205/65 R15 - Best premium winter tyres 2025 | TheTyreLab.com

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205/65 R15 premium tyre test

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Snow

Snow braking, Snow traction, Snow cornering, …

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 93%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 93%

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 92%

4. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 91%

5. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 88%

6. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 84%

7. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 80%

8. Vredestein Wintrac 74%

9. Michelin Alpin 5 ?%

10. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 ?%

Wet

Wet braking, Wet handling, Wet circle cornering, …

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 94%

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 92%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 89%

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 87%

5. Vredestein Wintrac 86%

6. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 82%

7. Michelin Alpin 5 81%

8. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 81%

9. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 81%

10. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 72%

Dry

Dry braking, Dry handling, Dry steering response, …

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 91%

2. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 86%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 860 86%

4. Michelin Alpin 5 86%

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 86%

6. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 84%

7. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%

8. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 82%

9. Vredestein Wintrac 80%

10. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 76%

Noise

Interior noise, Exterior noise

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 93%

2. Vredestein Wintrac 83%

3. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 83%

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 80%

5. Continental WinterContact TS 860 79%

6. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 78%

7. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 73%

8. Michelin Alpin 5 66%

9. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 65%

10. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 55%

Costs

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 86%

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 82%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 81%

4. Continental WinterContact TS 860 81%

5. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 80%

6. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 77%

7. Vredestein Wintrac 72%

8. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 71%

9. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 66%

10. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 ?%

Price

205/65 R15 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.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005! Newer model available: Bridgestone Blizzak 6		92.2% 79.6% 84.4% 82.6%		ADAC 2023	Premium	£117 94 T + 1
2.	Continental WinterContact TS 860! Newer model available: Continental WinterContact TS 870		93.6% 92.5% 86.2% 80.7%		Használtautó.hu 2020	Premium
3.	Michelin ALPIN 5! Newer model available: Michelin Alpin 6		81.2% 72.1% 85.8% 66.6%		ADAC 2018	Premium	£140 94 T + 2
4.	GoodYear UltraGrip 9		90.4% 79.1% 82.8% 74.5%		Használtautó.hu 2020	Premium
5.	Dunlop Winter Sport 5		81.7% 90.7% 81.6% 74.3%		ADAC 2023	Premium	£88 94 T + 3
6.	GoodYear UltraGrip 9+		87% 82.5% 78% 77.5%		Autobild 2021	Premium
7.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001		80.6% 77.4% 83.7%		GTÜ 2016	Premium
8.	Pirelli CINTURATO WINTER! Newer model available: Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2		80.7% 87.6% 75.7% 80.5%		ADAC 2018	Premium
9.	Continental VanContact Winter		94.2% 85.1% 61.8%		ADAC 2019	Premium	£155 102 T
10.	Pirelli CARRIER WINTER		66.3%		ADAC 2019	Premium
11.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32				ACE 2014	Premium
12.	Goodyear Cargo UltraGrip 2		49.3% 70.4% 70.5%		ADAC 2019	Premium

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