some snow, do it. They're outstanding!
I've recently picked up at complete set of CC2 an I'm certainly not disappointed in my daily commuting. I do find it hard to believe that they're not decent on wet roads. Although I'd be intrigued to know the difference between these an the hankooks.
Great job, we really needed to know this! Keep up the great work!
Thank you!
Good to see the GY Vector back up the ranks.
Bought them 2 years ago after they won the 1st test they were in had them in all conditions from deep snow to 35 degrees to torrential rain with both gentle and hard driving.
Do it all without complaint and never give a nasty surprise. Also done 15k on the front and only lost 2mm...will be swapping this week to get the rears on the front.
Should last more than 40k miles at this rate even if I get rid at 3mm to keep winter performance.
www.tyrereviews.com/submit.htm?match=Goodyear-Vector-4Seasons-Gen-3---Tyre-Reviews-and-Tests :D
May I ask how do they ageing? Have Falken for 3+ years and now they are full of micro cracks. Thinking to change them to Goodyear or Michelin.
@@gx4548 at 2.5 not really seeing any.
However car is in regular use doing about 11-12k a year.
Previous car had GY Vector 4 seasons gen 2 and they did age surprisingly quickly, not sure if the gen 3 is different or whether it's just all the standing round that car did (apparently it hardens up the the walls making them more prone to cracking).
A relative did have the Michelin CC+ at one point and that aged like milk so hopefully they've fixed the later ones as after 4 years it looked like something you'd see dangling off the the front of trawler.
Thank You. I have bought the Hankook 2021!
How do you like the Hankooks?
After continually looking at the Michelin CrossClimate series since shortly after they first came out, I recently put the CC2 on my 2016 Subaru Outback. I live in Massachusetts; but regularly travel to New Hampshire and Maine all year long, so a tire that would give me the traction I need in all types of New England weather was my primary consideration. So far, I've had it on smooth roads, rough roads, wet roads, flooded roads, gravel roads and dirt roads, in a wide variety of dry to wet conditions, and can say, at this point in my personal testing, that it's the best All Season/All Weather tire I've ever had - Of course, pending my experiences in snow, ice & slush over the coming Winter. 😉
I'm itching to get my CC2's on my Legacy in some snow... my OEM tires had be getting passed by RWD's in snow last year!
hi, do you have very hot days? 86 degrees Fahrenheit and more, how does the tire behave? and at 5 degrees Fahrenheit is the tire stiff?
thanks for the reply. from Ukraine
@@V.Blizniykov - We've had some days up in the mid-90s, and I've been up North in NH & ME when the temperatures have been down in the single digits. As far as I'm concerned, the tires perform very well no matter what the temperatures or road conditions are. VERY good for living in New England. 😉
What is good enough for Jonathan, is good enough for me. So I put CC2 on my wife as well. Looking good, good traction, and good in the curves.
Glad you like them :)
Been looking forward to this one!
I hope you enjoyed it!
@@tyrereviews Awesome job as usual!
This was a great review video. So much covered. Everyone looking for this kind of tire needs to watch this.
Excellent video. I was looking forward to this to compare it to last year's results.
The table with adjustable weights is a brilliant tool. I set it up for my preferences and was very pleased with the resulting ranking (Hankook for me)
Glad you like the tool :)
I live in Devon and got over 40,000 miles out of a set of Michelin Crossclimate+s on our VW Touran by swapping them front to back each year - and now both our cars in our family are shod with the 2 version. Very happy with their overall value for money.
Wow that's good mileage!
Another great video and no surprise that the Michelin is again near the top. My only real feedback would be that "all season" is a very broad brush to paint with; I think it would be more accurate to describe these as all-season touring tires. The overwhelming majority of these will be put on non-sporty cars and driven gently. I do find it interesting how the tread designs on these tires all look so similar -- I feel like we don't see this in other tire classes.
Directional certainly has an advantage for their design targets :) And agreed, these are mostly premium touring all season tyres
The best tire reivew channel. Period.
Best and only :D
Note, some people in heavy snow zones use dedicated winter tires, yet still use all season tires the other seasons, for their well rounded capabilities. So your 'Mild Climate' results could apply to them as well.
