Premium VS Budget Winter Tyres

Test Summary
Dry Braking	▲Tristar SnowPower 2: 28.74 M ▼Nokian WR Snowproof: 28.87 M
Dry Handling	▲Nokian WR Snowproof: 51.27 s ▼Tristar SnowPower 2: 51.57 s
Wet Braking	▲Nokian WR Snowproof: 31.76 M ▼Tristar SnowPower 2: 35.27 M
Wet Handling	▲Nokian WR Snowproof: 37.6 s ▼Tristar SnowPower 2: 38.2 s
Snow Braking	▲Nokian WR Snowproof: 36 M ▼Tristar SnowPower 2: 43.9 M
Snow Handling	▲Nokian WR Snowproof: 097.2 s ▼Tristar SnowPower 2: 104.5 s

Are cheap winter tyres safe? To find out, we travelled to Finland, twice, to do snow, ice, wet and dry testing.

All tests were done using two cars, a VW Golf wearing 205/55 R16 tyres, and a heavier, larger Volvo S90 fitted with 245/45 R18 tyres.

To see how the testing went, watch the video below!

Dry

Wet

Snow

Results

1st: Nokian WR Snowproof
205/55 R16	Test # Difference % Dry Braking 2nd +0.13 M 99.55% Dry Handling 1st 100% Wet Braking 1st 100% Wet Handling 1st 100% Snow Braking 1st 100% Snow Handling 1st 100% Read Reviews    Buy from £62.40
2nd: Tristar SnowPower 2
205/55 R16	Test # Difference % Dry Braking 1st 100% Dry Handling 2nd +0.3 s 99.42% Wet Braking 2nd +3.51 M 90.05% Wet Handling 2nd +0.6 s 98.43% Snow Braking 2nd +7.9 M 82% Snow Handling 2nd +7.3 s 93.01% Read Reviews