Winter tyre test 255/35 R19 - Autobild 2019

255/35 R19 - 2019

Winner

GoodYear

GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+

Best Value

uniroyal

Uniroyal MS plus 77

Test Vehicle

audi Audi RS5 Sportback

Tested tyres

11

1

1

GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+

Rating: Exemplary

Wet1-

Dry2

Snow1-

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/11

Wet Braking#1/11

Wet Circle Cornering#1/11

Wet Handling#1/11

Aquaplaning Cross#2/11

Dry

Dry Braking#1/11

Dry Handling#8/11

Comfort

Ride Comfort#2/11

Noise Exterior#6/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/11

Snow

Snow Braking#1/11

Snow Handling#1/11

Snow Traction#1/11

Snow Circle Cornering#2/11

2

2

Vredestein Wintrac Pro

Rating: Exemplary

Wet2+

Dry2-

Snow2+

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/11

Wet Circle Cornering#1/11

Aquaplaning Cross#2/11

Wet Handling#2/11

Wet Braking#4/11

Dry

Dry Handling#4/11

Dry Braking#5/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/11

Ride Comfort#8/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#10/11

Snow

Snow Handling#1/11

Snow Circle Cornering#2/11

Snow Braking#4/11

Snow Traction#6/11

3

3

Uniroyal MS plus 77

Rating: Good

Wet2-

Dry2

Snow1-

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/11

Wet Circle Cornering#4/11

Aquaplaning Cross#5/11

Wet Handling#6/11

Wet Braking#7/11

Dry

Dry Handling#4/11

Dry Braking#9/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/11

Ride Comfort#4/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/11

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#1/11

Snow Handling#1/11

Snow Traction#1/11

Snow Braking#2/11

4

4

Continental WinterContact TS 860S

Rating: Good

£300
96 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

96V · £30096V

Wet2-

Dry2

Snow2+

Wet

Wet Handling#3/11

Wet Circle Cornering#4/11

Aquaplaning Cross#5/11

Wet Braking#5/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#10/11

Dry

Dry Handling#1/11

Dry Braking#3/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/11

Ride Comfort#4/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/11

Snow

Snow Braking#4/11

Snow Traction#5/11

Snow Circle Cornering#6/11

Snow Handling#7/11

5

5

Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320

Rating: Good

Wet2

Dry2-

Snow2+

Wet

Wet Braking#2/11

Wet Handling#3/11

Wet Circle Cornering#4/11

Aquaplaning Cross#5/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/11

Dry

Dry Handling#4/11

Dry Braking#9/11

Comfort

Ride Comfort#2/11

Noise Exterior#11/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#10/11

Snow

Snow Traction#1/11

Snow Circle Cornering#2/11

Snow Braking#4/11

Snow Handling#5/11

6

6

Michelin Pilot Alpin PA4

Rating: Good

£237
96 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

96V · £23796V

Wet2

Dry2

Snow2

Wet

Wet Braking#2/11

Wet Circle Cornering#3/11

Wet Handling#3/11

Aquaplaning Cross#5/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/11

Dry

Dry Handling#1/11

Dry Braking#5/11

Comfort

Ride Comfort#4/11

Noise Exterior#9/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/11

Snow

Snow Braking#4/11

Snow Circle Cornering#6/11

Snow Traction#6/11

Snow Handling#8/11

7

7

Kumho WinterCraft WP71

Rating: Satisfactory

£255
96 Vmytyres.co.uk

Wet3-

Dry2-

Snow1-

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/11

Wet Braking#8/11

Wet Circle Cornering#8/11

Wet Handling#9/11

Aquaplaning Cross#10/11

Dry

Dry Braking#1/11

Dry Handling#10/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/11

Ride Comfort#8/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/11

Snow

Snow Handling#1/11

Snow Traction#1/11

Snow Braking#2/11

Snow Circle Cornering#2/11

8

8

Toyo Snowprox S954

Rating: Satisfactory

£236
96 Wmytyres.co.uk

Wet2

Dry2

Snow3+

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/11

Wet Circle Cornering#4/11

Wet Braking#5/11

Wet Handling#6/11

Dry

Dry Handling#1/11

Dry Braking#3/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/11

Ride Comfort#8/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/11

Snow

Snow Braking#10/11

Snow Circle Cornering#10/11

Snow Handling#10/11

Snow Traction#10/11

9

9

Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7

Rating: Not recommended

£158
96 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

96V · £158

Wet3+

Dry2

Snow2-

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#5/11

Wet Handling#6/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/11

Wet Circle Cornering#8/11

Wet Braking#9/11

Dry

Dry Handling#4/11

Dry Braking#5/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/11

Ride Comfort#1/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#9/11

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#6/11

Snow Traction#6/11

Snow Handling#8/11

Snow Braking#9/11

10

10

Nokian WR A4

Rating: Not recommended

Wet4+

Dry2-

Snow2

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#10/11

Wet Handling#10/11

Aquaplaning Cross#11/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#11/11

Wet Braking#11/11

Dry

Dry Braking#5/11

Dry Handling#9/11

Comfort

Ride Comfort#8/11

Noise Exterior#9/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/11

Snow

Snow Braking#4/11

Snow Handling#5/11

Snow Circle Cornering#6/11

Snow Traction#6/11

11

11

Nankang Winter Activa SV-2

Rating: Not recommended

Wet3

Dry2-

Snow3

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/11

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/11

Wet Braking#9/11

Wet Circle Cornering#11/11

Wet Handling#11/11

Dry

Dry Braking#9/11

Dry Handling#10/11

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/11

Ride Comfort#4/11

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/11

Snow

Snow Braking#10/11

Snow Circle Cornering#11/11

Snow Handling#11/11

Snow Traction#11/11

Above you can see the results of the Autobild 2019 255/35 R19 test performed by Autobild on a Audi RS5 Sportback in 2019. This test was performed in 255/35 R19, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (255). GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ is the best of 11 tested tyres according to tested properties (Rating, Wet, Dry, Snow, ). Other featured tyres include Vredestein Wintrac Pro, Uniroyal MS plus 77, Continental WinterContact TS 860S; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Kleber KRISALP HP3, BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2, Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III.

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