Winter tyre test 185/65 R15 - Autozeitung 2015

Winter

2015

Year

14

Tyres

Winner

Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850

Tested tyres

14

Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

1

Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850

Rating: Highly recommended

Wet144

Dry127

Snow144

Summary

2

Nokian WR D4

Rating: Highly recommended

Wet127

Dry136

Snow136

Summary

3

Goodyear UltraGrip 9

Rating: Highly recommended

Wet135

Dry135

Snow114

Summary

4

Dunlop SP Winter Response 2

Rating: Highly recommended

£54

88 T

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Wet129

Dry111

Snow142

Summary

5

Michelin Alpin A4

Rating: Highly recommended

Wet114

Dry124

Snow129

Summary

6

Vredestein Snowtrac 5

Rating: -

Wet111

Dry109

Snow142

Summary

7

Barum Polaris 3

Rating: -

Wet95

Dry116

Snow135

Summary

8

Kumho WinterCraft WP51

Rating: -

Wet107

Dry111

Snow120

Summary

9

Firestone Winterhawk 3

Rating: -

Wet100

Dry112

Snow136

Summary

10

Fulda Kristall Montero 3

Rating: -

£49

88 T

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Wet93

Dry98

Snow126

Summary

11

Toyo Snowprox S943

Rating: -

Wet78

Dry112

Snow126

Summary

12

Maxxis WP-05 Arctictrekker

Rating: -

Wet80

Dry104

Snow126

Summary

13

Cooper WeatherMaster SA2

Rating: -

Wet95

Dry102

Snow102

Summary

14

Westlake SW608

Rating: -

Wet79

Dry99

Snow116

Summary

Same size tyres not featured in the test

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	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 90%	90%	Premium	£67 88 T +2 More
2	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%	90%	Premium
3	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£73 88 T +3 More
4	Premium Michelin ALPIN 6 89%	89%	Premium
5	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium
6	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£64 88 T +2 More
7	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£60 88 T +4 More
8	Premium GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 86%	86%	Premium

9	Hankook W452 Winter I*Cept Rs2 85%	85%		£70 88 H
10	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 85%	85%	Upper-middle
11	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£53 88 T +1 More
12	Hankook W320 Winter I*Cept Evo2 84%	84%		£71 92 H
13	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium
14	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO WINTER 84%	84%	Premium	£77 88 T +5 More
15	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£56 0 T +1 More
16	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£48 88 T +1 More

17	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£82 88 T +4 More
18	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£86 92 H
19	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle
20	Budget Debica Frigo 2 75%	75%	Budget
21	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
22	Budget Sava ESKIMO S3+ 73%	73%	Budget	£49 88 T +2 More
23	Budget Nexen Winguard Snow G WH2 67%	67%	Budget	£65 88 T +2 More
24	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle

25	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 66%	66%	Budget
26	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£52 88 T +3 More
27	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget
28	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
29	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
30	Budget Laufenn I FIT Plus 59%	59%	Budget
31	Budget Semperit Master-Grip 2 59%	59%	Budget
32	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget

33	Budget Linglong Sport Master Winter 48%	48%	Budget
34	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
35	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
36	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
37	Budget Starfire W200 20%	20%	Budget
38	Budget Imperial SnowDragon HP 10%	10%	Budget	£76 88 T +1 More
39	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
40	Torque TQ 023 5%	5%

41	Budget Syron Everest 1 plus 1%	1%	Budget
42	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget
43	Budget Duraturn Mozzo Winter 1%	1%	Budget

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