Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - Autoklub ČR 2022

Winter

2022

Year

8

Tyres

Winner

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Best Value

Vredestein Wintrac Pro

Test Vehicle

VW Golf

Tested tyres

8

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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

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Rating: -

£127

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94H · £128 94V · £127

Points total103,6

Wet108,3

Dry99,7

Snow102,1

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/8

Wet Circle Cornering#1/8

Wet Braking#2/8

Wet Handling#5/8

Dry

Dry Braking#2/8

Dry Handling#2/8

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/8

Noise Exterior#3/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/8

Snow

Snow Braking#1/8

Snow Handling#1/8

Snow Traction#2/8

2

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: -

£186

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94H 94V

Points total103,5

Wet108

Dry100,2

Snow101,8

Wet

Wet Braking#1/8

Wet Handling#1/8

Aquaplaning Cross#2/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/8

Wet Circle Cornering#8/8

Dry

Dry Handling#1/8

Dry Braking#6/8

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/8

Noise Exterior#6/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/8

Snow

Snow Braking#2/8

Snow Handling#2/8

Snow Traction#3/8

3

Michelin Alpin 6

Rating: -

Points total101,5

Wet105,2

Dry97,7

Snow100,5

Wet

Wet Handling#1/8

Wet Braking#3/8

Aquaplaning Cross#4/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/8

Wet Circle Cornering#6/8

Dry

Dry Handling#4/8

Dry Braking#6/8

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/8

Noise Exterior#8/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/8

Snow

Snow Traction#1/8

Snow Braking#4/8

Snow Handling#6/8

4

Vredestein Wintrac Pro

Rating: -

Points total100,4

Wet102,4

Dry98

Snow100,4

Wet

Wet Handling#3/8

Aquaplaning Cross#5/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/8

Wet Circle Cornering#5/8

Wet Braking#7/8

Dry

Dry Braking#2/8

Dry Handling#8/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#7/8

Ride Comfort#8/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/8

Snow

Snow Handling#4/8

Snow Traction#5/8

Snow Braking#6/8

5

Nokian WR Snowproof

Rating: -

Points total100

Wet100

Dry100

Snow100

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/8

Aquaplaning Cross#6/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/8

Wet Braking#6/8

Wet Handling#7/8

Dry

Dry Braking#2/8

Dry Handling#4/8

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/8

Noise Exterior#5/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/8

Snow

Snow Braking#3/8

Snow Handling#4/8

Snow Traction#6/8

6

Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6

Rating: -

£84

0 V

mytyres.co.uk

Points total99,9

Wet101,5

Dry97,2

Snow100,5

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/8

Aquaplaning Cross#3/8

Wet Circle Cornering#7/8

Wet Braking#8/8

Wet Handling#8/8

Dry

Dry Handling#3/8

Dry Braking#8/8

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/8

Noise Exterior#4/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/8

Snow

Snow Handling#3/8

Snow Traction#4/8

Snow Braking#5/8

7

Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2

Rating: -

£138

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £145

Points total99,6

Wet102,8

Dry98,1

Snow97,7

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#2/8

Wet Braking#5/8

Wet Handling#6/8

Aquaplaning Cross#7/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/8

Dry

Dry Braking#1/8

Dry Handling#4/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/8

Ride Comfort#6/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/8

Snow

Snow Braking#7/8

Snow Handling#7/8

Snow Traction#7/8

8

Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7

Rating: -

£83

94 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94V · £83 94V · £85

Points total98,6

Wet100,6

Dry97,3

Snow97,8

Wet

Wet Braking#4/8

Wet Circle Cornering#4/8

Wet Handling#4/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/8

Aquaplaning Cross#8/8

Dry

Dry Braking#2/8

Dry Handling#7/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/8

Ride Comfort#7/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/8

Snow

Snow Braking#8/8

Snow Handling#8/8

Snow Traction#8/8

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 GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ 90%	90%	Premium
2	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%	90%	Premium
3	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium	£130 91 H +3 More
4	Premium Dunlop Winter Sport 5 89%	89%	Premium	£114 91 H +7 More
5	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£94 91 H +3 More
6	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	£204 91 H +3 More
7	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£116 94 H +1 More
8	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£86 91 H +2 More

9	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle
10	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£150 91 H +6 More
11	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 85%	85%	Upper-middle
12	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle
13	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£75 91 H +1 More
14	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£150 91 H +1 More
15	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
16	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£88 91 H +1 More

17	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£120 91 H +4 More
18	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	£90 91 H +1 More
19	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof P 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£99 91 H +1 More
20	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£117 94 V +2 More
21	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
22	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium	£170 91 H
23	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO 75%	75%	Premium
24	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle

25	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget	£77 91 H +1 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	£89 91 H +1 More
29	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
30	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	£79 91 H +1 More
31	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
32	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£89 91 H +1 More

33	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget	£132 91 H +1 More
34	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
35	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
36	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£89 91 H +10 More
37	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
38	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
39	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
40	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget

41	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
42	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
43	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget
44	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget