Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - 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 GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ 90%	90%	Premium
2	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 90%	90%	Premium	£126 91 H +2 More
3	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%	90%	Premium
4	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	£162 91 H +4 More
5	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£99 91 H +3 More
6	Premium Michelin ALPIN 6 89%	89%	Premium	£173 91 H +3 More
7	Premium Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 89%	89%	Premium	£121 91 H +1 More
8	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£98 91 H +2 More
9	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£88 91 H +4 More
10	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£174 91 H +6 More
11	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 85%	85%	Upper-middle
12	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£83 91 H +1 More
13	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£67 0 V
14	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£94 91 H +1 More
15	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
16	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£109 91 H +4 More
17	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	£90 91 H +1 More
18	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle
19	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£120 94 V +2 More
20	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof P 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£98 91 H +1 More
21	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
22	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium	£153 91 H +1 More
23	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
24	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget	£76 91 H +2 More
25	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO 75%	75%	Premium
26	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
27	Upper-middle Yokohama Bluearth Winter V906 72%	72%	Upper-middle	£92 91 H +1 More
28	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	£82 94 H +2 More
29	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
30	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
31	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	£77 91 H +3 More
32	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£91 91 H +1 More
33	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget	£114 91 H +1 More
34	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
35	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
36	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£90 91 H +9 More
37	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
38	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
39	GT Radial WinterPro2 Sport 51%	51%
40	Budget Sportiva Snow Win 3 49%	49%	Budget
41	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
42	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
43	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
44	Sailun Iceblazer Alpine Evo 1 29%	29%
45	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
46	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
47	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget
48	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget