Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - TÜV 2021

Winter

2021

Year

6

Tyres

Winner

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Best Value

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Test Vehicle

VW Golf

Tested tyres

6

Price vs Quality

See how tyre price relates to test performance at a glance

Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

1

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Rating: -

£129

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94H · £130 94V · £138

Winter301,21

Wet501,21

Dry200

Rolling resistance100

Wet

Wet Braking#1/6

Wet Handling#1/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#3/6

Dry

Dry Handling#2/6

Dry Braking#3/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/6

Snow

Snow Braking#2/6

Snow Handling#2/6

2

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: -

£125

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94H 94V · £248

Winter300,69

Wet497,39

Dry196,8

Rolling resistance102,4

Wet

Wet Braking#2/6

Wet Handling#2/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/6

Dry

Dry Braking#4/6

Dry Handling#4/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#2/6

Snow

Snow Handling#1/6

Snow Braking#3/6

3

GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+

Rating: -

Winter299,7

Wet493,1

Dry195

Rolling resistance95,2

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/6

Wet Handling#4/6

Wet Braking#5/6

Dry

Dry Braking#5/6

Dry Handling#5/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#5/6

Snow

Snow Braking#1/6

Snow Handling#3/6

4

Michelin Alpin 6

Rating: -

£178

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+3 More sizes →

94H 94V 94V

Winter283,86

Wet480,06

Dry194,2

Rolling resistance91,6

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/6

Wet Handling#3/6

Wet Braking#4/6

Dry

Dry Handling#5/6

Dry Braking#6/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#6/6

Snow

Snow Handling#4/6

Snow Braking#5/6

5

Nokian WR Snowproof P

Rating: -

£97

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £97

Winter283,16

Wet469,56

Dry201,5

Rolling resistance109,6

Wet

Wet Braking#3/6

Wet Handling#5/6

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#6/6

Dry

Dry Braking#1/6

Dry Handling#3/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#1/6

Snow

Snow Braking#4/6

Snow Handling#5/6

6

Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3

Rating: -

£293

94 H

mytyres.co.uk

Winter262,15

Wet448,85

Dry202,4

Rolling resistance100

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#5/6

Wet Braking#6/6

Wet Handling#6/6

Dry

Dry Handling#1/6

Dry Braking#2/6

Economy

Rolling Resistance#3/6

Snow

Snow Braking#6/6

Snow Handling#6/6

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 WinterContact TS 860 90%	90%	Premium
2	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	£175 91 H +4 More
3	Premium Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 89%	89%	Premium	£114 91 H +1 More
4	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium	£199 91 H +3 More
5	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£101 91 H +3 More
6	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£102 91 H +2 More
7	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£87 91 H +4 More
8	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£173 91 H +6 More

9	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle
10	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 85%	85%	Upper-middle
11	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£152 91 H +2 More
12	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle
13	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£82 91 H +1 More
14	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£66 0 V
15	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
16	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£91 91 H +1 More

17	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	£90 91 H +1 More
18	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£109 91 H +4 More
19	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£119 94 V +2 More
20	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle
21	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
22	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium	£152 91 H +1 More
23	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
24	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO 75%	75%	Premium

25	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget	£76 91 H +2 More
26	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
27	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
28	Upper-middle Yokohama Bluearth Winter V906 72%	72%	Upper-middle	£91 91 H +1 More
29	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	£82 94 H +2 More
30	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	£77 91 H +3 More
31	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
32	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle

33	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£90 91 H +1 More
34	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget	£127 91 H +1 More
35	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
36	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
37	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£90 91 H +9 More
38	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
39	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
40	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget

41	GT Radial WinterPro2 Sport 51%	51%
42	Budget Sportiva Snow Win 3 49%	49%	Budget	£107 94 V
43	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
44	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
45	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
46	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
47	Sailun Iceblazer Alpine Evo 1 29%	29%
48	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget

49	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
50	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget
51	Premium Dunlop Winter Sport 5 1%	1%	Premium	£102 91 H +8 More
52	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget