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Comparison: Barum Polaris 5 vs. Radar Dimax Alpine vs. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 vs. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Barum Polaris 5 /63%	Radar Dimax Alpine /53%	Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 /65%	BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 /81%

Dimensions	R13 - R19	R15 - R19	R16 - R20	R14 - R19
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Segment

1. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 Premium

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Upper-middle

3. Barum Polaris 5 Lowcost

4. Radar Dimax Alpine Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 91

2. Barum Polaris 5 76

3. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 37

4. Radar Dimax Alpine 27

Number of tests

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 23x

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 22x

3. Barum Polaris 5 13x

4. Radar Dimax Alpine 6x

Best position in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 1.

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 2.

3. Barum Polaris 5 9.

4. Radar Dimax Alpine 9.

Worst position in test

1. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 13.

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 13.

3. Barum Polaris 5 26.

4. Radar Dimax Alpine 40.

Average position in tests

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 6.65

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 6.86

3. Barum Polaris 5 15.15

4. Radar Dimax Alpine 25.33

Year of the last test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 2025

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 2025

3. Radar Dimax Alpine 2024

4. Barum Polaris 5 2023

Best rating in test

1. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 Exemplary

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Very good

3. Barum Polaris 5 Good

4. Radar Dimax Alpine Conditionally recommended

Worst rating in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Good

2. Radar Dimax Alpine Conditionally recommended

3. Barum Polaris 5 Sufficient

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 Sufficient

Wet

(Overall rating)

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter 2

74.1%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

70.3%

Barum
Polaris 5

61.8%

Radar
Dimax Alpine

52.5%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 B

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 B

3. Barum Polaris 5 C

4. Radar Dimax Alpine ?

Snow

(Overall rating)

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

93.2%

Radar
Dimax Alpine

81.8%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter 2

79.8%

Barum
Polaris 5

76.1%

Dry

(Overall rating)

Radar
Dimax Alpine

80.5%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

71.8%

Barum
Polaris 5

70.5%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter 2

62.7%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

79.3%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter 2

79.5%

Barum
Polaris 5

73.3%

Radar
Dimax Alpine

70.5%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 ?

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 ?

3. Barum Polaris 5 ?

4. Radar Dimax Alpine ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

79.8%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

75%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter 2

66.6%

Radar
Dimax Alpine

38%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 C

2. Barum Polaris 5 E

3. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 E

4. Radar Dimax Alpine ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

82%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

80.5%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter 2

0%

Radar
Dimax Alpine

0%

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Mutual Tests Available

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

Mutual tests

AUTOBILD Winter tyre test 2024 205/55 R16

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	34.6	28.9
Barum Polaris 5	37.7	30.0
Radar Dimax Alpine	39.9	28.9
Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2	35.6	30.2
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	37.5	29.4
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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
Radar Dimax Alpine	36,8	30,6
Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2	34,9	30,7
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	35,2	29,3
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2022 215/55 R17

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	32,8	25,4
Barum Polaris 5	37,5	26,9
Radar Dimax Alpine	38,1
Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2	34,6	26,4
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	35,8	25,4
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