Name: Barum Polaris 6 215/40 R18
Brand: Barum
Rating: 83 (3 reviews)

215/40 R18 Barum Polaris 6 variants

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Barum Polaris 6 is a winter tyre made in total of 78 sizes, ranging from R14 to R14 - this particular dimension is R18, which means it fits to a 18 inch/457.2mm diameter wheel. 215/40 R18 is 60mm wider than the narrowest dimension (155) and 40mm narrower than the widest one (255). This tyre profile of 40 means the sidewall height of the tyre is 40% of the tyre width (215mm), which results in 86mm sidewall height. In 215/40 R18, there is only one possible speed index for Barum Polaris 6 - "V", which is good for speeds up to 240 km/h. In 215/40 R18, Polaris 6 usually competes against Speed-Grip 5, which is a tyre from Semperit with a rating of 78%, compared to 83% of the Barum in question.

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Snow
Best values in test	101.1	87.2	96.2	94.9
Barum Polaris 6	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
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#	Name	Our rating	Tested in same width dimension	Segment	Price
1.	Hankook Winter i*cept evo3 W330	78% 79.4% 70.4% 78.2%		Upper-middle	£118 89 V
2.	Michelin PILOT ALPIN 5	73.8% 87.1% 87.8% 80.9%		Premium	£264 89 V
3.	Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P! Newer model available: Continental WinterContact TS 870 P	83.2% 77.8% 82.7% 80.3%	Automotorsport 2019	Premium
4.	GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+! Newer model available: GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3	84.6% 92.6% 80.2% 85.4%	ADAC 2022	Premium
5.	Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1! Newer model available: GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+	82.9% 92.2% 82.8% 75.3%	ADAC 2017	Premium
6.	Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2	76.1% 81.8% 64.7% 81.5%	Die Reifentester 2025	Premium	£160 89 V
7.	Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III			Premium
8.	Semperit Speed-Grip 5	65.8% 70.3% 65.8% 69.5%	ADAC 2024	Lowcost	£124 89 V
9.	Toyo Observe S944	67.9% 66.9% 85.1% 79.9%	Autobild 2022	Upper-middle	£107 89 V
10.	Toyo Snowprox S954	78.8% 70.6% 92.2% 82.7%	Automotorsport 2019	Upper-middle
11.	Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7		Autobild 2022	Lowcost	£92 89 V + 1
12.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32			Premium
13.	Nexen WinGuard Sport			Lowcost
14.	Uniroyal WinterExpert	60% 70.1% 67.3% 74.9%	ADAC 2022	Upper-middle	£114 89 V
15.	Barum Polaris 5! Newer model available: Barum Polaris 6	63.8% 78.1% 72% 74.8%	Autobild 2022	Lowcost	£132 89 V
16.	Yokohama BluEarth winter V905	81.6% 70.5% 85.4%		Upper-middle	£124 89 V
17.	Imperial SnowDragon UHP	44.8% 61.6% 73.3%	Autobild 2022	Lowcost

215/40 R18 89 V

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