215/55 R16 - Best premium winter tyres 2025 | TheTyreLab.com

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215/55 R16 premium tyre test

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Snow

Snow braking, Snow traction, Snow cornering, …

1. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ 93%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 93%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 93%

4. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 91%

5. Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 91%

6. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 85%

7. Michelin Alpin 6 84%

8. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 81%

9. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 80%

10. Vredestein Wintrac 74%

11. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 74%

12. Michelin Alpin 5 ?%

13. 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. Vredestein Wintrac 86%

5. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 85%

6. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 85%

7. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ 85%

8. Michelin Alpin 6 83%

9. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 82%

10. Michelin Alpin 5 81%

11. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 81%

12. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 79%

13. Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 76%

Dry

Dry braking, Dry handling, Dry steering response, …

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 91%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 86%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 86%

4. Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 86%

5. Michelin Alpin 6 86%

6. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 84%

7. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%

8. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 82%

9. Vredestein Wintrac 80%

10. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 80%

11. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ 80%

12. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 80%

13. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 66%

Noise

Interior noise, Exterior noise

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 93%

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ 87%

3. Vredestein Wintrac 83%

4. Michelin Alpin 6 83%

5. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 83%

6. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 82%

7. Continental WinterContact TS 860 79%

8. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 77%

9. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 74%

10. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 73%

11. Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 70%

12. Michelin Alpin 5 66%

13. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 55%

Costs

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 86%

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 82%

3. Michelin Alpin 6 82%

4. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ 82%

5. Michelin Alpin 5 81%

6. Continental WinterContact TS 860 81%

7. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 80%

8. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 79%

9. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 79%

10. Vredestein Wintrac 72%

11. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 68%

12. Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 68%

13. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 ?%

Price

215/55 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.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005! Newer model available: Bridgestone Blizzak 6		92.2% 79.6% 84.4% 82.6%		Autozeitung 2024	Premium	£139 93 H + 2
2.	Continental WinterContact TS 860! Newer model available: Continental WinterContact TS 870		93.6% 92.5% 86.2% 80.7%			Premium
3.	GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+! Newer model available: GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3		84.6% 92.6% 80.2% 85.4%		ADAC 2022	Premium	£162 93 H + 2
4.	Michelin ALPIN 6! Newer model available: Michelin ALPIN 7		83.2% 83.9% 85.5% 82.5%		Autozeitung 2024	Premium	£166 93 H + 1
5.	Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1! Newer model available: GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+		82.9% 92.2% 82.8% 75.3%		ADAC 2017	Premium
6.	Dunlop Winter Sport 5		81.7% 90.7% 81.6% 74.3%		ADAC 2024	Premium	£145 93 H + 3
7.	Michelin ALPIN 5! Newer model available: Michelin Alpin 6		81.2% 72.1% 85.8% 66.6%		ADAC 2017	Premium
8.	Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2		78.7% 81.3% 66.3% 81.3%		ADAC 2024	Premium
9.	Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III					Premium
10.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001		80.6% 77.4% 83.7%			Premium
11.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32					Premium

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