I live in the UK and as you say snowfall is rather unpredictable and usually we don't get that much, but from my own experience I have had Michelin Cross Climate on my Volvo V70 and now have Falken Euroall AS210 which I had fitted a few months back, and I must tell you the dry handling of the Falkens is way above the Michelins, I had a lot of understeer with the Michelins but hardly any from the Falkens, drives brilliantly now, the dry grip is phenomenal, plus they are quieter too, rolling resistance doesn't bother me in the slightest, I bought these all season tyres to help with adverse weather conditions not how much money I was going to save on fuel, braking is as good as the Michelin's if not slightly better especially in the dry.
Haven't had the opportunity to try them out in winter as yet, but looking forward to see how they handle in the cold & wet conditions that we often get in the UK, and hopefully some snow as well this coming winter, the Mitchelin's were good in the snow, but to date I love the Falkens so the jury is out regarding grip in snowy conditions, but the icing on the cake is that they are considerably cheaper to buy than the Michelin's !
This has come at the perfect time as I am pricing up all seasons to switch to in winter. Being in the Midlands I would have gone CrossClimate 2 without a second thought but as we get less than 7 days a year of snow I am seriously considering the Hankook now for the wet capabilities which it will encounter more of the time. Great video as always!
I highly recommend the hankooks, got them last year and I prefer them in the summer to the previously fitted primacy 3 my car came with and cold weather performance is excellent
I got the Hankook and honestly I enjoy driving in the rain after getting those tires. During dry weather the grip seems like it's too much, but as soon as the roads get wet it just feels right.
I'm planning to buy the Hankook for exactly the same reasons. There are more wet days here than days with snow.
This one was right on time, as i plan to buy a new All Season within next weeks. Great test as always, best tire reviews on YT. Many thanks
Glad to help! What you going to buy?
@@tyrereviews I was always a fan of Hankook, they provide a great price-performance ratio. So it will be the Hankook 4S, have not seen snow in Frankfurt/Germany for three years now 😄
Just bought a full set of the Hankook tyres as it seemed best for the climate I'll encounter. Thank you for this comprehensive review! Love from Scotland
Edit: this was after having been dead set on the crossclimate 2s, before considering the generally milder and rainier climate
I’m in Scotland too and going for the Hankook, how are you finding them?
@@Helium_Hunter Yeah I've been happy with them so far, but I've not really got much to compare it to since it's my first set of new tyres. I have read online that the CC2 is supposed to be tested down to 2mm whereas the Hankooks haven't been?
I've been using the Hankooks on both our cars and on both my parents cars for years in Central Scotland, they've been great in both the 4S and 4S2 versions and I will continue to use. SMS Tyres in Stirling sell a lot of Hankooks.
I'm coming to the end of three years on Conti 4S contact, (205/60/16), which have been outstanding on my Tourneo Connect, I'm now moving to a +1, 205/55/17, wheel and tyre package with Cross Climate 2.
Your reviews have been excellent and helped with my final tyre choices. The Conti's were only let down by the more rounded shoulders raising the wear blocks on outside of the tyre with over 4mm left in the middle, possibly to encourage you to change before the tyre reaches manufacturers recommend 3mm maximum wear limit.
Excellent video.
After watching so many of your videos, I find myself looking at what tyres are on cars. It's scary. So many garbage mix and match tyres on all types of vehicle.
Landsails adorn jukes, A classes, Fiestas of all ages. No wonder people can't drive properly.
In England, my Eagle F1 A6 will be fine.
Again, appreciate the effort you put in. Everyone should watch your videos and the roads would be much much safer.
The a6 is such a lovely tyre!
Oh yes. I see this all the time. High class cars, sporty cars on shit tyres. And not just shit tyres, but shity winter tyres in the summer.
I have the vectors on a caddy van, they see lasting ridiculously well and feel well planted on the winter country roads.
Glad you're liking them :)
I ordered the Hankooks literally a few days ago because they were on sale. PLEASE LET THEM BE GOOD. :D
I guess you're happy now :)
The Michelin's are amazing. I absolutely love them.
Adding a mid range summer and winter tyre to the graph for comparison would be a useful touch to help those debating between the three types
Agree, and something I'd like to see in all tire comparisons. Most of the debate within tire types is, to some degree, splitting hair a bit. I'd rather see what pro cons I'm getting in an all-weather vs. all-season vs. winter tire. If you're in a dry climate for example, it seems there's little benefit to a a winter tire even in cold temps. Though it's definitely true that all-weather tires vary the most in wet conditions (perhaps because some are basically winter tires, and others are just grippy all-seasons).
Bought the GY vector AS g3. Jaguar S-type. This car needs UHP tyres otherwise it gets all numb. But these GY was great as they provide great feel through steering and seat. Grip is very good both front and rear and steering is quick and the big car turns in very quick as Jaguars do) and although they might lose out edge in extreme driving to Assymetric F1 they are sweet tyres. And fun. Just a quick first impression after 200 km driving.
It'd be interesting to know the wet test temperature. In the UK really the big difference I have found is that all season tyres tend to perform better in a big way in the wet below 8 celsius. In the UK a lot of the year is wet and below 8 celsius :) The Uniroyal RainExpert 5 or RainSport 5 tyres seem to be a stand out summer wet tyre that can also handle low temps. Dunno if you can manage comparing all season tyres to the uniroyals in the wet but perhaps an idea for next years test?
RUclips only allows one thumb to up - this is worth lots of thumbs! Distinction between "conditions of use" provides excellellent consumer advice and is missed in EVERY other test - be it written oder broadcast.
Thank you!
I was really hoping to see Nexen tire on this test beacause its one of cheaper brands and VW puts them from factory on Golf and Polo.
Anyway, great job!
I'll try nex year
Nexen tyres are crap.
Man you are awesome! Aside from the great testing as always, you also actually picked up the remark on the pronounciation of the name Vredestein. Keep being you!
Great job with the test, but I really miss one test I find very important: wear/reliability factor. I mention that because I've bought Hankooks few years ago, and those tyres were among the best tyres I ever used... but only during first season. The tread was still great, they were looking fine, but they've lost like half of the grip. I was under the impression that copound got harder. So it is possible, that some manufacturers make products that are awesome in the tests brand new, but in reality they loose all theattributes pretty fast. And most of us will not use their tyres for one season only...
This happens (at least) with the 1st version CrossClimate as well as the CrossClimate SUV; not sure about the latest iteration.
Goodyear seems more long lasting
I live in Northern B.C. Canada and I use all weather nokian WRG3's and switch over to nokian hakka 8's (studded) once there's ice buildup. It allows me to wait until after the winter rush and then I can take my studs off before the spring rush
I swear by these two tires, they're fantastic
Based on your test a couple of years ago i got the hankooks for my car in this exact size. Would rather have grip vs low rolling resistance. They inspire confidence in the wet, are more comfortable than gy asy3 summers they replaced, and feel like a summer tyre in the dry. Great all rounders.
Glad you're liking them, please put a review on www.tyrereviews.com sometime :)
The problem comparing new tyres with old tyres is that people forget what the tyres were like brand new and are more often than not comparing the qualities of worn tyres with the qualities of new tyres.
@bremCZ that is a good point you raise. But I do think there are inbuilt characteristics of tyres that aren't age dependent in that a 4season tyre vs a summer "sportier" tyre like in my case hankooks kinergy 4s vs gy asy3/5 will always be different in terms of comfort vs outright performance. For me having swapped between winters and summer tyres with my last car I felt the compromise in opting for all season vs swapping and storing the spare set of tyres twice a year was worth it. As I said in my review, imo the hankooks feel like summer tyres most of the year and for how I drive (with my kids and wife mostly) the extra autumn/winter/early spring cold and rain performance and the confidence they give me in all conditions made it right for me.
@@matthewrichards4745 While it seems like it would be right, it isn't. There are plenty of all season tyres that are greater in every aspect to many worn summer tyres. I switched my worn summer tyres out for complete winter in late spring when the temps were still well above freezing and they were still quieter, smoother, and had better wet and dry traction even though they were half worn winter themselves.
Brand new, those summer tyres were been better in every aspect.
@bremCZ all fair points you make. I'm only speaking from my own perspective. I'm not a tyre expert nor trying to win an argument. If our discussion helps someone with their decision or our reviews, etc help another owner with navigating the endless options out there then all good from my side 👍🏻
I drive the Hankook for 2 years and over 20,000 miles now. Solid comfort and overall performance is great. Although steering can be a little vague compared to a summer tyre. They are all under 3mm now and developed a loud droning noise at certain speeds so I am tyre shopping again. Would probably buy again of it's the cheapest out of the recommended tyres on this test. Thanks for great content!
Aren't they rated for 60,000 miles? 🤔
@@artemh2357 I never heard of a tyre lasting that long. Usually 20000-25000 max and they are done. Some wear much sooner.
