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Comparison: Barum Polaris 5 vs. Matador MP93 Nordicca vs. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 vs. Michelin ALPIN 6 vs. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Barum Polaris 5 /63%	Matador MP93 Nordicca /40%	Kumho WinterCraft WP52 /55%	Michelin ALPIN 6 /63%	Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 /38%

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Segment

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 Premium

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Upper-middle

3. Barum Polaris 5 Lowcost

4. Matador MP93 Nordicca Lowcost

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 192

2. Matador MP93 Nordicca 92

3. Michelin ALPIN 6 76

4. Barum Polaris 5 76

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 64

Number of tests

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 31x

2. Barum Polaris 5 13x

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 10x

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 5x

5. Matador MP93 Nordicca 4x

Best position in test

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 1.

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2.

3. Barum Polaris 5 9.

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 10.

5. Matador MP93 Nordicca 11.

Worst position in test

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 13.

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 25.

3. Barum Polaris 5 26.

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 26.

5. Matador MP93 Nordicca 38.

Average position in tests

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 4.35

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 12.2

3. Barum Polaris 5 15.15

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 16.4

5. Matador MP93 Nordicca 23.75

Year of the last test

1. Matador MP93 Nordicca 2025

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2024

3. Michelin ALPIN 6 2024

4. Barum Polaris 5 2023

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 2022

Best rating in test

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 Exemplary

2. Barum Polaris 5 Good

3. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Satisfactory

5. Matador MP93 Nordicca Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 Good

2. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

3. Matador MP93 Nordicca Satisfactory

4. Barum Polaris 5 Sufficient

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Sufficient

Wet

(Overall rating)

Michelin
ALPIN 6

81.2%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

70.3%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

70.4%

Barum
Polaris 5

61.8%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

38.7%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 B

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 B

3. Barum Polaris 5 C

4. Matador MP93 Nordicca C

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Dry

(Overall rating)

Michelin
ALPIN 6

83.5%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

72.6%

Barum
Polaris 5

70.5%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

69.1%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

56%

Snow

(Overall rating)

Michelin
ALPIN 6

81.9%

Barum
Polaris 5

76.1%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

72.2%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

68.3%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

48.7%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

96.6%

Michelin
ALPIN 6

80.5%

Barum
Polaris 5

73.3%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

61.9%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

0%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 ?

3. Barum Polaris 5 ?

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 ?

5. Matador MP93 Nordicca ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Michelin
ALPIN 6

80%

Barum
Polaris 5

79.8%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

69.5%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

64.1%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

0%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 C

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 C

3. Matador MP93 Nordicca D

4. Barum Polaris 5 E

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

89%

Michelin
ALPIN 6

85.7%

Barum
Polaris 5

82%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

30%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

0%