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Comparison: Goodyear UltraGrip 9 vs. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 vs. Barum Polaris 3 vs. Uniroyal MS plus 77 vs. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 vs. Firestone Winterhawk 3 vs. Pirelli Cinturato Winter vs. Nokian WR D4

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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%	Vredestein Snowtrac 5 /0%	Firestone Winterhawk 3 /0%	Pirelli Cinturato Winter /0%	Nokian WR D4 /0%

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Segment

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Premium

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Premium

3. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Premium

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter Premium

5. Uniroyal MS plus 77 Upper-middle

6. Firestone Winterhawk 3 Upper-middle

7. Nokian WR D4 Upper-middle

8. Barum Polaris 3 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 132

2. Nokian WR D4 82

3. Uniroyal MS plus 77 76

4. Firestone Winterhawk 3 66

5. Barum Polaris 3 66

6. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 57

7. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 55

8. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 41

Number of tests

1. Nokian WR D4 26x

2. Uniroyal MS plus 77 19x

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 17x

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 16x

5. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 15x

6. Firestone Winterhawk 3 14x

7. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 12x

8. Barum Polaris 3 10x

Best position in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 1.

2. Nokian WR D4 2.

3. Firestone Winterhawk 3 3.

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3.

5. Barum Polaris 3 3.

6. Uniroyal MS plus 77 3.

7. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 4.

8. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 4.

Worst position in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 9.

2. Nokian WR D4 14.

3. Barum Polaris 3 16.

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 17.

5. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 18.

6. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 27.

7. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 30.

8. Firestone Winterhawk 3 32.

Average position in tests

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 3.65

2. Nokian WR D4 6.04

3. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 7.87

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 8.44

5. Barum Polaris 3 10.6

6. Uniroyal MS plus 77 11.21

7. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 12.58

8. Firestone Winterhawk 3 16

Year of the last test

1. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2021

2. Firestone Winterhawk 3 2020

3. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 2020

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 2020

5. Barum Polaris 3 2018

6. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 2018

7. Nokian WR D4 2018

8. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 2018

Best rating in test

1. Barum Polaris 3 Exemplary

2. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Highly recommended

3. Nokian WR D4 Highly recommended

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter Highly recommended

5. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Good

6. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Satisfactory

7. Firestone Winterhawk 3 Satisfactory

8. Uniroyal MS plus 77 Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Good

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Good

3. Nokian WR D4 Recommended

4. Barum Polaris 3 Satisfactory

5. Uniroyal MS plus 77 Satisfactory

6. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Still recommended

7. Pirelli Cinturato Winter Conditionally recommended

8. Firestone Winterhawk 3 Conditionally recommended

Dry

(Overall rating)

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

84%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

84.4%

Nokian
WR D4

81%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

80%

Barum
Polaris 3

79%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

75.8%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

74.4%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter

73%

Wet

(Overall rating)

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

91%

Nokian
WR D4

81%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter

81%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

78%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

77.2%

Barum
Polaris 3

73.6%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

70%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

66.5%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Nokian WR D4 B

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter B

3. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 B

4. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 C

5. Barum Polaris 3 C

6. Firestone Winterhawk 3 C

7. Uniroyal MS plus 77 ?

8. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 ?

Snow

(Overall rating)

Nokian
WR D4

87%

Barum
Polaris 3

87.3%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

81.3%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

81.4%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

81.9%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

78%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter

77%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

77%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 3

79%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

73.1%

Nokian
WR D4

70%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

70%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter

70%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

70.3%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

66.2%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

40%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 68 dB

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 71 dB

3. Barum Polaris 3 ?

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 ?

5. Nokian WR D4 ?

6. Pirelli Cinturato Winter ?

7. Firestone Winterhawk 3 ?

8. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Nokian
WR D4

84%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

80.3%

Barum
Polaris 3

79%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

76.7%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

75.1%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

74%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

74%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter

67%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Nokian WR D4 C

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 C

3. Firestone Winterhawk 3 E

4. Goodyear UltraGrip 9 E

5. Pirelli Cinturato Winter E

6. Barum Polaris 3 F

7. Uniroyal MS plus 77 ?

8. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter

84.1%

Nokian
WR D4

83.3%

Firestone
Winterhawk 3

82.7%

Vredestein
Snowtrac 5

81%

Goodyear
UltraGrip 9

81.3%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

80%

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
Pirelli Cinturato Winter Rating: Conditionally recommended	177	56	59	36	14	2	6
Nokian WR D4 Rating: Recommended	195	65	58	40	19	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
Nokian WR D4 Rating: Good	99,3	97,4	100,5	99,9
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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
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+
Vredestein Snowtrac 5 Rating: -	3+	2	2-	2-
Pirelli Cinturato Winter Rating: -	2+	2	2	2+
Nokian WR D4 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
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001	38,5	25,9
Barum Polaris 3	37,2	26,1
Uniroyal MS plus 77	39,1	25,7
Vredestein Snowtrac 5	38,9	27,0
Firestone Winterhawk 3	39,8	27,5
Pirelli Cinturato Winter	36,2	26,4
Nokian WR D4	37,3	26,0
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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
Pirelli Cinturato Winter Rating: Highly recommended	378	138	101	139	15	9
Nokian WR D4 Rating: Highly recommended	387	124	121	142	21	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
Firestone Winterhawk 3 Rating: -	4,6	2,3	2,8	2,6	3,0	2,0	1,8
Pirelli Cinturato Winter Rating: -	2,1	2,9	2,1	2,2	3,2	2,0	2,4
Nokian WR D4 Rating: -	2,7	2,4	2,4	2,5	3,8	2,5	2,0
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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	-
Firestone Winterhawk 3	41,9	28,9
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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-
Firestone Winterhawk 3 Rating: -	2-	2	2	2
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Comparison: Goodyear UltraGrip 9 vs. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 vs. Barum Polaris 3 vs. Uniroyal MS plus 77 vs. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 vs. Firestone Winterhawk 3 vs. Pirelli Cinturato Winter vs. Nokian WR D4

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