Winter tyre test 205/45 R17 - sport auto 2026

Winter

2026

Year

9

Tyres

Winner

Continental WinterContact TS 870 P

Test Vehicle

Mazda MX-5

Tested tyres

9

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sport auto tyre test 2026: 205/45 R17 — winter tyres

sport auto compared 9 tyres in size 205/45 R17.

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Price vs Quality

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Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

1

Continental WinterContact TS 870 P

Rating: Outstanding

£140

88 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet9.4

Dry9

Snow9

Enviromental impact8.4

Summary

Published overall result: 9 / 10 · 1/9
snow: 9; wet: 9.4; dry: 9; Environment: 8.4

2

Nokian Snowproof 3P

Rating: Very good

Wet9.8

Dry8.4

Snow7.8

Enviromental impact6.9

Summary

Published overall result: 8.5 / 10 · 2/9
snow: 7.8; wet: 9.8; dry: 8.4; Environment: 6.9

Positions follow the original publisher classification.

3

GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3

Rating: Very good

£133

88 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet8.2

Dry8.2

Snow9.7

Enviromental impact7.9

Summary

Published overall result: 8.4 / 10 · 3/9
snow: 9.7; wet: 8.2; dry: 8.2; Environment: 7.9

4

Bridgestone Blizzak 6

Rating: Good

£126

88 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet8.5

Dry7.7

Snow6.9

Enviromental impact7.7

Summary

Published overall result: 7.8 / 10 · 4/9
snow: 6.9; wet: 8.5; dry: 7.7; Environment: 7.7

Unavailable source values are shown as — and are not estimated.

5

Michelin ALPIN 7

Rating: Good

£149

88 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet6.9

Dry8

Snow7.4

Enviromental impact9.4

Summary

Published overall result: 7.7 / 10 · 5/9
snow: 7.4; wet: 6.9; dry: 8; Environment: 9.4

6

Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3

Rating: Good

£103

88 V

mytyres.co.uk

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88V · £123 88V · £136 88V · £110

Wet8

Dry7.3

Snow7

Enviromental impact8

Summary

Published overall result: 7.6 / 10 · 6/9
snow: 7; wet: 8; dry: 7.3; Environment: 8

7

Falken EuroWinter HS02

Rating: Satisfactory

£92

88 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet6.1

Dry7.5

Snow6.8

Enviromental impact6.2

Summary

Published overall result: 6.8 / 10 · 7/9
snow: 6.8; wet: 6.1; dry: 7.5; Environment: 6.2

Safety · Grade: Kleber −1; Linglong −2.

8

Kleber KRISALP HP3

Rating: Sufficient

£118

88 V

mytyres.co.uk

Wet6.2

Dry6.3

Snow8.8

Enviromental impact6.6

Summary

Published overall result: 5.8 / 10 · 8/9
snow: 8.8; wet: 6.2; dry: 6.3; Environment: 6.6

9

Linglong Sport Master Winter

Rating: Poor

Wet5.8

Dry6.1

Snow6.1

Enviromental impact3.2

Summary

Published overall result: 3.5 / 10 · 9/9
snow: 6.1; wet: 5.8; dry: 6.1; Environment: 3.2

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 Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P 91%	91%	Premium
2	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 90%	90%	Premium
3	Premium Michelin ALPIN 6 89%	89%	Premium
4	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium
5	Premium Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 89%	89%	Premium	£152 88 V
6	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£110 88 V
7	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£197 88 V +1 More
8	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle

9	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£90 88 V
10	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£87 0 V
11	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£116 84 H +1 More
12	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
13	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	£95 88 V
14	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle
15	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£104 88 H
16	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof P 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£103 88 V

17	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
18	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
19	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	£87 88 V +1 More
20	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget
21	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
22	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£113 88 V
23	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
24	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle

25	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
26	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
27	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
28	Upper-middle BF Goodrich g-force Winter 48%	48%	Upper-middle	£163 88 V
29	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
30	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
31	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
32	Budget Zeetex WH 1000 21%	21%	Budget

33	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget
34	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget

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