Winter tyre test 195/55 R16 - AutoMotorSport 2021

195/55 R16 - 2021

Winner

Bridgestone

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Best Value

bfgoodrich

BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

Test Vehicle

vw VW Polo

Tested tyres

10

1

1

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: Very good

£180
87 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H

Points total8,7

Wet9,6

Dry8,6

Snow8,2

Rolling resistance8

Noise7

Wet

Wet Braking#1/10

Wet Handling#1/10

Wet Handling Measured#1/10

Wet Safety#1/10

Aquaplaning Cross#3/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/10

Dry

Dry Handling#1/10

Dry Lane Change#1/10

Dry Handling Measured#2/10

Dry Braking#3/10

Dry Steering Reaction#4/10

Comfort

Ride Comfort#1/10

Noise Exterior#9/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/10

Snow

Snow Handling#2/10

Snow Braking#3/10

Snow Handling Measured#4/10

Snow Side Guide#4/10

Snow Traction#4/10

2

2

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Rating: Very good

£115
87 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £115

Points total8,2

Wet7,9

Dry7,9

Snow8,4

Rolling resistance10

Noise10

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Wet Braking#2/10

Wet Handling#3/10

Wet Handling Measured#5/10

Wet Safety#5/10

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#2/10

Dry Steering Reaction#2/10

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Lane Change#3/10

Dry Braking#7/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/10

Ride Comfort#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/10

Snow

Snow Side Guide#1/10

Snow Handling#2/10

Snow Handling Measured#2/10

Snow Traction#4/10

Snow Braking#5/10

3

3

Vredestein Wintrac

Rating: Very good

£97
0 mytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

87H · £97

Points total8,1

Wet7,8

Dry8,5

Snow8,2

Rolling resistance7

Noise9

Wet

Wet Handling Measured#1/10

Wet Braking#2/10

Wet Handling#3/10

Wet Safety#5/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/10

Aquaplaning Cross#10/10

Dry

Dry Braking#1/10

Dry Steering Reaction#2/10

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Lane Change#6/10

Dry Handling Measured#7/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/10

Ride Comfort#10/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/10

Snow

Snow Braking#1/10

Snow Side Guide#3/10

Snow Traction#4/10

Snow Handling#8/10

Snow Handling Measured#8/10

4

4

BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

Rating: Good

£105
87 Tmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

87H · £10591H · £108

Points total7,8

Wet6,6

Dry7,4

Snow10

Rolling resistance5

Noise9

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/10

Aquaplaning Cross#5/10

Wet Safety#5/10

Wet Braking#6/10

Wet Handling#7/10

Wet Handling Measured#8/10

Dry

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Steering Reaction#4/10

Dry Handling Measured#5/10

Dry Braking#7/10

Dry Lane Change#8/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/10

Ride Comfort#3/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#9/10

Snow

Snow Braking#1/10

Snow Handling#1/10

Snow Handling Measured#1/10

Snow Side Guide#1/10

Snow Traction#1/10

5

5

Michelin Alpin 6

Rating: Good

Points total7,7

Wet7,2

Dry9,3

Snow7,0

Rolling resistance6

Noise9

Wet

Wet Handling#3/10

Wet Safety#3/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/10

Aquaplaning Cross#5/10

Wet Handling Measured#5/10

Wet Braking#6/10

Dry

Dry Braking#1/10

Dry Handling#1/10

Dry Lane Change#1/10

Dry Steering Reaction#1/10

Dry Handling Measured#5/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/10

Ride Comfort#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/10

Snow

Snow Handling Measured#4/10

Snow Handling#5/10

Snow Braking#7/10

Snow Traction#7/10

Snow Side Guide#8/10

6

6

Goodyear UltraGrip 9+

Rating: Good

Points total7,5

Wet8,0

Dry6,8

Snow7,8

Rolling resistance8

Noise6

Wet

Wet Handling#1/10

Wet Safety#1/10

Wet Handling Measured#3/10

Aquaplaning Cross#4/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/10

Wet Braking#6/10

Dry

Dry Lane Change#4/10

Dry Handling Measured#7/10

Dry Steering Reaction#7/10

Dry Handling#9/10

Dry Braking#10/10

Comfort

Ride Comfort#3/10

Noise Exterior#10/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/10

Snow

Snow Traction#1/10

Snow Handling Measured#4/10

Snow Side Guide#4/10

Snow Handling#5/10

Snow Braking#7/10

7

7

Pirelli Cinturato Winter

Rating: Good

£107
0 mytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

91H · £107

Points total7,5

Wet6,3

Dry7,6

Snow8,6

Rolling resistance7

Noise9

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/10

Wet Handling Measured#8/10

Wet Handling#9/10

Wet Braking#10/10

Wet Safety#10/10

Dry

Dry Braking#3/10

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Lane Change#4/10

Dry Steering Reaction#4/10

Dry Handling Measured#10/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/10

Ride Comfort#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/10

Snow

Snow Traction#1/10

Snow Handling#2/10

Snow Braking#3/10

Snow Handling Measured#4/10

Snow Side Guide#4/10

8

8

Falken EuroWinter HS01

Rating: Good

Points total7,1

Wet7,4

Dry7,0

Snow7,5

Rolling resistance4

Noise10

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Wet Braking#2/10

Wet Handling#3/10

Aquaplaning Cross#5/10

Wet Handling Measured#5/10

Wet Safety#9/10

Dry

Dry Braking#7/10

Dry Handling Measured#7/10

Dry Lane Change#8/10

Dry Handling#9/10

Dry Steering Reaction#9/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/10

Ride Comfort#1/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#10/10

Snow

Snow Handling Measured#2/10

Snow Side Guide#4/10

Snow Braking#5/10

Snow Handling#5/10

Snow Traction#8/10

9

9

GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2

Rating: Good

Points total7,1

Wet6,9

Dry7,8

Snow6,5

Rolling resistance7

Noise8

Wet

Wet Braking#2/10

Wet Safety#3/10

Aquaplaning Cross#5/10

Wet Handling Measured#8/10

Wet Handling#9/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#10/10

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#2/10

Dry Braking#3/10

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Lane Change#8/10

Dry Steering Reaction#9/10

Comfort

Ride Comfort#3/10

Noise Exterior#8/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/10

Snow

Snow Braking#7/10

Snow Handling#8/10

Snow Handling Measured#8/10

Snow Side Guide#8/10

Snow Traction#8/10

10

10

Toyo Observe S944

Rating: Satisfactory

£99
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Points total6,9

Wet6,9

Dry8,1

Snow5,5

Rolling resistance7

Noise9

Wet

Wet Handling Measured#3/10

Aquaplaning Cross#5/10

Wet Safety#5/10

Wet Braking#6/10

Wet Handling#7/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/10

Dry

Dry Handling Measured#1/10

Dry Braking#3/10

Dry Handling#3/10

Dry Lane Change#6/10

Dry Steering Reaction#7/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/10

Ride Comfort#3/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/10

Snow

Snow Handling#8/10

Snow Braking#10/10

Snow Handling Measured#10/10

Snow Side Guide#10/10

Snow Traction#10/10

Above you can see the results of the AutoMotorSport 2021 195/55 R16 test performed by AutoMotorSport on a VW Polo in 2021. This test was performed in 195/55 R16, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (195). Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 is the best of 10 tested tyres according to tested properties (Points total, Rating, Wet, Dry, Snow, ). Other featured tyres include Continental WinterContact TS 870, Vredestein Wintrac, BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Bridgestone Turanza T005, Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3, Nokian WR D4.

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