A winter season is defined as six months. 12,000 kilometers driven per winter is estimated from annual average kilometers driven in Canada per vehicle by Desrosiers Automotive Consultants. (3) Based on third-party longevity tests, in North Finland between October 2019 and January 2020, on a Volkswagen ® Golf 1.5 TSI comparing the MICHELIN ® X-Ice ® SNOW tire versus BRIDGESTONE ® Blizzak WS-90, CONTINENTAL ® Viking Contact 7, NOKIAN ® Hakkappeliitta R3, GOODYEAR ® UltraGrip Ice 2, Pirelli ® Ice Zero FR in tire size 205/55R16 94H XL. (2) Based on: (1) internal hydroplaning longitudinal acceleration test performed in France in March 2019, on a Volkswagen ® Golf 7 comparing the MICHELIN ® X-Ice ® SNOW tire versus MICHELIN ® X-ICE ® Xi3 in tire size 205/55R16 94H XL and on: (2) internal hydroplaning curve test performed in Japan in February 2019, on an AUDI ® A4, comparing the MICHELIN ® X-Ice ® SNOW tire versus MICHELIN ® X-ICE ® Xi3 in tire size 205/55R16 94H XL. (1) New, at 10,000 km/6,000 miles, and when worn to 4 mm and 2 mm tread depth, the MICHELIN ® X-Ice ® SNOW tire offers shorter snow and ice stopping distances on average than its predecessor, based on third-party snow braking test (between 35 km/h / 20mi/h and 5 km/h / 3 mi/h) and ice braking test (between 30 km/h / 18 mi/h and 5 km/h / 3 mi/h), in December 2019 and January 2020: (1) on a Volkswagen ® Golf 1.5 TSI comparing the MICHELIN ® X-Ice ® SNOW tire versus MICHELIN ® X-ICE ® Xi3 in tire size 205/55R16 94H XL, and (2) on a Volkswagen ® Tiguan comparing the MICHELIN ® X-Ice ® SNOW SUV tire versus MICHELIN ® Latitude ®® X-ICE ® Xi2 in tire size 235/55R19 105H XL.
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