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	£ 94 94 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	£ 94 94 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
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	£ 97 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	£ 98 94 H + 5
2.	Continental WinterContact TS 860	94%	premium	£ 105 98 H + 1
3.	Michelin ALPIN 6	85%	premium	£ 112 94 H + 2
4.	Michelin ALPIN A4	84%	premium	£ 120 94 H + 1
5.	Kleber KRISALP HP3	81%	upper-middle	£ 93 98 H + 1
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6.	BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	76%	upper-middle
7.	Michelin ALPIN 5	73%	premium	£ 114 94 H + 2
8.	Falken EuroWinter HS01	71%	upper-middle	£ 88 98 V
9.	Nokian WR A4	70%	upper-middle	£ 102 94 H + 1
10.	Fulda Kristall Control HP2	70%	lowcost	£ 81 98 H + 1
11.	Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7	69%	lowcost	£ 69 98 V + 1
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12.	Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III	69%	premium	£ 91 94 H + 5
13.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001	65%	premium	£ 107 94 H + 7
14.	Semperit Speed-Grip 3	64%	lowcost	£ 87 98 H + 1
15.	Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320	64%	upper-middle	£ 81 94 H + 5
16.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO	62%	premium	£ 88 98 H + 1
17.	Kumho WinterCraft WP71	60%	upper-middle	£ 68 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	£ 82 98 H + 1
21.	Nokian WR D3	54%	upper-middle
22.	Debica Frigo HP2	50%	lowcost
23.	Yokohama BluEarth winter V905	47%	upper-middle	£ 73 94 H + 2
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24.	Firestone Winterhawk 3	36%	upper-middle	£ 74 98 H + 2
25.	Kormoran SNOWPRO B2	14%	lowcost
26.	Barum Polaris 5	1%	lowcost
27.	Imperial SnowDragon 3	1%	lowcost	£ 46 94 H + 1
#	Name	Our rating	Segment	Price