Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - Autoexpress 2017

Results

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

#	Name		Rating	points total	Price
1.	Continental WinterContact TS 860		-	100	£ 113 94 H + 2
2.	Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452		-	99,8	£ 84 91 H + 3
3.	Dunlop Winter Sport 5		-	99,3	£ 83 91 H + 2
4.	Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1		-	98,6	£ 79 91 H + 2
5.	Nokian WR D4		-	98	£ 99 91 H + 1
6.	Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3		-	97,9
7.	Michelin Alpin 5		-	97,5	£ 95 91 H + 3
8.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001		-	96,9
#	Name	-	Rating	points total	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.	Michelin ALPIN 6	85%	premium	£ 108 91 H + 2
2.	Kleber KRISALP HP3	81%	upper-middle	£ 74 94 H + 1
3.	BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	76%	upper-middle
4.	Falken EuroWinter HS01	71%	upper-middle	£ 83 94 H + 1
5.	Nokian WR A4	70%	upper-middle	£ 90 94 H + 1
8
6.	Fulda Kristall Control HP2	70%	lowcost	£ 82 91 H + 1
7.	Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7	69%	lowcost	£ 69 94 H + 1
8.	Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III	69%	premium	£ 116 94 H + 5
9.	Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320	64%	upper-middle
10.	Semperit Speed-Grip 3	64%	lowcost	£ 86 91 H + 1
11.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO	62%	premium	£ 91 91 H + 1
4
12.	Kumho WinterCraft WP71	60%	upper-middle	£ 66 91 H
13.	Sava Eskimo HP2	56%	lowcost	£ 67 91 H + 1
14.	Uniroyal MS Plus 77	55%	upper-middle	£ 84 91 H + 1
15.	Nokian WR D3	54%	upper-middle	£ 80 91 H
16.	Debica Frigo HP2	50%	lowcost	£ 69 91 H + 1
17.	Yokohama BluEarth winter V905	47%	upper-middle	£ 82 91 H + 1
19
18.	Falken EUROWINTER HS449	42%	upper-middle	£ 91 91 H
19.	Firestone Winterhawk 3	36%	upper-middle	£ 79 91 H + 2
20.	Matador MP92 Sibir Snow	22%	lowcost
21.	Kormoran SNOWPRO B2	14%	lowcost	£ 53 94 V
22.	Barum Polaris 5	1%	lowcost
23.	Imperial SnowDragon 3	1%	lowcost
#	Name	Our rating	Segment	Price