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Comparison: GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 vs. Continental WinterContact TS 870 vs. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ vs. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 vs. Uniroyal WinterExpert vs. Semperit Speed-Grip 5

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 /95%	Continental WinterContact TS 870 /99%	Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ /87%	BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 /81%	Uniroyal WinterExpert /79%	Semperit Speed-Grip 5 /78%

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Segment

1. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 Premium

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 Premium

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ Upper-middle

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Upper-middle

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert Upper-middle

6. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 265

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 97

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 93

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 91

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 91

6. Continental WinterContact TS 870 80

Number of tests

1. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 24x

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 23x

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 17x

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 12x

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 12x

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 3x

Best position in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 1.

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 1.

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 1.

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 3.

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 4.

6. Uniroyal WinterExpert 5.

Worst position in test

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 5.

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 8.

3. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 9.

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 13.

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 19.

6. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 19.

Average position in tests

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 1.71

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 2.67

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 4.33

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 6.65

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 9.33

6. Uniroyal WinterExpert 11.25

Year of the last test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 2025

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 2025

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 2025

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 2025

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 2025

6. Continental WinterContact TS 870 2024

Best rating in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Exemplary

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 Test winner

3. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Very good

4. Continental WinterContact TS 870 Very good

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ Good

6. Uniroyal WinterExpert Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Good

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 Good

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ Good

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Good

5. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 Recommended

6. Uniroyal WinterExpert Sufficient

Wet

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 870

90%

GoodYear
UltraGrip Performance 3

88%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52+

79.2%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

78%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

77%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

73%

Wet braking

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 84%

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 85%

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 77%

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 69%

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 61%

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 0%

Aquaplaning - longitudal

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 92%

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 89%

3. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 88%

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 73%

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 0%

Aquaplaning - cross

1. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 91%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 90%

3. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 81%

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 81%

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 0%

Wet handling

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 92%

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 90%

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 77%

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 69%

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 69%

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 0%

Wet circle cornering

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 91%

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 87%

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 84%

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 84%

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 67%

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 0%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 B

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 B

3. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 B

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ B

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

6. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

Snow

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 870

84%

GoodYear
UltraGrip Performance 3

83%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

82%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52+

80.6%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

78%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

65%

Snow traction

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 88%

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 88%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 83%

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 71%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 71%

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 0%

Snow braking

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 90%

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 90%

3. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 90%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 81%

5. Continental WinterContact TS 870 81%

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 0%

Snow handling

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 92%

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 83%

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 78%

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 69%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 51%

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 0%

Dry

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 870

87%

GoodYear
UltraGrip Performance 3

82%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

81%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52+

77.8%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

73%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

68%

Dry braking

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 85%

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 81%

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 78%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 78%

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 69%

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 0%

Dry handling

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 89%

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 84%

3. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 82%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 67%

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 67%

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 0%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 870

83%

GoodYear
UltraGrip Performance 3

82%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

72%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52+

72%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

68%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

68%

Exterior noise

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 76%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 71%

3. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 69%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 66%

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 66%

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 0%

Comfort

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 80%

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 78%

3. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 78%

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 69%

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 60%

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 0%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 ?

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert ?

3. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 ?

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 ?

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 ?

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

91%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

82%

Continental
WinterContact TS 870

75%

GoodYear
UltraGrip Performance 3

71%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52+

70.9%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

67%

Rolling resistance

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 88%

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 88%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 88%

4. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 75%

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 73%

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 0%

Mileage

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 92%

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 77%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 76%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 75%

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 67%

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 0%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 C

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 C

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ C

6. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 E

Offroad

(Overall rating)

GoodYear
UltraGrip Performance 3

84%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

0%

Continental
WinterContact TS 870

0%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

0%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52+

0%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

0%

Ice

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 870

84.5%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

80.5%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

32%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

27.5%

GoodYear
UltraGrip Performance 3

0%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52+

0%

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Autoexpress Winter tyre test 2025 225/45 R17

Name
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
Continental WinterContact TS 870 Rating: Test winner
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AUTOBILD Winter tyre test 2024 205/55 R16

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 Rating: Exemplary	2	2+	1	2+
Continental WinterContact TS 870 Rating: Exemplary	2+	2+	1	2
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Rating: Good	2	2-	2	2
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Good	2	2-	2	2
Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Rating: Exemplary	2	2	1	2
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2024 205/55 R16

Name	Winter	Wet	Dry	Enviromental impact	Noise	Wear	Fuel consumption
Best values in test	1.6	1.9	2.0	2.3	2.9	1.7	2.0
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 Rating: Good	2.0	2.2	2.0	2.3	3.2	1.7	2.0
Continental WinterContact TS 870 Rating: Good	1.6	1.9	2.0	2.3	2.9	1.8	2.1
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AUTOBILD Winter tyre test 2024 205/55 R16

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	34.6	28.9
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3	36.9	29.4
Continental WinterContact TS 870	37.1	29.1
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	37.5	29.4
Uniroyal WinterExpert	36.5	29.5
Semperit Speed-Grip 5	36.8	29.1
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Autoexpress Winter tyre test 2023 225/45 R17

Name
GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 Rating: Recommended
Continental WinterContact TS 870 Rating: Test winner
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Comparison: GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 vs. Continental WinterContact TS 870 vs. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ vs. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 vs. Uniroyal WinterExpert vs. Semperit Speed-Grip 5

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