Winter tyre test 225/50 R17 - Automotorsport 2015

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	enviromental impact	Price
1.	Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1		highly recommended	9,2	9,4	8,8	9,3	9,4	£ 92 98 H + 3
2.	Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3		highly recommended	9,1	8,7	9,2	9,3	9,1
3.	Dunlop Winter Sport 5		highly recommended	9,0	9,2	9,0	9,2	8,4	£ 98 98 H + 5
4.	Continental ContiWinterContact TS850		recommended	8,7	9,1	8,6	8,6	8,7
5.	Nokian WR D4		recommended	8,2	8,0	7,9	8,7	8,4	£ 97 98 H + 1
6.	GT Radial Champiro WinterPro HP		conditionally recommended	7,7	7,2	7,8	8,2	7,9
7.	Yokohama W.drive V905		conditionally recommended	7,6	6,7	8,5	8,0	7,0
8.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32S		conditionally recommended	7,4	6,6	7,7	8,0	7,3
9.	Falken Eurowinter HS449		conditionally recommended	7,0	7,8	7,9	5,8	5,9	£ 104 94 V + 1
10.	Cooper WeatherMaster SA2		conditionally recommended	7,0	7,6	7,3	6,5	5,9
#	Name	-	Rating	points total	wet	dry	snow	enviromental impact	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.	Continental WinterContact TS 850P	97%	premium	£ 115 98 H + 5
2.	Continental WinterContact TS 860	94%	premium	£ 125 98 H + 1
3.	Michelin ALPIN 6	85%	premium	£ 114 98 H + 2
4.	Michelin ALPIN A4	84%	premium	£ 113 94 H + 1
5.	Kleber KRISALP HP3	81%	upper-middle	£ 110 98 H + 1
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6.	BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	76%	upper-middle
7.	Michelin ALPIN 5	73%	premium	£ 138 98 H + 2
8.	Falken EuroWinter HS01	71%	upper-middle	£ 89 98 V
9.	Nokian WR A4	70%	upper-middle	£ 112 94 H + 1
10.	Fulda Kristall Control HP2	70%	lowcost	£ 103 98 H + 1
11.	Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7	69%	lowcost
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12.	Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III	69%	premium	£ 95 94 H + 5
13.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001	65%	premium	£ 118 94 H + 7
14.	Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320	64%	upper-middle	£ 87 98 H + 5
15.	Semperit Speed-Grip 3	64%	lowcost	£ 93 98 H + 1
16.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO	62%	premium	£ 118 98 H + 1
17.	Kumho WinterCraft WP71	60%	upper-middle	£ 82 94 H + 3
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18.	Barum Polaris 3	59%	lowcost
19.	Sava Eskimo HP2	56%	lowcost
20.	Uniroyal MS Plus 77	55%	upper-middle	£ 89 98 H + 1
21.	Nokian WR D3	54%	upper-middle	£ 87 94 H + 1
22.	Debica Frigo HP2	50%	lowcost
23.	Yokohama BluEarth winter V905	47%	upper-middle	£ 80 94 H + 2
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24.	Firestone Winterhawk 3	36%	upper-middle	£ 85 98 H + 2
25.	Kormoran SNOWPRO B2	14%	lowcost
26.	Imperial SnowDragon 3	1%	lowcost	£ 49 94 H + 1
27.	Barum Polaris 5	1%	lowcost
#	Name	Our rating	Segment	Price