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Road rated tire ratings

Our tire ratings are the result of independent, 3rd party, professional testing—providing an objective evaluation to help you find the tires that best suit your driving needs.

Test results at a glance

Here's the quickest, easiest way to compare how our tires perform. Find the type of tire you need. Next, check tire performance when tested under various conditions. While some tires provide better grip on wet roads, others offer excellent fuel economy. Decide what characteristics are most important to you and select your tire based on the scores below. All scores are based on a 100-point scale and are only rated against the other tires in the same category.

Winter Passenger/CUV Tires

Continental

WinterContact SI Plus

Bridgestone

Blizzak WS90

General

Altimax Arctic 12

Motomaster

Winter Edge

Certified

Winter Trek

Ice 96.5 100 89.5 89.7 85.1 86.1
Snow 99.6 95.9 100 96.1 97.7 93.6
Wet 99.2 99.4 95.5 97.7 100 91.1
Dry 96.3 100 94.1 95.8 96.9 97.2
Fuel Economy 100 96.5 99.0 97.1 98.5 97.8
Comfort 94.3 94.3 82.8 100 98.1 100
Road Rated 98.2 98.0 95.2 94.5 94.2 92.0

Winter Truck/SUV Tires

Bridgestone

Blizzak DM-V2

Motomaster

Winter Edge HD

Michelin

X-Ice Snow SUV

Firestone

Winterforce LT

Ice 100 99.5 88.9 82.9
Snow 100 92.3 87.5 72.5
Wet 95.7 94.7 100 92.0
Dry 98.7 99.6 100 97.7
Fuel Economy 92.9 100 93.2 93.2
Comfort 100 100 96.2 83.0
Road Rated 98.6 96.8 91.6 83.5

Passenger All Season

Continental

True Contact Tour

General

Evertrek GT

Yokohama

AvidAscend GT

Motomaster

Hydra Edge

Bridgestone

Turanza QuietTrack

Certified

Alltrek

Michelin

Defender T+H

Wet 100 96.6 97.8 96.5 93.9 91.6 90.9
Dry 95.7 96.1 94.3 97.4 95.7 100 97.2
Fuel Economy 95.3 97.0 98.9 97.2 98.2 100 97.6
Comfort 94.5 100 94.5 96.3 94.5 96.3 96.3
Road Rated 98.1 96.9 96.8 96.7 94.8 94.6 93.4

CUV All Season

Yokohama

Geolandar CV G058

Continental

CrossContact LX25

Motomaster

Hydra Edge Tour

Pirelli

P8 FS SUV

Wet 100 96.9 96.8 95.4
Dry 97.6 98.5 100 99.6
Fuel Economy 99.3 100 96.5 98.7
Comfort 98.2 100 98.2 98.2
Road Rated 99.3 97.9 97.6 96.8

Truck/SUV All Season

General

Grabber HTS60

Michelin

Defender LTX M/S

Firestone

Destination LE3

Motomaster

Total Terain APX

Motomaster

Total Terrain APL (LT)

Wet 99.4 100 97.3 90.7 89.2
Dry 100 96 96.2 99.2 98.3
Fuel Economy 98.8 100 99.7 95.8 94.8
Comfort 100 100 94.6 91.1 92.9
Road Rated 99.5 99.2 97 93 91.9

All Weather Tires

Michelin

CrossClimate 2

General

Altimax 365 AW

Firestone

WeatherGrip

Wet 100 92.9 92.1
Dry 100 95.4 91.9
Fuel Economy 98.2 99.3 100
Comfort 98.2 98.2 91.2
Ice 86.6 83.2 78.1
Snow 91.9 93.5 92.7
Road Rated 92.9 91.2 88.9

Performance tires

Continental

Extreme Contact DWS06+

Michelin

Pilot Sport All Season 4

Cooper

Zeon RS3-G1

Yokohama

Advan Sport A/S+

Wet 100 98.5 92.9 79.6
Dry 100 99.3 98.7 96.9
Fuel Economy 99.0 98.4 99.4 100
Comfort 100 98.2 92.9 95.4
Road Rated 99.9 98.8 95.9 90.2

On/Off Road Tires

Cooper

Discoverer AT3 4S

Motomaster

Eliminator X-Trail AT

Goodyear

Wrangler Duratrac

BFGoodrich

All Terrain T/A K02

Certified

RidgeTrek

Wet 100 99.1 90.7 95.5 89.1
Dry 99.9 100 99.5 96.2 96.8
Fuel Economy 99.1 94.6 100 100 95.9
Comfort 97.9 100 98.1 87.8 88.7
Ice 97.2 100 99.0 100 96.7
Snow 100 96.6 96.4 92.1 93.0
Road Rated 99.2 98.4 96.4 95.7 93.4
Off-Road Wet 100 98.9 86.8 89.4 92.2
Off-Road Dry 99.0 100 97.5 96.9 98.4
Off-Road Rated 99.6 99.3 91.1 92.4 94.7

How we calculate our testing scores

Our Road Rated program is conducted at world-class testing facilities, by professional drivers, experts in tire testing, and third-party auditors.  This ensures a consistent process with objective and unbiased results. We test a representative sample of tires on the market from the larger tire brands for each tire segment, yearly. Our goal is to help you buy with confidence and select the tire that best suits your driving needs.

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Helping you choose the best tire for you

All Road Rated tires are professionally tested for wet and dry surface braking and handling, fuel economy and comfort. Winter and All Weather tires are also tested for acceleration and braking on ice and snow. All Terrain tires undergo further testing at a dedicated off-road facility, to evaluate the tire’s ability to maintain traction in mud, sand, gravel, over large rocks and on steep slopes, wet and dry. These ratings will help you compare and select a tire that is best for your vehicle, budget and driving needs.

WET & RAINY

We perform numerous tests on asphalt tracks that are covered in water to simulate rainy driving conditions. We test for emergency wet braking from highway speeds, measuring the deceleration and stopping distance.  Longitudinal and lateral hydroplaning are also measured – you don’t want the tires to ‘float’ on the water and lose contact with the road. Laps on a wet asphalt circuit allow our professional drivers to assess every aspect of the tire’s ability to maintain traction and stability, accelerating, decelerating, and cornering on wet roads.

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DRY

Our drivers test our tires to the limit for braking and handling on dry asphalt and concrete surfaces. We test to see how quickly our tires come to a complete stop when emergency braking from highway speeds. Our drivers also test emergency maneuvers such as sudden lane changes and swerving to avoid obstacles to understand how the tires perform when pushed to the limit on dry roads.

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ICE/SNOW

Our Winter and All-Weather tires go through a series of rigorous tests for handling, acceleration, and braking in icy and snow-covered conditions. We test braking distance on ice in a specialized temperature and humidity-controlled environment to accurately measure which tires perform best on ice. We do the same acceleration and braking tests on snow. Finally, laps on a snow-packed circuit allow our drivers to assess every aspect of the tire’s ability to maintain traction and stability, accelerating, decelerating and cornering on snow-covered roads.

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ALL-TERRAIN/MUDDY

We put All-Terrain tires through some extreme challenges at an off-road test facility. We know they'll handle the tough challenges of off-road driving in Canada if they perform well here. There are four distinct test areas at this facility: the mud traction field, the hill climb, the mud-slick rock garden, and the boulder crawl. These purpose-built test environments allow our technicians to rate durability, stability, and capability to climb, maintain and regain traction in wet, dry, smooth and rough off-road surfaces from mud and sand to gravel and big boulders.

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LAB

We use a standardized lab test for rolling resistance (ISO 28580) to estimate the impact the tire will have on Fuel Economy, helping you understand which tires may save you a little money at the gas pump.

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