Winter tyre test 235/55 R18 - Autobild 2021

Winter

2021

Year

10

Tyres

Winner

GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+

Best Value

. Hankook Winter i*cept evo3 X W330A

Test Vehicle

VW Tiguan

Tested tyres

10

Price vs Quality

See how tyre price relates to test performance at a glance

Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

1

GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+

Rating: Exemplary

Wet1-

Dry2

Snow2+

Rolling resistance2

Noise1-

Summary

2

Michelin PILOT ALPIN 5 SUV

Rating: Exemplary

Wet2

Dry2

Snow1

Rolling resistance2

Noise1

Summary

3

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: Good

£182

100 V

mytyres.co.uk

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104H · £182

Wet1-

Dry2

Snow2+

Rolling resistance1-

Noise2+

Summary

4

Vredestein Wintrac Pro

Rating: Good

£172

100 V

mytyres.co.uk

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104H

Wet2+

Dry2-

Snow1-

Rolling resistance2-

Noise2+

Summary

5

Continental WinterContact TS 850P SUV

Rating: Good

Wet2

Dry2

Snow2+

Rolling resistance1

Noise2

Summary

6

Hankook Winter i*cept evo3 X W330A

Rating: Good

£167

100 H

mytyres.co.uk

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104V · £173 104V

Wet2+

Dry2-

Snow2+

Rolling resistance3+

Noise2-

Summary

7

Toyo Snowprox S954

Rating: Satisfactory

£139

104 H

mytyres.co.uk

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104H

Wet2+

Dry2-

Snow2-

Rolling resistance3+

Noise2

Summary

8

Nokian WR SUV 4

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet2-

Dry2-

Snow2+

Rolling resistance2-

Noise2

Summary

9

Falken EuroWinter HS01 SUV

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet2+

Dry3-

Snow2+

Rolling resistance2-

Noise2

Summary

10

Tristar Snowpower UHP

Rating: Not recommended

Wet4

Dry2

Snow3+

Rolling resistance2

Noise2

Summary

Same size tyres not featured in the test

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 GoodYear UltraGrip Performance SUV Gen-1 95%	95%	Premium
2	Premium Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P 91%	91%	Premium	£198 100 H +2 More
3	Premium Pirelli SCORPION WINTER 90%	90%	Premium	£184 104 H +1 More
4	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium
5	Premium Michelin PILOT ALPIN PA4 88%	88%	Premium
6	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£162 100 H
7	Premium Michelin LATITUDE ALPIN LA2 86%	86%	Premium
8	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£187 104 H

9	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£184 100 H
10	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£125 104 H +1 More
11	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£143 100 H +2 More
12	Upper-middle Nokian WR SUV 3 81%	81%	Upper-middle
13	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WS71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
14	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 SUV 75%	75%	Upper-middle	£157 100 H +1 More
15	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 SUV W320 75%	75%	Upper-middle
16	Premium Hankook Winter i*cept iON SUV IW01A 74%	74%	Premium	£250 104 V

17	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-80 EVO 74%	74%	Premium
18	Upper-middle Firestone Destination Winter 71%	71%	Upper-middle
19	Budget Momo W-20 North Pole 66%	66%	Budget
20	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
21	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£187 100 Q +1 More
22	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
23	GT Radial WinterPro2 Sport 51%	51%
24	Budget Apollo Aspire XP Winter 49%	49%	Budget

25	Budget Linglong Sport Master Winter 48%	48%	Budget
26	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 SUV 45%	45%	Budget
27	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
28	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
29	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
30	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
31	Budget Kenda Wintergen 2 KR501 7%	7%	Budget
32	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 SUV 1%	1%	Budget	£108 104 H +1 More

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