Passenger Car All Season Premium Touring Tyres

Buy them as winter tyres for GLK 4matic, driving to mountains with a lot of snow, when turn off stability control, car behave so well, so predictable, so fast on snow road, cutting and curving very nicely. can compare only with old cheap tyres which were on when i bought the car, and it's a big difference! last time i have this good handling in snow was in Iceland with stud tyres. for real, allseason tyres so good at snow. summer handling is of course compromise, but other then than, no minus. even in rainy and pushing it, you can feel and moderate the little sliding on the edge of the grip. very nice and fast. big plus for me is, i can drive it in highways in hot springs and still go to mountains where is still snow. would buy as winter tyre again!

Really impressed with choosing them! I own the car since new (March 2006), it was factory fitted with Dunlop SP Sport 01. Since I replaced them all tires I have tried were balloons (I mean they all had soft side walls, spongy feeling around the straight line & on curves) & I have fitted a lot:<br />
1. Goodyear EfficientGrip<br />
2. Kleber Dynaxer HP 3<br />
3. Kormoran (Don’t remember which one)<br />
4. Pirelli Cinturato AllSeason<br />
5. Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO<br />
6. Bridgestone Turanza T005<br />
All of them with XL (extra load sign) <br />
<br />
The Toyos are really as a tyre should be on that section, gives real information about what your wheels are doing without being too stiff.<br />
They are quiet & their rubber seems to be soft & sticky so far.<br />
They have deep tread & I didn’t noticed any aquaplaning problems. <br />
It’s a little early for final conclusions ( I have less than 1000km experience from them) but for now, I would definitely buy them again

Previously, for nearly a quarter of a century, I used to switch between winter and summer tires; this is my first set of all-season tires. After a very long period of consideration, I decided to choose this tire. It was “competing” for me with the Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-3, the Vredestein Quatrac, and the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3.<br />
<br />
The tires were installed on my car in early October 2024, and since then exactly one and a half years have passed, during which I have driven 15,000 km. Fortunately, the tire is very quiet, which contradicts test results that rate it as particularly noisy.<br />
<br />
The tire performs very well as long as the temperature is above freezing. The only situation where I am not satisfied is on dry roads in high-speed, long corners, where the car does not hold its line well and requires several small steering corrections.<br />
<br />
Below freezing, the tire’s grip starts to deteriorate very quickly; the car often slides disappointingly, and the ESP frequently activates. One morning I had the chance to test it in 20 cm of fresh snow: in such conditions, starting, cornering, and stopping are problematic, but otherwise the tire performs well. LOL. So in true winter conditions, it is very weak and falls far short of a proper winter tire.<br />
<br />
Tire wear so far is almost immeasurable; it is that low.<br />
<br />
Fuel consumption has increased noticeably, by roughly 0.2–0.3 liters per 100 km, compared to the previous winter and summer tires.<br />
<br />
I wouldn’t say it’s a bad tire, but I’m not completely satisfied with it. If I had to buy new all-season tires now, I would wait for the new all-season tire that Goodyear has promised for this year, which will be the successor to the Vector 4Seasons Gen-3, and I would probably choose that one.

I bought these for a second car in the family which doesn't make a lot of km but it has to be ready when needed so an all season tyre seemed like a logical choice. I decided for premiums to be on a safe side as this was my first experience with all season tyres.<br />
<br />
Already in first season I had to drive in heavy snow: they worked, I survived, at the limit they were progressive, no issues. In wet, also very nice, no issues. Comfort is also very good. However, I give them a huge minus for behaving in dry. Already at 15°C they just hate to turn, in curves the car just sits on sidewalls which feel like paper. Tyre pressure checked. Of course nobody expect wonders in this size on a small car, but still, to not feel like I am abusing my car and tyres I have to drive ridiculously slow in corners. Not acceptable for the price. I mean, I could just buy winter tyres instead.

Exactly as the video review stated sporty but spongy. Driving on a hot dry sunny UK day at 22 degrees C. Compared to the Continental contact tyres I drove to the fitting. The new Faulken AS tyres feel like they drag and don’t feel very responsive to handling. Very much like memory foam insoles and trainers, compared to a good running shoe. I think I’d rather feel the road beneath my wheels thanks!

Skoda Octavia 205/55 R16 about 25,000km.<br />
<br />
On dry roads, the tires grip the road well, acceleration, braking, quick changes of direction do everything without problems.<br />
You know exactly what happens under the tires on dry roads.<br />
<br />
On snow, like a good winter tire, while on ice it is difficult to drive, but all tires are like that on ice.<br />
<br />
On wet roads, I have no confidence in the tires, I have the impression that they will slide off the road at any moment, although I drive without problems, but there is no feedback from the tires about what is happening on a wet road.<br />
I had no problems on wet roads, but I don't like that feeling of insecurity.<br />
<br />
The noise above 130km/h increases drastically, but that is because of the V profile of the tires, and in a better car, the tires would probably be less noisy.<br />
<br />
So I drove 25,000km on all surfaces and I had no problems, not once with these tires.

Good tyres, but due to 35 profile horrendous on potholes. Also Rim Protection useless, rims project beyond tyre. Next time would get R18 on new wheels not R19, and 245 vs 235 on originals

Faultless, i got these tyres virtually new when i bought some wheels on ebay. I never would of gone for allseason tyres but will definitely get these again. Paired with the Quattro system i feel really confident on the roads, not been to track.

So these weren't my tires, my fiancée had them on her Honda Odyssey, actually had 2 sets over its lifetime.<br />
<br />
I have driven that vehicle likely 10,000 kms myself so I think I can provide some feedback myself.<br />
<br />
My fiancée shows dogs for a living, as well as grooming and breeding, so, her van was almost always packed under heavy load. The Defender 2s performed excellent. Probably the best all season tire I've ever used, especially in a bigger vehicle and under heavy load. She's literally drove all across Canada and the US with Defender 2s, and there was never a problem. The only slight negative is during heavy downpours, at higher speeds, and say 25° or more in turns/bends, you need to slow down quite a decent amount. But, that's a pretty specific issue. And also, that's IF your under heavier load than normal. It's not like the tire slips, but you can feel that the stopping power isn't as good as it is under even normal wet conditions. Again, that's a VERY specific sort of circumstances, and aside from a tire like the CrossClimate 2, I wouldn't expect any tire to do any better.<br />
<br />
We had a mid tier tire on the Odyssey about a year and a half ago, while we were waiting for our new Defenders to come in, and the differences were pretty crazy, I definitely felt a lot less stable, safe and confident when driving. Even though the Defender 2s aren't really an Ultra Premium Tire, they DO feel like they are on the right vehicle. I haven't driven a lot of SUVs/vans, but the ones I have driven, none of them felt as good as those that didn't have Defenders. Amusingly enough, I didn't know what tires my fiancée had on, but we did a 500 km drive before I thought to look... I said to her, "I don't know what tires you have on, but they feel great to me." I got out, and looked, and wasn't surprised when I saw what they were. Even then, that tire probably had close to 65,000 kms on them... And again, that's under heavy load. So, you'll wesr through tires faster, but it was still going strong.

Replaced Goodyear vector4season gen-2 SUV. A lot better when cornering, excellent dry braking, very detailed feeling. Traveled on snowstorm with motorway covered on slush on 110-120km/h and felt very confident. Also tested on deeper snow without any problems. I don't like a little buzz noise when rolling on bad tarmac. I would like it more comfort. Overall an excellent tyre -better than Goodyear- in a very good price. I think the definition "summerish all season tire" fits perfect