Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - ADAC 2016

225/45 R17 - 2016

Winner

Dunlop

Dunlop Winter Sport 5

Tested tyres

13

1

1

Dunlop Winter Sport 5

Rating: -

£120
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £12094H · £16894H · £128+2

Wet2,4

Dry2,4

Snow1,9

Ice2,2

Noise2,8

Wear2,0

Fuel consumption1,6

Wet

Wet Braking#1/8

Wet Circle Cornering#1/8

Aquaplaning Cross#2/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/8

Wet Handling#3/8

Dry

Dry Safety#2/10

Dry Braking#5/10

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#2/13

Mileage#2/11

Comfort

Noise Interior#1/13

Noise Exterior#6/13

Snow

Snow Braking#2/11

Snow Handling#2/11

Snow Traction#2/11

2

2

Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3

Rating: -

Wet2,7

Dry2,9

Snow2,7

Ice2,6

Noise3,1

Wear2,5

Fuel consumption2,2

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/8

Wet Braking#3/8

Wet Circle Cornering#4/8

Aquaplaning Cross#6/8

Wet Handling#7/8

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#8/13

Mileage#8/11

Comfort

Noise Interior#4/13

Noise Exterior#9/13

Snow

Snow Handling#7/11

Snow Braking#10/11

Snow Traction#11/11

3

3

Firestone Winterhawk 3

Rating: -

Wet3,0

Dry2,9

Snow2,4

Ice2,0

Noise2,8

Wear2,0

Fuel consumption2,2

Dry

Dry Braking#5/10

Dry Safety#9/10

Economy

Mileage#2/11

Fuel Efficiency#8/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/13

Noise Interior#2/13

Snow

Snow Braking#3/11

Snow Traction#4/11

Snow Handling#10/11

4

4

Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1

Rating: -

Wet2,7

Dry3,0

Snow1,7

Ice2,0

Noise3,2

Wear2,0

Fuel consumption1,5

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/8

Wet Handling#4/8

Wet Braking#6/8

Wet Circle Cornering#7/8

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#1/13

Mileage#2/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/13

Noise Interior#8/13

Snow

Snow Braking#1/11

Snow Handling#1/11

Snow Traction#1/11

5

5

Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320

Rating: -

Wet3,0

Dry2,2

Snow2,5

Ice2,4

Noise3,5

Wear2,5

Fuel consumption2,3

Dry

Dry Safety#2/10

Dry Braking#5/10

Economy

Mileage#8/11

Fuel Efficiency#10/13

Comfort

Noise Interior#8/13

Noise Exterior#10/13

Snow

Snow Braking#9/11

Snow Handling#9/11

Snow Traction#10/11

6

6

Nokian WR D4

Rating: -

Wet2,6

Dry2,4

Snow2,2

Ice2,1

Noise3,1

Wear3,0

Fuel consumption2,0

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/8

Wet Braking#3/8

Aquaplaning Cross#5/8

Wet Handling#5/8

Dry

Dry Braking#1/10

Dry Safety#4/10

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#6/13

Comfort

Noise Interior#2/13

Noise Exterior#10/13

Snow

Snow Braking#3/11

Snow Handling#4/11

Snow Traction#4/11

7

7

Uniroyal MS plus 77

Rating: -

Wet2,3

Dry3,2

Snow2,5

Ice2,6

Noise3,1

Wear2,5

Fuel consumption1,9

Wet

Wet Handling#1/8

Aquaplaning Cross#2/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/8

Wet Braking#3/8

Wet Circle Cornering#4/8

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#4/13

Mileage#8/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/13

Noise Interior#6/13

Snow

Snow Traction#4/11

Snow Handling#7/11

Snow Braking#10/11

8

8

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001

Rating: -

£152
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £152

Wet2,5

Dry2,1

Snow3,3

Ice2,4

Noise3,7

Wear2,0

Fuel consumption2,1

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/8

Wet Circle Cornering#4/8

Wet Handling#5/8

Wet Braking#6/8

Dry

Dry Safety#1/10

Dry Braking#5/10

Economy

Mileage#2/11

Fuel Efficiency#7/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/13

Noise Interior#12/13

9

9

Viking Snow Tech II

Rating: -

Wet3,4

Dry3,2

Snow2,4

Ice2,7

Noise4,1

Wear2,0

Fuel consumption2,4

10

10

Vredestein Wintrac Xtreme S

Rating: -

Wet2,4

Dry2,4

Snow3,4

Ice2,5

Noise3,0

Wear3,0

Fuel consumption2,4

11

11

Yokohama W.drive V905

Rating: -

Wet3,3

Dry2,5

Snow2,1

Ice2,9

Noise4,0

Wear3,5

Fuel consumption2,4

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#6/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/8

Wet Braking#8/8

Wet Circle Cornering#8/8

Wet Handling#8/8

Dry

Dry Braking#1/10

Dry Safety#4/10

Economy

Fuel Efficiency#11/13

Comfort

Noise Interior#10/13

Noise Exterior#13/13

Snow

Snow Braking#3/11

Snow Handling#3/11

Snow Traction#4/11

12

12

Matador MP92 Sibir Snow

Rating: -

Wet3,7

Dry2,6

Snow2,2

Ice2,5

Noise3,2

Wear2,0

Fuel consumption1,9

Dry

Dry Braking#3/10

Dry Safety#8/10

Economy

Mileage#2/11

Fuel Efficiency#4/13

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/13

Noise Interior#6/13

Snow

Snow Braking#3/11

Snow Traction#4/11

Snow Handling#5/11

13

13

BF Goodrich g-force Winter

Rating: -

Wet3,9

Dry2,6

Snow2,2

Ice2,2

Noise3,6

Wear1,5

Fuel consumption1,8

Above you can see the results of the ADAC 2016 225/45 R17 test performed by ADAC on a in 2016. This test was performed in 225/45 R17, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (225). Dunlop Winter Sport 5 is the best of 13 tested tyres according to tested properties (Rating, Wet, Dry, Snow, Ice, ). Other featured tyres include Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3, Firestone Winterhawk 3, Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2, Michelin ALPIN 6, Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3.

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