Winter tyre test 205/60 R16 - ADAC 2023

205/60 R16 - 2023

Winner

DUNLOP

DUNLOP Winter Sport 5

Best Value

firestone

Firestone Winterhawk 4

Test Vehicle

vw VW T-Roc

Tested tyres

16

1

1

DUNLOP Winter Sport 5

Rating: Good

£129
92 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92H · £9596H · £13496H · £108

Enviromental impact2.3

Driving safety2.1

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

2

2

Michelin Alpin 6

Rating: Good

Enviromental impact2

Driving safety2.3

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

3

3

GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+

Rating: Good

Enviromental impact2.4

Driving safety2.3

4

4

Continental WinterContact TS 870 P

Rating: Good

£97
92 Hmytyres.co.uk

Enviromental impact2.5

Driving safety2.3

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

5

5

Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3

Rating: Good

£90
92 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92H · £10596H · £8196H · £102

Enviromental impact2.8

Driving safety2.2

6

6

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: Good

£112
92 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

96H · £12696H · £126

Enviromental impact3.1

Driving safety2.1

7

7

Firestone Winterhawk 4

Rating: Good

£74
92 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

96H · £7696H

Enviromental impact3

Driving safety2.3

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

8

8

BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

Rating: Satisfactory

£121
92 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92H · £10396H · £101

Enviromental impact2.4

Driving safety2.7

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

9

9

Fulda Kristall Control HP2

Rating: Satisfactory

£79
92 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

96H · £78

Enviromental impact2

Driving safety2.9

10

10

Kleber KRISALP HP3

Rating: Satisfactory

£103
92 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

92H · £9696H · £99

Enviromental impact2.4

Driving safety3

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

11

11

Falken EuroWinter HS02

Rating: Satisfactory

£81
92 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

96H · £80

Enviromental impact2.7

Driving safety3.1

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

12

12

Barum Polaris 5

Rating: Satisfactory

Enviromental impact2.3

Driving safety3.4

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

13

13

Vredestein Wintrac

Rating: Satisfactory

£98
92 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

96H · £99

Enviromental impact2.4

Driving safety3.4

14

14

Uniroyal WinterExpert

Rating: Satisfactory

£88
92 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

96H · £91

Enviromental impact2.9

Driving safety3.3

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

15

15

Lassa Snoways 4

Rating: Poor

Enviromental impact2.7

Driving safety5.2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

16

16

Austone SP901

Rating: Poor

Enviromental impact3.1

Driving safety5.2

Above you can see the results of the ADAC 2023 205/60 R16 test performed by ADAC on a VW T-Roc in 2023. This test was performed in 205/60 R16, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (205). DUNLOP Winter Sport 5 is the best of 16 tested tyres according to tested properties (Rating, Enviromental impact, Driving safety, ). Other featured tyres include Michelin Alpin 6, GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+, Continental WinterContact TS 870 P; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as GoodYear UltraGrip 9, Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1, Michelin ALPIN A4.

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