Winter tyre test 205/55 R16 - AUTOBILD 2024

205/55 R16 - 2024

Winner

Bridgestone

Bridgestone Blizzak 6

Best Value

kumho

Kumho Wintercraft WP52

Test Vehicle

vw VW Golf

Tested tyres

55

Autobild Tested the Braking Distance of 55 Winter Tires and Selected Candidates for the Final Test

Autobild, as every year, sifted through all major and lesser-known winter tire models with its braking distance test. From these, it selected the best ones for a thorough testing.

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1

1

Bridgestone Blizzak 6

Rating: -

£87
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94H · £11194V · £122

Stopping distance on wet34.6

Stopping distance on snow29.6

Wet

Wet Braking#1/20

Wet Circle Cornering#1/20

Wet Handling#1/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/20

Aquaplaning Cross#12/20

Dry

Dry Braking#2/20

Dry Handling#2/20

Economy

Mileage#7/20

Rolling Resistance#14/20

Price Value Ratio#19/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#17/20

Snow

Snow Traction#2/20

Snow Circle Cornering#4/20

Snow Braking#10/20

Snow Handling#11/20

2

2

Kumho Wintercraft WP52

Rating: -

£94
91 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £9991H · £9491H · £68+2

Stopping distance on wet34.6

Stopping distance on snow30.3

Wet

Wet Braking#1/20

Wet Handling#2/20

Wet Circle Cornering#8/20

Aquaplaning Cross#20/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#20/20

Dry

Dry Braking#1/20

Dry Handling#2/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#8/20

Mileage#18/20

Rolling Resistance#18/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#17/20

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#8/20

Snow Handling#11/20

Snow Traction#13/20

Snow Braking#14/20

3

3

GT Radial Winter Pro 2 evo

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet36.0

Stopping distance on snow29.3

Wet

Wet Braking#5/20

Wet Circle Cornering#17/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#18/20

Wet Handling#18/20

Aquaplaning Cross#19/20

Dry

Dry Braking#12/20

Dry Handling#19/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#2/20

Rolling Resistance#14/20

Mileage#16/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Handling#2/20

Snow Circle Cornering#8/20

Snow Traction#8/20

4

4

Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2

Rating: -

£118
91 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £11894H · £120

Stopping distance on wet35.6

Stopping distance on snow30.2

Wet

Wet Handling#2/20

Wet Braking#3/20

Wet Circle Cornering#3/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/20

Aquaplaning Cross#12/20

Dry

Dry Braking#2/20

Dry Handling#17/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#14/20

Mileage#16/20

Price Value Ratio#19/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/20

Snow

Snow Handling#2/20

Snow Circle Cornering#8/20

Snow Traction#8/20

Snow Braking#14/20

5

5

Michelin Alpin 6

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet36.2

Stopping distance on snow29.7

Wet

Wet Handling#2/20

Wet Braking#5/20

Wet Circle Cornering#8/20

Aquaplaning Cross#12/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#14/20

Dry

Dry Braking#2/20

Dry Handling#8/20

Economy

Mileage#1/20

Rolling Resistance#9/20

Price Value Ratio#17/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/20

Snow

Snow Traction#8/20

Snow Braking#10/20

Snow Circle Cornering#16/20

Snow Handling#16/20

6

6

Semperit Speed-Grip 5

Rating: -

£78
91 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £7894H · £8894V · £105

Stopping distance on wet36.8

Stopping distance on snow29.1

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#3/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/20

Aquaplaning Cross#8/20

Wet Braking#9/20

Wet Handling#13/20

Dry

Dry Braking#2/20

Dry Handling#2/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#1/20

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Mileage#3/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#11/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Handling#7/20

Snow Circle Cornering#8/20

Snow Traction#13/20

7

7

Uniroyal WinterExpert

Rating: -

£85
91 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £8294H · £10094V · £103

Stopping distance on wet36.5

Stopping distance on snow29.5

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#3/20

Wet Braking#5/20

Wet Handling#7/20

Aquaplaning Cross#8/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/20

Dry

Dry Braking#2/20

Dry Handling#12/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#2/20

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Mileage#7/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#11/20

Snow

Snow Braking#10/20

Snow Traction#13/20

Snow Circle Cornering#17/20

Snow Handling#19/20

8

8

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Rating: -

£108
91 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £10094H · £11594V · £150

Stopping distance on wet37.1

Stopping distance on snow29.1

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/20

Wet Circle Cornering#1/20

Aquaplaning Cross#2/20

Wet Handling#2/20

Wet Braking#9/20

Dry

Dry Handling#1/20

Dry Braking#2/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Mileage#3/20

Price Value Ratio#12/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Handling#2/20

Snow Traction#2/20

Snow Circle Cornering#4/20

9

9

Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3

Rating: -

£87
91 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £9594H · £10994V · £129

Stopping distance on wet36.9

Stopping distance on snow29.4

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/20

Wet Handling#2/20

Wet Circle Cornering#3/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/20

Wet Braking#9/20

Dry

Dry Braking#2/20

Dry Handling#2/20

Economy

Mileage#6/20

Rolling Resistance#9/20

Price Value Ratio#12/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Handling#2/20

Snow Traction#2/20

Snow Circle Cornering#8/20

10

10

Firestone Winterhawk 4

Rating: -

£91
91 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £7494H · £8294V · £103

Stopping distance on wet35.5

Stopping distance on snow30.9

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/20

Wet Braking#3/20

Aquaplaning Cross#8/20

Wet Circle Cornering#13/20

Wet Handling#16/20

Dry

Dry Braking#18/20

Dry Handling#19/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Price Value Ratio#8/20

Mileage#18/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/20

Snow

Snow Handling#11/20

Snow Traction#13/20

Snow Circle Cornering#17/20

Snow Braking#18/20

11

11

Dunlop Winter Sport 5

Rating: -

£118
91 Ttyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

91H91T · £11894H+2

Stopping distance on wet37.4

Stopping distance on snow29.2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/20

Wet Handling#7/20

Wet Circle Cornering#8/20

Wet Braking#13/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#17/20

Dry

Dry Handling#12/20

Dry Braking#18/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Mileage#3/20

Price Value Ratio#5/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#17/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Circle Cornering#1/20

Snow Traction#1/20

Snow Handling#7/20

12

12

Giti GitiWinter W2

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet37.4

Stopping distance on snow29.2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/20

Wet Circle Cornering#8/20

Wet Braking#13/20

Wet Handling#18/20

Dry

Dry Braking#12/20

Dry Handling#17/20

Economy

Mileage#7/20

Price Value Ratio#12/20

Rolling Resistance#19/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Circle Cornering#1/20

Snow Handling#1/20

Snow Traction#8/20

13

13

BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

Rating: -

£92
91 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £9294H · £9794V · £103

Stopping distance on wet37.5

Stopping distance on snow29.4

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/20

Aquaplaning Cross#8/20

Wet Braking#13/20

Wet Circle Cornering#13/20

Wet Handling#13/20

Dry

Dry Braking#12/20

Dry Handling#12/20

Economy

Mileage#10/20

Rolling Resistance#11/20

Price Value Ratio#12/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Traction#2/20

Snow Circle Cornering#4/20

Snow Handling#11/20

14

14

Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3

Rating: -

£79
91 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £11091H · £8091H · £105+2

Stopping distance on wet37.8

Stopping distance on snow29.1

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/20

Wet Handling#7/20

Wet Braking#13/20

Wet Circle Cornering#13/20

Dry

Dry Handling#2/20

Dry Braking#12/20

Economy

Mileage#1/20

Price Value Ratio#2/20

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#11/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Circle Cornering#1/20

Snow Traction#2/20

Snow Handling#7/20

15

15

Apollo Alnac 4G Winter

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet36.4

Stopping distance on snow30.6

Wet

Wet Braking#5/20

Wet Handling#7/20

Wet Circle Cornering#8/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#14/20

Aquaplaning Cross#17/20

Dry

Dry Braking#2/20

Dry Handling#12/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#5/20

Rolling Resistance#11/20

Mileage#13/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/20

Snow

Snow Traction#13/20

Snow Handling#16/20

Snow Circle Cornering#17/20

Snow Braking#18/20

16

16

Kleber Krisalp HP3

Rating: -

£92
91 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £9294H · £9894V · £103

Stopping distance on wet37.8

Stopping distance on snow29.3

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/20

Wet Braking#13/20

Wet Handling#13/20

Wet Circle Cornering#17/20

Dry

Dry Braking#12/20

Dry Handling#12/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#8/20

Mileage#10/20

Rolling Resistance#11/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#11/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Circle Cornering#8/20

Snow Handling#11/20

Snow Traction#13/20

17

17

Vredestein Wintrac

Rating: -

£87
91 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £9994H · £10294V · £103

Stopping distance on wet37.3

Stopping distance on snow30.2

Wet

Wet Handling#7/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/20

Aquaplaning Cross#12/20

Wet Braking#13/20

Wet Circle Cornering#13/20

Dry

Dry Braking#2/20

Dry Handling#8/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Price Value Ratio#12/20

Mileage#13/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#11/20

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#8/20

Snow Traction#13/20

Snow Braking#14/20

Snow Handling#16/20

18

18

Barum Polaris 5

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet37.7

Stopping distance on snow30.0

Wet

Wet Braking#13/20

Wet Handling#16/20

Aquaplaning Cross#17/20

Wet Circle Cornering#17/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#18/20

Dry

Dry Handling#2/20

Dry Braking#12/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/20

Price Value Ratio#5/20

Mileage#13/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#11/20

Snow

Snow Traction#2/20

Snow Handling#7/20

Snow Circle Cornering#8/20

Snow Braking#14/20

19

19

Yokohama BluEarth Winter V906

Rating: -

£87
94 Hmytyres.co.uk

Stopping distance on wet37.1

Stopping distance on snow30.8

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#3/20

Wet Handling#7/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/20

Wet Braking#9/20

Aquaplaning Cross#12/20

Dry

Dry Braking#2/20

Dry Handling#8/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#17/20

Mileage#18/20

Rolling Resistance#19/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/20

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#17/20

Snow Braking#18/20

Snow Handling#19/20

Snow Traction#20/20

20

20

Fulda Kristall Control HP2

Rating: -

£82
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94V · £87

Stopping distance on wet38.6

Stopping distance on snow29.6

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#14/20

Wet Braking#20/20

Wet Circle Cornering#20/20

Wet Handling#20/20

Dry

Dry Handling#8/20

Dry Braking#18/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#8/20

Mileage#10/20

Rolling Resistance#14/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#17/20

Snow

Snow Handling#2/20

Snow Circle Cornering#4/20

Snow Traction#8/20

Snow Braking#10/20

21

21

Radar Dimax Alpine

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet39.9

Stopping distance on snow28.9

22

22

Falken Eurowinter HS02

Rating: -

£83
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £10894V · £88

Stopping distance on wet38.3

Stopping distance on snow30.7

23

23

Sava Eskimo HP2

Rating: -

£63
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94H

Stopping distance on wet39.5

Stopping distance on snow29.6

24

24

Ceat WinterDrive

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet39.0

Stopping distance on snow30.2

25

25

Point S Winter S

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet38.3

Stopping distance on snow31.2

26

26

Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21

Rating: -

£84
91 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £9394V · £126

Stopping distance on wet37.7

Stopping distance on snow32.4

27

27

Nokian Snowproof 2

Rating: -

£77
91 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £97

Stopping distance on wet40.0

Stopping distance on snow30.5

28

28

Delinte Winter WD1

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet36.1

Stopping distance on snow35.8

29

29

Lassa Snoways 4

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet39.2

Stopping distance on snow34.1

30

30

Petlas Snowmaster 2

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet39.5

Stopping distance on snow35.4

31

31

Landsail Winter Lander

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet38.0

Stopping distance on snow38.1

32

32

Mastersteel Winter +

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet38.6

Stopping distance on snow38.4

33

33

Infinity Ecozen

Rating: -

£59
94 Htyres.pneus.online.uk

Stopping distance on wet37.6

Stopping distance on snow41.0

34

34

Goodride SW608

Rating: -

£74
91 Ttyres.pneus.online.uk

Stopping distance on wet40.6

Stopping distance on snow-

35

35

Toyo Snowprox S944

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet40.6

Stopping distance on snow-

36

36

Riken Snow

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet40.8

Stopping distance on snow-

37

37

Torque TQ 023

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet40.8

Stopping distance on snow-

38

38

Laufenn i*Fit + LW31

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet41.1

Stopping distance on snow-

39

39

Kormoran Snow

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet41.5

Stopping distance on snow-

40

40

Westlake Snowmaster SW608

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet41.5

Stopping distance on snow-

41

41

Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6

Rating: -

£74
0 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

0V · £78

Stopping distance on wet42.0

Stopping distance on snow-

42

42

Zeetex WH 1000

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet42.3

Stopping distance on snow-

43

43

Tracmax X-Privilo S130

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet43.3

Stopping distance on snow-

44

44

Sailun Ice Blazer Alpine +

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet43.5

Stopping distance on snow-

45

45

Tourador Winter Pro TS1

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet43.5

Stopping distance on snow-

46

46

Kenda Wintergen 2 KR501

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet43.7

Stopping distance on snow-

47

47

Road X WU01

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet44.2

Stopping distance on snow-

48

48

Imperial Snowdragon HP

Rating: -

£70
91 Htyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

91V

Stopping distance on wet44.5

Stopping distance on snow-

49

49

Minerva Frostrack HP

Rating: -

£70
91 Htyres.pneus.online.uk

Other indexes:

91V

Stopping distance on wet44.5

Stopping distance on snow-

50

50

Duraturn Mozzo Winter

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet44.7

Stopping distance on snow-

51

51

Austone SP901

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet45.7

Stopping distance on snow-

52

52

Superia Bluewin UHP

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet45.7

Stopping distance on snow-

53

53

Powertrac Snowtour Pro

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet46.6

Stopping distance on snow-

54

54

Roadmarch Winter XPro 888

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet48.2

Stopping distance on snow-

55

55

Maxtrek Trek M7 Plus

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet50.6

Stopping distance on snow-

Above you can see the results of the AUTOBILD 2024 205/55 R16 test performed by AUTOBILD on a VW Golf in 2024. This test was performed in 205/55 R16, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (205). Bridgestone Blizzak 6 is the best of 55 tested tyres according to tested properties (Stopping distance on wet, Stopping distance on snow, ). Other featured tyres include Kumho Wintercraft WP52, GT Radial Winter Pro 2 evo, Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1, Nokian WR D4, Semperit Speed-Grip 2.

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.