All Season Tyres - Vredestein Quatrac Pro

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The first All Season Tyre has finally arrived Ateca fitting in both 18" and 19". VAG had been busy making a range of related cars with fairly unique tyre sizes which didnt have an all season option. 4Drive running on summer tyres doesnt give you what you are paying for. The 4Drive being a bit rendered useless in the country setting for getting out of the village unless you swap to winter tyres... concern is getting back in if it snows when out .

Vredestein

Now Vredestein Quatrac Pro all season tyre:

https://www.vredestein.co.uk/car-suv-van/tyre-finder/tyres/product/3/1656-quatrac-pro

News piece:

https://whattyre.com/news/quatrac-pro-vredestein-launches-a-uhp-tyre-for-all-seasons/

Fitters

https://www.blackcircles.com

Or

https://www.mytyres.co.uk/tyres/vredestein/quatrac-pro.html

Etc

Launch video teaser

Launch video

Was launched about April time, reviews are thin on the ground but the predecessor the Quatrac 5 was well thought of in wet / dry handling in one 2018 review of available tyres... although the new tyre does have a different tyre pattern to the latest.

That guy is promising a review of winter tyres in 2019 latter in the year.

Autobild like the predecessor tyre from the manufacture in 2018:

https://www.moderntyres.com/another-win-for-vredestein-quatrac-5-all-season-tyres

Dutch video of the new tyre in action:

Wiki on background information about the company... "7th largest tyre manufacture in the world":

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Vredestein

So from no choice to Hobson's choice on VAG SUV All Season tyres.... an all season tyre option at last.

If anybody buys them or finds more reviews post up. It seems this tyre is priced about £50 more than the Bridgestone's summer tyres that came with it, with similar noise and wet weather handling based on the published tyre charts but obviously grips in the snow.

 

[Tell]

A few more bit & bobs as of October 2019.

Autobild in their 2019 All Season test rank Quatrac Pro second below Michelin Crossclimate (225 / 45 / 17)

https://www.autobild.de/artikel/ganzjahresreifen-test-2019-225-45-r-17-15674163.html

But given Crossclimate aren't available in 225 / 45 / 19 (can't find them) they have the edge. Bridgestone are available but get ranked much lower. 9th.

Still don't need them yet .

 

[Philip Santi]

When I had the Yeti, I put some Falken AS210's on - lasted 55k miles and got me wherever I wanted to go - so much so, if they'd have done them in 20" I'd have put them on my Disco Sport - they do make them in 225/45/19's though?

I think at the time I chose them over the Vredestein's, purely on price

 

[Tell]

When I had the Yeti, I put some Falken AS210's on - lasted 55k miles and got me wherever I wanted to go - so much so, if they'd have done them in 20" I'd have put them on my Disco Sport - they do make them in 225/45/19's though?

I think at the time I chose them over the Vredestein's, purely on price

19". Think that's the problem, although may be when it's time more brands will be out.

I use to have summer Falken tyres fitted to my old Altea, I was happy with them. My Ateca seems to be wearing the Dueler tyres well although it's the snow conditions in Wales after Xmas I worry about. 4Drive worked OK on the flat on the Bridgestones in snow in London but on hills I don't reckon they will be much good . Which defeats having 4Drive if you run on summer typres, which is why I want to move to All Season next time round so I don't get stuck on rural roads. Due to VW SUV odd tyre sizes, All Season one are more tricky to find.

 

[Philip Santi]

The Yeti on AS210's did just fine in Wales - used to be a regular visitor to Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire

 

[Carbonara]

19". Think that's the problem, although may be when it's time more brands will be out.....
Due to VW SUV odd tyre sizes, All Season one are more tricky to find.

...unless you go for a conversion size where there's plenty of choice. 245/45 18" on mine just now. Even 235/55 17 winters have seen the speedo match GPS and my insurers were told.

 

[Tell]

...unless you go for a conversion size where there's plenty of choice. 245/45 18" on mine just now. Even 235/55 17 winters have seen the speedo match GPS and my insurers were told.

I'd be happy with the Quatrac Pro based on the Auto Bild review. It is the 19" that restricts choice but least there is something now. At the minute the original Dueler are holding up well after three years but want something up my slieve when I'm told they have had it. The wear is all nicely balanced around all the tyres and still very legal after the MOT and service. Fingers crossed no heavy snow in the new year, more getting caught out or in from home .

 

[Philip Santi]

Just to clarify Falken AS210s are All-Season M+S tyres (hence the AS) and available in 19" - although listed under their 'Car Tyres' rather than SUV so they shouldn't be discounted (unless they're the same price as the Quatrac - then it make sense to buy the Quatrac)

 

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The Falken AS210 in the Auto Bild test got chucked out on their braking distance in the wet, second table in the link, so didn't feature in the top 10 since they didnt get through into the final ranking.

