Consumer Reports AT Tire Ratings_Fall 2008 - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

patrick26 · 10-09-2008, 09:21 AM

For what it's worth, here is the latest tire ratings from Consumer Reports. Just thought I'd share it with y'all.

1. Pirelli Scorpion ATR (CR recommended)
2. Yokohama Geolander A/T-S
3. Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo (CR Recommended)
4. Michelin LTX A/T 2
5. Toyo Open Country A/T
6. Kumho Road Venture AT KL78
7. Firestone Destination A/T
8. Nitto Terra Grappler All Terrain
9. Cooper Discoverer ATR
10. Fuzion Xti
11. Kelly Safari Trex
12. Dayton Timerline AT II
13. Goodyear Wrangler SilentArmor
14. General Grabber AT 2

CR does state the following:
The top-rated models provide the best balance of performance attributes, but YOU should choose a tire that rates high in areas that are important to you.

So, the following are the categories that each tire was rated on and how it was tested. I'll list the tires that did Very Good or Excellent in each category, except where noted.

Dry Braking - Slowing from 60 mph with ABS.
1. Pirelli Scorpion ATR (CR recommended)
2. Yokohama Geolander A/T-S
3. Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo (CR Recommended)
5. Toyo Open Country A/T
6. Kumho Road Venture AT KL78
7. Firestone Destination A/T
8. Nitto Terra Grappler All Terrain
10. Fuzion Xti

Wet Braking - Slowing from 40 mph with ABS.
1. Pirelli Scorpion ATR (CR recommended)
2. Yokohama Geolander A/T-S

Handling - How well tires gripped in avoidance maneuver, wet and dry cornering grip, and subjective steering feel.
4. Michelin LTX A/T 2
5. Toyo Open Country A/T

Hydroplaning - How quickly CR testers could drive through standing water before the tires began to skim on surface.
1. Pirelli Scorpion ATR (CR recommended)
2. Yokohama Geolander A/T-S
3. Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo (CR Recommended)
4. Michelin LTX A/T 2
5. Toyo Open Country A/T
6. Kumho Road Venture AT KL78
7. Firestone Destination A/T
8. Nitto Terra Grappler All Terrain
9. Cooper Discoverer ATR
10. Fuzion Xti
12. Dayton Timerline AT II
14. General Grabber AT 2

Snow Traction - Distance test truck needed to accelerate from 5 to 20MPH on moderately packed snow.
3. Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo (CR Recommended)
6. Kumho Road Venture AT KL78
8. Nitto Terra Grappler All Terrain
13. Goodyear Wrangler SilentArmor
14. General Grabber AT 2

Ice Braking - Tested on a skating rink from 10 mph with ABS turned off.
- I included the two tires that received "good" ratings since there was only one tire that received a very good rating.
7. Firestone Destination A/T (Good)
8. Nitto Terra Grappler All Terrain (Good)
11. Kelly Safari Trex (Very Good)

Ride Comfort - Subjective assessment.
5. Toyo Open Country A/T
7. Firestone Destination A/T
11. Kelly Safari Trex
14. General Grabber AT 2

Noise - Subjective assessment.
1. Pirelli Scorpion ATR (CR recommended)
3. Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo (CR Recommended)
5. Toyo Open Country A/T
7. Firestone Destination A/T
11. Kelly Safari Trex
12. Dayton Timerline AT II

Rolling Resistance - measured on a dynamometer at an outside lab.
4. Michelin LTX A/T 2 (Only tire with a GOOD rating)

Tread life - Indicator of wear potential from CR's 16,000 mile mixed driving test.
- I listed the highest and lowest performers for this category.

Very Good to Excellent
4. Michelin LTX A/T 2
13. Goodyear Wrangler SilentArmor

Fair to Poor
2. Yokohama Geolander A/T-S
3. Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo (CR Recommended)
5. Toyo Open Country A/T
6. Kumho Road Venture AT KL78
9. Cooper Discoverer ATR
10. Fuzion Xti
12. Dayton Timerline AT II

I know some TN members don't think CR ratings hold their own. I just wanted to share this as another source of information that may aid in the tire decision process we all face. Hopefully this information, input from fellow TN members, and the wealth of information from Tire Rack can help you make up your mind. Or, it will just confuse the F#*! out of you like it has for me.

Enjoy.

UTaco · 10-09-2008, 09:57 AM

Wow, the BFG A/T isn't even listed. Did they test it, or did it just not even make their list of decent tires?

patrick26 · 10-09-2008, 10:09 AM

They didn't test the BFG AT KO in this review.

***08TRDOFFROAD*** · 10-09-2008, 10:46 AM

Rugged Trails are no longer on the list either.....imagine that!

Krookz · 10-09-2008, 10:53 AM

Ill stick w/ my mud grapplers

:creature: I just wanted to put that, its disturbing

baadboy11 · 10-09-2008, 11:21 AM

Hey thanks for posting this, with all the opinions on tires out there, it never hurts to get a couple more. I think I am leaning towards the General Grabber at2's myself.

Joe B · 10-09-2008, 11:29 AM

I went with the GY Silent Armors.
I looked at the Tire Rack people reviews filtered to people with 12K-30K miles on the tires and the SA were a good choice to me.
They look great too.

SteelCity · 10-09-2008, 11:48 AM

I think Nitto TGs were higher on the list last year. I was going to go with the Pirellis, but even though it had decent reviews on Tire Rack, there was more than one complaint of flat spots after sitting overnight, and the tire taking a couple of mile for them to smooth out.

Wartsnuff · 10-09-2008, 12:29 PM

make sure you check the year the tire was made...

is most important... you should not buy tires over 4 years old... even if there brand new

cheers
Warts

patrick26 · 10-09-2008, 12:55 PM

There was a second set of ratings for All-Season tires. The BFG Rugged Trails fell into that category. So did the Dunlops you all love to hate. If I remember correctly, they were both pretty close to the bottom of the list. I think the Rugged Trails were second to last out of nearly 20 all-season tires.

Go figure.

FastLane1000 · 10-09-2008, 01:45 PM

Makes me feel good about my toyo open country's. One of the cheapest tires in the test too at $111 i think. I read the article when it came out a week or so ago.