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2016 AMS Winter SUV Tyre Test

Jonathan Benson
Data analyzed and reviewed by Jonathan Benson
5 min read Updated
Contents
  1. Introduction
  2. Results
  3. Continental Winter Contact TS 850 P SUV
  4. Nokian WR D4
  5. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance SUV Gen 1
  6. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV
  7. Hankook Winter i cept evo2 SUV
  8. Vredestein Wintrac xtreme S
  9. Bridgestone Blizzak LM80 EVO
  10. Westlake SW658
  11. GT Radial Champiro WinterPro HP
  12. Star Performer SPTV Winter SUV

Test Summary
Wet Braking Nokian WR D4
Dry Braking Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV
Wet Handling Bridgestone Blizzak LM80 EVO
Rolling Resistance Continental Winter Contact TS 850 P SUV
Noise Nokian WR D4
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro HP
Hankook Winter i cept evo2 SUV
Snow Handling GT Radial Champiro WinterPro HP
Westlake SW658
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV
Bridgestone Blizzak LM80 EVO
Winter tyres aren't exclusively reserved for two wheel drive vehicles, four wheel drive cars benefit too. This year AMS have tested ten winter tyres in the popular 4x4 / SUV / Crossover size of 215/60 R17, which covers cars such as the Opel Mokka, Skoda Yeti, and the Volkswagen Tiguan.

Full results below. Results are weighted as follows: Dry 30%, wet 30%, snow 30%, rolling resistance / noise 10%.

Results

Continental Winter Contact TS 850 P SUV
  • 3PMSF: no
Total: 52.5
Dry 8.4
Wet 9.7
Snow 9.4
Comfort 8
Rolling Resistance 10
Noise 7
2nd

Nokian WR D4

215/60 R17
Nokian WR D4
  • 3PMSF: no
Total: 52
Dry 9.3
Wet 9
Snow 8.7
Comfort 9
Rolling Resistance 8
Noise 8
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance SUV Gen 1
  • 3PMSF: no
Total: 50.7
Dry 8
Wet 9.7
Snow 9
Comfort 8
Rolling Resistance 8
Noise 8
4th

Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV

215/60 R17
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV
  • 3PMSF: no
Total: 51.4
Dry 8.1
Wet 9.8
Snow 8.5
Comfort 7
Rolling Resistance 8
Noise 10
Hankook Winter i cept evo2 SUV
  • 3PMSF: no
Total: 47.9
Dry 8
Wet 7.4
Snow 8.5
Comfort 9
Rolling Resistance 7
Noise 8
Vredestein Wintrac xtreme S
  • 3PMSF: no
Total: 47.7
Dry 8.8
Wet 7.7
Snow 7.2
Comfort 8
Rolling Resistance 8
Noise 8
Bridgestone Blizzak LM80 EVO
  • 3PMSF: no
Total: 48.1
Dry 7.9
Wet 5.7
Snow 9.5
Comfort 8
Rolling Resistance 7
Noise 10
8th

Westlake SW658

215/60 R17
Westlake SW658
  • 3PMSF: no
Total: 47.1
Dry 7.9
Wet 7.6
Snow 7.6
Comfort 8
Rolling Resistance 6
Noise 10
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro HP
  • 3PMSF: no
Total: 48.5
Dry 7.5
Wet 7.3
Snow 7.7
Comfort 9
Rolling Resistance 7
Noise 10
Star Performer SPTV Winter SUV
  • 3PMSF: no
Total: 41.2
Dry 8.2
Wet 5.7
Snow 5.3
Comfort 7
Rolling Resistance 7
Noise 8

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