Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - ADAC 2016

See how tyre price relates to test performance at a glance

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	Segment	Price
1	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 90%	90%	Premium	£110 91 H +2 More
2	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%	90%	Premium
3	Premium GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ 90%	90%	Premium
4	Premium Michelin ALPIN 6 89%	89%	Premium
5	Premium Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 89%	89%	Premium	£115 91 H +1 More
6	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	£161 91 H +4 More
7	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£104 91 H +3 More
8	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£103 91 H +2 More
9	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£87 91 H +4 More
10	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£162 91 H +6 More
11	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 85%	85%	Upper-middle
12	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£81 91 H +1 More
13	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£69 0 V
14	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
15	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£90 91 H +1 More
16	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£113 91 H +4 More
17	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	£89 91 H +1 More
18	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle
19	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£119 94 V +2 More
20	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof P 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£123 91 H +1 More
21	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
22	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium	£143 91 H +1 More
23	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget	£81 91 H +2 More
24	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO 75%	75%	Premium
25	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
26	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
27	Upper-middle Yokohama Bluearth Winter V906 72%	72%	Upper-middle	£86 91 H +1 More
28	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	£73 94 H +2 More
29	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
30	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
31	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	£78 91 H +3 More
32	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£90 91 H +1 More
33	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget
34	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
35	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
36	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£83 91 H +9 More
37	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
38	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
39	GT Radial WinterPro2 Sport 51%	51%
40	Budget Sportiva Snow Win 3 49%	49%	Budget	£104 94 V
41	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
42	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
43	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
44	Sailun Iceblazer Alpine Evo 1 29%	29%
45	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
46	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
47	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget
48	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget