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Comparison: Kumho WinterCraft WP52 vs. Barum Polaris 5 vs. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ vs. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Kumho WinterCraft WP52 /55%	Barum Polaris 5 /63%	Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ /87%	Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 /81%

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Segment

1. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 Premium

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Upper-middle

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ Upper-middle

4. Barum Polaris 5 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 192

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 97

3. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 78

4. Barum Polaris 5 76

Number of tests

1. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 14x

2. Barum Polaris 5 13x

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 10x

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 3x

Best position in test

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2.

2. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 2.

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 4.

4. Barum Polaris 5 9.

Worst position in test

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 5.

2. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 14.

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 25.

4. Barum Polaris 5 26.

Average position in tests

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 4.33

2. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 5.5

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 12.2

4. Barum Polaris 5 15.15

Year of the last test

1. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 2025

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ 2025

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2024

4. Barum Polaris 5 2023

Best rating in test

1. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 Highly recommended

2. Barum Polaris 5 Good

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ Good

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 Good

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ Good

3. Barum Polaris 5 Sufficient

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Sufficient

Wet

(Overall rating)

Hankook
W462 Winter i*cept RS3

79%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52+

79.2%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

67%

Barum
Polaris 5

59%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 B

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ B

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 B

4. Barum Polaris 5 C

Snow

(Overall rating)

Hankook
W462 Winter i*cept RS3

87%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52+

80.6%

Barum
Polaris 5

78%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

71%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Hankook
W462 Winter i*cept RS3

72%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52+

72%

Barum
Polaris 5

68%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

68%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 ?

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ ?

3. Barum Polaris 5 ?

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Hankook
W462 Winter i*cept RS3

91%

Barum
Polaris 5

77%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52+

70.9%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

56%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 C

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ C

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 C

4. Barum Polaris 5 E

Offroad

(Overall rating)

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

74%

Hankook
W462 Winter i*cept RS3

0%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52+

0%

Barum
Polaris 5

0%

Dry

(Overall rating)

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

86%

Hankook
W462 Winter i*cept RS3

77%

Barum
Polaris 5

77%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52+

77.8%

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Mutual Tests Available

These tyres were tested together in 4 test(s). Click to view detailed head-to-head results.

Mutual tests

AUTOBILD Winter tyre test 2024 205/55 R16

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+
Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3	2+	3
Barum Polaris 5 Rating: Satisfactory	3	3+	3	2
Hankook W462 Winter icept RS3 Rating: Good*	2	2	2	2-
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