Test Summary | |
Best tyre for dry roads | Continental WinterContact TS 860 |
Best tyre for wet roads | Continental WinterContact TS 860 |
Best tyre for snow | Giti GitiWinterW1 |
The best tyre overall | Continental WinterContact TS 860 |
The lowest fuel use | Nokian WR D4 |
The most comfortable | Continental WinterContact TS 860 Giti GitiWinterW1 Kumho Winter Craft WP51 Goodyear UltraGrip 9 |
The quietest tyre | Kumho Winter Craft WP51 Bridgestone Blizzak LM001 EVO Pirelli Cinturato Winter |
As always, the full results and a summary of the data can be found below. Any questions or comments, please feel free to ask at the bottom of the page.
The Continental WinterContact TS860 had a big lead during the braking test, with Vredestein and Toyo in second and third places.
Toyo and Continental continued their strong dry performance, finishing second and third during dry handling. This time, Bridgestone took the top spot with the LM001 EVO. The Pirelli Cinturato Winter struggled, finishing last overall.
The wet testing once again allowed Continental to prove the TS860 is the best Central European winter tyre on the market, winning both wet braking and wet handling. Goodyear placed a strong second in both tests, and Bridgestone rounded out the top three. This time Kumho struggled.
The Hankook had the best aquaplaning resistance of the test.
The cheapest tyre on test, the Giti Winter W1 dominated the snow testing, beating the establish "snow master", the Nokian WRD4.
The Nokian had the lowest rolling resistance on test.
All eleven tyres were separated by just 2.2 dB during the noise testing.
The Giti was the cheapest tyre on test by a significant margin, at almost half the price of the test winning Continental.
1st: Continental WinterContact TS 860 | |
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| Good on snow, outstanding in the wet, safe in the dry. Slight understeer on snow. Test winner. Read Reviews |
2nd: Goodyear UltraGrip 9 | |
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| Good in snow, precise steering and good grip in dry and wet. A little unbalanced during snow handling. Highly recommended. Read Reviews Buy from £89.45 |
3rd: Nokian WR D4 | |
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| Best performance on snow, good balance in the dry, lowest rolling resistance. Average in the wet, a bit noisy. Highly recommended. Read Reviews |
4th: Hankook Winter i cept RS2 | |
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| Excellent snow grip and handling, safe balance in the wet and dry. Relatively long dry braking, high rolling resistance. Highly recommended. Read Reviews |
5th: Pirelli Cinturato Winter | |
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| Safe balance on snow, good comfort. Average dry performance, high rolling resistance. Recommended. Read Reviews |
6th: Bridgestone Blizzak LM001 EVO | |
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| Good in the dry. Poor snow cornering. Recommended. Read Reviews |
7th: Vredestein Snowtrac 5 | |
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| Good winter traction, excellent snow braking, good dry performance. Poor wet braking. Recommended. Read Reviews |
8th: Nexen Winguard Snow G WH2 | |
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| Good in the snow, good wet braking. Unbalanced during wet handling, poor aquaplaning resistance, high rolling resistance. Recommended. Read Reviews |
9th: Giti GitiWinterW1 | |
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| Outstanding snow performance. Poor aquaplaning resistance, poor balance in the wet, poor steering feel. Recommended. Read Reviews |
10th: Toyo Snowprox S953 | |
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| Good dry cornering. Average snow grip, very poor wet braking, oversteer during wet handling. Recommended. Read Reviews |
11th: Kumho Winter Craft WP51 | |
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| Ok in snow. Weak in dry and wet, very high rolling resistance. Conditionally recommended. Read Reviews Buy from £95.86 |