Winter tyre test 195/65 R16 for 2026
Test results
Overall performance ranking
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
Continental WinterContact TS 87087%
2.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+72%
3.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
Dunlop Winter Sport 569%
4.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
Semperit Speed-Grip 560%
5.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
Falken EuroWinter HS0158%
6.
Falken Eurowinter HS02
Falken Eurowinter HS0248%
Dry
Weight in overall score:
20%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
Continental WinterContact TS 87080%
2.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+71%
3.
Falken Eurowinter HS02
Falken Eurowinter HS0271%
4.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
Falken EuroWinter HS0161%
5.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
Semperit Speed-Grip 558%
6.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
Dunlop Winter Sport 550%
Dry braking
50%
1.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
87%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
73%
3.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
76%
4.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
65%
5.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
44%
6.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
45%
Dry handling
50%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
88%
2.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
72%
3.
Falken Eurowinter HS02
65%
4.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
57%
5.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
55%
6.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
54%
Dry driving behavior
0%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
75%
2.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
71%
3.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
50%
4.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
Not enough data
5.
Falken Eurowinter HS02
Not enough data
6.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
Not enough data
Safety
0%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
88%
2.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
85%
3.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
49%
4.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
Not enough data
5.
Falken Eurowinter HS02
Not enough data
6.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
Not enough data
Wet
Weight in overall score:
40%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
Continental WinterContact TS 87089%
2.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+71%
3.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
Dunlop Winter Sport 569%
4.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
Falken Eurowinter HS0164%
5.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
Semperit Speed-Grip 559%
6.
Falken Eurowinter HS02
Falken Eurowinter HS0250%
Wet braking
20%
1.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
87%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
80%
3.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
66%
4.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
64%
5.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
50%
6.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
49%
Wet handling
20%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
86%
2.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
85%
3.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
73%
4.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
52%
5.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
47%
6.
Falken Eurowinter HS02
33%
Aquaplaning - longitudal
20%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
93%
2.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
86%
3.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
75%
4.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
61%
5.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
57%
6.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
55%
Aquaplaning - cross
20%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
90%
2.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
77%
3.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
72%
4.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
75%
5.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
48%
6.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
47%
Wet circle cornering
20%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
94%
2.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
77%
3.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
74%
4.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
45%
5.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
47%
6.
Falken Eurowinter HS02
Not enough data
Snow
Weight in overall score:
30%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
Continental WinterContact TS 87081%
2.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
Dunlop Winter Sport 578%
3.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+68%
4.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
Semperit Speed-Grip 551%
5.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
Falken Eurowinter HS0148%
6.
Falken Eurowinter HS02
Falken Eurowinter HS0221%
Snow traction
33%
1.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
80%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
75%
3.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
56%
4.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
39%
5.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
40%
6.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
28%
Snow braking
33%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
83%
2.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
78%
3.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
65%
4.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
59%
5.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
54%
6.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
22%
Snow handling
33%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
84%
2.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
82%
3.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
76%
4.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
60%
5.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
48%
6.
Falken Eurowinter HS02
14%
Snow cornering
0%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
92%
2.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
68%
3.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
66%
4.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
56%
5.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
56%
6.
Falken Eurowinter HS02
Not enough data
Comfort
Weight in overall score:
5%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
Continental WinterContact TS 87082%
2.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS0269%
3.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
Falken Eurowinter HS0157%
4.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
Semperit Speed-Grip 555%
5.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+53%
6.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
Dunlop Winter Sport 543%
Exterior noise
100%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
82%
2.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
69%
3.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
57%
4.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
55%
5.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
53%
6.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
43%
Interior noise
0%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
89%
2.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
64%
3.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
55%
4.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
Not enough data
5.
Falken Eurowinter HS02
Not enough data
6.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
Not enough data
Comfort
0%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
80%
2.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
67%
3.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
58%
4.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
Not enough data
5.
Falken Eurowinter HS02
Not enough data
6.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
Not enough data
Economy
1.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
Semperit Speed-Grip 591%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
Continental WinterContact TS 87088%
3.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
Dunlop Winter Sport 579%
4.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
Falken EuroWinter HS0123%
Rolling resistance
100%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
87%
2.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
79%
3.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
79%
4.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
48%
5.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
23%
6.
Falken Eurowinter HS02
Not enough data
Mileage
0%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
81%
2.
Dunlop Winter Sport 5
67%
3.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
62%
4.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
56%
5.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
60%
6.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52+
Not enough data
