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Comparison: Continental WinterContact TS 860 vs. Michelin Alpin 5 vs. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 vs. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 vs. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452

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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%	Dunlop Winter Sport 5 /86%	Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 /0%

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Segment

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 Premium

2. Michelin Alpin 5 Premium

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Premium

4. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Premium

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 Premium

Number of sizes available

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 189

2. Michelin Alpin 5 91

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 88

4. Continental WinterContact TS 860 76

5. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 41

Number of tests

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 48x

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 23x

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 21x

4. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 17x

5. Michelin Alpin 5 17x

Best position in test

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 1.

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 1.

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 1.

4. Michelin Alpin 5 2.

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 2.

Worst position in test

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 7.

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 9.

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 16.

4. Michelin Alpin 5 17.

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 20.

Average position in tests

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 2.35

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 3.65

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 4.9

4. Michelin Alpin 5 5.88

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 7.1

Year of the last test

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 2025

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 2021

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 2020

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 2020

5. Michelin Alpin 5 2018

Best rating in test

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Exemplary

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Highly recommended

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 Highly recommended

4. Continental WinterContact TS 860 Very good

5. Michelin Alpin 5 Very good

Worst rating in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Good

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 Good

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Recommended

4. Michelin Alpin 5 Recommended

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 Satisfactory

Dry

(Overall rating)

Michelin
Alpin 5

86%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

83%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

83%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

80%

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

80%

Dry braking

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 82%

2. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 81%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 79%

4. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 79%

5. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 77%

Dry driving behavior

1. Michelin Alpin 5 89%

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 80%

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 77%

4. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 77%

5. Continental WinterContact TS 860 77%

Dry performance

1. Michelin Alpin 5 86%

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 82%

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 81%

4. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 80%

5. Continental WinterContact TS 860 80%

Wet

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

87%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

86%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

86%

Michelin
Alpin 5

79%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

79%

Aquaplaning - cross

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 93%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 88%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 83%

4. Continental WinterContact TS 860 79%

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 77%

Aquaplaning - longitudal

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 88%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 86%

3. Michelin Alpin 5 86%

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 82%

5. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 80%

Wet braking

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 91%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 86%

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 84%

4. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 81%

5. Michelin Alpin 5 73%

Wet circle cornering

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 87%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 85%

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 85%

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 78%

5. Michelin Alpin 5 76%

Wet handling

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 92%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 89%

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 82%

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 79%

5. Michelin Alpin 5 78%

Wet performance

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 89%

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 83%

4. Michelin Alpin 5 79%

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 73%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 B

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 B

3. Michelin Alpin 5 B

4. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 C

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 C

Snow

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

88%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

88%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

85%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

83%

Michelin
Alpin 5

69%

Snow traction

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 89%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 89%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 860 86%

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 78%

5. Michelin Alpin 5 68%

Snow braking

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 93%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 91%

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 87%

4. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 85%

5. Michelin Alpin 5 76%

Snow handling

1. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 92%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 90%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 860 88%

4. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 85%

5. Michelin Alpin 5 71%

Snow performance

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 89%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 89%

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 79%

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 70%

5. Michelin Alpin 5 59%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

83%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

79%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

76%

Michelin
Alpin 5

74%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

71%

Exterior noise

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 79%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 76%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 860 74%

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 65%

5. Michelin Alpin 5 64%

Interior noise

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 78%

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 71%

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 70%

4. Michelin Alpin 5 70%

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 66%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 68 dB

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 72 dB

3. Continental WinterContact TS 860 ?

4. Michelin Alpin 5 ?

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

85%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

84%

Michelin
Alpin 5

83%

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

81%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

81%

Mileage

1. Michelin Alpin 5 94%

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 84%

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 78%

4. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 78%

5. Continental WinterContact TS 860 73%

Fuel efficiency

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 86%

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 83%

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 80%

5. Michelin Alpin 5 74%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 C

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 C

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 E

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 E

5. Michelin Alpin 5 E

Ice

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

83%

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

81%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

81%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

80%

Michelin
Alpin 5

78%

Ice braking

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 86%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 86%

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 83%

4. Michelin Alpin 5 81%

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 78%

Ice lateral guidance

1. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 81%

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 80%

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 78%

4. Continental WinterContact TS 860 76%

5. Michelin Alpin 5 76%

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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
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: Exemplary	2	2	2	1-
Hankook Winter icept RS2 W452 Rating: Good*	2	2	1-	1-
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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
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: Good	2,3	2,3	1,8	2,5	3,3	2,0	2,1
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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
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	34,8	28,1
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	34,9	27,7
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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+
Dunlop Winter Sport 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
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	33,6	27,6
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	35,9	28,6
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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
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	99,3
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	99,8
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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
Hankook Winter icept RS2 W452 Rating: Satisfactory*	2,6	2,2	2,7	2,5	3,7	2,5	2,2
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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
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	97,7	93	99,8	93,4	97,6	97,9
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	97,6	92,1	99,6	95,9	86,1	99,1
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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
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: Very good	99,8	98,1	101,6	99,8
Hankook Winter icept RS2 W452 Rating: Satisfactory*	96,2	90,3	99,4	98,9
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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-
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: -	2+	2-	1-	2
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 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
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	36,1	25,5
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	39,1	26,2
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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
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: Highly recommended	367	112	119	136	22	8
Hankook Winter icept RS2 W452 Rating: Highly recommended*	363	104	118	141	16	10
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Comparison: Continental WinterContact TS 860 vs. Michelin Alpin 5 vs. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 vs. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 vs. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452

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