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Comparison: Firestone Winterhawk 4 vs. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P vs. Uniroyal WinterExpert vs. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 vs. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 vs. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6

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Summary
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#	Firestone Winterhawk 4 /56%	Continental WinterContact TS 870 P /93%	Uniroyal WinterExpert /79%	Fulda Kristall Control HP2 /64%	Semperit Speed-Grip 5 /78%	Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 /26%

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Segment

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P Premium

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 Upper-middle

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert Upper-middle

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Lowcost

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Lowcost

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 178

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 101

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 93

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 91

5. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 57

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 50

Number of tests

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 29x

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 25x

3. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 20x

4. Firestone Winterhawk 4 19x

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 12x

6. Uniroyal WinterExpert 12x

Best position in test

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 1.

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2.

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 3.

4. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 5.

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 5.

6. Firestone Winterhawk 4 5.

Worst position in test

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 13.

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 19.

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 19.

4. Firestone Winterhawk 4 20.

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 23.

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 44.

Average position in tests

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 3.66

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 9.33

3. Firestone Winterhawk 4 10.74

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 11.25

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 12.36

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 15.75

Year of the last test

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 2025

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 2025

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2025

4. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 2025

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 2025

6. Uniroyal WinterExpert 2025

Best rating in test

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Exemplary

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Exemplary

3. Firestone Winterhawk 4 Highly recommended

4. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P Test winner

5. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 Good

6. Uniroyal WinterExpert Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Good

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P Good

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Satisfactory

4. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 Sufficient

5. Firestone Winterhawk 4 Sufficient

6. Uniroyal WinterExpert Sufficient

Wet

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 870 P

69%

Firestone
Winterhawk 4

63

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

59%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

57%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

49%

Maxxis
Premitra Snow WP6

46%

Wet braking

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 58%

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 57%

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 51%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 49%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 46%

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 38%

Aquaplaning - cross

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 64%

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 56%

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 49%

4. Firestone Winterhawk 4 43%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 44%

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 33%

Aquaplaning - longitudal

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 55%

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 51%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 50%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 44%

5. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 32%

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 29%

Wet handling

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 79%

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 74%

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 64%

4. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 65%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 63%

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 51%

Wet circle cornering

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 78%

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 69%

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 66%

4. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 64%

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 58%

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 51%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P B

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 B

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 B

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 ?

Dry

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 870 P

83%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

68%

Firestone
Winterhawk 4

61

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

56%

Maxxis
Premitra Snow WP6

53%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

46%

Dry braking

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 50%

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 28%

3. Firestone Winterhawk 4 25%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 22%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2%

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 -3%

Dry handling

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 84%

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 71%

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 66%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 66%

5. Firestone Winterhawk 4 56%

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 53%

Snow

(Overall rating)

Firestone
Winterhawk 4

79

Continental
WinterContact TS 870 P

77%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

66%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

63%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

61%

Maxxis
Premitra Snow WP6

56%

Snow traction

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 63%

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 64%

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 60%

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 51%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 50%

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 39%

Snow braking

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 65%

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 61%

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 56%

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 53%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 51%

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 47%

Snow handling

1. Firestone Winterhawk 4 81%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 81%

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 72%

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 65%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 61%

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 55%

Snow cornering

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 84%

2. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%

3. Firestone Winterhawk 4 81%

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 76%

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 73%

6. Uniroyal WinterExpert 67%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

73%

Continental
WinterContact TS 870 P

72%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

71%

Firestone
Winterhawk 4

66

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

66%

Maxxis
Premitra Snow WP6

64%

Exterior noise

1. Uniroyal WinterExpert 76%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 75%

3. Firestone Winterhawk 4 74%

4. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 70%

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 70%

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 63%

Comfort

1. Uniroyal WinterExpert 78%

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 68%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 61%

4. Firestone Winterhawk 4 58%

5. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 40%

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 0%

Interior noise

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 76%

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 70%

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 67%

4. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 67%

5. Firestone Winterhawk 4 63%

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 0%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 72 dB

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P ?

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert ?

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 ?

5. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 ?

