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Comparison: Continental WinterContact TS 860 vs. Michelin Alpin 5 vs. Goodyear UltraGrip 9

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Continental WinterContact TS 860 /0%	Michelin Alpin 5 /0%	Goodyear UltraGrip 9 /0%

Dimensions	R13 - R17	R15 - R21	R14 - R16
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Segment

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 Premium

2. Michelin Alpin 5 Premium

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Premium

Number of sizes available

1. Michelin Alpin 5 91

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 76

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 41

Number of tests

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 23x

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 17x

3. Michelin Alpin 5 17x

Best position in test

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 1.

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 1.

3. Michelin Alpin 5 2.

Worst position in test

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 7.

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 9.

3. Michelin Alpin 5 17.

Average position in tests

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 2.35

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 3.65

3. Michelin Alpin 5 5.88

Year of the last test

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 2021

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 2020

3. Michelin Alpin 5 2018

Best rating in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Highly recommended

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 Very good

3. Michelin Alpin 5 Very good

Worst rating in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Good

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 Good

3. Michelin Alpin 5 Recommended

Dry

(Overall rating)

Michelin
Alpin 5

86%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

80%

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

80%

Dry braking

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 82%

2. Michelin Alpin 5 79%

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 77%

Dry driving behavior

1. Michelin Alpin 5 89%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 77%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 860 77%

Dry performance

1. Michelin Alpin 5 86%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 80%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 860 80%

Wet

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

87%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

86%

Michelin
Alpin 5

79%

Aquaplaning - cross

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 88%

2. Michelin Alpin 5 83%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 860 79%

Aquaplaning - longitudal

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 88%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 86%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 86%

Wet braking

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 86%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 81%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 73%

Wet handling

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 92%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 89%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 78%

Wet circle cornering

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 85%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 85%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 76%

Wet performance

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 89%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 79%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 B

2. Michelin Alpin 5 B

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 C

Snow

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

88%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

88%

Michelin
Alpin 5

69%

Snow traction

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 89%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 86%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 68%

Snow braking

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 93%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 91%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 76%

Snow handling

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 90%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 88%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 71%

Snow performance

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 89%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 79%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 59%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

83%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

76%

Michelin
Alpin 5

74%

Exterior noise

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 76%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 74%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 64%

Interior noise

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 78%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 70%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 70%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 68 dB

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 ?

3. Michelin Alpin 5 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

85%

Michelin
Alpin 5

83%

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

81%

Mileage

1. Michelin Alpin 5 94%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 78%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 860 73%

Fuel efficiency

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 86%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 74%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 C

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 E

3. Michelin Alpin 5 E

Ice

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

83%

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

81%

Michelin
Alpin 5

78%

Ice braking

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 86%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 86%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 81%

Ice lateral guidance

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 80%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 76%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 76%

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These tyres were tested together in 12 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
Continental WinterContact TS 860 Rating: Exemplary	1-	2	2	2
Michelin Alpin 5 Rating: Satisfactory	2	2	3	1
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: Good	2	2-	1	2
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2018 205/55 R16

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Ice	Noise	Wear	Fuel consumption
Best values in test	2,1	2,0	1,8	2,3	3,0	1,0	1,7
Continental WinterContact TS 860 Rating: Good	2,1	2,5	1,9	2,5	3,0	2,0	1,7
Michelin Alpin 5 Rating: Satisfactory	2,4	2,0	2,7	2,5	3,6	1,0	2,4
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: Good	2,1	2,3	2,0	2,5	3,3	2,0	1,8
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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
Continental WinterContact TS 860	34,5	27,6
Michelin Alpin 5	37,1	28,4
Goodyear UltraGrip 9	35,5	27
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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-
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
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
Michelin Alpin 5	97,5
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2017 195/65 R15

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Ice	Noise	Wear	Fuel consumption
Best values in test	1,8	1,7	1,7	2,1	3,0	1,5	1,7
Continental WinterContact TS 860 Rating: Good	1,8	2,2	1,9	2,5	3,4	2,5	1,9
Michelin Alpin 5 Rating: Satisfactory	2,5	2,1	3,2	2,6	3,5	1,5	2,6
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: Satisfactory	1,9	2,4	2,7	2,4	3,1	2,0	2,1
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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
Michelin Alpin 5	98,5	88,2	97	98,8	88,7	98,4
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Autoklub ČR Winter tyre test 2016 205/55 R16

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Snow
Best values in test	101	100	103,3	100,3
Continental WinterContact TS 860 Rating: Very good	101	99,5	103,3	100,3
Michelin Alpin 5 Rating: Very good	100	100	100	100
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: Good	99,1	97,8	100	99,5
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2016 205/55 R16

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	1-	2	2+	1
Continental WinterContact TS 860 Rating: -	1-	2	2+	1
Michelin Alpin 5 Rating: -	2+	2	1-	2
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: -	2+	2	2+	2-
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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
Continental WinterContact TS 860	34,2	25,6
Michelin Alpin 5	35,6	25,8
Goodyear UltraGrip 9	36,1	25
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GTÜ Winter tyre test 2016 205/55 R16

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Snow	Rolling resistance	Noise
Best values in test	412	142	127	143	25	10
Continental WinterContact TS 860 Rating: Highly recommended	412	142	127	143	25	9
Michelin Alpin 5 Rating: Highly recommended	376	128	108	140	18	8
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: Highly recommended	376	127	117	132	22	9
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