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2025 TUV Test of Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3 vs Rivals
- Tested size
- 225/45 R17
- Tyres tested
- 5
- Disciplines
- 8
- Test vehicle
- VW Golf
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| m ↓ | m ↓ | s ↓ | km/h ↑ | m ↓ | s ↓ | s ↓ | kg/t ↓ | ||||||||
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| 1 | 1 | 97.95 | 40.0 | 98.0 | 35.0 | 85.0 | 86.0 | 98.8 | 17.5 | 3.00 | 80.0 | 100.0 | 7.5 | 88.0 | |
StrengthsThe Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3 is best in every snow test, fastest on the wet handling track and best for straight-line aquaplaning by a clear margin. ConsiderationsIts rolling resistance is the second highest, and it is only third for dry and wet braking. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry98 × 21% = 20.58 Wet98.84 × 37% = 36.57 Snow100 × 32% = 32 Rolling Resistance88 × 10% = 8.8 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 96.31 | 40.5 | 96.8 | 35.2 | 87.7 | 79.2 | 96.4 | 17.9 | 3.11 | 81.7 | 97.4 | 7.2 | 91.7 | |
StrengthsThe Continental WinterContact TS 870 is joint second for snow braking, second for snow traction and third for snow handling, wet handling and aquaplaning. ConsiderationsIt is fourth for dry and wet braking. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry96.79 × 21% = 20.33 Wet96.37 × 37% = 35.66 Snow97.36 × 32% = 31.16 Rolling Resistance91.67 × 10% = 9.17 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 96.47 | 39.2 | 100.0 | 34.1 | 85.9 | 82.4 | 99.1 | 18.2 | 3.15 | 83.2 | 95.8 | 8.1 | 81.5 | |
StrengthsThe Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 has the shortest dry and wet braking, and is second on the wet handling track and for aquaplaning. ConsiderationsIt has the highest rolling resistance and is fourth in every snow test. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry100 × 21% = 21 Wet99.08 × 37% = 36.66 Snow95.83 × 32% = 30.67 Rolling Resistance81.48 × 10% = 8.15 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 96.11 | 39.7 | 98.7 | 34.2 | 90.0 | 75.3 | 96.1 | 18.8 | 3.23 | 85.4 | 93.2 | 6.6 | 100.0 | |
StrengthsThe Bridgestone Blizzak 6 has the lowest rolling resistance and the second-shortest dry and wet braking. ConsiderationsIt is last in every snow test and for aquaplaning. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry98.74 × 21% = 20.74 Wet96.05 × 37% = 35.54 Snow93.22 × 32% = 29.83 Rolling Resistance100 × 10% = 10 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 94.84 | 41.0 | 95.6 | 37.0 | 92.3 | 78.0 | 92.0 | 17.9 | 3.13 | 81.1 | 97.4 | 6.9 | 95.7 | |
StrengthsThe Michelin Alpin 7 is second for snow handling and rolling resistance and joint second for snow braking. ConsiderationsIt has the longest dry and wet braking and is slowest on the wet handling track. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry95.61 × 21% = 20.08 Wet91.97 × 37% = 34.03 Snow97.4 × 32% = 31.17 Rolling Resistance95.65 × 10% = 9.57 | |||||||||||||||
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Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3
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Weighting vs real impact
What decides this ranking
The weighting is how much each category counts. The real impact is how much of the difference between the tyres it creates: a discipline in which every tyre performed about the same barely changes the order, however much it counts.
No weighting is recorded for this test, so the weighting here starts from Tyre Reviews’ season defaults, not from the test’s own scoring.
- Dry Weighting 21% Real impact 13%
- Wet Weighting 37% Real impact 45%
- Snow Weighting 32% Real impact 18%
- Rolling Resistance Weighting 10% Real impact 24%
- Rolling Resistance counts for 10% of the score but creates 24% of the difference between the tyres, because their results in it were far apart.
- Dry Braking counts for 21% of the score but creates only 13% of the difference, because most tyres performed about the same in it.
Every discipline 8
| Discipline | Weighting | Real impact |
|---|---|---|
| Dry Braking | 21% | 13% |
| Wet Braking | 16.7% | 15% |
| Wet Handling | 16.3% | 23% |
| Straight Aqua | 4.1% | 7% |
| Snow Braking | 9.6% | 5% |
| Snow Traction | 11.2% | 4% |
| Snow Handling | 11.2% | 9% |
| Rolling Resistance | 10% | 24% |
How it is worked out: each discipline’s weighting is multiplied by the spread of its results (the gap across the middle half of the tyres, as a percentage of the best result), then shared out so that all the disciplines add up to 100%. It estimates what separates the tyres; it is not a second set of weights, and it follows the weights you set.
How your ranking is calculated
Each discipline is scored against the best non-reference tyre in the full test field: best ÷ result × 100 when lower is better, or result ÷ best × 100 when higher is better. Discipline scores are rounded to two decimal places, then combined using your weights.
Within-category weights divide that category’s share of the overall score. A 50% wet category and 40% wet-braking share give wet braking 20% of the total. A weight is a scoring priority, not a measure of its actual effect on the ranking: the performance gaps matter too. What decides this ranking ↑
Published joint positions are preserved separately. Calculated positions tie only when their underlying scores match; two displayed scores can look equal after rounding.
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