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Snow

Snow braking, Snow traction, Snow cornering, …

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 95%

2. Nokian WR D4 94%

3. Kleber Krisalp HP3 89%

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 86%

5. Uniroyal MS plus 77 83%

6. Nokian WR Snowproof 81%

7. Barum Polaris 5 78%

8. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 78%

9. Giti GitiWinter W2 75%

10. Uniroyal WinterExpert 75%

11. Falken Eurowinter HS01 74%

12. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 74%

13. Toyo Snowprox S954 71%

14. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 70%

15. Toyo Observe S944 67%

Wet

Wet braking, Wet handling, Wet circle cornering, …

1. Uniroyal MS plus 77 79%

2. Toyo Snowprox S954 79%

3. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 78%

4. Falken Eurowinter HS01 78%

5. Kleber Krisalp HP3 77%

6. Giti GitiWinter W2 76%

7. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 75%

8. Nokian WR D4 73%

9. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 73%

10. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 72%

11. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 70%

12. Nokian WR Snowproof 69%

13. Toyo Observe S944 68%

14. Uniroyal WinterExpert 66%

15. Barum Polaris 5 64%

Dry

Dry braking, Dry handling, Dry steering response, …

1. Toyo Snowprox S954 92%

2. Toyo Observe S944 85%

3. Nokian WR Snowproof 83%

4. Nokian WR D4 82%

5. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 78%

6. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 76%

7. Uniroyal MS plus 77 75%

8. Kleber Krisalp HP3 75%

9. Falken Eurowinter HS01 74%

10. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 74%

11. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 74%

12. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 74%

13. Uniroyal WinterExpert 72%

14. Barum Polaris 5 72%

15. Giti GitiWinter W2 71%

Noise

Interior noise, Exterior noise

1. Nokian WR Snowproof 87%

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 83%

3. Toyo Snowprox S954 81%

4. Kleber Krisalp HP3 79%

5. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 77%

6. Toyo Observe S944 77%

7. Giti GitiWinter W2 77%

8. Falken Eurowinter HS01 77%

9. Barum Polaris 5 76%

10. Uniroyal MS plus 77 75%

11. Uniroyal WinterExpert 73%

12. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 71%

13. Nokian WR D4 70%

14. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 68%

15. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 62%

Costs

1. Nokian WR D4 89%

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 86%

3. Nokian WR Snowproof 85%

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 82%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 82%

6. Barum Polaris 5 81%

7. Toyo Observe S944 80%

8. Uniroyal MS plus 77 79%

9. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 77%

10. Kleber Krisalp HP3 75%

11. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 71%

12. Falken Eurowinter HS01 63%

13. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 63%

14. Toyo Snowprox S954 61%

15. Giti GitiWinter W2 53%

Price

205/55 R16 tyre ranking based on test results

Tests usually don't cover the whole market - here is our selection what not to miss when shopping for tyres in this size.

#	Name		Our rating	Tested in this dimension	Tested in same width dimension	Segment	Price
1.	Semperit Speed-Grip 2! Newer model available: Semperit Speed-Grip 3			Autobild 2016		Lowcost
2.	Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6		78.4% 70.3% 78.3% 71.2%	Autobild 2021		Lowcost	£78 0 H + 1
3.	Semperit Speed-Grip 3! Newer model available: Semperit Speed-Grip 5		78.1% 77.2% 71.3% 79.7%	Autobild 2021		Lowcost
4.	Semperit Speed-Grip 5		74.5% 77.6% 76% 68.8%	AUTOBILD 2024		Lowcost	£77 91 T + 3
5.	Fulda Kristall Control HP2		70% 85.9% 74% 72.3%	Autobild 2021	ADAC 2023	Lowcost	£76 91 H + 1
6.	Sava Eskimo HP2		65.3% 79.5% 72.3% 73.5%	Autobild 2021		Lowcost	£82 91 H + 1
7.	Debica Frigo 2					Lowcost	£55 91 T + 1
8.	Giti GitiWinter W1		65.8% 77.2% 72.4% 72.7%	ADAC 2018		Lowcost
9.	Sava ESKIMO S3+		69.5% 88.4% 72.8%			Lowcost	£60 91 T + 1
10.	Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21		72.3% 70.3% 70.6%	Autobild 2021		Lowcost	£57 91 T + 2
11.	Debica Frigo HP2		70% 86.5% 74.1% 71.9%	Autoklub ČR 2020		Lowcost	£73 91 H + 1
12.	Nexen WinGuard Sport					Lowcost
13.	Barum Polaris 5! Newer model available: Barum Polaris 6		63.8% 78.1% 72% 74.8%	Autobild 2021	ADAC 2023	Lowcost	£437 91 T + 3
14.	Fulda KRISTALL MONTERO 3					Lowcost	£92 91 T + 1
15.	Matador MP93 Nordicca					Lowcost
16.	Kormoran SNOW			Autobild 2021		Lowcost
17.	Matador MP92 Sibir Snow! Newer model available: Matador MP93 Nordicca		72.1% 80.3% 76.9%	Autobild 2016		Lowcost
18.	Imperial SnowDragon UHP		62% 70.7% 88.8%	Autoklub ČR 2020		Lowcost	£69 91 H + 1
19.	Imperial SnowDragon 3					Lowcost
20.	Syron Everest 1 plus					Lowcost
21.	Duraturn Mozzo Winter			AUTOBILD 2024		Lowcost

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