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Comparison: Goodyear UltraGrip 9 vs. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 vs. Barum Polaris 3 vs. Uniroyal MS plus 77 vs. Michelin Alpin 5 vs. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 vs. Vredestein Snowtrac 5

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Goodyear UltraGrip 9 /0%	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 /0%	Barum Polaris 3 /0%	Uniroyal MS plus 77 /0%	Michelin Alpin 5 /0%	Dunlop Winter Sport 5 /86%	Vredestein Snowtrac 5 /0%

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Segment

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Premium

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Premium

3. Michelin Alpin 5 Premium

4. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Premium

5. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Premium

6. Uniroyal MS plus 77 Upper-middle

7. Barum Polaris 3 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 189

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 132

3. Michelin Alpin 5 91

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 76

5. Barum Polaris 3 66

6. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 55

7. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 41

Number of tests

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 48x

2. Uniroyal MS plus 77 19x

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 17x

4. Michelin Alpin 5 17x

5. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 15x

6. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 12x

7. Barum Polaris 3 10x

Best position in test

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 1.

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 1.

3. Michelin Alpin 5 2.

4. Barum Polaris 3 3.

5. Uniroyal MS plus 77 3.

6. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 4.

7. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 4.

Worst position in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 9.

2. Barum Polaris 3 16.

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 16.

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 17.

5. Michelin Alpin 5 17.

6. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 18.

7. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 30.

Average position in tests

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 3.65

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 4.9

3. Michelin Alpin 5 5.88

4. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 7.87

5. Barum Polaris 3 10.6

6. Uniroyal MS plus 77 11.21

7. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 12.58

Year of the last test

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 2025

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 2020

3. Uniroyal MS plus 77 2020

4. Barum Polaris 3 2018

5. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 2018

6. Michelin Alpin 5 2018

7. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 2018

Best rating in test

1. Barum Polaris 3 Exemplary

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Exemplary

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Highly recommended

4. Michelin Alpin 5 Very good

5. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Good

6. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Satisfactory

7. Uniroyal MS plus 77 Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Good

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Good

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Recommended

4. Michelin Alpin 5 Recommended

5. Barum Polaris 3 Satisfactory

6. Uniroyal MS plus 77 Satisfactory

7. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Still recommended

Dry

(Overall rating)

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

84%

Michelin
Alpin 5

84.3%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

84.4%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

80%

Barum
Polaris 3

79%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

77.4%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

74.4%

Wet

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

91%

Michelin
Alpin 5

79.2%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

78%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

77%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

77.2%

Barum
Polaris 3

73.6%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

70%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Michelin Alpin 5 B

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 B

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 B

4. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 C

5. Barum Polaris 3 C

6. Uniroyal MS plus 77 ?

7. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 ?

Snow

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 3

87.3%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

87.5%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

81.3%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

81.9%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

78%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

77%

Michelin
Alpin 5

72.1%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 3

79%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

73.1%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

72.3%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

70%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

66.2%

Michelin
Alpin 5

65.6%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

40%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 68 dB

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 71 dB

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 72 dB

4. Barum Polaris 3 ?

5. Uniroyal MS plus 77 ?

6. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 ?

7. Michelin Alpin 5 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 3

79%

Michelin
Alpin 5

79.4%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

77.1%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

76.7%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

75.1%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

74%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

74%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 C

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 C

3. Michelin Alpin 5 E

4. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 E

5. Barum Polaris 3 F

6. Uniroyal MS plus 77 ?

7. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

81%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

81.3%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

80%

Michelin
Alpin 5

79.3%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

76.5%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

75.2%

Barum
Polaris 3

0%

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These tyres were tested together in 8 test(s). Click to view detailed head-to-head results.

Mutual tests

ACE Winter tyre test 2018 185/65 R15

Name	Points total	Winter	Wet	Dry	Rolling resistance	Noise	Running costs
Best values in test	206	67	68	43	19	8	10
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: Recommended	191	57	68	40	17	3	6
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Rating: Recommended	182	58	53	43	15	6	7
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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
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: Good	99,1	97,8	100	99,5
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Rating: Good	98,6	98,3	98,9	98,6
Michelin Alpin 5 Rating: Very good	100	100	100	100
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: Very good	99,8	98,1	101,6	99,8
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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-
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Rating: -	2	3+	2+	1-
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: -	2	3+	2+	2+
Uniroyal MS plus 77 Rating: -	2-	3	1-	2+
Michelin Alpin 5 Rating: -	2+	2	1-	2
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: -	2+	2-	1-	2
Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Rating: -	3+	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
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001	38,5	25,9
Barum Polaris 3	37,2	26,1
Uniroyal MS plus 77	39,1	25,7
Michelin Alpin 5	35,6	25,8
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	36,1	25,5
Vredestein Snowtrac 5	38,9	27,0
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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
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: Highly recommended	376	127	117	132	22	9
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Rating: Recommended	341	100	114	127	19	8
Michelin Alpin 5 Rating: Highly recommended	376	128	108	140	18	8
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: Highly recommended	367	112	119	136	22	8
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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
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Rating: -	2,8	2,6	1,9	2,9	3,6	2,5	2,0
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: -	3,4	2,2	2,1	2,8	3,6	1,5	2,0
Uniroyal MS plus 77 Rating: -	2,7	3,3	1,7	2,9	3,7	2,5	2,0
Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Rating: -	2,7	2,3	2,6	2,6	3,6	2,5	2,4
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2015 185/60 R15

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	36,8	27,7
Goodyear UltraGrip 9	36,9	28,6
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001	43,4	28,1
Barum Polaris 3	40,8	28,6
Uniroyal MS plus 77	41,7	28,6
Vredestein Snowtrac 5	44,8	-
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2015 185/60 R15

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	1	2+	1	1
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Rating: -	1	2-	2+	2
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Rating: -	2-	2-	2+	1-
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: Exemplary	2-	2	2+	2-
Uniroyal MS plus 77 Rating: -	2-	3+	1-	2-
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Comparison: Goodyear UltraGrip 9 vs. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 vs. Barum Polaris 3 vs. Uniroyal MS plus 77 vs. Michelin Alpin 5 vs. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 vs. Vredestein Snowtrac 5

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