Winter tyre test 185/65 R15 - ADAC 2016

See how tyre price relates to test performance at a glance

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	Segment	Price
1	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 90%	90%	Premium	£65 88 T +2 More
2	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%	90%	Premium
3	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£72 88 T +3 More
4	Premium Michelin ALPIN 6 89%	89%	Premium
5	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium
6	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£76 88 T +2 More
7	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£53 88 T +4 More
8	Premium GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 86%	86%	Premium
9	Hankook W452 Winter I*Cept Rs2 85%	85%		£69 88 H
10	Hankook W320 Winter I*Cept Evo2 84%	84%		£61 92 H
11	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£52 88 T +1 More
12	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£48 0 T +1 More
13	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£54 88 T +1 More
14	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£67 88 T +4 More
15	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle
16	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£73 92 H
17	Budget Debica Frigo 2 75%	75%	Budget
18	Budget Sava ESKIMO S3+ 73%	73%	Budget	£50 88 T +2 More
19	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP51 68%	68%	Upper-middle
20	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 66%	66%	Budget
21	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
22	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£52 88 T +3 More
23	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget
24	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
25	Budget Fulda KRISTALL MONTERO 3 62%	62%	Budget	£50 88 T +1 More
26	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
27	Budget Semperit Master-Grip 2 59%	59%	Budget
28	Budget Laufenn I FIT Plus 59%	59%	Budget
29	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
30	Budget Linglong Sport Master Winter 48%	48%	Budget
31	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
32	Upper-middle Toyo SnowProx S943 38%	38%	Upper-middle
33	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
34	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
35	Budget Starfire W200 20%	20%	Budget
36	Budget Imperial SnowDragon HP 10%	10%	Budget	£76 88 T +1 More
37	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
38	Torque TQ 023 5%	5%
39	Budget Syron Everest 1 plus 1%	1%	Budget
40	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget
41	Budget Duraturn Mozzo Winter 1%	1%	Budget