Hankook Winter i*cept RS W442
Sizes
Hankook Winter i*cept RS W442 is made in 20 sizes, starting from 145/70 R13 up to 205/70 R15.
Hankook Winter i*cept RS W442 is ranked #81 of 861 winter tyres based on the results of tests carried out by Autobild 2015, Autobild 2015, and other organizations. Hankook Winter i*cept RS W442 belongs to the Upper-middle segment and is made by a manufacturer from South Korea. It is made in total of 20 sizes, 145/70 R13 being the smallest and 205/70 R15 the largest. This tyre was featured in tests 3 times, first test was carried in 2015. Eu ratings can provide interesting overview over the available dimensions - 70% of Hankook Winter i*cept RS W442 has "C" wet grip rating and most (50%) of the dimensions has "E" fuel-saving rating. Noise levels of most dimensions are average - 70% of them produce 71db noise, which result in "b" overall rating. It can be compared to Polaris 3, which is a tyre from Barum (Czech Republic) and has a rating of 77%, compared to 81% of the Hankook in question. There was a braking test that featured both Barum Polaris 3 and Hankook Winter i*cept RS W442 held by autobild in 2015. On the wet, the Barum stopped from 80km/h earlier than the Hankook - 40,8m, whereas the Hankook took 41,6m to come to a full stop. On the snow, we can see that Hankook stopped earlier at the 28,5m mark, compared to 28,6m of the Barum.
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Timeline
2015
Hankook Winter i*cept RS W442 was tested 3x (Autoklub ČR,...)
Hankook Winter i*cept RS W442 in tyre tests
The Hankook Winter i*cept RS W442, a premium segment tyre, has been tested by some of Europe's most esteemed organizations that test tyres. The tyre was first tested in 2015 and was last tested in the same year. The tyre was tested in a winter period with a dimension of 185/60 R15. In the Autoklub ČR Winter tyre test 2015, the tyre secured 4th place out of 7, while in the Autobild Winter tyre test 2015 with the same dimension, it secured 7th place out of 18. However, in the braking distance test conducted by Autobild with the same dimension, the tyre only managed to grab the 10th place out of 49. The tyre did not win any of the tests, and our overall rating for the tyre based on these tests is only 81%, which is not very impressive for a premium segment tyre. No information on the tested disciplines in which the tyre was the best was available.
All tyre tests where Hankook Winter i*cept RS W442 was featured:
| Name | Wet | Dry | Snow | ||||
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| Best values in test | 100 | 100 | 100,6 | ||||
| Hankook Winter i*cept RS W442 | 92,6 | 97,8 | 96,5 | ||||
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| Name | Wet | Dry | Snow | Running costs | |||
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| Best values in test | 1 | 2+ | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hankook Winter i*cept RS W442 | 2- | 2 | 2+ | 1 | |||
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| Name | Stopping distance on wet | Stopping distance on snow | |||||
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| Best values in test | 36,8 | 27,7 | |||||
| Hankook Winter i*cept RS W442 | 41,6 | 28,5 | |||||
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Test ratings distribution
| 85% (1x) |
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| Recommended |
| 1x |
Ratings x Wheel size
| R15 |
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| 85% (1x) |
Ratings x Width
| 185/xx Rxx |
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| 85% (1x) |