Great vid, I only have experience of the continental and Michelin. I’m a bit confused about the good aqua planing performance of the continental, I found it to be pretty horrific when my near side wheels went into deep water and it was such a big issue I changed tyres even though I really liked them. I much prefer the Michelins for aqua planing which make it a clear winner for me. I might have to try the winners of the mild climate group next. It would be great to see a review of the Michelins in snow with different levels of tread.
I have something coming on that theme :)
happy with my cross climate.. I have them for both of my car. On VW Up, the wear is amazing.. 70.000km still 4-5mm left on the thread. On heavier car i30 CW it last to around 50.000km with like 2-3mm left when I changed it with CC+ . Mild winter in NL, almost no snow so this tyre is just suitable for the weather.
that's amazing mileage!
@@tyrereviews need to add side way performance on that small car with 165/70/14 on the wet is less than summer tyre (previously Conti Contact2). I noticed if I drive on runabout a bit too fast, then you feel that it starts sliding. Not that it lost grip, but you can feel a bit different. On 205/55/16 is less or unnoticeable. Between these 2 cars, maybe the weight, maybe the wheelbase or simply 2 different tyre size. Further it performs well as expected.
Always lovely to see your all season tests every year 👌🏽
Just shows again that modern all season rubber is bloddy great for 90% of ppl, despite most not even thinking about buying them
And also, don't cheap out on tires.
In my area, the price diffrence between the tomket and the top 3 tires is like 10-20€ per tire. Now divide that extra cost through 2-3 yrs. You really wanna have iffy handling, unsafe tires for 100€ less cost for the next 2-3 yrs?
With that little price difference you'd have to be really silly to buy the budgets!
@@codincoman9019 i really hesitated for some time whether i should reply to replies like this, cause im fee up with them
Yes. Under EXTREME conditions. Yes. Heavy snow, -20°C, ice plates all over the road and a blizzard. No way in hell am i gonna prefer all season tires over dedicated winter ones
But the thing is: I don't face these situations 😅 central europe(Austria) and doesn't really face heavy winters like that(especially near cities)
A winter tires is always gonna perform and risk lives under real conditions. Its worse in the wet, worse in the dry, worse in handling, worse in fuel mileage, worse in noise, worse in braking, worse in tyre wear. A winter tyre excels in WINTER conditions and nothing else. So if ya don't have any real winter, its not the best idea to run with winter tyres
You could argue that they make less sense in summer. Yet they also perform surprisingly good. Again, if ya face 40°C weather, dry ass asphalt and drive like a maniac, a summer tyre makes way more sense. But if not...statistically you are gonna be fine. Prbly makes more diffrence that ya react faster/better to changing road conditions
Been rolling Michelin CC2 in my Audi e-tron for a year in Canada. Excellent tire in any condition, but you do notice on an EV that driving range does take a hit by around ~15% loss.
pirelli sf2 on my car for last 2 years. best tire! here only 8th place and few months ago was the 2th.....weird.
I got the Goodyear vector gen-3 in 205/55/R16 and can't wait to put them to use in the German/Polish winter.
Nice, let me know how you find them!
Great video with great info as always! Based on your previous reviews, I already bought the CrossClimate 2 and felt in love with it.
As a sugestion, could you prepare and add the same kind of tests but with some used tyres? Let's say around 50% wear. This way we can see if performance remains the same over the years of use
I have a test with some of these worn coming, however there is a big cost with wearing tyres, to do all of these it would cost over 100,000 euros so sadly it's something a a little out of my budget to do properly.
@@tyrereviews as I wrote in pm message on FB, i can send You worn set of Michelin cross climate 215/50/17
I also moved to the CrossClimate 2 based on his review having previously ran separate summers/winters. From my experience of those I was pleased to see my wife's NX300h had the CrossClimate SUV fitted when we purchased a used example as I wanted to move away from the summer/winter swap on her vehicle too. Given this review I would have replaced those with the Hankook but they are not available in the 235/55R18 size. Neither is the new CrossClimate 2 SUV. I find this frustrating/confusing. It has what assumed to be an unexceptional tyre size.
On the webpage of the michelin cc2 in the footnotes, there are worn tyre results vs competitors. Tests performed by TÜV
@@eazyt84 some good data here too www.tire-reviews.com/Article/Everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-Michelin-CrossClimate-2-SUV.htm (for suv)