205/60 R16 - Best premium winter tyres 2025 | TheTireLab.com

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205/60 R16 premium tyre test

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Snow

Snow braking, Snow traction, Snow cornering, …

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 93%

2. Continental WinterContact TS 870 93%

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 91%

4. Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 90%

5. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 85%

6. Michelin Alpin 6 84%

7. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 84%

8. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 81%

9. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 80%

10. Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3 80%

11. Continental Wintercontact Ts 870 P 79%

12. Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P 78%

13. Vredestein Wintrac 74%

14. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 74%

15. Michelin Alpin 5 ?%

Wet

Wet braking, Wet handling, Wet circle cornering, …

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 94%

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 92%

3. Continental WinterContact TS 870 89%

4. Vredestein Wintrac 86%

5. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 85%

6. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 85%

7. Michelin Alpin 6 83%

8. Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P 83%

9. Continental Wintercontact Ts 870 P 82%

10. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 82%

11. Michelin Alpin 5 81%

12. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 79%

13. Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 77%

14. Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3 75%

15. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 72%

Dry

Dry braking, Dry handling, Dry steering response, …

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 91%

2. Continental Wintercontact Ts 870 P 91%

3. Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 90%

4. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 86%

5. Continental WinterContact TS 860 86%

6. Michelin Alpin 5 86%

7. Michelin Alpin 6 86%

8. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 84%

9. Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P 83%

10. Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3 82%

11. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 82%

12. Vredestein Wintrac 80%

13. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 80%

14. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 80%

15. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 66%

Noise

Interior noise, Exterior noise

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 93%

2. Vredestein Wintrac 83%

3. Michelin Alpin 6 83%

4. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 83%

5. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 82%

6. Continental Wintercontact Ts 870 P 82%

7. Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P 80%

8. Continental WinterContact TS 860 79%

9. Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 79%

10. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 77%

11. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 74%

12. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 73%

13. Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3 72%

14. Michelin Alpin 5 66%

15. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 65%

Costs

1. Continental WinterContact TS 870 86%

2. Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P 85%

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 82%

4. Michelin Alpin 6 82%

5. Michelin Alpin 5 81%

6. Continental WinterContact TS 860 81%

7. Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 80%

8. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 80%

9. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3 79%

10. Continental Wintercontact Ts 870 P 79%

11. Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 79%

12. Vredestein Snowtrac 5 77%

13. Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3 75%

14. Vredestein Wintrac 72%

15. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 68%

Price

205/60 R16 tyre ranking based on test results

Tests usually don't cover the whole market - here is our selection what not to miss when shopping for tyres in this size.

#	Name		Our rating	Tested in this dimension	Tested in same width dimension	Segment	Price
1.	Michelin PILOT ALPIN 5		77.2% 89.9% 89.6% 80.6%			Premium	£144 96 H
2.	Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P! Newer model available: Continental WinterContact TS 870 P		83.2% 77.8% 82.7% 80.3%			Premium	£103 92 H + 1
3.	Continental WinterContact TS 860! Newer model available: Continental WinterContact TS 870		93.6% 92.5% 86.2% 80.7%		Használtautó.hu 2020	Premium
4.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005! Newer model available: Bridgestone Blizzak 6		92.2% 79.6% 84.4% 82.6%	ADAC 2023	Autobild 2021	Premium	£102 92 H + 2
5.	Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1! Newer model available: GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+		82.9% 92.2% 82.8% 75.3%		Autoexpress 2016	Premium	£97 92 H + 2
6.	Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2		78.7% 81.3% 66.3% 81.3%		AUTOBILD 2024	Premium
7.	GoodYear UltraGrip 9		90.4% 79.1% 82.8% 74.5%		Használtautó.hu 2020	Premium
8.	Michelin ALPIN 5! Newer model available: Michelin Alpin 6		81.2% 72.1% 85.8% 66.6%		ADAC 2018	Premium	£135 92 T + 4
9.	Dunlop Winter Sport 5		81.7% 90.7% 81.6% 74.3%	ADAC 2023	ADAC 2018	Premium	£108 92 H + 3
10.	Michelin ALPIN 6! Newer model available: Michelin ALPIN 7		83.2% 83.9% 85.5% 82.5%	ADAC 2023	Autobild 2021	Premium
11.	Michelin ALPIN A4! Newer model available: Michelin Alpin 6		82.9%		Autozeitung 2014	Premium
12.	GoodYear UltraGrip 9+		87% 82.5% 78% 77.5%		Autobild 2021	Premium
13.	Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III					Premium	£116 92 H + 7
14.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001		80.6% 77.4% 83.7%		GTÜ 2016	Premium	£102 92 H + 10
15.	Hankook Ventus Prime 4		75.7% 82.2% 78.9%		Autobild 2024	Premium	£84 41 IKAIO + 10
16.	Continental WinterContact TS 860S		58.7% 77% 87.7%			Premium	£133 96 H + 1
17.	Continental VanContact Winter		94.2% 85.1% 61.8%		ADAC 2019	Premium	£148 100 T
18.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32				ACE 2014	Premium	£95 92 H + 2

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