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Comparison: Goodyear UltraGrip 9 vs. Barum Polaris 3 vs. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 vs. Pirelli Cinturato Winter

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Goodyear UltraGrip 9 /0%	Barum Polaris 3 /0%	Vredestein Snowtrac 5 /0%	Pirelli Cinturato Winter /0%

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Segment

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Premium

2. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Premium

3. Pirelli Cinturato Winter Premium

4. Barum Polaris 3 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Barum Polaris 3 66

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 57

3. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 55

4. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 41

Number of tests

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 17x

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 16x

3. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 12x

4. Barum Polaris 3 10x

Best position in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 1.

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3.

3. Barum Polaris 3 3.

4. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 4.

Worst position in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 9.

2. Barum Polaris 3 16.

3. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 27.

4. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 30.

Average position in tests

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 3.65

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 8.44

3. Barum Polaris 3 10.6

4. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 12.58

Year of the last test

1. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2021

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 2020

3. Barum Polaris 3 2018

4. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 2018

Best rating in test

1. Barum Polaris 3 Exemplary

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Highly recommended

3. Pirelli Cinturato Winter Highly recommended

4. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Good

2. Barum Polaris 3 Satisfactory

3. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Still recommended

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter Conditionally recommended

Dry

(Overall rating)

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

87%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

82%

Barum
Polaris 3

79%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter

79%

Wet

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

89%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter

87%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

75%

Barum
Polaris 3

74%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Pirelli Cinturato Winter B

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 C

3. Barum Polaris 3 C

4. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 ?

Snow

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

95%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter

94%

Barum
Polaris 3

88%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

82%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter

91%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

83%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

78%

Barum
Polaris 3

75%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 68 dB

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter ?

3. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 ?

4. Barum Polaris 3 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

87%

Barum
Polaris 3

78%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

69%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter

58%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 E

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter E

3. Barum Polaris 3 F

4. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter

84.1%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

81%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

81.3%

Barum
Polaris 3

0%

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Mutual Tests Available

These tyres were tested together in 8 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
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: Good	2	2-	1	2
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2-	2+	2-
Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2	2	2-
Pirelli Cinturato Winter Rating: Satisfactory	2+	2-	1-	3-
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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
Goodyear UltraGrip 9	35,5	27
Barum Polaris 3	36,7	27,8
Vredestein Snowtrac 5	38	27,9
Pirelli Cinturato Winter	35,9	27,4
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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
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: -	2+	2	2+	2-
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: -	2	3+	2+	2+
Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Rating: -	3+	2	2-	2-
Pirelli Cinturato Winter 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
Goodyear UltraGrip 9	36,1	25
Barum Polaris 3	37,2	26,1
Vredestein Snowtrac 5	38,9	27,0
Pirelli Cinturato Winter	36,2	26,4
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2016 185/65 R15

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Ice	Noise	Wear	Fuel consumption
Best values in test	1,8	1,9	1,7	2,2	2,8	1	1,5
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: -	2,2	2,5	1,8	2,5	2,9	2,0	1,5
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: -	3,4	2,2	2,1	2,8	3,6	1,5	2,0
Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Rating: -	2,7	2,3	2,6	2,6	3,6	2,5	2,4
Pirelli Cinturato Winter Rating: -	2,1	2,9	2,1	2,2	3,2	2,0	2,4
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Autozeitung Winter tyre test 2015 185/65 R15

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Snow
Best values in test	415	144	136	144
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: Highly recommended	384	135	135	114
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: -	346	95	116	135
Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Rating: -	362	111	109	142
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