| Test Summary | |
| Wet Braking |
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 |
| Dry Braking |
Bridgestone Blizzak LM005 |
| Wet Handling |
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Plus Pirelli Cinturato Winter |
| Wear |
Bridgestone Blizzak LM005 |
| Rolling Resistance |
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 |
| Noise |
Semperit Speed Grip 3 Pirelli Cinturato Winter Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 Toyo Observe S 944 Continental WinterContact TS 860 |
| Straight Aqua |
Toyo Observe S 944 |
| Snow Braking |
King Meiler Winter Tact WT81 |
All testing was conducted using a MK7 VW Golf, with the top five tyres on test taking the "highly recommended" award from the German testing body.
The unique aspect of this 16" test was that they included a retreaded winter tyre by the German company King Meiler. This retreaded tyre performed well in wear testing, but had low grip in the dry, and particularly the wet. It ended up being one of three bottom tyres to be categorised as "not recommended."
For this test, ADAC hasn't provided any data, just a scoring per category and a few comments about the tyres performance.
Results
The overall results were weighted 15% dry, 30% wet, 20% snow, 10% ice, 5% noise, 10% fuel consumption and 10% rolling resistance.
- 3PMSF: no
Very balanced with top marks when wet, especially good on dry roads, good on snow too.
None mentioned.
Total: 61.4
Dry
7.8
Wet
9.4
Snow
7.8
Ice
7.2
Comfort
6.2
Rolling Resistance
8
Wear
7
Overall
8
- 3PMSF: no
Very balanced, good on dry, wet and snow-covered roads, low wear.
None mentioned.
Total: 61.8
Dry
7
Wet
8
Snow
7.8
Ice
7.6
Comfort
6.8
Rolling Resistance
7.8
Wear
9
Overall
7.8
- 3PMSF: no
Very balanced, good on dry, wet and snow-covered roads, low fuel consumption and wear.
None mentioned.
Total: 60.8
Dry
7
Wet
7.4
Snow
8
Ice
7.4
Comfort
6
Rolling Resistance
8.4
Wear
9
Overall
7.6
- 3PMSF: no
Very balanced, good on dry, wet and snow-covered roads, low fuel consumption.
None mentioned.
Total: 59.4
Dry
7
Wet
8
Snow
7.8
Ice
7.2
Comfort
5.6
Rolling Resistance
8.2
Wear
8
Overall
7.6
- 3PMSF: no
Very balanced with top marks on dry roads, also good in the wet.
None mentioned.
Total: 58.6
Dry
8
Wet
7.4
Snow
7
Ice
7.4
Comfort
7
Rolling Resistance
7.6
Wear
7
Overall
7.2
- 3PMSF: no
Good in the wet.
Slight weakness on dry and snow covered roads, average fuel consumption.
Total: 54.8
Dry
6.2
Wet
7.4
Snow
6.6
Ice
7.2
Comfort
6
Rolling Resistance
7.2
Wear
8
Overall
6.2
- 3PMSF: no
Very good in the wet, good on snow too.
Weakness in the dry.
Total: 57.6
Dry
6
Wet
8.4
Snow
8
Ice
7.6
Comfort
7
Rolling Resistance
7.6
Wear
7
Overall
6
- 3PMSF: no
Top marks on snow, good in the wet, good fuel consumption.
Weakness on dry roads.
Total: 57
Dry
6
Wet
8
Snow
8.4
Ice
7
Comfort
6.4
Rolling Resistance
8.2
Wear
7
Overall
6
- 3PMSF: no
Low fuel consumption.
Weakness on dry roads.
Total: 54
Dry
5.8
Wet
5.8
Snow
7
Ice
7.4
Comfort
6
Rolling Resistance
8.2
Wear
8
Overall
5.8
- 3PMSF: no
Top marks on ice, low fuel consumption.
Weakness on dry roads.
Total: 55.6
Dry
5.6
Wet
7
Snow
7.4
Ice
7.8
Comfort
7
Rolling Resistance
8.2
Wear
7
Overall
5.6
- 3PMSF: no
Top marks in snow, also good in the wet.
Weak on dry roads.
Total: 56
Dry
5.4
Wet
7.6
Snow
8.4
Ice
7.6
Comfort
7
Rolling Resistance
7.6
Wear
7
Overall
5.4
- 3PMSF: no
Good on snow.
Weakness on dry and wet roads.
Total: 53
Dry
5.2
Wet
5.4
Snow
8
Ice
7.4
Comfort
6
Rolling Resistance
7.8
Wear
8
Overall
5.2
- 3PMSF: no
Especially good on snow.
Weak on dry roads.
Total: 54.4
Dry
4.6
Wet
7.8
Snow
8.2
Ice
7.2
Comfort
7
Rolling Resistance
8
Wear
7
Overall
4.6
- 3PMSF: no
Retreaded tyre with top marks for wear.
Very weak when wet, weak even on dry roads, relatively loud.
Total: 43.2
Dry
4.6
Wet
1.2
Snow
6.2
Ice
7
Comfort
5.2
Rolling Resistance
7.8
Wear
10
Overall
1.2
- 3PMSF: no
Especially good on dry roads.
Very weak on wet and snow.
Total: 41.2
Dry
7.6
Wet
1
Snow
3.4
Ice
7
Comfort
6.2
Rolling Resistance
8
Wear
7
Overall
1