Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - TÜV 2021

225/45 R17 - 2021

Winner

Continental

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Best Value

continental

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Test Vehicle

vw VW Golf

Tested tyres

6

1

1

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Rating: -

£119
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94H · £12994V · £157

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

2

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: -

£189
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94H94V

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

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

4

Michelin Alpin 6

Rating: -

£180
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94H94V94V

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

5

Nokian WR Snowproof P

Rating: -

£102
91 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

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

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

Above you can see the results of the TÜV 2021 225/45 R17 test performed by TÜV on a VW Golf in 2021. This test was performed in 225/45 R17, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (225). Continental WinterContact TS 870 is the best of 6 tested tyres according to tested properties (Points total, Winter, Wet, Dry, Rolling resistance, ). Other featured tyres include Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005, GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+, Michelin Alpin 6; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2, Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3, BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2.

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