Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - Autobild 2019

Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: -

£187

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94H 94V

Stopping distance on wet29,2

Stopping distance on snow24,6

Wet

Wet Braking#1/20

Wet Circle Cornering#1/20

Wet Handling#1/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/20

Aquaplaning Cross#9/20

Dry

Dry Braking#1/20

Dry Handling#1/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Mileage#5/20

Price Value Ratio#14/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/20

Ride Comfort#11/20

Snow

Snow Braking#9/20

Snow Handling#14/20

Snow Circle Cornering#16/20

Snow Traction#16/20

GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet30,6

Stopping distance on snow24,3

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/20

Wet Circle Cornering#1/20

Wet Handling#1/20

Wet Braking#2/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/20

Dry

Dry Braking#1/20

Dry Handling#5/20

Economy

Mileage#4/20

Rolling Resistance#12/20

Price Value Ratio#14/20

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/20

Noise Exterior#5/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Traction#1/20

Snow Handling#5/20

Snow Circle Cornering#6/20

Michelin Alpin 6

Rating: -

£178

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

94H 94V 94V

Stopping distance on wet30,4

Stopping distance on snow24,7

Wet

Wet Braking#2/20

Wet Handling#4/20

Wet Circle Cornering#5/20

Aquaplaning Cross#6/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/20

Dry

Dry Braking#1/20

Dry Handling#5/20

Economy

Mileage#1/20

Price Value Ratio#11/20

Rolling Resistance#12/20

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/20

Noise Exterior#10/20

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#6/20

Snow Traction#7/20

Snow Braking#9/20

Snow Handling#10/20

Semperit Speed-Grip 3

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet31,6

Stopping distance on snow24,3

Wet

Wet Braking#5/20

Wet Handling#6/20

Wet Circle Cornering#7/20

Aquaplaning Cross#17/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#17/20

Dry

Dry Handling#13/20

Dry Braking#15/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Mileage#5/20

Price Value Ratio#5/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/20

Ride Comfort#11/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Handling#1/20

Snow Circle Cornering#2/20

Snow Traction#13/20

Continental WinterContact TS 860

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet31,5

Stopping distance on snow24,5

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/20

Wet Handling#4/20

Wet Braking#5/20

Aquaplaning Cross#9/20

Dry

Dry Braking#1/20

Dry Handling#1/20

Economy

Mileage#2/20

Rolling Resistance#8/20

Price Value Ratio#14/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/20

Ride Comfort#11/20

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#1/20

Snow Handling#5/20

Snow Braking#9/20

Snow Traction#9/20

Vredestein Wintrac Pro

Rating: -

£236

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94H 94V

Stopping distance on wet30,8

Stopping distance on snow25,2

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/20

Wet Handling#1/20

Wet Braking#2/20

Aquaplaning Cross#9/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#11/20

Dry

Dry Braking#1/20

Dry Handling#3/20

Economy

Mileage#5/20

Price Value Ratio#14/20

Rolling Resistance#17/20

Comfort

Ride Comfort#6/20

Noise Exterior#10/20

Snow

Snow Traction#13/20

Snow Handling#14/20

Snow Circle Cornering#16/20

Snow Braking#17/20

BF Goodrich g-force Winter

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet32

Stopping distance on snow24,2

Kleber KRISALP HP3

Rating: -

£97

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

94H · £110 94H 94V · £97

Stopping distance on wet32,2

Stopping distance on snow24

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/20

Wet Circle Cornering#7/20

Wet Braking#10/20

Wet Handling#10/20

Dry

Dry Braking#9/20

Dry Handling#17/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#5/20

Rolling Resistance#12/20

Mileage#15/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/20

Ride Comfort#11/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Handling#1/20

Snow Circle Cornering#2/20

Snow Traction#9/20

Apollo Aspire XP

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet31,2

Stopping distance on snow25,1

Kumho WinterCraft WP71

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet31,5

Stopping distance on snow24,8

Wet

Wet Braking#5/20

Wet Handling#6/20

Wet Circle Cornering#7/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/20

Aquaplaning Cross#9/20

Dry

Dry Braking#9/20

Dry Handling#20/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#11/20

Mileage#19/20

Rolling Resistance#20/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/20

Ride Comfort#19/20

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#6/20

Snow Braking#9/20

Snow Handling#14/20

Snow Traction#16/20

Nokian WR Snowproof

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet32,2

Stopping distance on snow24,6

Wet

Wet Braking#10/20

Wet Handling#14/20

Aquaplaning Cross#17/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#17/20

Wet Circle Cornering#17/20

Dry

Dry Braking#1/20

Dry Handling#13/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/20

Mileage#10/20

Price Value Ratio#18/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#5/20

Ride Comfort#6/20

Snow

Snow Handling#5/20

Snow Circle Cornering#6/20

Snow Braking#9/20

Snow Traction#16/20

Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet32

Stopping distance on snow24,9

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#7/20

Wet Braking#10/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#11/20

Wet Handling#14/20

Aquaplaning Cross#17/20

Dry

Dry Handling#5/20

Dry Braking#9/20

Economy

Mileage#5/20

Price Value Ratio#5/20

Rolling Resistance#18/20

Comfort

Ride Comfort#11/20

Noise Exterior#17/20

Snow

Snow Handling#1/20

Snow Traction#1/20

Snow Braking#9/20

Snow Circle Cornering#20/20

Dunlop Winter Sport 5

Rating: -

£118

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91H · £118 94H · £159 94H · £126 +2

Stopping distance on wet32,9

Stopping distance on snow24,3

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/20

Aquaplaning Cross#6/20

Wet Braking#10/20

Wet Handling#14/20

Wet Circle Cornering#15/20

Dry

Dry Braking#15/20

Dry Handling#17/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Mileage#10/20

Price Value Ratio#18/20

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/20

Noise Exterior#17/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Traction#1/20

Snow Circle Cornering#6/20

Snow Handling#10/20

Uniroyal MS plus 77

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet32,8

Stopping distance on snow24,6

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#6/20

Wet Circle Cornering#7/20

Wet Braking#10/20

Wet Handling#10/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#11/20

Dry

Dry Handling#5/20

Dry Braking#9/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/20

Price Value Ratio#11/20

Mileage#15/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#10/20

Ride Comfort#11/20

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#6/20

Snow Braking#9/20

Snow Handling#10/20

Snow Traction#13/20

Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7

Rating: -

£84

94 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94V · £84 94V · £85

Stopping distance on wet33

Stopping distance on snow24,7

Wet

Wet Handling#6/20

Wet Circle Cornering#7/20

Wet Braking#10/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#14/20

Aquaplaning Cross#17/20

Dry

Dry Handling#5/20

Dry Braking#15/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#1/20

Mileage#10/20

Rolling Resistance#19/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/20

Ride Comfort#11/20

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#6/20

Snow Braking#9/20

Snow Handling#10/20

Snow Traction#16/20

Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet31,3

Stopping distance on snow26,4

Wet

Wet Braking#5/20

Wet Circle Cornering#5/20

Wet Handling#10/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#14/20

Aquaplaning Cross#15/20

Dry

Dry Braking#1/20

Dry Handling#5/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/20

Price Value Ratio#18/20

Mileage#19/20

Comfort

Noise Exterior#10/20

Ride Comfort#19/20

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#16/20

Snow Handling#18/20

Snow Braking#19/20

Snow Traction#20/20

Sava Eskimo HP2

Rating: -

£79

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £81

Stopping distance on wet33,6

Stopping distance on snow24,1

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#13/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#17/20

Wet Braking#18/20

Wet Circle Cornering#18/20

Wet Handling#19/20

Dry

Dry Handling#15/20

Dry Braking#20/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#1/20

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Mileage#15/20

Comfort

Ride Comfort#6/20

Noise Exterior#19/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Handling#5/20

Snow Circle Cornering#6/20

Snow Traction#7/20

Fulda Kristall Control HP2

Rating: -

£90

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £90

Stopping distance on wet33,5

Stopping distance on snow24,3

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/20

Wet Braking#18/20

Wet Circle Cornering#18/20

Wet Handling#18/20

Dry

Dry Handling#5/20

Dry Braking#15/20

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Price Value Ratio#5/20

Mileage#15/20

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/20

Noise Exterior#15/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Traction#1/20

Snow Circle Cornering#16/20

Snow Handling#18/20

Debica Frigo HP2

Rating: -

£81

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £81

Stopping distance on wet34,2

Stopping distance on snow24,1

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#13/20

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#14/20

Wet Handling#19/20

Wet Braking#20/20

Wet Circle Cornering#20/20

Dry

Dry Braking#15/20

Dry Handling#17/20

Economy

Price Value Ratio#1/20

Rolling Resistance#2/20

Mileage#10/20

Comfort

Ride Comfort#6/20

Noise Exterior#19/20

Snow

Snow Braking#1/20

Snow Traction#1/20

Snow Circle Cornering#2/20

Snow Handling#4/20

Yokohama BluEarth winter V905

Rating: -

£89

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91H · £142 91W 91W · £110 +2

Stopping distance on wet32,5

Stopping distance on snow26

Barum Polaris 5

Rating: -

£125

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V

Stopping distance on wet33,9

Stopping distance on snow25

Maxxis WP-05 Arctictrekker

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,2

Stopping distance on snow24,6

Avon WV7

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet32,4

Stopping distance on snow27

Firestone Winterhawk 3

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,3

Stopping distance on snow25,5

Falken EuroWinter HS01

Rating: -

£114

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

94H · £148 94H 94V · £114 +1

Stopping distance on wet33,9

Stopping distance on snow26,1

Cooper WeatherMaster SA2+

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet31,9

Stopping distance on snow28,3

Toyo Snowprox S954

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34

Stopping distance on snow26,7

Seiberling Winter

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,3

Stopping distance on snow27,3

Dayton DW 510Evo

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet33,4

Stopping distance on snow28,7

Imperial Snowdragon 3

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet33,9

Stopping distance on snow31,7

Paxaro Winter

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,4

Stopping distance on snow-

Mabor Winter-Jet 3

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,7

Stopping distance on snow-

Matador MP92 Sibir Snow

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,8

Stopping distance on snow-

Tyfoon Eurosnow 2

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,6

Stopping distance on snow-

General Altimax Winter 3

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet34,9

Stopping distance on snow-

Gislaved euro Frost 6

Rating: -

£142

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £145

Stopping distance on wet35,1

Stopping distance on snow-

Linglong Green-Max Winter UHP

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet35,2

Stopping distance on snow-

Kenda Wintergen 2

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet35,3

Stopping distance on snow-

Giti GitiWinter Q1

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet35,6

Stopping distance on snow-

Cachland CH-W2002

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet35,7

Stopping distance on snow-

Viking WinTech

Rating: -

£142

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £142

Stopping distance on wet35,8

Stopping distance on snow-

Blacklion Snow Pioneer BM56

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet36,7

Stopping distance on snow-

Fortuna Winter-Max A1

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet36,9

Stopping distance on snow-

Sailun Iceblazer Alpine Evo

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet36,9

Stopping distance on snow-

King Meiler Winter Tact WT84

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet37,4

Stopping distance on snow-

Duraturn Mozzo Winter

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet37,6

Stopping distance on snow-

Superia Bluewin UHP

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet37,7

Stopping distance on snow-

Profil Tyres Pro Snow Ultra

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet37,9

Stopping distance on snow-

Windforce Snowpower

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet38,5

Stopping distance on snow-

A-plus A502

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet39

Stopping distance on snow-

Mazzini Snow Leopard

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet39,1

Stopping distance on snow-

Triangel Snow Lion TR 777

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet39,2

Stopping distance on snow-

Laufenn I Fit LW31

Rating: -

Stopping distance on wet39,4

Stopping distance on snow-

#	Name	Our rating	Segment	Price
1	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium	£130 91 H +3 More
2	Premium Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 89%	89%	Premium	£138 91 H +1 More
3	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	£203 91 H +3 More
4	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£117 94 H +1 More
5	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£86 91 H +2 More
6	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle
7	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£152 91 H +6 More
8	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£155 91 H +1 More

9	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle
10	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£80 91 H +1 More
11	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£92 0 V
12	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£89 91 H +1 More
13	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£125 94 V +2 More
14	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof P 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£102 91 H +1 More
15	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium	£168 91 H
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	£89 91 H +1 More
19	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
20	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
21	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£93 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 Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget

25	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
26	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
27	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
28	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget

Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - Autobild 2019

Price vs Quality

Results

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