Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - Autobild 2019

Winter

2019

Year

53

Tyres

Winner

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Best Value

Semperit Speed-Grip 3

Test Vehicle

BMW 1 series

Tested tyres

53

Price vs Quality

See how tyre price relates to test performance at a glance

Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

1

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: -

£106

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94H 94V

Stopping distance on wet29,2 m

Stopping distance on snow24,6 m

Summary

2

GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet30,6 m

Stopping distance on snow24,3 m

Summary

3

Michelin Alpin 6

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet30,4 m

Stopping distance on snow24,7 m

Summary

4

Semperit Speed-Grip 3

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet31,6 m

Stopping distance on snow24,3 m

Summary

5

Continental WinterContact TS 860

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet31,5 m

Stopping distance on snow24,5 m

Summary

6

Vredestein Wintrac Pro

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet30,8 m

Stopping distance on snow25,2 m

Summary

7

BF Goodrich g-force Winter

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet32 m

Stopping distance on snow24,2 m

Summary

8

Kleber KRISALP HP3

Rating: -

£101

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

94H · £101 94H 94V · £112

Stopping distance on wet32,2 m

Stopping distance on snow24 m

Summary

9

Apollo Aspire XP

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet31,2 m

Stopping distance on snow25,1 m

Summary

10

Kumho WinterCraft WP71

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet31,5 m

Stopping distance on snow24,8 m

Summary

11

Nokian WR Snowproof

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet32,2 m

Stopping distance on snow24,6 m

Summary

12

Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet32 m

Stopping distance on snow24,9 m

Summary

13

Dunlop Winter Sport 5

Rating: -

£111

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91H · £127 94H 94H +2

Stopping distance on wet32,9 m

Stopping distance on snow24,3 m

Summary

14

Uniroyal MS plus 77

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet32,8 m

Stopping distance on snow24,6 m

Summary

15

Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7

Rating: -

£69

94 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94V · £78 94V · £69

Stopping distance on wet33 m

Stopping distance on snow24,7 m

Summary

16

22

Maxxis WP-05 Arctictrekker

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,2 m

Stopping distance on snow24,6 m

Summary

23

Avon WV7

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet32,4 m

Stopping distance on snow27 m

Summary

24

Firestone Winterhawk 3

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,3 m

Stopping distance on snow25,5 m

Summary

25

Falken EuroWinter HS01

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet33,9 m

Stopping distance on snow26,1 m

Summary

26

Cooper WeatherMaster SA2+

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet31,9 m

Stopping distance on snow28,3 m

Summary

27

Toyo Snowprox S954

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34 m

Stopping distance on snow26,7 m

Summary

28

Seiberling Winter

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,3 m

Stopping distance on snow27,3 m

Summary

29

Dayton DW 510Evo

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet33,4 m

Stopping distance on snow28,7 m

Summary

30

Imperial Snowdragon 3

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet33,9 m

Stopping distance on snow31,7 m

Summary

31

Paxaro Winter

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,4 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

32

Mabor Winter-Jet 3

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,7 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

33

Matador MP92 Sibir Snow

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,8 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

34

Tyfoon Eurosnow 2

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,6 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

35

General Altimax Winter 3

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,9 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

36

Gislaved euro Frost 6

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet35,1 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

37

Linglong Green-Max Winter UHP

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet35,2 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

38

Kenda Wintergen 2

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet35,3 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

39

Giti GitiWinter Q1

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet35,6 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

40

Cachland CH-W2002

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet35,7 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

41

Viking WinTech

Rating: -

£112

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £112

Stopping distance on wet35,8 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

42

Blacklion Snow Pioneer BM56

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet36,7 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

43

Fortuna Winter-Max A1

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet36,9 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

44

Sailun Iceblazer Alpine Evo

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet36,9 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

45

King Meiler Winter Tact WT84

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet37,4 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

46

Duraturn Mozzo Winter

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet37,6 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

47

Superia Bluewin UHP

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet37,7 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

48

Profil Tyres Pro Snow Ultra

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet37,9 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

49

Windforce Snowpower

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet38,5 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

50

A-plus A502

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet39 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

51

Mazzini Snow Leopard

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet39,1 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

52

Triangel Snow Lion TR 777

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet39,2 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

53

Laufenn I Fit LW31

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet39,4 m

Stopping distance on snow-

Summary

Same size tyres not featured in the test

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 Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 89%	89%	Premium	£115 91 H +1 More
2	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium	£172 91 H +3 More
3	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	£160 91 H +4 More
4	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£92 91 H +2 More
5	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£89 91 H +4 More
6	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle
7	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£162 91 H +6 More
8	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£82 91 H +1 More

9	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle
10	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£139 91 H +2 More
11	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£67 0 V
12	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£102 91 H +1 More
13	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£114 94 V +2 More
14	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof P 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£126 91 H +1 More
15	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium	£143 91 H +1 More
16	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO 75%	75%	Premium

17	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
18	Upper-middle Yokohama Bluearth Winter V906 72%	72%	Upper-middle	£84 91 H +1 More
19	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
20	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
21	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£90 91 H +1 More
22	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
23	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
24	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget

25	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
26	GT Radial WinterPro2 Sport 51%	51%
27	Budget Sportiva Snow Win 3 49%	49%	Budget	£101 94 V
28	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
29	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
30	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
31	Sailun Iceblazer Alpine Evo 1 29%	29%
32	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget

33	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
34	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget