Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - Autozeitung 2022

Winter

2022

Year

8

Tyres

Winner

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Best Value

Vredestein Wintrac Pro

Test Vehicle

Audi A3

Tested tyres

8

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: Test winner

£122

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94H · £127 94V · £125

Wet147

Dry136

Snow147

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/8

Wet Circle Cornering#1/8

Wet Handling#1/8

Wet Safety#1/8

Wet Braking#2/8

Dry

Dry Handling#1/8

Dry Lane Change#1/8

Dry Safety#1/8

Dry Braking#4/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/8

Ride Comfort#2/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/8

Snow

Snow Braking#1/8

Snow Circle Cornering#1/8

Snow Handling Measured#1/8

Snow Side Guide#1/8

Snow Traction#4/8

Summary

2

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: Highly recommended

£107

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94H 94V

Wet145

Dry136

Snow122

Wet

Wet Braking#1/8

Wet Circle Cornering#1/8

Wet Handling#1/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/8

Wet Safety#2/8

Aquaplaning Cross#5/8

Dry

Dry Handling#1/8

Dry Braking#2/8

Dry Lane Change#2/8

Dry Safety#2/8

Comfort

Ride Comfort#2/8

Noise Exterior#4/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/8

Snow

Snow Braking#4/8

Snow Circle Cornering#6/8

Snow Handling Measured#6/8

Snow Side Guide#6/8

Snow Traction#7/8

Summary

3

Michelin Alpin 6

Rating: Highly recommended

Wet130

Dry119

Snow134

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/8

Wet Braking#3/8

Wet Circle Cornering#3/8

Wet Handling#3/8

Wet Safety#3/8

Dry

Dry Lane Change#5/8

Dry Braking#6/8

Dry Handling#6/8

Dry Safety#6/8

Comfort

Ride Comfort#2/8

Noise Exterior#4/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/8

Snow

Snow Traction#1/8

Snow Handling Measured#2/8

Snow Circle Cornering#3/8

Snow Side Guide#4/8

Snow Braking#7/8

Summary

4

Nokian WR Snowproof P

Rating: Recommended for economical driving

£118

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £118

Wet84

Dry143

Snow129

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#3/8

Wet Braking#5/8

Wet Handling#7/8

Wet Safety#7/8

Aquaplaning Cross#8/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#8/8

Dry

Dry Braking#1/8

Dry Lane Change#2/8

Dry Handling#3/8

Dry Safety#3/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#1/8

Ride Comfort#1/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/8

Snow

Snow Side Guide#3/8

Snow Braking#4/8

Snow Circle Cornering#4/8

Snow Handling Measured#4/8

Snow Traction#4/8

Summary

5

Vredestein Wintrac Pro

Rating: Highly recommended

Wet113

Dry121

Snow119

Wet

Wet Braking#3/8

Wet Circle Cornering#3/8

Wet Handling#4/8

Wet Safety#5/8

Aquaplaning Cross#6/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#7/8

Dry

Dry Handling#3/8

Dry Safety#3/8

Dry Braking#4/8

Dry Lane Change#5/8

Comfort

Ride Comfort#2/8

Noise Exterior#7/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#7/8

Snow

Snow Braking#4/8

Snow Traction#4/8

Snow Handling Measured#6/8

Snow Circle Cornering#7/8

Snow Side Guide#7/8

Summary

6

Fulda Kristall Control HP2

Rating: -

£89

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £89

Wet96

Dry110

Snow142

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/8

Wet Handling#6/8

Wet Safety#6/8

Wet Braking#7/8

Wet Circle Cornering#7/8

Dry

Dry Handling#6/8

Dry Braking#7/8

Dry Lane Change#8/8

Dry Safety#8/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#7/8

Ride Comfort#8/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#4/8

Snow

Snow Circle Cornering#1/8

Snow Braking#2/8

Snow Handling Measured#2/8

Snow Side Guide#2/8

Snow Traction#2/8

Summary

7

Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2

Rating: -

£119

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £149

Wet112

Dry120

Snow105

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#3/8

Wet Handling#4/8

Wet Safety#4/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/8

Aquaplaning Cross#6/8

Wet Braking#6/8

Dry

Dry Braking#3/8

Dry Handling#6/8

Dry Lane Change#7/8

Dry Safety#7/8

Comfort

Ride Comfort#2/8

Noise Exterior#4/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/8

Snow

Snow Braking#8/8

Snow Circle Cornering#8/8

Snow Handling Measured#8/8

Snow Side Guide#8/8

Snow Traction#8/8

Summary

8

Giti GitiWinter W2

Rating: -

Wet85

Dry113

Snow129

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/8

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/8

Wet Circle Cornering#7/8

Wet Braking#8/8

Wet Handling#8/8

Wet Safety#8/8

Dry

Dry Lane Change#2/8

Dry Handling#3/8

Dry Safety#5/8

Dry Braking#8/8

Comfort

Noise Exterior#2/8

Ride Comfort#2/8

Economy

Rolling Resistance#8/8

Snow

Snow Braking#2/8

Snow Traction#3/8

Snow Circle Cornering#4/8

Snow Handling Measured#5/8

Snow Side Guide#5/8

Summary

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	£172 91 H +3 More
4	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£97 91 H +3 More
5	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	£161 91 H +4 More
6	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£106 91 H +2 More
7	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£87 91 H +4 More
8	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle

9	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£167 91 H +6 More
10	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 85%	85%	Upper-middle
11	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£81 91 H +1 More
12	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle
13	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£150 91 H +2 More
14	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£69 0 V
15	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
16	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£89 91 H +1 More

17	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£111 91 H +4 More
18	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£110 94 V +2 More
19	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle
20	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
21	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium	£143 91 H +1 More
22	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget	£83 91 H +2 More
23	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO 75%	75%	Premium
24	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle

25	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
26	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
27	Upper-middle Yokohama Bluearth Winter V906 72%	72%	Upper-middle	£85 91 H +1 More
28	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	£72 94 H +2 More
29	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
30	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	£78 91 H +3 More
31	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
32	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£90 91 H +1 More

33	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget
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	£83 91 H +9 More
37	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
38	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
39	GT Radial WinterPro2 Sport 51%	51%
40	Budget Sportiva Snow Win 3 49%	49%	Budget	£103 94 V

41	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
42	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
43	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
44	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
45	Sailun Iceblazer Alpine Evo 1 29%	29%
46	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
47	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
48	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget

49	Premium Dunlop Winter Sport 5 1%	1%	Premium	£92 91 H +8 More
50	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget