Winter tyre test 245/45 R18 - Autobild 2020

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 Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium
2	Premium Michelin PILOT ALPIN PA4 88%	88%	Premium	£162 100 V +3 More
3	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£165 96 V +4 More
4	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle
5	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium
6	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle
7	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£102 100 V
8	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£112 0 V
9	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£111 100 V
10	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle
11	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof P 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£145 100 V +1 More
12	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle
13	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£139 100 V +2 More
14	Budget Barum Polaris 3 77%	77%	Budget
15	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
16	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget	£111 100 V
17	Upper-middle Yokohama Bluearth Winter V906 72%	72%	Upper-middle	£102 100 V
18	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	£96 100 V +1 More
19	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£109 100 V
20	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
21	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£170 100 H +1 More
22	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
23	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
24	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
25	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
26	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
27	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
28	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
29	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
30	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget	£90 100 V
31	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget
32	Budget Duraturn Mozzo Winter 1%	1%	Budget