Winter tyre test 225/40 R18 - Autobild 2025

Winter

2025

Year

51

Tyres

Winner

Dunlop Winter

Best Value

Kumho WinterCraft WP52+

Test Vehicle

BMW M135i

Tested tyres

51

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

Dunlop Winter

Rating: -

£124

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet33.3

Snow27.5

2

Michelin Pilot Alpin 5

Rating: -

£148

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

92W · £169

Wet33.2

Snow27.8

3

Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3

Rating: -

£113

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

92W · £125

Wet32.6

Snow28.5

4

Kumho WinterCraft WP52+

Rating: -

£103

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet33.5

Snow28.3

5

Uniroyal WinterExpert

Rating: -

£101

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet34.1

Snow28.6

6

Bridgestone Blizzak 6

Rating: -

£126

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

92W · £126

Wet35.0

Snow28.0

7

Firestone Winterhawk 4

Rating: -

£88

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet34.8

Snow28.2

8

Toyo Observe Winter Sport 1

Rating: -

£106

92 W

mytyres.co.uk

Wet33.3

Snow29.7

9

Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3

Rating: -

£142

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet34.5

Snow28.7

10

Barum Polaris 6

Rating: -

£102

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet35.1

Snow28.2

11

BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

Rating: -

£117

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

92W · £129

Wet36.0

Snow27.3

12

Kleber Krisalp HP3

Rating: -

£119

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

92W · £127

Wet36.2

Snow27.1

13

Continental WinterContact TS 870 P

Rating: -

£145

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

92W · £159

Wet35.6

Snow28.0

14

Hankook Winter i*cept evo3 W330

Rating: -

£116

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

92V · £131

Wet35.6

Snow28.1

15

Semperit Speed-Grip 5

Rating: -

£97

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet34.9

Snow29.0

16

Linglong Sport Master Winter

Rating: -

Wet35.7

Snow28.7

17

Vredestein Wintrac Pro+

Rating: -

£138

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet36.0

Snow28.7

18

Fulda Kristall Control HP2

Rating: -

£99

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet36.9

Snow28.0

19

Ceat WinterDrive

Rating: -

Wet36.9

Snow28.2

20

Falken EuroWinter HS02 Pro

Rating: -

£106

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

92W · £106

Wet35.8

Snow29.5

21

Sportiva Snow Win 3

Rating: -

Wet36.5

Snow29.2

22

Apollo Aspire XP Winter

Rating: -

Wet37.3

Snow28.7

23

Sava Eskimo HP2

Rating: -

£92

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet37.9

Snow28.1

24

Giti GitiWinter W2

Rating: -

Wet37.7

Snow28.4

25

Paxaro Winter

Rating: -

Wet36.5

Snow29.7

26

Platin RP70 Winter

Rating: -

Wet38.0

Snow28.5

27

Debica Frigo HP2

Rating: -

£92

92 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet38.1

Snow28.6

28

Yokohama BluEarth Winter V906

Rating: -

Wet37.9

Snow29.0

29

Lassa Snoways 4

Rating: -

Wet38.4

Snow30.5

30

Landsail WinterLander

Rating: -

Wet36.5

Snow32.5

31

Rotalla Ice-Plus S210

Rating: -

£67

92 V

tyres.pneus.online.uk

Wet38.7

Snow32.6

32

Kenda Wintergen 2 KR501

Rating: -

Wet38.8

33

Tracmax S-210 Ice-Plus

Rating: -

Wet38.8

34

Trazano ZuperSnow Z-507

Rating: -

Wet38.9

35

GT Radial WinterPro2 Sport

Rating: -

Wet39.2

36

Royal Black Royalwinter UHP

Rating: -

Wet39.4

37

Sumitomo WT200

Rating: -

Wet39.4

38

Tigar Winter

Rating: -

Wet39.7

39

Davanti Wintoura+

Rating: -

Wet39.9

40

Nankang Winter Activa 4

Rating: -

Wet39.9

41

Goodride ZuperSnow Z-507

Rating: -

Wet40.1

42

Imperial SnowDragon UHP

Rating: -

Wet40.4

43

Westlake SW608

Rating: -

£77

92 V

tyres.pneus.online.uk

Wet40.9

44

Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6

Rating: -

£91

0 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet41.0

45

Star Performer Stratos UHP-11

Rating: -

Wet41.2

46

Tomket Snowroad Pro 3

Rating: -

Wet41.3

47

Atlas Polarbear UHP

Rating: -

Wet42.2

48

Sunny Winter-maX A1 NW211

Rating: -

Wet42.5

49

Milever Winter-maX A1 MW255

Rating: -

Wet42.8

50

Infinity EcoZen

Rating: -

£62

92 V

tyres.pneus.online.uk

Wet43.3

51

Windforce Snowblazer UHPe

Rating: -

Wet45.1

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 Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P 91%	91%	Premium
2	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 90%	90%	Premium	£160 92 V +1 More
3	Premium GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ 90%	90%	Premium
4	Premium Dunlop Winter Sport 5 89%	89%	Premium	£125 92 V +1 More
5	Premium Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 89%	89%	Premium	£151 92 V
6	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium
7	Premium Michelin PILOT ALPIN PA4 88%	88%	Premium
8	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle

9	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£140 92 H +6 More
10	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle
11	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£159 92 V +2 More
12	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
13	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£84 92 V +4 More
14	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof P 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£137 92 V
15	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£123 92 W +1 More
16	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle

17	Budget Barum Polaris 3 77%	77%	Budget
18	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium	£176 92 V
19	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
20	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
21	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
22	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	£94 92 V +1 More
23	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
24	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget

25	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
26	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£110 92 Q +3 More
27	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
28	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
29	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
30	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
31	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
32	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget