Winter tyre test 205/55 R16 - Autoexpress 2020
205/55 R16 - 2020
Winner
Continental
Best Value
hankook
Test Vehicle
Tested tyres
9
Agenda:
Best value in test
Better than average value
Worse than average value
Worst value in test
Points total101,6
Winter299,9
Wet299,9
Dry93,8
Rolling resistance101,1
Noise100,7
Wet
Wet Circle Cornering#1/9
Wet Handling#1/9
Wet Braking#2/9
Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/9
Aquaplaning Cross#7/9
Dry
Dry Braking#7/9
Comfort
Noise Interior#1/9
Economy
Rolling Resistance#1/9
Snow
Snow Handling#1/9
Snow Braking#4/9
Snow Traction#4/9
Points total100
Winter285,8
Wet299,8
Dry100
Rolling resistance87,6
Noise99,8
Wet
Aquaplaning Cross#1/9
Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/9
Wet Braking#1/9
Wet Handling#2/9
Wet Circle Cornering#3/9
Dry
Dry Braking#1/9
Comfort
Noise Interior#3/9
Economy
Rolling Resistance#4/9
Snow
Snow Traction#8/9
Snow Braking#9/9
Snow Handling#9/9
Points total99,3
Winter294,4
Wet297,6
Dry96,2
Rolling resistance79,6
Noise98,1
Wet
Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/9
Wet Circle Cornering#2/9
Aquaplaning Cross#3/9
Wet Braking#3/9
Wet Handling#3/9
Dry
Dry Braking#4/9
Comfort
Noise Interior#8/9
Economy
Rolling Resistance#8/9
Snow
Snow Handling#4/9
Snow Braking#5/9
Snow Traction#5/9
Points total98,4
Winter291,9
Wet295,4
Dry96,2
Rolling resistance87,6
Noise98,8
Wet
Wet Braking#4/9
Wet Circle Cornering#4/9
Wet Handling#4/9
Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/9
Aquaplaning Cross#8/9
Dry
Dry Braking#4/9
Comfort
Noise Interior#7/9
Economy
Rolling Resistance#4/9
Snow
Snow Handling#6/9
Snow Traction#6/9
Snow Braking#7/9
Points total98,2
Winter299,1
Wet283,6
Dry94,9
Rolling resistance78
Noise99,7
Wet
Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/9
Aquaplaning Cross#5/9
Wet Braking#5/9
Wet Handling#5/9
Wet Circle Cornering#9/9
Dry
Dry Braking#6/9
Comfort
Noise Interior#4/9
Economy
Rolling Resistance#9/9
Snow
Snow Handling#2/9
Snow Traction#2/9
Snow Braking#3/9
Points total98,1
Winter298,5
Wet282,5
Dry93,7
Rolling resistance87,5
Noise99,7
Wet
Aquaplaning Cross#1/9
Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/9
Wet Braking#6/9
Wet Handling#6/9
Wet Circle Cornering#8/9
Dry
Dry Braking#8/9
Comfort
Noise Interior#4/9
Economy
Rolling Resistance#6/9
Snow
Snow Traction#1/9
Snow Braking#2/9
Snow Handling#5/9
Points total98
Winter286,4
Wet281,7
Dry98,9
Rolling resistance82,6
Noise99,7
Wet
Aquaplaning Cross#4/9
Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/9
Wet Circle Cornering#5/9
Wet Braking#7/9
Wet Handling#8/9
Dry
Dry Braking#2/9
Comfort
Noise Interior#4/9
Economy
Rolling Resistance#7/9
Snow
Snow Braking#6/9
Snow Handling#8/9
Snow Traction#9/9
Points total97,4
Winter297,2
Wet280,3
Dry92,6
Rolling resistance88
Noise100
Wet
Aquaplaning Cross#6/9
Wet Circle Cornering#7/9
Wet Handling#7/9
Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/9
Wet Braking#8/9
Dry
Dry Braking#9/9
Comfort
Noise Interior#2/9
Economy
Rolling Resistance#3/9
Snow
Snow Braking#1/9
Snow Handling#3/9
Snow Traction#7/9
Points total97,2
Winter290,8
Wet278,9
Dry96,4
Rolling resistance100
Noise97,6
Wet
Wet Circle Cornering#6/9
Aquaplaning Cross#9/9
Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/9
Wet Braking#9/9
Wet Handling#9/9
Dry
Dry Braking#3/9
Comfort
Noise Interior#9/9
Economy
Rolling Resistance#2/9
Snow
Snow Traction#3/9
Snow Handling#7/9
Snow Braking#8/9
Above you can see the results of the Autoexpress 2020 205/55 R16 test performed by Autoexpress on a VW Golf in 2020. This test was performed in 205/55 R16, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (205). Continental WinterContact TS 870 is the best of 9 tested tyres according to tested properties (Points total, Winter, Wet, Dry, Rolling resistance, ). Other featured tyres include Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005, Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452, Michelin Alpin 6; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Michelin ALPIN 5, BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2, Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3.
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