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Premium VS Budget Winter Tyres

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

Nokian WR Snowproof
  • 205/55 R16
Test#Difference%
Dry Braking2nd+0.13 M99.55%
Dry Handling1st100%
Wet Braking1st100%
Wet Handling1st100%
Snow Braking1st100%
Snow Handling1st100%
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2nd: Tristar SnowPower 2

Tristar SnowPower 2
  • 205/55 R16
Test#Difference%
Dry Braking1st100%
Dry Handling2nd+0.3 s99.42%
Wet Braking2nd+3.51 M90.05%
Wet Handling2nd+0.6 s98.43%
Snow Braking2nd+7.9 M82%
Snow Handling2nd+7.3 s93.01%
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Published at November 9th, 2019, 1:56 pm, by Jonathan Benson.
Filed under: Group tyre tests, Winter Tyres

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