Winter tyre test 195/55 R16 - AutoMotorSport 2021

Winter

2021

Year

10

Tyres

Winner

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Best Value

BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

Test Vehicle

VW Polo

Tested tyres

10

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

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: Very good

£130

87 H

mytyres.co.uk

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87H 91H 91H · £133

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

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Rating: Very good

£114

87 H

mytyres.co.uk

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91H · £117

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

Vredestein Wintrac

Rating: Very good

£93

mytyres.co.uk

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87H · £93

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

BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

Rating: Good

£91

87 T

mytyres.co.uk

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87H · £91 91H · £95

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

Michelin Alpin 6

Rating: Good

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

Goodyear UltraGrip 9+

Rating: Good

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

Pirelli Cinturato Winter

Rating: Good

£98

mytyres.co.uk

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91H · £98

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

Falken EuroWinter HS01

Rating: Good

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

GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2

Rating: Good

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

Toyo Observe S944

Rating: Satisfactory

£91

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

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91H

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

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 Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%	90%	Premium
2	Premium GoodYear UltraGrip 9 89%	89%	Premium
3	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£95 87 T +2 More
4	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium
5	Premium Dunlop Winter Sport 5 89%	89%	Premium	£88 87 H +3 More
6	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£87 87 T +6 More
7	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle
8	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 85%	85%	Upper-middle

9	Hankook W320 Winter I*Cept Evo2 84%	84%		£106 91 H
10	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£76 87 H +1 More
11	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£87 87 H +1 More
12	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£115 87 T +4 More
13	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£76 0 H +1 More
14	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
15	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£79 87 T +2 More
16	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	£77 87 T +2 More

17	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle
18	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget	£78 87 H
19	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
20	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
21	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP51 68%	68%	Upper-middle
22	Budget Nexen Winguard Snow G WH2 67%	67%	Budget	£67 87 T
23	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
24	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium

25	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	£71 87 H
26	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£99 87 H +1 More
27	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget
28	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£126 87 Q +2 More
29	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
30	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
31	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
32	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget

33	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
34	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
35	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
36	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget

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