Winter tyre test 185/65 R15 - ADAC 2022

185/65 R15 - 2022

Winner

Continental

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Best Value

semperit

Semperit Speed-Grip 5

Test Vehicle

vw VW Polo

Tested tyres

16

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1

1

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Rating: Good

£75
88 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92T · £84

Wet2,1

Dry2,3

Snow2,2

Ice2,5

Rolling resistance1,8

Noise3,0

Wear2,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#5/16

Wet Handling#6/16

Wet Braking#9/16

Dry

Dry Safety#3/16

Dry Braking#8/16

Snow

Snow Braking#1/16

Snow Traction#4/16

Snow Handling#7/16

2

2

GoodYear UltraGrip 9+

Rating: Good

Wet1,7

Dry2,3

Snow2,5

Ice2,3

Rolling resistance2,0

Noise2,7

Wear2,5

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/16

Wet Handling#2/16

Wet Braking#3/16

Dry

Dry Safety#3/16

Dry Braking#8/16

Snow

Snow Braking#7/16

Snow Handling#9/16

Snow Traction#9/16

3

3

Semperit Speed-Grip 5

Rating: Good

£57
88 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92T · £65

Wet2,3

Dry2,5

Snow2,0

Ice2,3

Rolling resistance1,7

Noise2,6

Wear2,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/16

Wet Handling#11/16

Wet Braking#12/16

Dry

Dry Braking#8/16

Dry Safety#8/16

Snow

Snow Braking#1/16

Snow Handling#3/16

Snow Traction#4/16

4

4

Michelin Alpin 6

Rating: Good

Wet2,3

Dry2,5

Snow2,0

Ice2,3

Rolling resistance1,7

Noise2,6

Wear2,0

Wet

Wet Braking#3/16

Wet Handling#3/16

Aquaplaning Cross#8/16

Dry

Dry Braking#8/16

Dry Safety#8/16

Snow

Snow Traction#4/16

Snow Handling#6/16

Snow Braking#11/16

5

5

BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

Rating: Satisfactory

£89
88 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92T · £89

Wet2,7

Dry2,6

Snow2,0

Ice2,5

Rolling resistance2,4

Noise2,7

Wear2,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#8/16

Wet Braking#8/16

Wet Handling#12/16

Dry

Dry Safety#7/16

Dry Braking#8/16

Snow

Snow Braking#1/16

Snow Traction#1/16

Snow Handling#3/16

6

6

Vredestein Wintrac

Rating: Satisfactory

£64
0 mytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

0 · £8388T · £72

Wet2,1

Dry2,4

Snow2,7

Ice2,4

Rolling resistance2,4

Noise2,8

Wear2,5

Wet

Wet Braking#3/16

Wet Handling#3/16

Aquaplaning Cross#8/16

Dry

Dry Braking#2/16

Dry Safety#6/16

Snow

Snow Traction#9/16

Snow Handling#10/16

Snow Braking#13/16

7

7

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: Satisfactory

£72
88 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92T · £81

Wet1,7

Dry2,1

Snow2,4

Ice2,8

Rolling resistance1,9

Noise2,9

Wear3,0

Wet

Wet Braking#1/16

Aquaplaning Cross#2/16

Wet Handling#3/16

Dry

Dry Braking#2/16

Dry Safety#2/16

Snow

Snow Traction#4/16

Snow Braking#7/16

Snow Handling#8/16

8

8

Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6

Rating: Satisfactory

£62
0 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

0T · £63

Wet2,2

Dry1,9

Snow2,9

Ice2,7

Rolling resistance2,6

Noise2,6

Wear3,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#5/16

Wet Handling#10/16

Wet Braking#11/16

Dry

Dry Safety#1/16

Dry Braking#2/16

Snow

Snow Braking#11/16

Snow Handling#12/16

Snow Traction#13/16

9

9

Firestone Winterhawk 4

Rating: Satisfactory

£58
88 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92T · £63

Wet2,0

Dry3,2

Snow2,2

Ice2,1

Rolling resistance1,7

Noise2,8

Wear2,5

Wet

Wet Braking#3/16

Aquaplaning Cross#5/16

Wet Handling#8/16

Dry

Dry Safety#12/16

Dry Braking#15/16

Snow

Snow Traction#4/16

Snow Handling#5/16

Snow Braking#7/16

10

10

Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21

Rating: Satisfactory

£76
88 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

88H · £7092T · £78

Wet2,5

Dry3,3

Snow3,

Ice2,1

Rolling resistance2,2

Noise2,5

Wear2,5

Wet

Wet Braking#2/16

Wet Handling#7/16

Aquaplaning Cross#14/16

Dry

Dry Braking#2/16

Dry Safety#13/16

Snow

Snow Traction#13/16

Snow Braking#14/16

Snow Handling#14/16

11

11

Avon WT7

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet2,5

Dry2,9

Snow3,5

Ice2,4

Rolling resistance2,3

Noise3,0

Wear3,5

Wet

Wet Braking#9/16

Wet Handling#9/16

Aquaplaning Cross#11/16

Dry

Dry Braking#2/16

Dry Safety#10/16

Snow

Snow Braking#14/16

Snow Handling#15/16

Snow Traction#15/16

12

12

Dunlop SP Winter Response 2

Rating: Sufficient

£56
88 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92T92T · £68

Wet1,8

Dry3,6

Snow1,8

Ice2,5

Rolling resistance1,9

Noise2,7

Wear2,5

Wet

Wet Handling#1/16

Aquaplaning Cross#2/16

Wet Braking#3/16

Dry

Dry Braking#2/16

Dry Safety#15/16

Snow

Snow Braking#1/16

Snow Handling#1/16

Snow Traction#1/16

13

13

Fulda Kristall Montero 3

Rating: Sufficient

£52
88 Tmytyres.co.uk

Wet3,7

Dry3,6

Snow1,9

Ice2,3

Rolling resistance2,0

Noise2,9

Wear1,5

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#11/16

Wet Braking#14/16

Wet Handling#14/16

Dry

Dry Safety#14/16

Dry Braking#16/16

Snow

Snow Braking#1/16

Snow Traction#1/16

Snow Handling#2/16

14

14

Barum Polaris 5

Rating: Sufficient

Wet3,2

Dry3,9

Snow2,4

Ice2,8

Rolling resistance2,0

Noise3,0

Wear2,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#11/16

Wet Braking#13/16

Wet Handling#13/16

Dry

Dry Braking#8/16

Dry Safety#16/16

Snow

Snow Braking#1/16

Snow Traction#9/16

Snow Handling#10/16

15

15

Imperial SnowDragon UHP

Rating: Poor

Wet5,3

Dry2,1

Snow4,0

Ice2,3

Rolling resistance2,3

Noise2,9

Wear1,5

Wet

Wet Braking#14/16

Wet Handling#15/16

Aquaplaning Cross#16/16

Dry

Dry Braking#1/16

Dry Safety#3/16

Snow

Snow Traction#15/16

Snow Braking#16/16

Snow Handling#16/16

16

16

Wanli SW611

Rating: Poor

Wet5,5

Dry2,7

Snow2,7

Ice1,9

Rolling resistance1,8

Noise2,9

Wear2,5

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#15/16

Wet Braking#16/16

Wet Handling#16/16

Dry

Dry Braking#8/16

Dry Safety#10/16

Snow

Snow Braking#7/16

Snow Traction#9/16

Snow Handling#13/16

Above you can see the results of the ADAC 2022 185/65 R15 test performed by ADAC on a VW Polo in 2022. This test was performed in 185/65 R15, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (185). Continental WinterContact TS 870 is the best of 16 tested tyres according to tested properties (Rating, Wet, Dry, Snow, Ice, ). Other featured tyres include GoodYear UltraGrip 9+, Semperit Speed-Grip 5, Michelin Alpin 6; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Michelin ALPIN A4, Nokian WR D4, Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452.

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