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General Altimax Winter 3

215/55 R17 General Altimax Winter 3 variants


General Altimax Winter 3 is a winter tyre made in total of 43 sizes, ranging from R13 to R13 - this particular dimension is R17, which means it fits to a 17 inch/431.8mm diameter wheel. 215/55 R17 is 60mm wider than the narrowest dimension (155) and 30mm narrower than the widest one (245). This tyre profile of 55 means the sidewall height of the tyre is 55% of the tyre width (215mm), which results in 118.25mm sidewall height. In 215/55 R17, there is only one possible speed index for General Altimax Winter 3 - "V", which is good for speeds up to 240 km/h. In 215/55 R17, Altimax Winter 3 usually competes against ZV7, which is a tyre from Avon with a rating of 17%, compared to 13% of the General in question.

215/55 R17 98 V XL

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General Altimax Winter 3 is made in 43 sizes, starting from 155/70 R13 up to 245/45 R19.

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General Altimax Winter 3 in tyre tests

Relevant tyre tests in same or similiar dimension (215/55 R17)
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2022 215/55 R17

Ranked #35 of 56
Name Stopping distance on wet
Best values in test32,8
General Altimax Winter 338,1

215/55 R17 - Best winter tyres (according to tests)

#NameOur ratingTested in this dimensionTested in same width dimensionSegmentPrice
1. Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P! Newer model available: Continental WinterContact TS 870 P
83.2%
77.8%
82.7%
80.3%
Premium £266
94 H + 3
2. Bridgestone Turanza T005! Newer model available: Bridgestone Turanza 6
83.5%
84.5%
78%
Premium £110
94 W + 7
3. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005! Newer model available: Bridgestone Blizzak 6
92.2%
79.6%
84.4%
82.6%
Premium £246
98 H + 1
4. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+! Newer model available: GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3
84.6%
92.6%
80.2%
85.4%
Premium
5. Dunlop Winter Sport 5
81.7%
90.7%
81.6%
74.3%
Premium £129
98 V + 1
6. Michelin ALPIN 6! Newer model available: Michelin ALPIN 7
83.2%
83.9%
85.5%
82.5%
Premium
7. Michelin ALPIN 5! Newer model available: Michelin Alpin 6
81.2%
72.1%
85.8%
66.6%
Premium £205
94 H + 4
8. Kleber KRISALP HP3
77.3%
88.7%
74.5%
80.5%
Upper-middle £130
94 H + 2
9. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1! Newer model available: GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+
82.9%
92.2%
82.8%
75.3%
Premium
10. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2
78.7%
81.3%
66.3%
81.3%
Premium £158
98 H + 1
11. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
84.9%
84.6%
80.4%
75.4%
Upper-middle £126
98 V
12. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
72.5%
94.8%
73.9%
81.1%
Upper-middle £136
94 H + 2
13. Nokian WR D4
73.4%
93.7%
81.9%
72.5%
Upper-middle
14. Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III
Premium £164
94 H + 3
15. Pirelli CINTURATO WINTER! Newer model available: Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2
80.7%
87.6%
75.7%
80.5%
Premium
16. Firestone Winterhawk 4
Upper-middle £97
98 V
17. Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320! Newer model available: Hankook Winter i*cept evo3 W330
75.8%
90.5%
85.7%
67.4%
Upper-middle £135
98 V + 2
18. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001
80.6%
77.4%
83.7%
Premium £161
94 V + 2
19. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6
78.4%
70.3%
78.3%
71.2%
Lowcost £105
98 V
20. Semperit Speed-Grip 3! Newer model available: Semperit Speed-Grip 5
78.1%
77.2%
71.3%
79.7%
Lowcost
21. Semperit Speed-Grip 5
74.5%
77.6%
76%
68.8%
Lowcost £113
98 V
22. Fulda Kristall Control HP2
70%
85.9%
74%
72.3%
Lowcost £121
98 V
23. Falken EuroWinter HS01! Newer model available: Falken EuroWinter HS02
78.2%
74.2%
74.2%
77.1%
Upper-middle £140
94 V + 1
24. Nokian WR Snowproof! Newer model available: Nokian Snowproof 2
68.7%
80.6%
82.5%
85.9%
Upper-middle
25. Nokian WR Snowproof P
66.1%
79.2%
92.3%
Upper-middle
26. Toyo Observe S944
67.9%
66.9%
85.1%
79.9%
Upper-middle £164
98 V
27. Toyo Snowprox S954
78.8%
70.6%
92.2%
82.7%
Upper-middle
28. Hankook Ventus Prime 4
75.7%
82.2%
78.9%
Premium £111
94 + 14
29. Hankook Iw01a Ion Icept Suv
Premium £181
98 V
30. Sava Eskimo HP2
65.3%
79.5%
72.3%
73.5%
Lowcost £115
98 V
31. Kumho WinterCraft WP71
81.9%
76.7%
78%
Upper-middle
32. Giti GitiWinter W1
65.8%
77.2%
72.4%
72.7%
Lowcost
33. Uniroyal MS Plus 77! Newer model available: Uniroyal WinterExpert
79.2%
83.3%
75.4%
74.1%
Upper-middle
34. Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7
Lowcost £115
98 V + 1
35. Debica Frigo HP2
70%
86.5%
74.1%
71.9%
Lowcost £115
98 V
36. Nexen WinGuard Sport
Lowcost
37. Uniroyal WinterExpert
65.6%
75.1%
72.4%
74.7%
Upper-middle £105
98 V
38. Barum Polaris 5! Newer model available: Barum Polaris 6
63.8%
78.1%
72%
74.8%
Lowcost £160
98 V
39. Nokian WR A4
Upper-middle
40. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905
81.6%
70.5%
85.4%
Upper-middle £134
94 H + 4
41. Firestone Winterhawk 3! Newer model available: Firestone Winterhawk 4
66.5%
83.4%
77.3%
71.3%
Upper-middle
42. Matador MP93 Nordicca
Lowcost
43. Kormoran SNOW
Lowcost
44. Fortune Fsr901
Lowcost
45. Imperial SnowDragon UHP
62%
70.7%
88.8%
Lowcost £80
98 V
46. Imperial SnowDragon 3
Lowcost
47. Kormoran SNOWPRO B2
Lowcost