Winter tyre test 215/55 R17 - Tire Rack 2026

Winter

2026

Year

3

Tyres

Winner

Bridgestone Blizzak IcePeak

Test Vehicle

Toyota Camry

Tested tyres

3

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Tire Rack tyre test 2026: 215/55 R17 — winter tyres

Tire Rack compared 3 tyres in size 215/55 R17.

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Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

Positions follow the original publisher classification.

1

Bridgestone Blizzak IcePeak

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry28.499

Stopping distance on wet36.546

Stopping distance on snow15.819

Dry

Dry Braking#1/3

Snow

Snow Braking#1/3

Snow Handling#1/3

Snow Handling Measured#1/3

Wet

Wet Braking#3/3

Wet Circle Cornering#3/3

Summary

Published overall result: — · 1/3
Best discipline position: Dry braking (1/3)
Lowest discipline position: Wet circle cornering (3/3)

Unavailable source values are shown as — and are not estimated.

2

Continental VikingContact 8

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry30.084

Stopping distance on wet35.875

Stopping distance on snow17.496

Dry

Dry Braking#2/3

Dry Braking#3/5

Snow

Snow Handling#2/3

Snow Handling#2/5

Snow Handling Measured#2/3

Snow Handling Measured#2/5

Snow Braking#3/3

Snow Braking#3/5

Wet

Wet Braking#2/3

Wet Circle Cornering#2/3

Wet Braking#3/5

Wet Circle Cornering#3/5

Summary

Published overall result: — · 2/3
Best discipline position: Comfort (1/3)
Lowest discipline position: Snow braking (3/3)

Order follows the cited secondary report; the original publisher gives no combined overall ranking.

3

Michelin X-Ice Snow+

Rating: -

Stopping distance on dry30.51

Stopping distance on wet35.448

Stopping distance on snow17.282

Dry

Dry Braking#3/3

Snow

Snow Braking#2/3

Snow Handling#2/3

Snow Handling Measured#3/3

Wet

Wet Braking#1/3

Wet Circle Cornering#1/3

Summary

Published overall result: — · 3/3
Best discipline position: Ice traction (1/3)
Lowest discipline position: Snow handling - objective (3/3)

Detailed results

Same size tyres not featured in the test

Tests usually don't cover the whole market - here is our selection what not to miss when shopping for tyres in this size.

#	Name	Our rating	Segment	Price
1	Premium Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P 91%	91%	Premium
2	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance+ 90%	90%	Premium
3	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 90%	90%	Premium	£220 98 H +1 More
4	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	£160 94 H +4 More
5	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium
6	Premium Dunlop Winter Sport 5 89%	89%	Premium	£145 98 V +1 More
7	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£121 94 H +2 More
8	Premium Michelin ALPIN 6 89%	89%	Premium

9	Premium Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 89%	89%	Premium	£203 98 H +1 More
10	Premium Bridgestone Turanza T005 88%	88%	Premium	£119 94 V +7 More
11	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£118 94 H +2 More
12	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£117 98 V +2 More
13	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle
14	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£162 94 H +3 More
15	Upper-middle Cooper Discoverer Winter 85%	85%	Upper-middle	£117 98 V
16	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£132 94 V +2 More

17	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle
18	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO WINTER 84%	84%	Premium	£128 +1 More
19	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£99 98 V
20	Hankook W320 Winter I*Cept Evo2 84%	84%		£132 98 V
21	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£83 98 V
22	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£108 94 H +2 More
23	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
24	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle

25	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	£102 98 V
26	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof P 79%	79%	Upper-middle
27	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£144 98 V +1 More
28	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle
29	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
30	Premium Hankook Iw01a Ion Icept Suv 77%	77%	Premium	£139 98 V
31	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget	£94 98 V
32	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle

33	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
34	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
35	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	£107 98 V +1 More
36	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 66%	66%	Budget
37	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	£105 98 V
38	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£101 94 H +1 More
39	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget
40	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle

41	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£141 94 H +3 More
42	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
43	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
44	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
45	Budget Linglong Sport Master Winter 48%	48%	Budget
46	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
47	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
48	Budget GT Radial Champiro WinterPro HP 39%	39%	Budget

49	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
50	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
51	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget
52	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget