| Test Summary | |
| Wet Braking |
Yokohama W Drive |
| Dry Braking |
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV |
| Wet Handling |
Michelin Latitude Alpin 2 |
| Wear |
Michelin Latitude Alpin 2 |
| Rolling Resistance |
Continental Winter Contact TS 850 P SUV |
| Noise |
Bridgestone Blizzak LM80 EVO |
| Snow Handling |
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV |
The tyres on test covered the premium and midrange segments, with a single budget tyre included, the Wanli Snowgrip S1083. The Wanli tyre was less than half the price of the most expensive tyres on test, so it will be interesting to see whether the Chinese manufactured tyre can improve on past performances.
Dry
The top two tyres during dry braking testing also happened to be the worst two tyres overall on test, with the Wanli and Yokohama tyres drawing in first place. There was a larger than normal spread across the dry braking testing, with nearly 4 meters covering the best to worst on test.
The dry handling testing was much closer, with less than one second covering all nine tyre patterns. This time the Nokian WR SUV3 proved to be the best of the group.
Wet
The all important wet testing was dominated by the Michelin Latitude Alpin 2, which had both the shortest wet braking distance and the quickest wet handling lap.
After winning the dry braking test, the Wanli budget tyre proved that in the wet, you still get what you pay for, finishing a long distance behind the pack in both tests.
The straight aquaplaning test brought the first win for the Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV.
Snow
The Bridgestone LM80 EVO proved to be the most effective tyre during the snow braking testing.
While the Michelin Latitude Alpin 2 won the snow handling test.
Environment
The Continental WinterContact TS850 P proved to have the lowest fuel use on test.
During internal noise testing, all nine tyres were within just two decibels of each other.
The Nokian proved to be good value, finishing third place overall but significantly cheaper than the most expensive tyres on test.
Results
