Volkswagen Routan Tires

Here at SimpleTire, our team has gone through the catalog and picked out the best Volkswagen Routan tires, including touring, all-season, all-weather, and winter tire choices. We then used our SimpleScore system to arrive at numerical values for the categories of traction, longevity, and handling for each tire. Ready? Let’s take a closer look with this roundup:

1. Bridgestone DriveGuard Plus: Best Touring tire

We’re going to get this list started with the Bridgestone DriveGuard Plus, a premium all-season touring tire that comes with a little added value: the peace of mind that comes with run-flat technology. Run-flat tires are designed with a reinforced sidewall structure; even after complete tire failure and loss of inflation pressure, run-flat technology can enable a driver to go as far as another 50 miles at 50 mph. Along with the run-flat design, you can rely on the DriveGuard Plus to deliver performance and dependable grip in a variety of weather conditions. That means great wet-weather traction and resistance to hydroplaning on a wet road, with circumferential grooves that cut through standing water and divert it behind the tire's contact patch. Full-depth 3D sipes multiply grip by adding hundreds of extra biting edges in snow, slush, and rain, and its asymmetric all-season tread features a system of angled and circumferential grooves with open shoulder slots for good drainage and wet-weather grip. With all that taken into account, we chalk up the DriveGuard Plus with a SimpleScore of 9.7 for traction. Wear properties are also quite good, thanks to robust internal construction and materials, a long-wearing tread compound, and of course the run-flat design. Bridgestone covers the DriveGuard Plus with a 65,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty, and our team decided on a SimpleScore of 9.6 for longevity for this tire. When it comes to handling, the DriveGuard Plus gets a solid 9.9 SimpeScore thanks to its asymmetric tread pattern and stable, rigid tread face that all deliver cornering, braking, control, and steering responses that are confident and predictable. All in all, this is a Grand Touring tire that’s one of the best when it comes to year-round traction, a quiet, luxurious ride, great handling ability and excellent wear properties.

2. Yokohama Avid Ascend LX: Best All-Season tire

Here at SimpleTire, our team has been pretty impressed with just about everything from Yokohama, and the Avid Ascend LX is no exception. The Yokohama Avid Ascend LX is designed for excellent grip year-round and gets a SimpleScore of 8.6 for traction, thanks to a system of circumferential grooves, lateral grooves, and angled grooves. Treadwear properties are top-notch with the Avid Ascend LX; it’s engineered with a wider, flatter footprint that encourages long, even treadwear with improved distribution of vehicle weight as well as Yokohama’s L-2 polymer blend tread compound for wear resistance. Regardless of the tire, it’s hard to beat an 85,000 mile warranty – we give the Avid Ascend LX a 9.7 for longevity. All those tread features (along with large, reinforced shoulder blocks and a solid center rib) work together for confident cornering, short braking distances, and steering response that’s crisp and accurate – we give the Avid Ascend LX a SimpleScore of 8.7 for traction.

3. Nokian Hakkapeliitta 10 SUV: Best Winter tire

Next up is our pick for a winter tire, which is probably one of the best performance-oriented winter tires for light trucks and SUVs that’s available anywhere: the Nokian Hakkapeliitta 10 SUV. Nokian is based in Finland (yes, the same parent company as Nokia phones) and has decades of experience in tires for winter weather. In other words, the Hakkapeliitta 10 SUV is designed to get through the rough, extreme winters in Scandinavia. It probably doesn’t come as a surprise that the Hakkapeliitta 10 SUV’s SimpleScore is a solid 9.9 for traction – this tire is designed with a directional winter tread, a dense pattern of sipes and sweeping grooves, and is already fitted with studs for ice storms that turn roads slicker than a skating rink (always check your state laws for the legality of studded tires). The Hakkapeliitta 10 SUV’s innovative stud pattern is designed with two different angles that keep road noise low and help minimize impact on pavement surfaces, but still offer tenacious traction for control, braking, acceleration, and maneuvering. Road noise is absorbed even more with a foam layer for further sound insulation. The Nokian Hakkapeliitta 10 SUV is extremely durable, with Aramid-reinforced sidewalls and a tread formulation that’s tough but stays flexible in subfreezing weather, for a SimpleScore of 9.1 for longevity. Handling gets a score of 8.9, thanks to its shoulder design, stiff construction, and directional tread. Last but not least, the Hakkapeliitta 10 SUV is designed for low rolling resistance, low enough to make it a good fit for EVs and hybrids. As you’d expect, the Nokian Hakkapeliitta 10 SUV is Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rated for severe winter service.

While these are the best Volkswagen Routan tires on the market, there are plenty of other great and good options out there. Here are two other tires that stood out to us:

4. Cooper Endeavor Plus: Great All-Season tire

Cooper is one of the oldest names in American tire manufacturing, with over 100 years of experience, and the Cooper Endeavor Plus is our pick for a great all-season tire. It’s a tire that inspires confidence and peace of mind in wet or light wintry conditions with a well-designed system of circumferential grooves and checkmark channels that resist hydroplaning by routing water away from the tire’s contact patch. Sipes and lateral notches complete the design suite for year-round grip, chalking up a SimpleScore of 9.4 for traction. We’ve also taken notice of this tire’s cornering, braking, and steering response, thanks to its silica-rich tread formulation and robust internal construction that reduces tread squirm and deformation, so we give this tire a solid 9.2 SimpleScore for handling. With a 65,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty, we think the Cooper Endeavor Plus should be worth a SimpleScore of 8.3 for longevity.

5. Kumho Solus TA51A: Good All-Season tire

Let’s close out this list with the Kumho Solus TA51A, an all-season tire for sedans, minivans, and crossovers that comes in at a lower price point, but offers premium-level features, quality, and performance. The Solus TA51A gets excellent wet-weather performance with circumferential grooves to help resist hydroplaning and a combination of 3D chamfered tread blocks and 3D interlocking sipes that work together to boost traction in wet or wintry conditions. The Solus TA51A’s advanced rubber compound is infused with silica additives and multi-functionalized polymers for good wear properties and great wet or dry weather traction. The Solus TA51A is quiet, too, with ribs in the tread that are designed to suppress resonant noise, breaking up and dispersing sound waves to keep highway noise and vibrations to a minimum. Kumho backs the Solus TA51A with a 75,000 mile or 65,000 mile warranty, depending on tire size.

Order Volkswagen Routan Tires Online

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