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Comparison: Barum Polaris 5 vs. Debica Frigo HP2 vs. Matador MP93 Nordicca vs. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 vs. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 vs. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Barum Polaris 5 /63%	Debica Frigo HP2 /50%	Matador MP93 Nordicca /40%	Kumho WinterCraft WP52 /55%	Semperit Speed-Grip 5 /78%	Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 /38%

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Segment

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Upper-middle

2. Barum Polaris 5 Lowcost

3. Debica Frigo HP2 Lowcost

4. Matador MP93 Nordicca Lowcost

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Lowcost

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 192

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 93

3. Matador MP93 Nordicca 92

4. Barum Polaris 5 76

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 64

6. Debica Frigo HP2 26

Number of tests

1. Barum Polaris 5 13x

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 12x

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 10x

4. Debica Frigo HP2 9x

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 5x

6. Matador MP93 Nordicca 4x

Best position in test

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2.

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 3.

3. Debica Frigo HP2 7.

4. Barum Polaris 5 9.

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 10.

6. Matador MP93 Nordicca 11.

Worst position in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 19.

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 25.

3. Barum Polaris 5 26.

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 26.

5. Debica Frigo HP2 27.

6. Matador MP93 Nordicca 38.

Average position in tests

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 9.33

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 12.2

3. Barum Polaris 5 15.15

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 16.4

5. Debica Frigo HP2 17.33

6. Matador MP93 Nordicca 23.75

Year of the last test

1. Debica Frigo HP2 2025

2. Matador MP93 Nordicca 2025

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 2025

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2024

5. Barum Polaris 5 2023

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 2022

Best rating in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Exemplary

2. Debica Frigo HP2 Good

3. Barum Polaris 5 Good

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Satisfactory

6. Matador MP93 Nordicca Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Good

2. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

3. Matador MP93 Nordicca Satisfactory

4. Debica Frigo HP2 Conditionally recommended

5. Barum Polaris 5 Sufficient

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Sufficient

Wet

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

70.3%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

70.4%

Barum
Polaris 5

66%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

62%

Debica
Frigo HP2

56%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

38.7%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 B

2. Debica Frigo HP2 B

3. Barum Polaris 5 C

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

5. Matador MP93 Nordicca C

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Snow

(Overall rating)

Debica
Frigo HP2

75%

Barum
Polaris 5

72%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

72.2%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

68.3%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

63%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

48.7%

Dry

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

75%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

72.6%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

69.1%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

68%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

56%

Debica
Frigo HP2

53%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

96.6%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

80%

Barum
Polaris 5

71%

Debica
Frigo HP2

63%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

61.9%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

0%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 ?

3. Barum Polaris 5 ?

4. Debica Frigo HP2 ?

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 ?

6. Matador MP93 Nordicca ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

92%

Barum
Polaris 5

84%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

69.5%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

64.1%

Debica
Frigo HP2

61%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

0%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 C

3. Debica Frigo HP2 C

4. Matador MP93 Nordicca D

5. Barum Polaris 5 E

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

89%

Barum
Polaris 5

82%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

30%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

27.5%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

0%

Debica
Frigo HP2

0%

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Mutual Tests Available

These tyres were tested together in 4 test(s). Click to view detailed head-to-head results.

Mutual tests

Autobild Winter tyre test 2023 225/45 R18

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+
Barum Polaris 5 Rating: Satisfactory	2-	2	2+	1-
Debica Frigo HP2 Rating: Conditionally recommended	3+	3	2+	2-
Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2-	2-	1-
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2023 225/45 R18

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	31,4	29,2
Barum Polaris 5	35,6	31,0
Debica Frigo HP2	37,0	30,1
Matador MP93 Nordicca	38,6	-
Kumho WinterCraft WP52	36,9	31,4
Semperit Speed-Grip 5	35,9	31,3
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