Vredestein WINTRAC XTREME S

These are by far the nicest snow tires I've ever driven on. They handle almost as well as a summer tire on dry roads. I bought a narrower tire with a higher profile and it really helps to make the terrible roads here in West Quebec feel a little smoother. They work well in the heavy snow getting up my long unplowed driveway and at highway speeds on ice, snow and slush. They are also reasonably priced. I highly recommend them.

These are great winter tires. Rain/Snow/Ice - stability of the car is amazing, 150 km per hour on the highway - no problem at all . One day I woke up with half of the car covered in snow, I just made my way to get in the car and clear the path to be able to back down and I'm out of the snow in no time.

I have Mercedes GL350 which is really picky on tires. I used to have MICHELIN LATITUDE ALPIN HP but it didn't last long. After a couple of years, it was getting so noisy because of uneven worn. The performance on snow was getting horrible. I used to trust Continental so I wanted to buy Continental contact TS850P for my winter tire but it has been out of stock for several months when I placed order. Given a couple of months into winter, I can no longer wait. I found this VREDESTEIN WINTRAC XTREME S tire. Actually initially I doubted about this tire because I have never heard about it. After a bit research to it, I found it has been popular in Europe for a while and reputation is good. Given its price comparing to Continental, I wanted to take a chance and gave it a try. After putting on this tire through one of the Quattro tire affiliated garages, so far I have gone through several serious winter storms. Seriously I found this tire performed so well. At least it is much better than LATITUDE ALPIN HP I used to have. It is so quite and has very good grip on snow. I am really happy with it.

Installed these on 2006 Volvo S60 R AWD. Drove on these tires from Nov 2017 till now in Toronto. Daily city road, and highway driving at speed I was pleased with the performance. Not any noisier than other winters I've had. Tread wear about 1mm after 10K. At least as good as my original Mich. Winter Pilot Sport PA2, and much better performance handling that blizzack WS70. Had no issues in last week's freak April blizzard, slush and ice rain. These vredesteins doing well on the warmer roads too at 15C.

Tires are pretty good for the snow but HORRIBLE for fuel economy. Also not the quietest ride. They claim to be good on both noise and fuel economy but I highly disagree.