Second table:

All-season tires in the test: braking distances (in meters) from 100 km / h
Tires* Wet braking distance Braking distance dry total
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 (94V) 46.3 39.7 86
Michelin CrossClimate + (94 W) 48.6 39.9 88.5
Vredestein Quatrac Pro (94 V) 46.5 42.9 89.4
Maxxis Premitra All Season AP3 (94 W) 51 39.5 90.5
Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-2 (94V) 47.5 44.4 91.9
Continental AllSeason Contact (94 V) 49.9 42.6 92.5
Nexen N'blue 4Season (94V) 50.4 42.3 92.7
Hankook Kinergy 4S² (94 W) 50.8 42 92.8
Kumho Solus 4S HA31 (94V) 49.5 43.8 93.3
Cooper Discoverer AllSeason, new (94 W) 52.6 41.2 93.8
Falcon EuroAll Season AS 210 (94 V) 50.9 44.2 95.1
General Tire Altimax A / S 365 (94V) 50.6 44.8 95.4
Nokian Weatherproof (94V) 51.3 44.5 95.8
Toyo Celsius (94 V) 50.2 45.6 95.8
Yokohama BluEarth-4S AW21 (94V) 52.1 44.1 96.2
Pirelli Cinturato All Season Plus (94 W) 51.9 44.5 96.4
Uniroyal AllSeason Expert 2 (94 V) 49.2 47.3 96.5
Tristar All Season Power (94 Y) 54.1 42.9 97
Glue Quadraxer 2 (94 V) 52.6 44.5 97.1
Tyfoon 4-season (94 V) 51.3 45.9 97.2
Matador MP 62 All Weather Evo (94V) 51.6 46.1 97.7
BF Goodrich g-grip All Season 2 (94 V) 54.1 44.6 98.7
Rotalla Setula 4 Season RA03 (94 Y) 55.5 43.3 98.8
Goodride SW602 All Season (94H) 54 44.9 98.9
Viking FourTech (94V) 53.5 46 99.5
Nankang Cross Seasons AW-6 (94 W) 55.1 45.2 100.3
Linglong Green-Max All Season (94V) 59.4 42.9 102.3
Fulda MultiControl (94 V) 57 45.7 102.7
Star Performer SPTS AS (94V) 57.3 46.1 103.4
GT Radial 4Seasons (94V) 60.3 46.5 106.8
King Meiler All Season Tact AS1 (94V) 62.2 46.4 108.6
* sorted according to the length of the braking distances in total

(They give equal weight to wet and dry braking distance by summing the two figures)

Final ranking from that link:


Tested tire Rating*
1.

Michelin
CrossClimate +

94 W Sheet music: 2 + / 2/2 + / 1
Verdict: exemplary

Second

Vredestein
Quatrac Pro

94 v Grades: 1- / 2 + / 2 / 2-
Judgment: exemplary

Third

Goodyear
Vector 4Seasons Gen-2

94 v Grades: 1- / 2 / 2- / 1-
Judgment: good

4th

Continental
AllSeasonContact

94 v Grades: 2 + / 2 / 2- / 1-
Judgment: good

5th

Hankook
Kinergy 4S²

94 W Grades: 1- / 2- / 2/2
Verdict: good

6th

Nexen
N'blue 4Season

94 v Grades: 2 / 2- / 2/2 +
Verdict: good

7th

Maxxis
Premitra All Season AP3

94 W Grades: 2 / 2- / 2 + / 2-
Judgment: good

8th.

Kumho
Solus 4S HA31

94 v Grades: 2 / 2- / 3 + / 2 +
Judgment: satisfactory

9th

Bridgestone
Weather Control A005

94 v Grade: 3 + / 2/2 + / 3
Judgment: satisfactory

10th

Cooper
Discoverer All Season

94 W Grades: 2- / 3 / 2- / 2-
Judgment: not recommended

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Will be interesting to see other reviews .

 

[Philip Santi]

Did better in the SUV tyre test (6th - labelled as Hawks), but the Quatrac 5 came top.

Price difference is about £25 per corner

https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/car-tyres-225-45-19-92/?s=G&orderby=prix

 

[Tell]

The 5 was last year's model, Pro replaces it so all things being equal or better etc. Interesting the ranking against the Michelin.

 

[Tell]

Michelin now have Cross Climates to fit the Ateca in 19".

https://www.blackcircles.com/catalo...225/45/R19/W/96/f?tyre=39475658#featuresOuter

https://www.michelin.co.uk/auto/tyres/michelin-crossclimate-plus

https://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2019-Auto-Bild-All-Season-Tyre-Test.htm

All things come to those that wait etc.... things moved along in six months from the original post with more choice of all weather tyres.