Winter tyre test 235/55 R18 - Autozeitung 2021

Winter

2021

Year

10

Tyres

Winner

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Best Value

Vredestein Wintrac

Test Vehicle

VW Tiguan

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: Highly recommended

Points total386

Wet143

Dry136

Snow107

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/10

Wet Braking#1/10

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Wet Handling#4/10

Wet Safety#4/10

Dry

Dry Steering Reaction#1/10

Dry Handling#2/10

Dry Safety#2/10

Dry Braking#6/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/10

Snow

Snow Handling#4/10

Snow Braking#5/10

Snow Traction#5/10

Snow Side Guide#6/10

2

Michelin PILOT ALPIN 5 SUV

Rating: Highly recommended

Points total384

Wet130

Dry136

Snow118

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Wet Handling#1/10

Wet Safety#2/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/10

Wet Braking#5/10

Aquaplaning Cross#7/10

Dry

Dry Braking#1/10

Dry Steering Reaction#1/10

Dry Safety#4/10

Dry Handling#5/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/10

Snow

Snow Handling#1/10

Snow Side Guide#1/10

Snow Traction#1/10

Snow Braking#9/10

3

Continental WinterContact TS 850P SUV

Rating: Highly recommended

Points total382

Wet132

Dry138

Snow112

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Wet Handling#1/10

Wet Braking#3/10

Wet Safety#3/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/10

Aquaplaning Cross#8/10

Dry

Dry Steering Reaction#1/10

Dry Handling#2/10

Dry Safety#3/10

Dry Braking#7/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/10

Snow

Snow Braking#2/10

Snow Handling#2/10

Snow Side Guide#3/10

Snow Traction#9/10

4

Vredestein Wintrac Pro

Rating: Highly recommended

Points total380

Wet142

Dry126

Snow112

5

Firestone Winterhawk 4

Rating: Highly recommended

£128

104 H

mytyres.co.uk

104V · £128

Points total363

Wet125

Dry123

Snow115

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Aquaplaning Cross#2/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Wet Braking#5/10

Wet Handling#5/10

Wet Safety#6/10

Dry

Dry Handling#5/10

Dry Steering Reaction#7/10

Dry Braking#9/10

Dry Safety#9/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/10

Snow

Snow Handling#2/10

Snow Side Guide#2/10

Snow Traction#3/10

Snow Braking#5/10

6

Goodyear UltraGrip Performance SUV Gen-1

Rating: Highly recommended

Points total352

Wet122

Dry129

Snow101

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/10

Aquaplaning Cross#5/10

Wet Handling#5/10

Wet Safety#5/10

Wet Braking#7/10

Dry

Dry Steering Reaction#1/10

Dry Braking#4/10

Dry Handling#5/10

Dry Safety#6/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/10

Snow

Snow Handling#4/10

Snow Traction#6/10

Snow Side Guide#8/10

Snow Braking#10/10

7

Nokian WR SUV 4

Rating: -

Points total347

Wet107

Dry133

Snow107

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Wet Braking#4/10

Wet Handling#7/10

Wet Safety#7/10

Aquaplaning Cross#10/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#10/10

Dry

Dry Steering Reaction#1/10

Dry Handling#2/10

Dry Braking#3/10

Dry Safety#5/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/10

Snow

Snow Braking#2/10

Snow Handling#4/10

Snow Traction#6/10

Snow Side Guide#9/10

8

Pirelli Scorpion Winter

Rating: -

£239

104 H

mytyres.co.uk

104H

Points total330

Wet100

Dry133

Snow97

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#1/10

Aquaplaning Cross#8/10

Wet Braking#8/10

Wet Handling#8/10

Wet Safety#8/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/10

Dry

Dry Handling#1/10

Dry Safety#1/10

Dry Steering Reaction#1/10

Dry Braking#4/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#9/10

Snow

Snow Braking#8/10

Snow Handling#8/10

Snow Traction#8/10

Snow Side Guide#10/10

9

Hankook Winter i*cept evo3 X W330A

Rating: -

£145

100 H

mytyres.co.uk

104V · £145

Points total327

Wet83

Dry128

Snow116

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#5/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/10

Wet Circle Cornering#9/10

Wet Braking#10/10

Wet Handling#10/10

Wet Safety#10/10

Dry

Dry Braking#7/10

Dry Safety#7/10

Dry Steering Reaction#7/10

Dry Handling#9/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#7/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/10

Snow

Snow Traction#1/10

Snow Braking#4/10

Snow Handling#4/10

Snow Side Guide#4/10

10

Falken EuroWinter HS01 SUV

Rating: -

Points total309

Wet99

Dry110

Snow100

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#2/10

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/10

Wet Handling#8/10

Wet Braking#9/10

Wet Circle Cornering#9/10

Wet Safety#9/10

Dry

Dry Steering Reaction#7/10

Dry Braking#9/10

Dry Handling#9/10

Dry Safety#10/10

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/10

Economy

Rolling Resistance#10/10

Snow

Snow Braking#5/10

Snow Side Guide#5/10

Snow Handling#8/10

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 ContiWinterContact TS 850P 91%	91%	Premium	£204 100 H +2 More
2	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium	£189 104 H +1 More
3	Premium Michelin PILOT ALPIN PA4 88%	88%	Premium
4	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£236 100 H
5	Premium Michelin LATITUDE ALPIN LA2 86%	86%	Premium
6	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£206 104 H
7	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£194 100 H
8	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£174 104 V

9	Upper-middle Nokian WR SUV 3 81%	81%	Upper-middle
10	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£147 104 H
11	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WS71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
12	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 SUV W320A 75%	75%	Upper-middle
13	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 SUV 75%	75%	Upper-middle	£178 100 H +1 More
14	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-80 EVO 74%	74%	Premium
15	Upper-middle Firestone Destination Winter 71%	71%	Upper-middle
16	Premium Hankook Ventus Prime 4 71%	71%	Premium	£136 41 IKAIO +3 More

17	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
18	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£216 100 Q +1 More
19	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
20	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 SUV 45%	45%	Budget
21	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
22	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
23	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 SUV 1%	1%	Budget	£118 104 H +1 More

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