Your car is only as good and as safe as your tires. Often drivers downplay the importance of buying high quality, all-season tires. This increases your risk of low traction on snowy, wet roads. It also leaves you with a high risk of tire blowout which can be dangerous, even fatal. You want to fit your car out with durable, tough tires that go the extra mile in winter, rain and shine alike. Here are our top four picks for the best all-season tires on the market.
Michelin’s Pilot Sport
The Michelin Pilot Sport series boasts a fantastic UTQG rating* and is perfect for sports cars and sedans. These tires give you great traction on both asphalt and concrete even under high-velocity situations. High-density steel belts inside the tire help in treadwear prevention and extends the lifetime of the tire. Besides, they’re tough and durable on city roads and highways and even have a solid off-road performance.
Goodyear Assurance Tripletred
These tires effortlessly carry up to 6,000 lbs, provide you with a three-way tread zone for control and grip and are fuel-efficient too. These are the tires for you if you expect to do a lot of city driving and own a minivan or a sedan. They come with a warranty for up to 80,000 miles and Goodyear even gives you a thirty-day test drive guarantee.
Michelin Defender LTX
A 70,000-mile warranty, perfect traction and performance on wet roads, a high UTQG rating and a maximum load capacity set at over five tons: what more can you ask for? Michelin also throws in MaxTouch, which is a construction method that makes use of a contact patch for improved performance.
Pirelli Zero Nero
For the relatively low price point of these Pirelli Zero Nero tires, you get a perfectly constructed tire that offers good control on off-road areas. They are not as efficient on snowy roads as other tires on our list, but they get a thumbs up for two key reasons. One, the tread compound which uses silica gives high-temperature air pressure control. Two, the built-in noise-canceling mechanics give you a smooth, silent drive and advanced fuel economy.
* Uniform Tire quality grading