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Tucson SEL Plus

Continental ProContact TX Review

The Continental ProContact TX stands out in its class with impressive dry and wet performance, marked by excellent grip, braking, and handling. Moreover, the tire excels in winter conditions, providing reliable traction on ice and snow, despite lacking the 3-Peak Mountain Snowflake certification. Talking about ride comfort, the tire is enhanced by its noise-reducing technology, but some road noise is still present due to the extensive biters (throughout the tread), though you do get great impact performance. Furthermore, its robust design contributes to a long tread life, although the weight of the tire slightly hampers fuel efficiency.

Hyundai Genesis

Goodyear Assurance Maxlife vs Michelin Defender 2

So overall it comes down to what you want. I mean, the Michelin Defender 2 excels in dry performance due to its superior grip and streamlined central ribs, and steering response. In wet conditions, Goodyear's flexible tread outperforms Michelin's stiffer design. And it also helps the tire with snow traction, and overall comfort performance too. Though the Michelin offers better fuel efficiency and noise dampening, along with tread longevity, though both tires offer similar treadwear warranties.

Grand Touring All Season Tires

Best Grand Touring All Season Tires

In this review of grand touring all-season tires, each model excels in areas like handling, winter performance, quietness, and fuel efficiency. This guide is designed to help drivers choose the right tire for their needs, whether for daily drives or varied weather conditions.As the tire market evolves, this list will be updated with new findings and models. Your feedback is important to keep this guide relevant and helpful. Please share your thoughts in the comments and support this work by sharing it on social media. Your engagement and support are highly appreciated in enhancing and continuing this analysis. Thank you!

Benz GLA 250

Nexen N Blue 4 Season Review

Well the Nexen N Blue is pretty great in some parts, but severely lacks in others. In dry environment/set-up, the tire offers decent overall handling, but lacks in directional grip. While the opposite happens on wet roads, where it offers decent braking, but lacks in overall handling and steering responsiveness. In winter conditions, it stands out for its effective snow and ice traction, thanks to its well-designed lugs and siping. Moving towards other variables/performance metrics, the tire does okay in all of them, like offers good enough road noise reduction, tread life and fuel economy, though it can still be improved. This goes especially in terms of its weight. I mean the tire could really benefit with a slightly lighter structure, though it does offer you with superb durability in the grand touring category.

Benz C Class

BF Goodrich Advantage Control vs Goodyear Assurance MaxLife

So we have pretty mixed up results here. In winter conditions, Advantage Control excels on ice, while it's counterpart performs better on snow. For wet traction, BFG has superior siping and softer tread, leading in water expulsion, while Goodyear’s stiffer rubber limits its effectiveness. On highways, BF Goodrich offers better linear grip and cornering, but Assurance Maxlife isn't far behind in mid-corner feedback. And it also offers better tread life, though its not as comfortable in comparison. Moreover, both tires have comparable fuel consumption due to minimal lug deformation.

Mazda

Bridgestone Potenza RE980AS+ vs Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 Plus

In summary, when comparing both boys here, you get very unique results. The Bridgestone Potenza RE980AS+ offers superior dry longitudinal grip due to optimal rubber-to-road contact and less weight, although it lags slightly in handling because of delayed steering response. And although both tires display similar wet grip, the Continental ExtremeContact DWS06 Plus edges ahead, mostly due to it's hydroplaning resistance owing to its efficient water-evacuating grooves. Moreover, the tire also takes the lead in terms of fuel economy as well, though lacks in terms of overall ride comfort. Lastly, when it comes to winter performance, Bridgestone here, offers one of the best results in the category (which is common with both tires).

Equinox LT

Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S Review

So overall, the Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S is a decent overall pick. The tire offers superb dry performance, in terms of traction, but it needs to improve its steering responsiveness. Though that's not the issue when it comes to wet roads, where the tire's ample siping, biters and Adaptive Technology provide it with leading scores (among its direct competitors). And yes, same is the case when it comes to winter traction, where its ice grip is the most notable performance attribute. Comfort-wise, its Whisper Grooves technology minimizes overall noise, (though some growling is still heard). Speaking of comfort, the tire also offers great on-road smoothness as well, with its softer rubber. Other than this, the AT3 4S is also appreciable when it comes to fuel economy, and rolling resistance, thanks to its lighter weight. Though this lighter weight comes at the expense of its compromised durability, which then affects its off-road performance, besides its on-road oriented and less aggressive tread design.

Lexus 350

Dunlop Sport All Season Review

In conclusion, the Dunlop Sport All Season tire presents a mixed performance across various parameters. It although lacks in dry and wet braking, it's overall handling and steering response (in both environments) are doing okay. Though the tire does the opposite in terms of winter performance (where its directional grip is better). Noise comfort is a notable weakness, with the tire producing considerable road noise due to its design, which inadequately manages air particle collision and lacks effective pitch sequencing. However, the tire shines in fuel economy, thanks to its lightweight design and lower rolling resistance. Finally, its tread life is impressive, with a durable compound and design that delays wear, making it a lasting choice despite the absence of a treadwear warranty.

Elantra Hyundai

Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF2 Review

So overall, the Pirelli SF2 comes with a lot of surprises and drawbacks. On dry roads, it offers superior traction and steering responsiveness, thanks to it's well-designed tread and internal architecture. However, in wet conditions, it falls short, particularly in wet lap times due to limited sipe flexibility and a rigid rubber compound. Fuel efficiency and tread life are compromised by its softer, more pliant tread compound, leading to increased rolling resistance and energy loss, although it still manages around 40,000 miles of use. Though this softer rubber allows for superb snow traction (as it contain thermally adaptive polymers). Yet the strongest point of this tire is it's ability to provide/maintain a quieter ride. It's in fact the quietest tires I've ever seen (in its category).

Elantra

Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus vs Continental ExtremeContact DWS06 Plus

Both ultra high-performance all-season tires have unique performance metrics. In terms of dry performance, the Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus edges out with its impressive lateral grip and steering responsiveness. However, when it comes to straight-line grip, the tire lacks to its counterpart. In wet conditions, the flexibility and design of the Continental's sipes and grooves give it a notable advantage, whereas it's interlocking lugs also offer superior winter performance. Comfort-wise, Pirelli's internal construction ensures a smoother ride and its closed shoulder design significantly reduces road noise. And yes, the tire also excels, when it comes to tread life, where it also offers a longer mileage warranty compared to the Continental tire.

Jeep Cherokee Sport

Falken EuroAll Season AS210 Review

In summary, the Falken EuroAll Season AS210 offers a mixed bag of traits across various performance metrics. Its dry performance is compromised by less than optimal longitudinal grip and braking smoothness, partly due to its heavier construction and tread design. Though, it still maintains decent handling capabilities. In wet conditions, it achieves average performance, with excellent hydroplaning resistance but limited sipe effectiveness due to a stiffer rubber composition. And yes this also causes problems for this tire on snowy and icy terrains, though the tire with directional pattern does okay here. Moreover, it's robust tread offers superb tread life, allowing it to reach 50k mile mark easily.

Hyundai Sonata

Pirelli Scorpion AS Plus 3 vs Goodyear Assurance WeatherReady

In comparing both tires, you get to know that they are very different performance wise. So it all comes down to your specific needs. The Pirelli Scorpion AS Plus 3 outperforms in dry conditions and tread longevity, offering enhanced grip and handling. However, in wet and winter conditions, Goodyear's design provides superior traction and handling, making it the top choice for wet terrains and winter drives. Still, when it comes to fuel efficiency and noise generation, Pirelli leads, while Goodyear WeatherReady offers better vibration dampening and ride comfort.

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