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Comparison: Continental WinterContact TS 860 vs. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 vs. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 vs. Michelin Alpin 5

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Continental WinterContact TS 860 /0%	Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 /0%	Dunlop Winter Sport 5 /86%	Michelin Alpin 5 /0%

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Segment

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 Premium

2. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 Premium

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Premium

4. Michelin Alpin 5 Premium

Number of sizes available

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 189

2. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 100

3. Michelin Alpin 5 91

4. Continental WinterContact TS 860 76

Number of tests

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 48x

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 23x

3. Michelin Alpin 5 17x

4. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 15x

Best position in test

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 1.

2. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 1.

3. Continental WinterContact TS 860 1.

4. Michelin Alpin 5 2.

Worst position in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 5.

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 7.

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 16.

4. Michelin Alpin 5 17.

Average position in tests

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 2.35

2. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 2.67

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 4.9

4. Michelin Alpin 5 5.88

Year of the last test

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 2025

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 2021

3. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 2018

4. Michelin Alpin 5 2018

Best rating in test

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Exemplary

2. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 Highly recommended

3. Continental WinterContact TS 860 Very good

4. Michelin Alpin 5 Very good

Worst rating in test

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 Good

2. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 Recommended

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Recommended

4. Michelin Alpin 5 Recommended

Dry

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

84.2%

Michelin
Alpin 5

84.3%

Goodyear
UltraGrip Performance Gen-1

81.3%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

77.4%

Wet

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

91.6%

Goodyear
UltraGrip Performance Gen-1

80.9%

Michelin
Alpin 5

79.2%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

77%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 B

2. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 B

3. Michelin Alpin 5 B

4. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 B

Snow

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip Performance Gen-1

90.2%

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

90.5%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

87.5%

Michelin
Alpin 5

72.1%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

79.2%

Goodyear
UltraGrip Performance Gen-1

74.3%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

72.3%

Michelin
Alpin 5

65.6%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 70 dB

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 72 dB

3. Continental WinterContact TS 860 ?

4. Michelin Alpin 5 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip Performance Gen-1

83.4%

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

79.4%

Michelin
Alpin 5

79.4%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

77.1%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 C

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 C

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 C

4. Michelin Alpin 5 E

Ice

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip Performance Gen-1

85%

Michelin
Alpin 5

79.3%

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

79.5%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

76.5%

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Mutual tests

Autobild Winter tyre test 2017 225/50 R17

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+
Continental WinterContact TS 860 Rating: Exemplary	2+	2+	2+	2-
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 Rating: Good	2+	2	2+	3+
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: Exemplary	2+	2	2	2-
Michelin Alpin 5 Rating: Exemplary	2+	2	2	2+
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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
Continental WinterContact TS 860	33,5	27,5
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1	33,4	27,7
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	33,6	27,6
Michelin Alpin 5	33,3	28,7
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Autoexpress Winter tyre test 2017 225/45 R17

Name	Points total
Best values in test	100
Continental WinterContact TS 860	100
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1	98,6
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	99,3
Michelin Alpin 5	97,5
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Autoexpress Winter tyre test 2016 205/55 R16

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Snow	Rolling resistance	Noise
Best values in test	100	96,9	99,8	99	100	100
Continental WinterContact TS 860	100	94,6	99,8	96,2	100	100
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1	99	96	98,5	95,8	94,6	99,4
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	97,7	93	99,8	93,4	97,6	97,9
Michelin Alpin 5	98,5	88,2	97	98,8	88,7	98,4
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Comparison: Continental WinterContact TS 860 vs. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 vs. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 vs. Michelin Alpin 5

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