Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - TÜV 2021

Winter

2021

Year

6

Tyres

Winner

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Best Value

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Test Vehicle

VW Golf

Tested tyres

6

Price vs Quality

See how tyre price relates to test performance at a glance

Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

1

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Rating: -

£128

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

94H · £128 94V · £156

Points total1102

Winter301,21

Wet501,21

Dry200

Rolling resistance100

Wet

Wet Braking#1/6

Wet Handling#1/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/6

Dry

Dry Handling#2/6

Dry Braking#3/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/6

Snow

Snow Braking#2/6

Snow Handling#2/6

2

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: -

£188

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

94H 94V

Points total1097

Winter300,69

Wet497,39

Dry196,8

Rolling resistance102,4

Wet

Wet Braking#2/6

Wet Handling#2/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/6

Dry

Dry Braking#4/6

Dry Handling#4/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/6

Snow

Snow Handling#1/6

Snow Braking#3/6

3

GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+

Rating: -

Points total1083

Winter299,7

Wet493,1

Dry195

Rolling resistance95,2

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/6

Wet Handling#4/6

Wet Braking#5/6

Dry

Dry Braking#5/6

Dry Handling#5/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/6

Snow

Snow Braking#1/6

Snow Handling#3/6

4

Michelin Alpin 6

Rating: -

£179

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

94H 94V 94V

Points total1050

Winter283,86

Wet480,06

Dry194,2

Rolling resistance91,6

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/6

Wet Handling#3/6

Wet Braking#4/6

Dry

Dry Handling#5/6

Dry Braking#6/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/6

Snow

Snow Handling#4/6

Snow Braking#5/6

5

Nokian WR Snowproof P

Rating: -

£102

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

94V · £102

Points total1064

Winter283,16

Wet469,56

Dry201,5

Rolling resistance109,6

Wet

Wet Braking#3/6

Wet Handling#5/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/6

Dry

Dry Braking#1/6

Dry Handling#3/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/6

Snow

Snow Braking#4/6

Snow Handling#5/6

6

Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3

Rating: -

Points total1013

Winter262,15

Wet448,85

Dry202,4

Rolling resistance100

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/6

Wet Braking#6/6

Wet Handling#6/6

Dry

Dry Handling#1/6

Dry Braking#2/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/6

Snow

Snow Braking#6/6

Snow Handling#6/6

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 WinterContact TS 860 90%	90%	Premium
2	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	£203 91 H +3 More
3	Premium Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 89%	89%	Premium	£137 91 H +1 More
4	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium	£175 91 H +3 More
5	Premium Dunlop Winter Sport 5 89%	89%	Premium	£118 91 H +7 More
6	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£98 91 H +3 More
7	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£124 91 H +2 More
8	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£119 94 H +1 More

9	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle
10	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£153 91 H +6 More
11	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 85%	85%	Upper-middle
12	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£152 91 H +1 More
13	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle
14	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£80 91 H +1 More
15	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£96 0 V
16	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£89 91 H +1 More

17	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
18	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	£91 91 H +1 More
19	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£114 91 H +4 More
20	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£121 94 V +2 More
21	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle
22	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
23	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium
24	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO 75%	75%	Premium

25	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget	£79 91 H +1 More
26	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
27	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
28	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
29	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth-Winter V906 72%	72%	Upper-middle	£75 91 H +1 More
30	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	£82 94 H +2 More
31	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
32	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium

33	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	£81 91 H +1 More
34	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£93 91 H +1 More
35	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget	£114 91 H +1 More
36	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
37	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
38	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£88 91 H +10 More
39	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
40	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget

41	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
42	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
43	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
44	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
45	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget
46	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget