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	£ 142 98 V + 2
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	£ 109 98 V + 4
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	£ 103 98 V + 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
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	96%	premium	£ 118 98 H + 4
2.	Continental WinterContact TS 860	95%	premium	£ 130 98 V + 1
3.	Kleber KRISALP HP3	82%	upper-middle	£ 97 98 V + 1
4.	Michelin ALPIN A4	82%	premium	£ 113 94 H + 1
5.	BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	75%	upper-middle
6.	Michelin ALPIN 5	73%	premium	£ 138 98 V + 2
7.	Fulda Kristall Control HP2	71%	lowcost	£ 92 98 V + 1
8.	Nokian WR A4	70%	upper-middle	£ 96 94 V + 1
9.	Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III	70%	premium	£ 141 98 V + 4
10.	Falken EuroWinter HS01	68%	upper-middle	£ 89 98 V
11.	Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7	68%	lowcost
12.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001	65%	premium	£ 118 94 H + 5
13.	Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320	63%	upper-middle	£ 87 98 V + 3
14.	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO	62%	premium	£ 99 98 V + 1
15.	Kumho WinterCraft WP71	62%	upper-middle	£ 101 98 V + 1
16.	Semperit Speed-Grip 3	61%	lowcost	£ 93 98 H + 1
17.	Barum Polaris 3	59%	lowcost
18.	Nokian WR D3	54%	upper-middle
19.	Uniroyal MS Plus 77	53%	upper-middle	£ 89 98 H + 1
20.	Sava Eskimo HP2	51%	lowcost
21.	Debica Frigo HP2	49%	lowcost
22.	Yokohama BluEarth winter V905	47%	upper-middle	£ 86 98 V + 2
23.	Firestone Winterhawk 3	36%	upper-middle	£ 92 98 V + 1
24.	Kormoran SNOWPRO B2	14%	lowcost
25.	Michelin ALPIN 6	1%	premium	£ 129 98 V + 2
26.	Imperial SnowDragon 3	1%	lowcost	£ 49 98 V + 1
27.	Barum Polaris 5	1%	lowcost
#	Name	Our rating	Segment	Price