6. Firestone Winterhawk 4 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

63%

Maxxis
Premitra Snow WP6

63%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

62%

Firestone
Winterhawk 4

61

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

55%

Continental
WinterContact TS 870 P

52%

Rolling resistance

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 92%

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 88%

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%

4. Firestone Winterhawk 4 78%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 77%

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 50%

Mileage

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 35%

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 25%

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 24%

4. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 22%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 10%

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 -7%

Price/value

1. Firestone Winterhawk 4 79%

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 79%

3. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 76%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 73%

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 72%

6. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 43%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Firestone Winterhawk 4 C

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 C

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

5. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P C

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

71.4%

Maxxis
Premitra Snow WP6

71.6%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

32%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

27.5%

Continental
WinterContact TS 870 P

0%

Firestone
Winterhawk 4

?

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These tyres were tested together in 11 test(s). Click to view detailed head-to-head results.

Mutual tests

Autobild Winter tyre test 2025 225/40 R18

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	1–	1
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Rating: Satisfactory	3	2	2+	3
Continental WinterContact TS 870 P Rating: Good	2+	2	2+	2
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Good	2	3	2	2+
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Satisfactory	3–	2	2+	2
Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Rating: Good	2–	2	2–	2
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2025 225/40 R18

Name	Enviromental impact
Best values in test	1.7
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Rating: Sufficient	2.7
Continental WinterContact TS 870 P Rating: Good	2.2
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Satisfactory	2.4
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Satisfactory	2.4
Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Rating: Satisfactory	2.8
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 Rating: Sufficient	2.3
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2025 225/40 R18

Name	Wet	Snow
Best values in test	32.6	27.1
Firestone Winterhawk 4	34.8	28.2
Continental WinterContact TS 870 P	35.6	28.0
Uniroyal WinterExpert	34.1	28.6
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	36.9	28.0
Semperit Speed-Grip 5	34.9	29.0
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6	41.0
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2024 215/55 R17

Name	Winter	Wet	Dry	Enviromental impact	Noise	Wear	Fuel consumption
Best values in test	1.7	2.1	2.2	1.7	2.7	1.6	1.3
Firestone WinterHawk 4 Rating: Satisfactory	3.1	3.1	3.5	2.9	4.3	3.0	2.2
Continental WinterContact TS 870 P Rating: Satisfactory	2.0	2.4	2.9	2.6	3.5	2.1	1.6
Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Rating: Satisfactory	2.4	2.4	2.9	2.3	2.7	2.3	1.9
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 Rating: Sufficient	2.3	2.9	3.7	2.6	4.3	2.6	2.6
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2023 225/60 R18

Name
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Rating: Not recommended
Continental WinterContact TS 870 P Rating: Test winner
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2023 205/60 R16

Name	Enviromental impact	Driving safety
Best values in test	2	2.1
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Rating: Good	3	2.3
Continental WinterContact TS 870 P Rating: Good	2.5	2.3
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Satisfactory	2.9	3.3
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Satisfactory	2	2.9
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2023 225/45 R18

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Rating: Not recommended	2+	3	2	2
Continental WinterContact TS 870 P Rating: Exemplary	2+	2+	2+	2-
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Satisfactory	2	3+	2	2+
Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2-	2-	1-
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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
Firestone Winterhawk 4	33,9	31,0
Continental WinterContact TS 870 P	34,9	30,5
Uniroyal WinterExpert	35,0	30,7
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	37,4	30,7
Semperit Speed-Grip 5	35,9	31,3
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6	38,4	-
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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
Firestone Winterhawk 4	36	26,4
Continental WinterContact TS 870 P	34,6	25,5
Uniroyal WinterExpert	36,9	26,1
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	36,8	26,3
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6	35,8	26,3
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2022 215/55 R17

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	2+	2+
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Rating: Satisfactory	2	3+	2+	2+
Continental WinterContact TS 870 P Rating: Good	2+	2+	1-	3
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3	1-	2-
Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Rating: Good	2	2-	2+	2
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 Rating: Good	2	2-	2	3
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AutoMotorSport Winter tyre test 2022 245/45 R19

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Rolling resistance	Noise
Best values in test	9,3	9,4	10	10	10
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Rating: Good	6,4	6,7	8,9	8	8
Continental WinterContact TS 870 P Rating: Very good	7,5	9,4	8,3	10	8
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Sufficient	5,7	6,9	7,1	8	8
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Comparison: Firestone Winterhawk 4 vs. Continental WinterContact TS 870 P vs. Uniroyal WinterExpert vs. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 vs. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 vs. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6

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