Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - Autoexpress 2023

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 Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%	90%	Premium
2	Premium GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ 90%	90%	Premium
3	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium	£130 91 H +3 More
4	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£93 91 H +3 More
5	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	£183 91 H +4 More
6	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£99 91 H +2 More
7	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£178 91 H +6 More
8	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle
9	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 85%	85%	Upper-middle
10	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle
11	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£152 91 H +2 More
12	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£80 91 H +1 More
13	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£68 0 V
14	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£88 91 H +1 More
15	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
16	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£110 91 H +4 More
17	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	£90 91 H +1 More
18	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle
19	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof P 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£103 91 H +1 More
20	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£121 94 V +2 More
21	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
22	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium	£168 91 H +1 More
23	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
24	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO 75%	75%	Premium
25	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget	£77 91 H +2 More
26	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
27	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
28	Upper-middle Yokohama Bluearth Winter V906 72%	72%	Upper-middle	£90 91 H +1 More
29	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	£83 94 H +2 More
30	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	£77 91 H +3 More
31	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
32	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
33	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£93 91 H +1 More
34	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget	£127 91 H +1 More
35	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
36	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
37	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£95 91 H +9 More
38	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
39	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
40	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
41	GT Radial WinterPro2 Sport 51%	51%
42	Budget Sportiva Snow Win 3 49%	49%	Budget	£109 94 V
43	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
44	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
45	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
46	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
47	Sailun Iceblazer Alpine Evo 1 29%	29%
48	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
49	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
50	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget
51	Premium Dunlop Winter Sport 5 1%	1%	Premium	£104 91 H +8 More
52	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget