175/70 R14 - Best winter tyres 2025 - market overview, tests, reviews
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Best winter tyres in tests (2025)
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Continental has been dominating the winter tyre segment for years, and the TS870 is no different. It is very well-balanced and offers great mileage, making the premium price point worthwhile in the long run.
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The WinterCraft WP52 is an affordable winter tire with good safety qualities on snow and dry surfaces, but it has low aquaplaning resistance and tends to understeer in wet conditions.
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A great winter tyre with balanced handling characteristics. Great in the wet, but slightly less durable than newer models.
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There aren’t many things to dislike about the Winter i*cept RS3, except perhaps for slightly lower mileage and higher rolling resistance. For its price, it performs well in all weather conditions.
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Very good traction on snow for a nice price in a wide range of dimensions. Could use shorter braking distance on dry and better traction on the wet.
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The WinterCraft WP52 is an affordable winter tire with good safety qualities on snow and dry surfaces, but it has low aquaplaning resistance and tends to understeer in wet conditions.
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The Winterhawk 4 is a tyre with mixed ratings as there are tests where the tyre was not recommended. Common criticisms include longer braking distances and significant understeer
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G-Force Winter 2 is our favorite budget winter tyre. It's great on snow and offers good safety on all surfaces, which is no surprise as BFGoodrich is a part of the Michelin group.
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Old but gold, that is how we can pretty much describe the Krisalp HP3. It's a winter tyre that is great on snow for a good price, which is what the average driver is looking for. It's not a premium tyre, but you get a lot of bang for your buck.
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The Winterhawk 4 is a tyre with mixed ratings as there are tests where the tyre was not recommended. Common criticisms include longer braking distances and significant understeer
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The EuroWinter HS02 is one of the few affordable winter tires with good mileage and low rolling resistance. It offers strong driving characteristics, with only slight weaknesses on snow.
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The czech low-cost tire has high projected mileage and is good on snow, but lacks a bit of wet and dry performance. Pricewise, it can match the low-cost chinese tyres and in comparison, it's definitely a better option.
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Cars with 175/70 R14 tyres
175/70 R14 tyre test Personalize
Best tyres in your size
Dry
1.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
92%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
81%
3.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
77%
4.
Nokian WR Snowproof
76%
5.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52
74%
6.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
65%
7.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
61%
8.
Barum Polaris 5
57%
9.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
51%
10.
GoodYear UltraGrip 9+
50%
Wet
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
88%
2.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
87%
3.
GoodYear UltraGrip 9+
85%
4.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
72%
5.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
63%
6.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
61%
7.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
60%
8.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
55%
9.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
52%
10.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52
47%
Snow
1.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
90%
2.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
84%
3.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
82%
4.
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
77%
5.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
67%
6.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
66%
7.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
64%
8.
GT Radial Winter Pro 2 evo
63%
9.
Barum Polaris 5
61%
10.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
58%
Comfort
1.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
84%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
82%
3.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
78%
4.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
69%
5.
GT Radial Winter Pro 2 evo
66%
6.
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
62%
7.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
61%
8.
Barum Polaris 5
55%
9.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
52%
10.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
52%
Economy
1.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
91%
2.
Semperit Speed-Grip 5
91%
3.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
88%
4.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
85%
5.
Barum Polaris 5
77%
6.
Firestone Winterhawk 4
63%
7.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
58%
8.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
57%
9.
Kleber KRISALP HP3
47%
10.
Kumho WinterCraft WP52
41%
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175/70 R14 doesn't belong to the most popular dimensions for winter tyres - there are 51 tyre models available, which can be compared to 255/40 R19, 175/65 R15, 215/75 R16. Let's break down the sizing - 70 is height of the tyre, which is calculated as 70% of the tyre width (175mm), which means the sidewall height has 122.5 mm. The wheel diameter is R14, which means it fits to a 14 inch/355.6mm diameter wheel. The total circumference of the tyre is 1886.84 mm, which is very similar to 215/45 R16(1884.64 mm), 195/50 R16(1889.35 mm), 185/60 R15(1894.38 mm), 215/40 R17(1896.89 mm), 185/65 R14(1872.7 mm), 205/40 R17(1871.76 mm), 195/55 R15(1870.82 mm). There are multiple speed indexes available for winter tyres in 175/70 R14: H(210km/h), Q(160km/h), R(170km/h), T(190km/h). The same goes for weight indexes: 84, 88, 95.
