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Comparison: Sava Eskimo HP2 vs. Barum Polaris 5 vs. Matador MP93 Nordicca vs. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 vs. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 vs. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Sava Eskimo HP2 /58%	Barum Polaris 5 /63%	Matador MP93 Nordicca /40%	Kumho WinterCraft WP52 /55%	Semperit Speed-Grip 5 /78%	Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 /38%

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Segment

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Upper-middle

2. Sava Eskimo HP2 Lowcost

3. Barum Polaris 5 Lowcost

4. Matador MP93 Nordicca Lowcost

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Lowcost

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 192

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 93

3. Matador MP93 Nordicca 92

4. Barum Polaris 5 76

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 64

6. Sava Eskimo HP2 25

Number of tests

1. Sava Eskimo HP2 15x

2. Barum Polaris 5 13x

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 12x

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 10x

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 5x

6. Matador MP93 Nordicca 4x

Best position in test

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2.

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 3.

3. Sava Eskimo HP2 6.

4. Barum Polaris 5 9.

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 10.

6. Matador MP93 Nordicca 11.

Worst position in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 19.

2. Sava Eskimo HP2 23.

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 25.

4. Barum Polaris 5 26.

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 26.

6. Matador MP93 Nordicca 38.

Average position in tests

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 9.33

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 12.2

3. Barum Polaris 5 15.15

4. Sava Eskimo HP2 15.47

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 16.4

6. Matador MP93 Nordicca 23.75

Year of the last test

1. Matador MP93 Nordicca 2025

2. Sava Eskimo HP2 2025

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 2025

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2024

5. Barum Polaris 5 2023

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 2022

Best rating in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Exemplary

2. Barum Polaris 5 Good

3. Sava Eskimo HP2 Satisfactory

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Satisfactory

6. Matador MP93 Nordicca Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Good

2. Sava Eskimo HP2 Satisfactory

3. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

4. Matador MP93 Nordicca Satisfactory

5. Barum Polaris 5 Sufficient

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Sufficient

Dry

(Overall rating)

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

72.6%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

71%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

64.3%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

63%

Barum
Polaris 5

63%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

56%

Snow

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

75%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

72.2%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

69%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

68.3%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

61%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

48.7%

Wet

(Overall rating)

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

70.4%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

63.8%

Barum
Polaris 5

61%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

58%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

54%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

38.7%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 B

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

3. Barum Polaris 5 C

4. Sava Eskimo HP2 C

5. Matador MP93 Nordicca C

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

87%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

79%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

71.4%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

69.5%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

59%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

0%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Sava Eskimo HP2 C

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 C

4. Matador MP93 Nordicca D

5. Barum Polaris 5 E

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

84%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

75%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

68%

Barum
Polaris 5

65%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

61.9%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

0%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

2. Sava Eskimo HP2 ?

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 ?

4. Barum Polaris 5 ?

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 ?

6. Matador MP93 Nordicca ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

89%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

85.2%

Barum
Polaris 5

82%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

30%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

27.5%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

0%

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Mutual Tests Available

These tyres were tested together in 6 test(s). Click to view detailed head-to-head results.

Mutual tests

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
Sava Eskimo HP2	39.5	29.6
Barum Polaris 5	37.7	30.0
Kumho Wintercraft WP52	34.6	30.3
Semperit Speed-Grip 5	36.8	29.1
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21	37.7	32.4
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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
Sava Eskimo HP2	37,6	26,1
Barum Polaris 5	37,5	26,9
Matador MP93 Nordicca	37,8
Kumho WinterCraft WP52	35,9	27,3
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2021 205/55 R16

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Rolling resistance	Wear
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+	1
Sava Eskimo HP2 Rating: Satisfactory	3	2-	2	2	2+
Barum Polaris 5 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3+	2+	1-	2+
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2	2-	3+	3
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