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Vredestein Quatrac 5 SUV looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.

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Michelin Defender T+H vs Vredestein Quatrac 5 SUV — 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 1 + 1 road tests and 1 + 4 owner reviews. How we score

Too close to call: Defender T+H and Quatrac 5 SUV are level at 70.

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Michelin Defender T+H
Tire AMichelin

Defender T+H

All Season

± 8Provisional

Tests – · 1 test Owners 69 · 1 review

Best test result: #1 of 8 in 2022 Consumer Reports All-Season Tires (tested tread life (miles))

Vredestein Quatrac 5 SUV
Tire BVredestein

Quatrac 5 SUV

All Season

± 6Provisional

Tests 73 · 1 test Owners 67 · 4 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 8 in 2018 Auto Bild SUV All Season Tyre Test (wet handling)

Category by category

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

  1. 69

    Dry

    Quatrac 5 SUV +3
    72
    Why this score
    SourceDefender T+HQuatrac 5 SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 69 (est.)74
    Reviews found online7069

    Defender T+H: 60% × 68.8 (est.) + 40% × 70 = 69

    Quatrac 5 SUV: 60% × 74 + 40% × 69.2 = 72

    No road tests of dry for Defender T+H. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.42).

  2. 72

    Wet

    Quatrac 5 SUV +1
    73
    Why this score
    SourceDefender T+HQuatrac 5 SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 72 (est.)76
    Reviews found online7369

    Defender T+H: 60% × 71.9 (est.) + 40% × 72.9 = 72

    Quatrac 5 SUV: 60% × 76 + 40% × 68.6 = 73

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

  3. 65

    Snow

    Quatrac 5 SUV +6
    71
    Why this score
    SourceDefender T+HQuatrac 5 SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 67 (est.)72
    Reviews found online6170

    Defender T+H: 60% × 67.5 (est.) + 40% × 61 = 65

    Quatrac 5 SUV: 60% × 72 + 40% × 69.5 = 71

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

  4. 67

    Comfort

    Quatrac 5 SUV +2
    69
    Why this score
    SourceDefender T+HQuatrac 5 SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 68 (est.)≈ 69 (est.)
    Reviews found online6669

    Defender T+H: 40% × 68.2 (est.) + 60% × 66 = 67

    Quatrac 5 SUV: 40% × 68.8 (est.) + 60% × 69.1 = 69

    No road tests of comfort for Defender T+H. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.21).

    No road tests of comfort for Quatrac 5 SUV. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.21).

  5. –

    Noise

    No comparison
    62
    Why this score
    SourceDefender T+HQuatrac 5 SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests–60
    Reviews found online–≈ 66 (est.)

    Quatrac 5 SUV: 60% × 59.7 + 40% × 66.3 (est.) = 62

    No owner ratings of noise for Quatrac 5 SUV. 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. 73

    Treadwear

    Defender T+H +10
    63
    Why this score
    SourceDefender T+HQuatrac 5 SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests76≈ 65 (est.)
    Reviews found online6861

    Defender T+H: 60% × 76.1 + 40% × 68 = 73

    Quatrac 5 SUV: 60% × 64.7 (est.) + 40% × 61.3 = 63

    No road tests of treadwear for Quatrac 5 SUV. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

  7. –

    Handling (owners)

    No comparison
    68
    Why this score
    SourceDefender T+HQuatrac 5 SUV
    Reviews found online–68
  8. –

    Efficiency

    No comparison
    72
    Why this score
    SourceDefender T+HQuatrac 5 SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests–72
Scores at a glance
CategoryMichelin Defender T+HVredestein Quatrac 5 SUV
Relative Score 70 70
Dry 69 72
Wet 72 73
Snow 65 71
Comfort 67 69
Noise – 62
Treadwear 73 63
Handling (owners) – 68
Efficiency – 72

Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.

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Recomputed
Headline score
± 8

Defender T+H

± 6

Quatrac 5 SUV

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

The professional test results behind the scores

Per discipline: the average % of the best tire over every test both tires were in, and how many of those tests each one won. “Different tests” rows compare results from separate tests.

DisciplineCategoryDefender T+HQuatrac 5 SUVΔHead-to-head
Also published by the testers (not in the score)
Overall Ranking Overall #1/8 2022 Consumer Reports All-Season Tires #4/8 2018 Auto Bild SUV All Season Tyre Test – Different tests

Pros, cons & observations

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

Tire A Defender T+H

Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.

Tire B Quatrac 5 SUV

Pros

  • Excellent grip and confidence in heavy snow and icy rural roads
  • Greatly improved wet handling and reduced stopping distances
  • High level of ride comfort and low cabin noise

Cons

  • Long-term wear remains unproven for drivers with very low mileage use
All owner themes in the Quatrac 5 SUV review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Michelin Defender T+H B · Vredestein Quatrac 5 SUV
CategoryAll SeasonAll Season
Vehicle typeSUV and 4x4SUV and 4x4
UTQG820 A - B B—

Which one should you actually buy?

Michelin Defender T+H

Vredestein Quatrac 5 SUV

Too close to call: Michelin Defender T+H and Vredestein Quatrac 5 SUV are within 2 points overall. Michelin Defender T+H is stronger on treadwear. Vredestein Quatrac 5 SUV is stronger on snow and dry. Michelin Defender T+H rests on little evidence so far (1 test, 1 review), so read this result as provisional. Vredestein Quatrac 5 SUV rests on little evidence so far (1 test, 4 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire A You want the longest tread life

Michelin Defender T+H scores 73 vs 63 on treadwear.

Pick tire B You drive through snowy winters

Vredestein Quatrac 5 SUV scores 71 vs 65 on snow.

Pick tire B You want the most grip on dry roads

Vredestein Quatrac 5 SUV scores 72 vs 69 on dry.

Tire A · Michelin Defender T+H
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Tire B · Vredestein Quatrac 5 SUV
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Defender T+H or Quatrac 5 SUV?

Which is better in the wet, Defender T+H or Quatrac 5 SUV?

Neither, by our numbers: 72 vs 73 on the wet score, within 3 points.

Which grips better on dry roads, Defender T+H or Quatrac 5 SUV?

Vredestein Quatrac 5 SUV, 72 vs 69 on our dry score.

Which is better in snow, Defender T+H or Quatrac 5 SUV?

Vredestein Quatrac 5 SUV, 71 vs 65 on our snow score.

Which is more comfortable, Defender T+H or Quatrac 5 SUV?

Neither, by our numbers: 67 vs 69 on the comfort score, within 3 points.

Which lasts longer, Defender T+H or Quatrac 5 SUV?

Michelin Defender T+H, 73 vs 63 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