All-season traction, enhanced controllability, high-speed performance and high driving comfort levels define the Michelin CrossClimate 2. The tire promotes great all-season traction: the stronger, adaptive thermal compound and directional tread design upgrade dry, wet and winter weather traction, and the durable compound maintains the flexibility of its rubber elements at all times. With extra biting edges, the siping placement and surface contact of the tread design increase traction throughout the year. This combination also ensures exceptional winter traction, earning the tire its severe winter weather designation, while angled lateral grooves help prevent hydroplaning in wet weather conditions. The directional pattern with its optimal surface contact area increases controllability, and the tread enables the tire to improve steering responsiveness and driving stability. Working together, the 3D SipeLock technology and V Ramp chamfers generate friction at the moment of braking, significantly shortening the braking distance, and the thermal adaptive tread also helps with braking power. The shoulder block pattern enhances cornering ability, providing additional biting edges that increase cornering and maneuvering ability and power. This combination ensures safer handling and improves the driver's control over the vehicle throughout the performance. The model also improves high-speed performance. Its stronger structure and durable compound boost the high-speed drive, while the two-ply polyester casing and two supporting steel belts maintain the ideal tire shape. Because the tire does not deform under high-speed pressure, the tread design improves high-speed durability, and the stronger adaptive thermal compound prevents heat build-up across the tread area, further improving performance. As a result, the tire greatly improves high-speed durability at all times. The CrossClimate 2 also improves comfort levels. Its special PIANO Noise Reduction Tuning technology reduces the road noise heard: the tread negates the sound waves generated while the tires are in motion, minimizing the road and tread pattern noise reaching the vehicle's cabin, so road disturbances do not ruin the passengers' driving enjoyment and the driving experience stays quiet.