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Comparison: Kumho WinterCraft WP52 vs. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 vs. Michelin ALPIN 6 vs. Uniroyal WinterExpert vs. Continental WinterContact TS 870

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Kumho WinterCraft WP52 /55%	Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 /65%	Michelin ALPIN 6 /63%	Uniroyal WinterExpert /79%	Continental WinterContact TS 870 /99%

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Segment

1. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 Premium

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 Premium

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 Premium

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Upper-middle

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert Upper-middle

Number of sizes available

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 192

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 91

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 80

4. Michelin ALPIN 6 75

5. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 37

Number of tests

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 31x

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 22x

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 17x

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 12x

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 10x

Best position in test

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 1.

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 1.

3. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 2.

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2.

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 5.

Worst position in test

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 8.

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 13.

3. Michelin ALPIN 6 13.

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 19.

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 25.

Average position in tests

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 1.71

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 4.35

3. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 6.86

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 11.25

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 12.2

Year of the last test

1. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 2025

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 2025

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 2024

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2024

5. Michelin ALPIN 6 2024

Best rating in test

1. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 Exemplary

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 Exemplary

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 Very good

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Satisfactory

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 Good

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 Good

3. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 Sufficient

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Sufficient

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert Sufficient

Wet

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 870

89%

Michelin
ALPIN 6

79%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter 2

78%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

67%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

64%

Aquaplaning - longitudal

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 98%

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 77%

3. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 74%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 68%

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 58%

Wet braking

1. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 84%

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 80%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 75%

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 75%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 66%

Aquaplaning - cross

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 94%

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 76%

3. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 71%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 69%

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 57%

Wet handling

1. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 87%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 84%

3. Michelin ALPIN 6 84%

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 71%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 64%

Wet circle cornering

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 92%

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 77%

3. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 75%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 70%

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 60%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 B

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 B

3. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 B

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 B

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

Snow

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 870

87%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter 2

78%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

74%

Michelin
ALPIN 6

73%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

70%

Snow traction

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 87%

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 82%

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 81%

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 81%

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 68%

Snow braking

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 91%

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 79%

3. Michelin ALPIN 6 77%

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 74%

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 70%

Snow handling

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 87%

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 78%

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 71%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 72%

5. Michelin ALPIN 6 68%

Snow cornering

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 82%

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 79%

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 70%

4. Michelin ALPIN 6 64%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 870

77%

Michelin
ALPIN 6

72%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

72%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter 2

66%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

60%

Exterior noise

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 76%

2. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 71%

3. Michelin ALPIN 6 70%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 70%

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 60%

Comfort

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 78%

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 78%

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 78%

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 63%

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 60%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 ?

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 ?

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert ?

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 ?

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 870

79%

Michelin
ALPIN 6

77%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

77%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

72%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter 2

64%

Rolling resistance

1. Uniroyal WinterExpert 92%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 88%

3. Michelin ALPIN 6 77%

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 66%

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 61%

Mileage

1. Michelin ALPIN 6 97%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 88%

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 72%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 66%

5. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 67%

Price/value

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 83%

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 73%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 61%

4. Michelin ALPIN 6 58%

5. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 58%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 C

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 C

4. Michelin ALPIN 6 C

5. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 C

Offroad

(Overall rating)

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

74%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

0%

Continental
WinterContact TS 870

0%

Michelin
ALPIN 6

0%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter 2

0%

Dry

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 870

88%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

80%

Michelin
ALPIN 6

80%

Pirelli
Cinturato Winter 2

69%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

62%

Dry braking

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 85%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 84%

3. Michelin ALPIN 6 81%

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 73%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 64%

Dry handling

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 92%

2. Michelin ALPIN 6 80%

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 74%

4. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 64%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 59%

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These tyres were tested together in 9 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
Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 Rating: Satisfactory	2+	2-	3	2
Michelin Alpin 6 Rating: Exemplary	2	2	2	2
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Good	2	2-	2	2
Continental WinterContact TS 870 Rating: Exemplary	2+	2+	1	2
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2024 215/55 R17

Name	Winter	Wet	Dry	Enviromental impact	Noise	Wear	Fuel consumption
Best values in test	1.7	2.1	2.2	1.7	2.7	1.6	1.3
Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Rating: Sufficient	2.3	2.6	3.6	2.6	3.9	1.8	1.5
Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 Rating: Satisfactory	2.8	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.4	3.0	1.9
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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
Kumho Wintercraft WP52	34.6	30.3
Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2	35.6	30.2
Michelin Alpin 6	36.2	29.7
Uniroyal WinterExpert	36.5	29.5
Continental WinterContact TS 870	37.1	29.1
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2023 225/40 R18

Name
Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Rating: Good
Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 Rating: Good
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Tyre Reviews Winter tyre test 2023 225/45 R18

Name
Kumho WinterCraft WP52
Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 Rating: Recommended
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2023 225/45 R17

Name	Enviromental impact	Driving safety
Best values in test	1,8	2,0
Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Rating: Satisfactory	2,8	2,7
Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 Rating: Satisfactory	2,2	3,3
Michelin ALPIN 6 Rating: Good	1,8	2,3
Continental WinterContact TS 870 Rating: Good	2,0	2,0
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2023 225/45 R18

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	31,4	29,2
Kumho WinterCraft WP52	36,9	31,4
Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2	34,9	30,7
Uniroyal WinterExpert	35,0	30,7
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2022 215/55 R17

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	32,8	25,4
Kumho WinterCraft WP52	35,9	27,3
Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2	34,6	26,4
Michelin Alpin 6	34,1	26,4
Uniroyal WinterExpert	36,9	26,1
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2022 215/55 R17

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	2+	2+
Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2	2-	2
Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 Rating: Exemplary	2+	2	2+	2+
Michelin Alpin 6 Rating: Exemplary	2+	2	2+	2+
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3	1-	2-
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Comparison: Kumho WinterCraft WP52 vs. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 vs. Michelin ALPIN 6 vs. Uniroyal WinterExpert vs. Continental WinterContact TS 870

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