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Continental TrueContact Tour vs Michelin CrossClimate+ — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 0 + 13 road tests and 19 + 120 owner reviews. How we score

Too close to call: TrueContact Tour 78, CrossClimate+ 79.

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Michelin CrossClimate+
Tire BMichelin

CrossClimate+

All Season

± 5

Tests 81 · 13 tests Owners 78 · 120 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 15 in 2019 Summer and All Season Tyre Test (dry handling)

Category by category

Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.

  1. 77

    Dry

    CrossClimate+ +10
    87
    Why this score
    SourceTrueContact TourCrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 13 tests≈ 74 (est.)94
    Reviews found online8277

    TrueContact Tour: 60% × 73.8 (est.) + 40% × 82.2 = 77

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 93.9 + 40% × 77.4 = 87

    No road tests of dry for TrueContact Tour. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).

  2. 83

    Wet

    TrueContact Tour +2
    81
    Why this score
    SourceTrueContact TourCrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 13 tests≈ 80 (est.)81
    Reviews found online8781

    TrueContact Tour: 60% × 79.9 (est.) + 40% × 87.4 = 83

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 80.8 + 40% × 81.1 = 81

    No road tests of wet for TrueContact Tour. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

  3. 69

    Snow

    TrueContact Tour +1
    68
    Why this score
    SourceTrueContact TourCrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 9 tests≈ 70 (est.)65
    Reviews found online6873

    TrueContact Tour: 60% × 69.8 (est.) + 40% × 68.4 = 69

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 65.1 + 40% × 72.8 = 68

    No road tests of snow for TrueContact Tour. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).

  4. 76

    Comfort

    TrueContact Tour +2
    74
    Why this score
    SourceTrueContact TourCrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 71 (est.)71
    Reviews found online7977

    TrueContact Tour: 40% × 70.7 (est.) + 60% × 79 = 76

    CrossClimate+: 40% × 70.9 + 60% × 76.9 = 74

    No road tests of comfort for TrueContact Tour. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

  5. 73

    Noise

    TrueContact Tour +6
    67
    Why this score
    SourceTrueContact TourCrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 9 tests≈ 66 (est.)68
    Reviews found online82≈ 66 (est.)

    TrueContact Tour: 60% × 66.3 (est.) + 40% × 82.2 = 73

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 67.6 + 40% × 66.3 (est.) = 67

    No road tests of noise for TrueContact Tour. The test half is the tested tires’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.

    No owner ratings of noise for CrossClimate+. The owner half is the owners’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.

  6. 79

    Treadwear

    CrossClimate+ +3
    82
    Why this score
    SourceTrueContact TourCrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 3 tests≈ 74 (est.)83
    Reviews found online8680

    TrueContact Tour: 60% × 73.5 (est.) + 40% × 86.1 = 79

    CrossClimate+: 60% × 83.2 + 40% × 79.7 = 82

    No road tests of treadwear for TrueContact Tour. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

  7. 80

    Handling (owners)

    TrueContact Tour +8
    72
    Why this score
    SourceTrueContact TourCrossClimate+
    Reviews found online8072
  8. –

    Efficiency

    No comparison
    74
    Why this score
    SourceTrueContact TourCrossClimate+
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 8 tests–74
Scores at a glance
CategoryContinental TrueContact TourMichelin CrossClimate+
Relative Score 78 79
Dry 77 87
Wet 83 81
Snow 69 68
Comfort 76 74
Noise 73 67
Treadwear 79 82
Handling (owners) 80 72
Efficiency – 74

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TrueContact Tour

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Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.

Pros, cons & observations

Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.

Tire A TrueContact Tour

Pros

  • Extremely low road noise and a comfortable ride quality that absorbs bumps well
  • Impressive tread life and overall mileage durability
  • Reliable wet weather grip and cornering confidence

Cons

  • Some users reported a noticeable drop in fuel economy
  • Desire for improved water displacement grooves to better handle heavy rain
  • Limited performance in deep winter or heavy snow conditions
All owner themes in the TrueContact Tour review

Tire B CrossClimate+

Pros

  • Strong snow and cold-weather traction for an all-season tyre, with many owners reporting winter-tyre-like confidence on snow, slush and hills, including on front-wheel-drive cars.
  • Excellent dry handling and steering response with precise, summer-tyre-like feel, along with generally very good wet grip and braking.
  • Long tread life: many reports of 30,000–55,000+ km or miles with low wear, including taxi and van use and 4-year/50,000-mile ownership.

Cons

  • Performance degradation with age: several owners report grip (wet and snow), noise and ride deteriorating after about 1–2 years, with hardening or cracking of the rubber in some cases.
  • Limitations on ice, packed snow and deep or steep snow, where some owners found them inferior to dedicated winter tyres or to rivals such as the Goodyear Vector 4Seasons.
  • Wet-weather concerns for some, including aquaplaning, being pulled around by standing water, and scary steering feel as the tyres aged.
All owner themes in the CrossClimate+ review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Continental TrueContact Tour B · Michelin CrossClimate+
CategoryAll Season Premium Touring tiresAll Season
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available163
Rim diameters16″13″ – 19″
Tread depth11/32″—
UTQG700 - 800 A A - B—
SidewallBlack Side Wall - White Wall—
Max pressure44 - 51 psi—

Which one should you actually buy?

Continental TrueContact Tour

Michelin CrossClimate+

Too close to call: Continental TrueContact Tour and Michelin CrossClimate+ are within 2 points overall. Continental TrueContact Tour is stronger on handling and noise. Michelin CrossClimate+ is stronger on dry and treadwear. Continental TrueContact Tour rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 19 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire B You want the most grip on dry roads

Michelin CrossClimate+ scores 87 vs 77 on dry.

Pick tire A You enjoy sharp, responsive handling

Continental TrueContact Tour scores 80 vs 72 on handling.

Pick tire A You want a quieter cabin

Continental TrueContact Tour scores 73 vs 67 on noise.

Pick tire B You want the longest tread life

Michelin CrossClimate+ scores 82 vs 79 on treadwear.

Tire A · Continental TrueContact Tour
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TrueContact Tour or CrossClimate+?

Which is better in the wet, TrueContact Tour or CrossClimate+?

Neither, by our numbers: 83 vs 81 on the wet score, within 3 points.

Which grips better on dry roads, TrueContact Tour or CrossClimate+?

Michelin CrossClimate+, 87 vs 77 on our dry score.

Which is better in snow, TrueContact Tour or CrossClimate+?

Neither, by our numbers: 69 vs 68 on the snow score, within 3 points.

Which is quieter, TrueContact Tour or CrossClimate+?

Continental TrueContact Tour, 73 vs 67 on our noise score.

Which is more comfortable, TrueContact Tour or CrossClimate+?

Neither, by our numbers: 76 vs 74 on the comfort score, within 3 points.

Which lasts longer, TrueContact Tour or CrossClimate+?

Michelin CrossClimate+, 82 vs 79 on our treadwear score.

How do we compare tires?

Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.

Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.

Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology