| Test Summary | |
| Wet Braking |
BFGoodrich gForce Winter 2 Hankook Winter i cept RS2 |
| Dry Braking |
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Pirelli Scorpion Winter |
| Wet Handling |
BFGoodrich gForce Winter 2 Nokian WR D4 |
| Wear |
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 |
| Rolling Resistance |
BFGoodrich gForce Winter 2 |
| Straight Aqua |
Sava Eskimo HP2 |
| Snow Braking |
Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen 1 Michelin Alpin 5 |
| Snow Handling |
BFGoodrich gForce Winter 2 Uniroyal MS Plus 77 |
Unusually for a winter tyre test, Continental faulter in this 215/65 R16 SUV tyre size, only finishing seventh overall. This leaves the door open for Dunlop to take first place with the Winter Sport 5 which proves to have a very balanced all round performance with no glaring weaknesses.
BF Goodrich finished in a very strong second place, winning the majority of the test categories but missing out on the top spot due to a slightly weak wet performance, where as the third placed Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 proved to be extremely strong in the wet, but a little disappointing on snow.
Results
The dry results are weighted 15% overall, wet 30%, snow 20%, ice 10%, noise/comfort 5%, fuel consumption 10% and wear 10%.
- 3PMSF: no
A very balanced winter tyre with top marks in the wet. Good in the dry, and on snow and ice. Low fuel consumption.
None mentioned.
Total: 58.2
Dry
7.4
Wet
7.8
Snow
7
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
8.6
Noise
5
Wear
8
Overall
7.4
- 3PMSF: no
Top marks in the snow, low fuel consumption and wear.
Slightly weaker in the wet and dry when compared to the best.
Total: 60.4
Dry
8
Wet
6.8
Snow
8.2
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
9
Noise
5.6
Wear
9
Overall
6.8
- 3PMSF: no
Especially good in the wet, good in the dry, best fuel consumption.
Slightly weak on snow.
Total: 58
Dry
7.8
Wet
7.2
Snow
6.6
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
7.4
Noise
4.4
Wear
11
Overall
6.6
- 3PMSF: no
Top marks on snow, good in the dry.
Slightly weak in the wet when compared to the best.
Total: 56
Dry
7
Wet
6.8
Snow
8.2
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
8
Noise
5.2
Wear
7
Overall
6.8
- 3PMSF: no
Top marks in wear, very good in the dry, good in the wet.
Slightly weak in the snow, loud.
Total: 58
Dry
7.8
Wet
7.2
Snow
6.6
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
7.4
Noise
4.4
Wear
11
Overall
6.6
- 3PMSF: no
Best rating on ice, good in the dry, low wear.
Slightly weak in the wet.
Total: 57.2
Dry
7.2
Wet
6.6
Snow
7
Ice
7.4
Rolling Resistance
8.6
Noise
4.8
Wear
9
Overall
6.6
- 3PMSF: no
Especially good in the wet and snow, good in the dry, low wear.
Slightly weak on ice.
Total: 56.6
Dry
7
Wet
7.6
Snow
7.6
Ice
6.4
Rolling Resistance
7.6
Noise
5
Wear
9
Overall
6.4
- 3PMSF: no
Top marks in the wet, good in the dry.
Slightly weak in snow and ice, high fuel consumption.
Total: 53.4
Dry
7.8
Wet
7.8
Snow
6.6
Ice
6.6
Rolling Resistance
6.4
Noise
4.8
Wear
7
Overall
6.4
- 3PMSF: no
Very good in the dry and wet, low fuel consumption and low wear.
Weak on snow.
Total: 56.8
Dry
7.2
Wet
7
Snow
6.2
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
8.8
Noise
5.4
Wear
9
Overall
6.2
- 3PMSF: no
None mentioned.
Weak in the wet, slightly weak in the dry and on snow, high fuel consumption, noisy.
Total: 50.8
Dry
6.8
Wet
5.8
Snow
6.4
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
6.6
Noise
4.4
Wear
8
Overall
5.8
- 3PMSF: no
Good in the wet.
Weak on dry, snow covered and icy roads, high wear.
Total: 49.8
Dry
6
Wet
7
Snow
5.8
Ice
6.6
Rolling Resistance
7.8
Noise
4.8
Wear
6
Overall
5.8
- 3PMSF: no
Good in the snow.
Weak on dry, wet and icy roads.
Total: 50.6
Dry
6.4
Wet
5.8
Snow
7.2
Ice
6.4
Rolling Resistance
7
Noise
5
Wear
7
Overall
5.8
- 3PMSF: no
Especially good in the snow, good in the wet.
Weak in the dry and on ice.
Total: 53.2
Dry
5.6
Wet
7.2
Snow
7.8
Ice
6.4
Rolling Resistance
7
Noise
5.6
Wear
8
Overall
5.6
- 3PMSF: no
Best marks in the dry, especially good in the snow, low wear.
Weak in the wet.
Total: 55.2
Dry
8
Wet
5.4
Snow
7.8
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
7.8
Noise
4.8
Wear
9
Overall
5.4
- 3PMSF: no
Low fuel consumption.
Weak in the wet, relatively weak in the dry and on snow.
Total: 50
Dry
5.6
Wet
5
Snow
6.4
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
8.2
Noise
4.8
Wear
8
Overall
5
- 3PMSF: no
Low fuel consumption.
Very weak in the wet and on snow, weak on ice.
Total: 39.2
Dry
7
Wet
1
Snow
1.8
Ice
6.6
Rolling Resistance
8.4
Noise
5.4
Wear
8
Overall
1