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3.65/5
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Barum Polaris 3

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Customer Popularity

69%

Customer Popularity

Based on 55 reviews

What customers like ...
  • Price 19
  • Good performance on snow and ice 7
  • Good ride quality 6
  • High mileage 3
  • Quiet 3
What customers dislike ...
  • Noise 7
  • Poor performance on wet roads 4
  • Aquaplaning risk with lower tread depth 2
  • Not suitable for high-performance cars 2
  • Higher wear rate 2

Performance Analysis: Barum Polaris 3

This graph shows how the tyre ranks across different properties compared to other tested tyres. Higher percentile means better performance - 100% means better than every tyre in every test, 0% means worse than every tyre in every test.

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Timeline

2015

Barum Polaris 3 was tested 3x (Autobild,...)

2016

Barum Polaris 3 was tested 3x (ADAC,...)

2017

Barum Polaris 3 was tested 2x (Autobild,...)

2018

Barum Polaris 3 was tested 2x (Autobild,...)

2018

Barum Polaris 3 got replaced by Barum Polaris 5

Sizes

Barum Polaris 3 is made in 66 sizes, starting from 135/80 R13 up to 245/45 R18.
13"
135/80 R13
145/70 R13
145/80 R13
155/65 R13
155/70 R13
155/80 R13
165/70 R13
165/80 R13
175/65 R13
175/70 R13
14"
155/65 R14
165/65 R14
165/70 R14
165/80 R14
175/65 R14
175/70 R14
175/80 R14
185/55 R14
185/60 R14
185/65 R14
185/70 R14
195/65 R14
15"
175/65 R15
185/55 R15
185/60 R15
185/65 R15
195/50 R15
195/55 R15
195/60 R15
195/65 R15
205/60 R15
205/65 R15
215/65 R15
16"
195/55 R16
205/55 R16
205/60 R16
215/55 R16
215/60 R16
225/55 R16
225/60 R16
235/60 R16
17"
205/50 R17
215/50 R17
225/45 R17
225/50 R17
225/55 R17
18"
225/40 R18
245/40 R18
245/45 R18
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Comparison with Barum Polaris 3:
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Uniroyal worse at:
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Comparison with Barum Polaris 3:
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Comparison with Barum Polaris 3:
Uniroyal better at:
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Uniroyal worse at:
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Comparison with Barum Polaris 3:
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R13 - R20
Comparison with Barum Polaris 3:
Nokian better at:
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Barum Polaris 3 in tyre tests

All tyre tests where Barum Polaris 3 was featured:
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Autobild
Autobild Winter tyre test 2018 195/65 R15

Ranked #12 of 51
Name Stopping distance on wetStopping distance on snow
Best values in test34,327
Barum Polaris 336,727,8
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Source: www.autobild.de
Autobild
Autobild Winter tyre test 2018 195/65 R15
satisfactory
Ranked #16 of 20
Name WetDrySnowRunning costs
Best values in test1-2+11
Barum Polaris 33+2-2+2-
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Source: www.autobild.de
Autobild
Autobild Winter tyre test 2017 225/50 R17

Ranked #13 of 50
Name Stopping distance on wetStopping distance on snow
Best values in test32,225,9
Barum Polaris 335,827,6
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Autobild
Autobild Winter tyre test 2017 225/50 R17
satisfactory
Ranked #16 of 20
Name WetDrySnowRunning costs
Best values in test2+2+12+
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Source: reifenpresse.de
ADAC
ADAC Winter tyre test 2016 185/65 R15
satisfactory
Ranked #12 of 15
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Best values in test1,81,91,72,22,811,5
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2016 205/55 R16

Ranked #8 of 50
Name Stopping distance on wetStopping distance on snow
Best values in test34,225
Barum Polaris 337,226,1
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2016 205/55 R16
sufficient
Ranked #10 of 20
Name WetDrySnowRunning costs
Best values in test1-22+1
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2015 185/60 R15
exemplary
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Best values in test12+11
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2015 185/60 R15

Ranked #9 of 49
Name Stopping distance on wetStopping distance on snow
Best values in test36,827,7
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Autozeitung
Autozeitung Winter tyre test 2015 185/65 R15

Ranked #7 of 14
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Best values in test415144136144
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Test ratings distribution

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Ratings x Wheel size

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90% (3x)65% (1x)85% (1x)

Ratings x Width

185/xx Rxx195/xx Rxx205/xx Rxx225/xx Rxx
92.5% (2x)85% (1x)65% (1x)85% (1x)

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Comparison with Barum Polaris 3:
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  • • Exterior noise
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