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Comparison: Barum Polaris 3 vs. Matador MP92 Sibir Snow vs. Firestone Winterhawk 3 vs. Yokohama W.drive V905 vs. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 vs. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Barum Polaris 3 /0%	Matador MP92 Sibir Snow /0%	Firestone Winterhawk 3 /0%	Yokohama W.drive V905 /0%	Goodyear UltraGrip 9 /0%	Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 /0%

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Segment

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Premium

2. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 Premium

3. Firestone Winterhawk 3 Upper-middle

4. Yokohama W.drive V905 Upper-middle

5. Barum Polaris 3 Lowcost

6. Matador MP92 Sibir Snow Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 88

2. Firestone Winterhawk 3 66

3. Barum Polaris 3 66

4. Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 43

5. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 41

6. Yokohama W.drive V905 8

Number of tests

1. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 21x

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 17x

3. Firestone Winterhawk 3 14x

4. Barum Polaris 3 10x

5. Yokohama W.drive V905 10x

6. Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 8x

Best position in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 1.

2. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 2.

3. Firestone Winterhawk 3 3.

4. Barum Polaris 3 3.

5. Yokohama W.drive V905 7.

6. Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 12.

Worst position in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 9.

2. Barum Polaris 3 16.

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 20.

4. Yokohama W.drive V905 24.

5. Firestone Winterhawk 3 32.

6. Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 33.

Average position in tests

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 3.65

2. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 7.1

3. Barum Polaris 3 10.6

4. Yokohama W.drive V905 14

5. Firestone Winterhawk 3 16

6. Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 22.25

Year of the last test

1. Firestone Winterhawk 3 2020

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 2020

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 2020

4. Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 2019

5. Yokohama W.drive V905 2019

6. Barum Polaris 3 2018

Best rating in test

1. Barum Polaris 3 Exemplary

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Highly recommended

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 Highly recommended

4. Firestone Winterhawk 3 Satisfactory

5. Yokohama W.drive V905 Satisfactory

6. Matador MP92 Sibir Snow Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Good

2. Barum Polaris 3 Satisfactory

3. Matador MP92 Sibir Snow Satisfactory

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 Satisfactory

5. Firestone Winterhawk 3 Conditionally recommended

6. Yokohama W.drive V905 Conditionally recommended

Wet

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

89%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

85%

Barum
Polaris 3

74%

Matador
MP92 Sibir Snow

71%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

70%

Yokohama
W.drive V905

68.9%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 C

2. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 C

3. Barum Polaris 3 C

4. Matador MP92 Sibir Snow C

5. Firestone Winterhawk 3 C

6. Yokohama W.drive V905 ?

Snow

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

95%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

89%

Barum
Polaris 3

88%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

85%

Matador
MP92 Sibir Snow

77%

Yokohama
W.drive V905

74%

Costs

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

87%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

87%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

83%

Barum
Polaris 3

78%

Matador
MP92 Sibir Snow

76%

Yokohama
W.drive V905

71.8%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 E

2. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 E

3. Firestone Winterhawk 3 E

4. Barum Polaris 3 F

5. Matador MP92 Sibir Snow F

6. Yokohama W.drive V905 ?

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Matador
MP92 Sibir Snow

88%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

83%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

80%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

78%

Barum
Polaris 3

75%

Yokohama
W.drive V905

59.4%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 68 dB

2. Matador MP92 Sibir Snow ?

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 ?

4. Firestone Winterhawk 3 ?

5. Barum Polaris 3 ?

6. Yokohama W.drive V905 ?

Dry

(Overall rating)

Yokohama
W.drive V905

91.1%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

87%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

82%

Barum
Polaris 3

79%

Matador
MP92 Sibir Snow

76%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

76%

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These tyres were tested together in 5 test(s). Click to view detailed head-to-head results.

Mutual tests

Autobild Winter tyre test 2018 195/65 R15

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	1-	2+	1	1
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2-	2+	2-
Matador MP92 Sibir Snow Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2-	2-	2-
Firestone Winterhawk 3 Rating: Conditionally recommended	3	3+	2+	2+
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: Good	2	2-	1	2
Hankook Winter icept RS2 W452 Rating: Good*	2	2	1-	1-
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2018 195/65 R15

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	34,3	27
Barum Polaris 3	36,7	27,8
Matador MP92 Sibir Snow	36,6	28,6
Firestone Winterhawk 3	38,2	27,8
Yokohama W.drive V905	36,6	29,5
Goodyear UltraGrip 9	35,5	27
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	34,9	27,7
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2017 225/50 R17

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	32,2	25,9
Barum Polaris 3	35,8	27,6
Matador MP92 Sibir Snow	38,4	-
Firestone Winterhawk 3	36,3	27,9
Yokohama W.drive V905	34,7	28,3
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	35,9	28,6
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2016 205/55 R16

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	34,2	25
Barum Polaris 3	37,2	26,1
Matador MP92 Sibir Snow	40,6	26,4
Firestone Winterhawk 3	39,8	27,5
Yokohama W.drive V905	39,9	26,9
Goodyear UltraGrip 9	36,1	25
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	39,1	26,2
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2015 185/60 R15

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	36,8	27,7
Barum Polaris 3	40,8	28,6
Matador MP92 Sibir Snow	43,1	28,9
Firestone Winterhawk 3	41,9	28,9
Yokohama W.drive V905	42,6	29,4
Goodyear UltraGrip 9	36,9	28,6
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Comparison: Barum Polaris 3 vs. Matador MP92 Sibir Snow vs. Firestone Winterhawk 3 vs. Yokohama W.drive V905 vs. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 vs. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452

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