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: -

£122

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94H · £122 94V · £126

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

Summary

2

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: -

£110

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94H 94V

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

Summary

3

GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+

Rating: -

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

Summary

4

Michelin Alpin 6

Rating: -

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

Summary

5

Nokian WR Snowproof P

Rating: -

£123

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £123

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

Summary

6

Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3

Rating: -

£187

94 H

mytyres.co.uk

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

Summary

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 Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 89%	89%	Premium	£115 91 H +1 More
3	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium	£172 91 H +3 More
4	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£104 91 H +3 More
5	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	£161 91 H +4 More
6	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£103 91 H +2 More
7	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£87 91 H +4 More
8	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle

9	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£162 91 H +6 More
10	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 85%	85%	Upper-middle
11	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle
12	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£81 91 H +1 More
13	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£147 91 H +2 More
14	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£69 0 V
15	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£90 91 H +1 More
16	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget

17	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£113 91 H +4 More
18	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	£89 91 H +1 More
19	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle
20	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£119 94 V +2 More
21	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
22	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium	£143 91 H +1 More
23	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget	£81 91 H +2 More
24	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle

25	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO 75%	75%	Premium
26	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
27	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
28	Upper-middle Yokohama Bluearth Winter V906 72%	72%	Upper-middle	£86 91 H +1 More
29	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	£73 94 H +2 More
30	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
31	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	£78 91 H +3 More
32	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium

33	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£90 91 H +1 More
34	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget
35	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
36	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
37	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£83 91 H +9 More
38	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
39	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
40	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget

41	GT Radial WinterPro2 Sport 51%	51%
42	Budget Sportiva Snow Win 3 49%	49%	Budget	£104 94 V
43	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
44	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
45	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
46	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
47	Sailun Iceblazer Alpine Evo 1 29%	29%
48	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget

49	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
50	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget
51	Premium Dunlop Winter Sport 5 1%	1%	Premium	£119 91 H +8 More
52	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget