Winter tyre test 245/40 R18 - Sportscars 2016

Winter

2016

Year

8

Tyres

Winner

Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1

Tested tyres

8

Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

1

Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1

Rating: -

Wet2-

Dry2

Snow1-

Summary

2

Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P

Rating: Exemplary

£156

97 V

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

97V 97W

Wet2

Dry2

Snow2

Summary

3

Dunlop Winter Sport 5

Rating: Exemplary

£120

97 V

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

97V · £190 97V · £120

Wet2-

Dry2-

Snow1-

Summary

4

Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3

Rating: Exemplary

Wet2

Dry2

Snow2

Summary

5

Michelin Pilot Alpin PA4

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet3+

Dry2-

Snow2+

Summary

6

Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet3

Dry2

Snow2

Summary

7

Vredestein Wintrac Xtreme S

Rating: Conditionally recommended

Wet3+

Dry2-

Snow3+

Summary

8

Accelera X-Grip

Rating: Not recommended

Wet4+

Dry3+

Snow3+

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	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo3 W330 96%	96%	Upper-middle	£127 97 V
2	Premium Michelin PILOT ALPIN 5 94%	94%	Premium	£155 97 V +2 More
3	Premium GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ 90%	90%	Premium	£176 97 V +2 More
4	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 90%	90%	Premium	£157 97 V +2 More
5	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£123 97 V
6	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£120 97 V
7	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£146 97 H +3 More
8	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£190 93 V

9	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£104 97 V
10	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£117 0 V
11	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
12	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£140 97 V
13	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£226 97 T +2 More
14	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	£109 97 V
15	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof P 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£111 97 V
16	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle	£126 97 V +1 More

17	Budget Barum Polaris 3 77%	77%	Budget
18	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
19	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget
20	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
21	Upper-middle Yokohama W.drive V905 72%	72%	Upper-middle
22	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	£102 97 V +3 More
23	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget
24	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle

25	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£176 93 Q +2 More
26	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
27	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
28	Budget Radar Dimax Alpine 53%	53%	Budget
29	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
30	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
31	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
32	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget

33	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget

Cars with 245/40 R18 tyres

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