Winter tyre test 205/55 R16 - Autoexpress 2016

Results

Agenda: Best value in test Better than average value Worse than average value Worst value in test

#	Name		Rating	points total	wet	dry	snow	rolling resistance	noise	Price
1.	Continental WinterContact TS 860		-	100	94,6	99,8	96,2	100	100	£ 111 94 V + 4
2.	Nokian WR D4		-	99,7	96,9	99,5	99	85,1	97,9	£ 66 91 H + 2
3.	Pirelli Cinturato Winter		-	99,3	93,4	98,35	97,9	85,5	98,7	£ 69 91 T + 2
4.	Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1		-	99	96	98,5	95,8	94,6	99,4	£ 88 94 V
5.	Michelin Alpin 5		-	98,5	88,2	97	98,8	88,7	98,4	£ 83 91 T + 6
6.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001		-	98,4	95,6	96	94,9	85,6	99,8	£ 57 91 H + 4
7.	Dunlop Winter Sport 5		-	97,7	93	99,8	93,4	97,6	97,9	£ 61 91 H + 3
8.	Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452		-	97,6	92,1	99,6	95,9	86,1	99,1	£ 70 94 V + 4
#	Name	-	Rating	points total	wet	dry	snow	rolling resistance	noise	Price

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.	GoodYear UltraGrip 9	84%	premium	£ 94 91 H + 2
2.	Michelin ALPIN A4	82%	premium	£ 83 91 H
3.	Kleber KRISALP HP3	82%	upper-middle	£ 57 91 T + 3
4.	BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	75%	upper-middle	£ 62 91 T + 3
5.	Debica Frigo 2	74%	lowcost
6.	Semperit Speed-Grip 2	72%	lowcost
7.	Fulda Kristall Control HP2	71%	lowcost	£ 74 94 V + 1
8.	Nokian WR A4	70%	upper-middle	£ 67 91 H + 2
9.	Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III	70%	premium	£ 110 91 H + 2
10.	Falken EuroWinter HS01	68%	upper-middle	£ 71 91 T + 2
11.	Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320	63%	upper-middle	£ 59 91 H + 1
12.	Kumho WinterCraft WP71	62%	upper-middle	£ 70 94 V
13.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO	62%	premium	£ 61 91 H + 1
14.	Semperit Speed-Grip 3	61%	lowcost	£ 60 91 T + 3
15.	Nokian WR D3	54%	upper-middle	£ 56 91 H + 1
16.	Uniroyal MS Plus 77	53%	upper-middle	£ 61 91 T + 2
17.	Sava ESKIMO S3+	52%	lowcost
18.	Sava Eskimo HP2	51%	lowcost
19.	Debica Frigo HP2	49%	lowcost	£ 55 91 H
20.	Yokohama BluEarth winter V905	47%	upper-middle	£ 53 91 H + 3
21.	Vredestein Snowtrac 5	45%	premium	£ 67 94 H
22.	Fulda KRISTALL MONTERO 3	45%	lowcost
23.	Falken EUROWINTER HS449	42%	upper-middle	£ 69 91 H
24.	Kumho WinterCraft WP51	39%	upper-middle	£ 60 91 H + 2
25.	Firestone Winterhawk 3	36%	upper-middle	£ 71 94 V + 3
26.	Nexen WinGuard Sport	24%	lowcost
27.	Imperial SnowDragon HP	24%	lowcost
28.	Toyo SnowProx S943	23%	upper-middle	£ 55 91 T
29.	Matador MP92 Sibir Snow	22%	lowcost
30.	Michelin ALPIN 6	1%	premium	£ 75 91 T + 3
31.	Barum Polaris 5	1%	lowcost	£ 57 91 T + 3
32.	Imperial SnowDragon 3	1%	lowcost
#	Name	Our rating	Segment	Price