Falken Euro All Season Review

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The Falken Euroall Season AS220 Pro represents Falken's strategic foray into the all-season tire market for performance-oriented vehicles. Boasting the ability to handle high cornering speeds across both wet and dry terrains and promising safety at impressive speeds up to 270 km/h, this tire seeks to set itself apart as a holistic solution, especially for drivers in regions experiencing increasingly unpredictable winter conditions.

The Falken Euroall Season AS220 Pro is an ideal choice for drivers seeking an ultra high performance all-season tire. Its design focuses on providing reliable grip and stability, making it suitable for various weather conditions. The tire's advanced construction ensures durability and comfort, making it a solid option for those who demand high performance and safety from their tires.

The newly introduced Falken Euro-All-Season AS220 pro, tailored for lowland winter conditions, exhibits a mixed performance. It offers decent traction and superficially good cornering grip on snow, alongside largely good behavior in wet conditions and impressive grip in dry corners. However, it struggles with a very narrow limit area in snow-covered curves, leading to sudden understeer or oversteer. Additionally, its performance is affected by sensitivity to puddles, somewhat limited hydroplaning resistance, and instability during lane changes.

The Falken EuroAll Season AS220 Pro offers impressive performance with short braking distances in both wet and dry conditions and dynamic handling in dry scenarios. However, it provides only satisfactory driving characteristics on snow and ice. This tire also exhibits a delayed steering response and moderate mileage, along with increased rolling resistance.

Securing the sixth spot with a "Satisfactory" rating in the Auto Bild tests, the Falken Euroall Season AS220 Pro delivers solid performance on both dry and wet asphalt. While its affordability adds to its appeal, the tire does exhibit reduced grip in snowy conditions. Additionally, its resistance to straight aquaplaning is somewhat lacking.

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We had previously recorded a fuel efficiency rating of 26.7 MPG in winter on winter-rated Blizzaks with this vehicle. After switching to the new Falken WildPeak A/T Trail, we have seen our winter MPG rise to 28.5. We mounted the Falkens in April of last year in early spring. After a few hundred miles, we recorded a slight dip in efficiency to 26.4 MPG. The MPG rose back up to 27.3 MPG over the summer and fall. Having nearly completed this full winter, the average has continued to go up. We have not quite matched the 29.7 MPG we had recorded with the OEM all-season tires in summer and fall, but during this past summer, we had many road trips with MPG exceeding 30.

Subjective Observations - Handling - Noise - Vibrations - Off Pavement - Snow and Ice

With four seasons under our belt, we can now confidently draw some conclusions. Here are some quick parameters we have been taking note of.

On-Road Handling - Better than the Blizzaks, slightly less crisp in cornering and steering than the OEM all-season tires.

Confidence Off-Pavement - We have done a lot of off-pavement driving with the Falken WildPeak A/T Trail tires, mostly on poorly maintained private dirt roads in rural New Hampshire. Here, the Falken tires shine. Over deep ruts, washboard surfaces, and when slamming into holes made by the winter freeze-thaw cycle, the Falken WildPeak A/T Trail tires are smoother and more resilient than the OEM tires by a country mile. We have much less fear of a sidewall bulge or puncture with the A/T Trail construction. Over spring and fall mud with a frozen substrate under mud the consistency of chocolate ice cream, the Falkens are brilliant.

Snow - Our winter has been a mild one, so we have not had much chance to drive on snow. However, we did some, and the Falken WildPeak A/T Trail tires seemed great. Soft snow, deep snow, and powder are no problem. We would rate the Falken tires as near-equals to the Blizzaks in this specific set of winter conditions.

Ice- The Falken WildPeak A/T Trail tires do not match the grip of the Blizzak winter tires on wet snow over ice, but they are much much better than the OEM all-season tires were. Over sheet ice, the Falkens are not bad, but not nearly as good as the Blizzaks. We would call the original OEM tires downright dangerous on ice, so the Falkens are much better than the stock rubber. In our area of rural New England many of the residents who need to go out in all weather ocnditions actually use studded winter tires. So dedicated winter rubber is still not the final step to take. Short of studs, we feel the Falken WildPeak A/T Trail tires are a wise way to avoid having two sets of tires in need of swapping.

Falken WildPeak A/T Trail Tread Wear Over 4,000 Miles

Over the approximately 4,000 miles of driving we did, the Falken tires wore to a measured tread depth of just over 7mm or 9/32s of an inch. The tires have a nominal new tread depth of 11/32s. We offer this as an observation more than any sort of conclusion. Treadwear should not be expected to be linear over miles accumulated, nor is treadwear observed on one vehicle a determination of what your treadwear will be. Suffice it to say, we observed no unusually-rapid treadwear.

Suddenly Falken Wildpeak Tires Are EVERYWHERE

We participate and act as administrators in dozens of automobile clubs on social media. Since Falken earned the OEM tire orders for vehicles like the Ford Bronco Sport, Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Woodland Edition, and the Mazda CX-50 Meridian, we have seen a big surge in owners of similar vehicles opting to fit Falken WildPeak A/T Trail tires to their own crossover SUVs. The consensus is that these are the new hot tire for anyone who wants better off-pavement performance and who wishes to stop using dedicated winter rubber they then need to deal with twice per year. For our overlanding friends in the high desert states, these seem perfect, and we see videos on YouTube all the time with overlanders using the WildPeak A/T Trail over sand, scrub, and snow.

Images by John Goreham.

Test Note: The tires in this story were supplied by Falken. Torque News offered to return them following our testing. Mounting, balancing, and alignment were paid for at the author's expense.

John Goreham is an experienced New England Motor Press Association member and expert vehicle tester. John completed an engineering program with a focus on electric vehicles, followed by two decades of work in high-tech, biopharma, and the automotive supply chain before becoming a news contributor. In addition to his ten years of work at Torque News, John has published thousands of articles and reviews at American news outlets. He is known for offering unfiltered opinions on vehicle topics. You can follow John on Twitter, and TikTok @ToknCars, and view his credentials at Linkedin

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