Are you looking for a versatile all-weather tire that offers a great combination of all-season durability with winter weather driving confidence? If yes, Nexen N Blue 4S 2 can serve as the perfect tire to ensure an efficient and smooth driving experience for your passenger car. While multi-season sipes provide dry and wet traction as well as long wear, consistent road contact leads to great stability and drivability. What’s more, Nexen offers buyers a healthy 70,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty for complete peace of mind. This all-weather tire offers many more features, the details of which will be discussed in this Nexen N Blue 4S 2 review.

Features and Benefits

An all-weather tire like the Nexen N Blue 4S 2 that showcases a high tread depth and a directional tread pattern serves as the perfect agent to mitigate the effects of moderate to severe winters. With this tire, you can be assured of a confident drive throughout the year, regardless of weather conditions. We found the tire to be worthy of a great SimpleScore of 8.9. Here are the features and benefits as per our Nexen N Blue 4S 2 tire review:

• Efficient wet traction: Round and V-type grooves are responsible for enhanced performance in snow slush and enhanced drainage capabilities, leading to effective water and snow evacuation for wet traction. Additionally, an innovative tread pattern prevents aquaplaning.
• Great all-season grip: Multi-season sipes provide optimized all-season grip and 3D sipes help maintain traction across different weather conditions. As a result, this tire receives an average traction SimpleScore of 8.5.
• Good tire stability: 3D sipes increase tread block rigidity to ensure good tire stability, considered useful for handling
• Available warranty: Nexen N Blue 4S 2 is backed by a limited manufacturer tread life warranty of 70,000 miles.
• Long tread life: The combination of an advanced rubber compound that adapts to warm and cold temperatures, sipes, high tread depth, a directional tread pattern, and warranty leads to long tread life, enabling us to award an excellent average longevity SimpleScore of 9.6.
• Quick braking: When compared to Nexen’s all-season tire, the N Blue 4S 2 stops 20% shorter in ice and snow.
• Great handling: The N Blue 4S 2 is available in H, V, and W speed ratings. An innovative tread design enhances contact with the road, leading to great handling. At the same time, the tread compound also plays a role in ensuring better performance. Based on the above, this tire receives an average handling SimpleScore of 8.8.

Pros and Cons

The N Blue 4S 2 does surprisingly well for a tire in its segment, with a great balance of dry and wet traction as well as handling being available. For the stability it provides, Nexen has offered different rapid speed ratings here. Given below are the N Blue 4S 2’s pros and cons that will help you make a buying decision:

PROS:

• Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rated for moderate to severe winter weather use
• Offers great dry and wet traction
• Backed by a limited manufacturer warranty of 70,000 miles
• Ensures confident and rapid braking
• More stable at high speeds

CONS:

• Handling could have been sharper
• Winter performance not very impressive in heavy winters

SimpleTire’s view on Nexen N Blue 4S 2 tires

Nexen N Blue 4S 2 is an all-weather tire laden with numerous technologies that make it one of the most versatile products in its segment. Advanced Resin Technology, fused with 5 times resin, makes it generate tremendous durability and braking performance. With the tire stopping 20% faster, you are assured of high safety in snow and slush. Nexen provides a limited manufacturer treadwear warranty of 70,000 miles for this tire. As a rated green tire, it offers buyers high value and mileage, with the directional tread pattern and the advanced rubber compound playing important roles. Overall, we felt that traction deserves a high Nexen N Blue 4S 2 rating as it is derived from different types of sipes, a tread compound, and a high tread depth.

Vehicles the Nexen N Blue 4S 2 is a good replacement tire for

While the Nexen N Blue 4S 2 ensures a secure ride on dry roads, it also ensures a confident grip in moderate to severe snowy conditions. Here are some of the vehicles on which it would be a good replacement tire:

• Acura ILX
• Audi A4
• BMW 325xi
• Chevrolet Cobalt
• Chrysler PT Cruiser
• Dodge Neon
• Honda Civic
• Hyundai Veloster
• Kia Forte5
• Mazda 5
• Nissan Sentra
• Scion FR-S
• Subaru BRZ