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Tyre types

Every tyre is a trade. Here’s what each one trades.

Grip, tread life, comfort, cold-weather ability and efficiency pull against each other. A tyre category is a particular balance of them. Nine categories cover almost every road car; the calculator picks between them.

  1. 01

    Touring & eco

    Long life, low rolling resistance, predictable grip.

    Dry grip
    2 out of 5
    Wet grip
    3 out of 5
    Below 7 °C
    3 out of 5
    Quiet & comfort
    4 out of 5
    Tread life
    5 out of 5
    Efficiency
    5 out of 5

    Michelin Energy XM2+ · Continental EcoContact 7 · Bridgestone Ecopia EP300

    Suits under 110 kW/t →

  2. 02

    Grand touring

    The comfortable all-rounder: strong wet grip, quiet, long-lived.

    Dry grip
    3 out of 5
    Wet grip
    4 out of 5
    Below 7 °C
    3 out of 5
    Quiet & comfort
    5 out of 5
    Tread life
    4 out of 5
    Efficiency
    4 out of 5

    Continental PremiumContact 7 · Bridgestone Turanza 6 · Pirelli Cinturato P7

    Suits 60–150 kW/t →

  3. 03

    All-season / all-weather

    One set, all year, where winters drop below 7 °C.

    Dry grip
    3 out of 5
    Wet grip
    4 out of 5
    Below 7 °C
    5 out of 5
    Quiet & comfort
    4 out of 5
    Tread life
    4 out of 5
    Efficiency
    3 out of 5

    Michelin CrossClimate 2 · Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 · Continental AllSeasonContact 2

    Suits under 200 kW/t →

  4. 04

    Ultra-high performance summer

    Sharp, sticky, and still sensible to live with.

    Dry grip
    4 out of 5
    Wet grip
    5 out of 5
    Below 7 °C
    2 out of 5
    Quiet & comfort
    3 out of 5
    Tread life
    3 out of 5
    Efficiency
    3 out of 5

    Michelin Pilot Sport 5 · Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 · Hankook Ventus S1 evo3

    Suits 100–200 kW/t →

  5. 05

    Max performance summer

    The benchmark for fast road cars. Huge grip, wet and dry.

    Dry grip
    5 out of 5
    Wet grip
    4 out of 5
    Below 7 °C
    1 out of 5
    Quiet & comfort
    2 out of 5
    Tread life
    2 out of 5
    Efficiency
    2 out of 5

    Michelin Pilot Sport 4S · Continental SportContact 7 · Bridgestone Potenza Sport

    Suits 150 kW/t and up →

  6. 06

    Extreme performance (200TW)

    Street-legal track-day tyres. Grip first, everything else second.

    Dry grip
    5 out of 5
    Wet grip
    2 out of 5
    Below 7 °C
    1 out of 5
    Quiet & comfort
    1 out of 5
    Tread life
    1 out of 5
    Efficiency
    1 out of 5

    Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 · Bridgestone Potenza RE-71RS · Yokohama Advan Neova AD09

    Suits any, driven hard →

  7. 07

    Track / R-compound

    Semi-slicks. Measured in sessions, not kilometres.

    Dry grip
    5 out of 5
    Wet grip
    1 out of 5
    Below 7 °C
    0 out of 5
    Quiet & comfort
    0 out of 5
    Tread life
    0 out of 5
    Efficiency
    0 out of 5

    Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R · Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS · Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport RS

    Suits 150 kW/t and up, or any car on a race track →

  8. 08

    Winter

    Soft compound and dense siping for snow, ice and near-zero cold.

    Dry grip
    2 out of 5
    Wet grip
    3 out of 5
    Below 7 °C
    5 out of 5
    Quiet & comfort
    3 out of 5
    Tread life
    3 out of 5
    Efficiency
    2 out of 5

    Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 · Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 · Bridgestone Blizzak LM005

    Suits any car, in snow country →

  9. 09

    All-terrain (A/T)

    Tougher carcass and open tread for gravel, dirt and sand.

    Dry grip
    2 out of 5
    Wet grip
    2 out of 5
    Below 7 °C
    3 out of 5
    Quiet & comfort
    2 out of 5
    Tread life
    4 out of 5
    Efficiency
    1 out of 5

    BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO3 · Toyo Open Country A/T III · Falken Wildpeak A/T4W

    Suits utes and 4x4s →