Wet Braking | ▲Bridgestone Blizzak LM005: 29.2 M | ▼Laufenn I FIT: 39.4 M |
Snow Braking | ▲Kleber Krisalp HP3: 24 M | ▼Imperial Snowdragon 3: 31.7 M |
For the winter test, Auto Bild have tested 53 winter tyres in 225/45 R17 in wet and snow braking. The two braking distances are combined, and the top twenty tyres go through to a full test covering all aspects of a tyres performance.
Not for the first time this year, a Bridgestone tyre tops the wet braking test, and wins the overall combined braking distance to finish in the top spot. We're not yet sure what Bridgestone have changed recently, but they've made a massive step forward in the wet, and it will be interesting to see if they can hold onto this performance in the full test.
The "best of the rest" during wet braking testing went to three of the newest tyres on test, the Michelin Alpin 6, Goodyear Ultragrip Performance+ and the Vredestein Wintrac Pro. The Goodyear and Michelin managed to match the performance in the snow, finishing second and third overall.
As always, the tyres at the cheaper end of the spectrum could manage either a reasonable result in the wet, or the snow, but not both, with the worst tyre during wet braking taking a huge ten meters further to stop than the best.
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1st: Bridgestone Blizzak LM005 | |||||||||||||
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2nd: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance+ | |||||||||||||
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3rd: Michelin Alpin 6 | |||||||||||||
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4th: Semperit Speed Grip 3 | |||||||||||||
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5th: Continental WinterContact TS 860 | |||||||||||||
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6th: Vredestein Wintrac Pro | |||||||||||||
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7th: BFGoodrich gForce Winter 2 | |||||||||||||
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8th: Kleber Krisalp HP3 | |||||||||||||
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9th: Apollo Aspire XP Winter | |||||||||||||
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10th: Kumho WinterCraft WP71 | |||||||||||||
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11th: Nokian WR Snowproof | |||||||||||||
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12th: Hankook Winter i cept RS2 | |||||||||||||
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13th: Dunlop Winter Sport 5 | |||||||||||||
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14th: Uniroyal MS+ 77 | |||||||||||||
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15th: Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 | |||||||||||||
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16th: Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3 | |||||||||||||
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17th: Sava Eskimo HP2 | |||||||||||||
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18th: Fulda Kristall Control HP2 | |||||||||||||
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19th: Debica Frigo HP2 | |||||||||||||
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20th: Yokohama BluEarth Winter V905 | |||||||||||||
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21st: Barum Polaris 5 | |||||||||||||
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22nd: Maxxis Arctictrekker WP05 | |||||||||||||
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23rd: Avon WV7 | |||||||||||||
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24th: Firestone Winterhawk 3 | |||||||||||||
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25th: Falken Eurowinter HS01 | |||||||||||||
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26th: Cooper Weather Master SA2+ | |||||||||||||
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27th: Toyo Snowprox S954 | |||||||||||||
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28th: Seiberling Seilberling Winter | |||||||||||||
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29th: Dayton DW 510 Evo | |||||||||||||
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30th: Imperial Snowdragon 3 | |||||||||||||
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32nd: Mabor Winter Jet 3 | |||||||||||||
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33rd: Matador MP 92 Sibir Snow | |||||||||||||
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34th: Tyfoon Eurosnow II | |||||||||||||
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35th: General Altimax Winter 3 | |||||||||||||
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36th: Gislaved Euro Frost 6 | |||||||||||||
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37th: Linglong Green Max Winter UHP | |||||||||||||
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37th: Linglong Green Max Winter UHP | |||||||||||||
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38th: Kenda Wintergen 2 KR501 | |||||||||||||
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39th: Giti GitiWinterW1 | |||||||||||||
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41st: Viking Wintech | |||||||||||||
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42nd: Blacklion Snow Pioneer BW56 | |||||||||||||
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43rd: Fortuna Winter Max A1 | |||||||||||||
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44th: Sailun Iceblazer Alpine Evo | |||||||||||||
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45th: King Meiler Winter Tact WT84 | |||||||||||||
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46th: Duraturn Mozzo Winter | |||||||||||||
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46th: Duraturn Mozzo Winter | |||||||||||||
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53rd: Laufenn I FIT | |||||||||||||
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