2020 ADAC Winter Tyre Test 205/55 R16 - Tyre Reviews And Ratings

Test Summary
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ADAC tyre tests are some of the most influential in the world, and for the 2020 winter season ADAC have chosen to test fifteen 205/55 R16 of the best winter tyres for cars, and thirteen 235/55 R17 winter tyres for SUV / 4x4.

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.

Click here to view Results as a single table and adjust the score weighting based on your own driving needs!

1st:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	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 Very balanced with top marks when wet, especially good on dry roads, good on snow too. None mentioned. Read Reviews
2nd:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	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 Very balanced, good on dry, wet and snow-covered roads, low wear. None mentioned. Read Reviews
3rd:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 60.8 Dry: 7 Wet: 7.4 Snow: 8 Ice: 7.4 Comfort: 6 Rolling Resistance: 8.4 Wear: 9 Overall: 7.6 Very balanced, good on dry, wet and snow-covered roads, low fuel consumption and wear. None mentioned. Read Reviews
4th:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	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 Very balanced, good on dry, wet and snow-covered roads, low fuel consumption. None mentioned. Read Reviews
5th:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 58.6 Dry: 8 Wet: 7.4 Snow: 7 Ice: 7.4 Comfort: 7 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Wear: 7 Overall: 7.2 Very balanced with top marks on dry roads, also good in the wet. None mentioned. Read Reviews
6th:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	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 Good in the wet. Slight weakness on dry and snow covered roads, average fuel consumption. Read Reviews
7th:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 57.6 Dry: 6 Wet: 8.4 Snow: 8 Ice: 7.6 Comfort: 7 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Wear: 7 Overall: 6 Very good in the wet, good on snow too. Weakness in the dry. Read Reviews
8th:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 57 Dry: 6 Wet: 8 Snow: 8.4 Ice: 7 Comfort: 6.4 Rolling Resistance: 8.2 Wear: 7 Overall: 6 Top marks on snow, good in the wet, good fuel consumption. Weakness on dry roads. Read Reviews
9th:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 54 Dry: 5.8 Wet: 5.8 Snow: 7 Ice: 7.4 Comfort: 6 Rolling Resistance: 8.2 Wear: 8 Overall: 5.8 Low fuel consumption. Weakness on dry roads. Read Reviews
10th:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	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 Top marks on ice, low fuel consumption. Weakness on dry roads. Read Reviews
11th:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	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 Top marks in snow, also good in the wet. Weak on dry roads. Read Reviews
12th:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 53 Dry: 5.2 Wet: 5.4 Snow: 8 Ice: 7.4 Comfort: 6 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Wear: 8 Overall: 5.2 Good on snow. Weakness on dry and wet roads. Read Reviews
13th:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	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 Especially good on snow. Weak on dry roads. Read Reviews
14th:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	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 Retreaded tyre with top marks for wear. Very weak when wet, weak even on dry roads, relatively loud. Read Reviews
15th:
205/55 R16 3PMSF: no	Total: 41.2 Dry: 7.6 Wet: 1 Snow: 3.4 Ice: 7 Comfort: 6.2 Rolling Resistance: 8 Wear: 7 Overall: 1 Especially good on dry roads. Very weak on wet and snow. Read Reviews