{"id":28437,"date":"2020-11-05T07:20:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T06:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=28437"},"modified":"2020-11-11T17:23:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T16:23:16","slug":"vredestein-quatrac-tops-another-all-season-tyre-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/vredestein-quatrac-tops-another-all-season-tyre-test\/28437","title":{"rendered":"Vredestein Quatrac tops another all-season tyre test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Launched earlier this year, Vredestein\u2019s all-season Quatrac tyre continues to impress test drivers in Europe.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In Auto Bild Allrad&#8217;s latest all-season trye test, the Quatrac was joint winner among the eleven models tested, which covered most of the big names in tyre manufacturing. The tyre was declared &#8216;exemplary&#8217; across a broad range of variables, receiving the highest or second-highest mark in each of the fourteen test categories.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28438\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/header.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/header-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/header-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/header-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/header-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vredestein was an early adopter of all-season tyres, and now has almost three decades of experience in this specialist domain under its belt. The new Quatrac has also been very well-received, having already won second place among 32 candidates in\u00a0Auto Bild\u2019s 2020 annual tyre test.<\/p>\n<p>Auto Bild Allrad pointed out the significant potential benefits of all-season tyres in terms of avoiding the hassle and cost of changing from summer to winter tyres twice a year, but also the importance of ensuring that the tyres satisfy the stringent weather-related requirements which widely apply in continental Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The testers underlined how well the leading all-season tyres have evolved, giving the example of the Vredestein Quatrac\u2019s fine performance on both dry and wet surfaces without sacrificing performance on snow.<\/p>\n<p>The test comprised 14 categories in the groups \u2018snow\u2019, \u2018wet\u2019 and \u2018dry\u2019. As in previous years,\u00a0Auto Bild Allrad\u2019s snow tests were carried out on a large indoor snow facility north of the Arctic Circle in Ivalo, Finland.<\/p>\n<p>In the final evaluation, the Vredestein Quatrac was described as an \u201cexemplary all-season tyre with impressive qualities on snow and ice, high safety reserves against aquaplaning, precise wet and dry handling, short dry braking distances [and] low rolling resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Vredestein range contact Modern Tyres on 048\u00a066 32 22 99.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launched earlier this year, Vredestein\u2019s all-season Quatrac tyre continues to impress test drivers in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":28438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,398],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-vredestein"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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