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Comparison: tyres similar to Barum Polaris 5

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Dry
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#	Barum Polaris 5 /63%	Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 /56%	Fulda Kristall Control HP2 /56%	Semperit Speed-Grip 5 /76%	GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ /63%	Kumho WinterCraft WP52 /61%	Michelin ALPIN 6 /67%	Kleber KRISALP HP3 /69%	Uniroyal WinterExpert /69%

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Segment

1. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ Premium

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 Premium

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Upper-middle

4. Kleber KRISALP HP3 Upper-middle

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert Upper-middle

6. Barum Polaris 5 Lowcost

7. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Lowcost

8. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Lowcost

9. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 189

2. Kleber KRISALP HP3 111

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 92

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 91

5. Michelin ALPIN 6 76

6. Barum Polaris 5 76

7. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 64

8. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 50

9. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 36

Number of tests

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 31x

2. Kleber KRISALP HP3 25x

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 22x

4. Barum Polaris 5 13x

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 10x

6. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 9x

7. Uniroyal WinterExpert 9x

8. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 7x

9. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 5x

Best position in test

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 1.

2. Kleber KRISALP HP3 2.

3. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 2.

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2.

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2.

6. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 3.

7. Uniroyal WinterExpert 7.

8. Barum Polaris 5 9.

9. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 10.

Worst position in test

1. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 8.

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 13.

3. Kleber KRISALP HP3 16.

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 19.

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 19.

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 23.

7. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 25.

8. Barum Polaris 5 26.

9. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 26.

Average position in tests

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 4.35

2. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 4.71

3. Kleber KRISALP HP3 7.68

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 8

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 11.82

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 12.2

7. Uniroyal WinterExpert 12.22

8. Barum Polaris 5 15.15

9. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 16.4

Year of the last test

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2024

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 2024

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 2024

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 2024

5. Barum Polaris 5 2023

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2023

7. Kleber KRISALP HP3 2023

8. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 2022

9. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 2022

Best rating in test

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Exemplary

2. Kleber KRISALP HP3 Exemplary

3. Michelin ALPIN 6 Exemplary

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Exemplary

5. Barum Polaris 5 Good

6. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ Satisfactory

7. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

8. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Satisfactory

9. Uniroyal WinterExpert Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Kleber KRISALP HP3 Good

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 Good

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Good

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Satisfactory

5. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ Satisfactory

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

7. Barum Polaris 5 Sufficient

8. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Sufficient

9. Uniroyal WinterExpert Sufficient

Wet

(Overall rating)

GoodYear
UltraGrip 9+

84%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

76%

Michelin
ALPIN 6

72%

Kleber
KRISALP HP3

71%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

70.4%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

63.6%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

61%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

60%

Barum
Polaris 5

60%

Wet braking

1. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 75%

2. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 72%

3. Michelin ALPIN 6 72%

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 70%

5. Kleber KRISALP HP3 63%

6. Barum Polaris 5 62%

7. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 46%

8. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 0%

9. Uniroyal WinterExpert 0%

Aquaplaning - cross

1. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 94%

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 92%

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 90%

4. Kleber KRISALP HP3 76%

5. Michelin ALPIN 6 70%

6. Barum Polaris 5 58%

7. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 43%

8. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 0%

9. Uniroyal WinterExpert 0%

Wet handling

1. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 87%

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 84%

3. Kleber KRISALP HP3 73%

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 72%

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 66%

6. Barum Polaris 5 60%

7. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 57%

8. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 0%

9. Uniroyal WinterExpert 0%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ B

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 B

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 B

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 B

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

6. Barum Polaris 5 C

7. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

8. Kleber KRISALP HP3 ?

9. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Snow

(Overall rating)

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

87%

GoodYear
UltraGrip 9+

78%

Michelin
ALPIN 6

76%

Barum
Polaris 5

75%

Kleber
KRISALP HP3

75%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

73.1%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

72.2%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

63%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

61%

Snow braking

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 89%

2. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 86%

3. Barum Polaris 5 85%

4. Kleber KRISALP HP3 81%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 81%

6. Michelin ALPIN 6 75%

7. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 69%

8. Uniroyal WinterExpert 0%

9. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 0%

Snow traction

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 87%

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 88%

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 79%

4. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 80%

5. Barum Polaris 5 76%

6. Kleber KRISALP HP3 71%

7. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 62%

8. Uniroyal WinterExpert 0%

9. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 0%

Snow handling

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 84%

2. Kleber KRISALP HP3 81%

3. Michelin ALPIN 6 76%

4. Barum Polaris 5 73%

5. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 70%

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 52%

7. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 42%

8. Uniroyal WinterExpert 0%

9. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 0%

Dry

(Overall rating)

Michelin
ALPIN 6

78%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

77%

Kleber
KRISALP HP3

75%

GoodYear
UltraGrip 9+

73%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

72.6%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

70.4%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

62%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

55%

Barum
Polaris 5

54%

Dry braking

1. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 81%

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 78%

3. Michelin ALPIN 6 79%

4. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 75%

5. Kleber KRISALP HP3 71%

6. Barum Polaris 5 67%

7. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 55%

8. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 0%

9. Uniroyal WinterExpert 0%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

84%

Michelin
ALPIN 6

84%

GoodYear
UltraGrip 9+

84%

Kleber
KRISALP HP3

80%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

80%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

73.2%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

67.3%

Barum
Polaris 5

65%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

61.9%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 72 dB

2. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

3. Michelin ALPIN 6 ?

4. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ ?

5. Kleber KRISALP HP3 ?

6. Uniroyal WinterExpert ?

7. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 ?

8. Barum Polaris 5 ?

9. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

87%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

84%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

84.4%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

80.4%

Michelin
ALPIN 6

76%

GoodYear
UltraGrip 9+

76%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

69.5%

Kleber
KRISALP HP3

67%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

59%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 C

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

4. Michelin ALPIN 6 C

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 C

6. Barum Polaris 5 E

7. GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ E

8. Kleber KRISALP HP3 ?

9. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

91%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

89%

Kleber
KRISALP HP3

83%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

83.5%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

82%

GoodYear
UltraGrip 9+

82%

Michelin
ALPIN 6

78%

Barum
Polaris 5

67%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

0%

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Mutual tests

AUTOBILD Winter tyre test 2024 205/55 R16

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	34.6	28.9
Barum Polaris 5	37.7	30.0
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21	37.7	32.4
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	38.6	29.6
Semperit Speed-Grip 5	36.8	29.1
Kumho Wintercraft WP52	34.6	30.3
Michelin Alpin 6	36.2	29.7
Kleber Krisalp HP3	37.8	29.3
Uniroyal WinterExpert	36.5	29.5
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2022 185/65 R15

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Ice	Rolling resistance	Noise	Wear
Best values in test	1,7	1,9	1,8	1,9	1,7	2,5	1,5
Barum Polaris 5 Rating: Sufficient	3,2	3,9	2,4	2,8	2,0	3,0	2,0
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Rating: Satisfactory	2,5	3,3	3,	2,1	2,2	2,5	2,5
Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Rating: Good	2,3	2,5	2,0	2,3	1,7	2,6	2,0
GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ Rating: Good	1,7	2,3	2,5	2,3	2,0	2,7	2,5
Michelin Alpin 6 Rating: Good	2,3	2,5	2,0	2,3	1,7	2,6	2,0
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2021 205/55 R16

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Rolling resistance	Wear
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+	1
Barum Polaris 5 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3+	2+	1-	2+
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2	2-	3+	3
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3+	2-	2	1
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+ Rating: Good	2	2-	2+	2	2+
Michelin Alpin 6 Rating: Exemplary	2	2	2+	2-	1
Kleber KRISALP HP3 Rating: Exemplary	2-	2	2+	3+	2
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2021 205/55 R16

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	32,1	27,3
Barum Polaris 5	36,1	28,8
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21	35,6	29,4
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	36,8	28,6
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+	35,2	27,5
Michelin Alpin 6	34,9	29,1
Kleber KRISALP HP3	35,6	28,4
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