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2026 Tire Rack New Winter Tyre Test
- Tested size
- 215/55 R17
- Tyres tested
- 3
- Disciplines
- 12
- Test vehicle
- 2025 Toyota Camry
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| m ↓ | g ↑ | Points ↑ | m ↓ | g ↑ | m ↓ | s ↓ | Points ↑ | m ↓ | s ↓ | Points ↑ | Points ↑ | |||||||||
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| 1 | 1 | 98.78 | 28.50 | 0.83 | 6.0 | 99.8 | 36.55 | 0.69 | 97.1 | 15.83 | 51.47 | 9.25 | 100.0 | 10.88 | 4.94 | 99.7 | 7.75 | 8.00 | 98.4 | |
StrengthsThe Bridgestone Blizzak IcePeak was the strongest tyre on snow and ice, with the shortest braking on both surfaces, the fastest snow lap and the highest snow handling score. It was also the best of the three in the dry, leading on both braking and cornering grip, and it was the quietest on the road. ConsiderationsOn-road steering was the weakest of the three: slow to respond at town speeds and short of on-centre feel on the highway. It was also third in the wet for both braking and cornering grip, although the three tyres were closely matched there, and small sharp bumps came through a little more than on the VikingContact 8. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry99.75 × 21% = 20.95 Wet97.09 × 37% = 35.92 Snow100 × 32% = 32 Ice99.7 × 5% = 4.98 Comfort98.44 × 5% = 4.92 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 95.80 | 30.08 | 0.82 | 7.5 | 94.8 | 35.88 | 0.70 | 98.7 | 17.49 | 52.30 | 8.00 | 93.7 | 12.59 | 5.31 | 89.5 | 8.00 | 7.75 | 98.4 | |
StrengthsThe Continental VikingContact 8 had the most comfortable ride of the three, with noise and steering close to the best, so on clear roads it drives more like a touring tyre than a winter tyre. It was second on the snow lap, ahead of the X-Ice Snow+, and second for both wet braking and wet cornering grip. ConsiderationsThe VikingContact 8 had the longest braking on both snow and ice and was the slowest to accelerate on ice. On the snow track the front did not turn in as readily as the other two, and the rear could step out on the exit of corners. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry94.76 × 21% = 19.9 Wet98.7 × 37% = 36.52 Snow93.7 × 32% = 29.98 Ice89.46 × 5% = 4.47 Comfort98.44 × 5% = 4.92 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 95.95 | 30.51 | 0.81 | 8.0 | 93.5 | 35.45 | 0.71 | 100.0 | 17.28 | 53.41 | 8.00 | 93.2 | 11.40 | 4.91 | 97.7 | 7.75 | 7.00 | 92.2 | |
StrengthsThe Michelin X-Ice Snow+ was the best of the three in the wet, leading on both braking and cornering grip, and it was the quickest to accelerate on ice. Its steering was the most precise and responsive in the test, and it was second for braking on both snow and ice. ConsiderationsThe X-Ice Snow+ was the slowest round the snow handling track, where it needed a delicate touch near the limit and was slow to recover once it began to slide. It was also the noisiest of the three and last in the dry for both braking and cornering grip. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Dry93.52 × 21% = 19.64 Wet100 × 37% = 37 Snow93.17 × 32% = 29.81 Ice97.73 × 5% = 4.89 Comfort92.19 × 5% = 4.61 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Leading with these priorities
Bridgestone Blizzak IcePeak
These are calculated scenarios, not new test awards. The published verdict may reflect judgement, close results and factors outside this calculation.
Not ranked: a measurement needed for these weights is missing. Missing results are not treated as zero or redistributed.
Reference tyres provide context only. They do not set the benchmark and cannot win the personalised ranking.
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 25%
- Wet Weighting 37% Real impact 19%
- Snow Weighting 32% Real impact 41%
- Ice Weighting 5% Real impact 9%
- Comfort Weighting 5% Real impact 7%
- Snow Braking counts for 12.8% of the score but creates 21% of the difference between the tyres, because their results in it were far apart.
- Wet Circle counts for 18.5% of the score but creates only 9% of the difference, because most tyres performed about the same in it.
Every discipline 12
| Discipline | Weighting | Real impact |
|---|---|---|
| Dry Braking | 20.6% | 24% |
| Dry Circle | 0.2% | <1% |
| Subj. Road Score | 0.2% | 1% |
| Wet Braking | 18.5% | 10% |
| Wet Circle | 18.5% | 9% |
| Snow Braking | 12.8% | 21% |
| Snow Handling | 15% | 10% |
| Subj. Snow Handling | 4.2% | 10% |
| Ice Braking | 2.5% | 6% |
| Ice Traction | 2.5% | 3% |
| Subj. Comfort | 2.5% | 1% |
| Subj. Noise | 2.5% | 5% |
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.
A zero weight excludes that category or discipline. At least one active discipline is required, and the disciplines in every active category must have a positive total.
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