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Polish magazine Motor has tested nine winter tyres in 225/45 R17, a size fitted to cars such as the VW Golf, Skoda Octavia, Audi A3 and BMW 3 Series, using a Golf as the test car. The field covers every market segment: t...
Auto Bild has tested 14 winter tyres in 205/55 R16, one of the best-selling tyre sizes in Germany and a common fitment on compact cars such as the VW Golf, Opel Astra, Ford Focus, Skoda Octavia and Seat Leon. Every tyre...
Auto Bild has tested 20 winter tyres in 245/45 R19, a size fitted to upper mid-size cars such as the BMW 5 Series, Audi A6 and A7, Mercedes E-Class and Volvo S90, V90 and XC60. The 20 finalists came through a 50-tyre bra...
Tire Rack's latest winter test puts three new studless winter tyres head to head on a 2025 Toyota Camry in 215/55 R17: the Bridgestone Blizzak IcePeak, the Continental VikingContact 8 and the Michelin X-Ice Snow+. The Bl...
Auto Bild Sportscars has tested twelve winter tyres in 225/45 R18, the size the two test cars, a BMW M235i xDrive Gran Coupé and a BMW M240i, wear from the factory, and one also found on cars such as the Alfa Romeo Giuli...
Italian monthly Al Volante has tested six winter tyres in 235/60 R18 on an Alfa Romeo Stelvio Q4: five from established brands, the Bridgestone Blizzak 6, Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3, Michelin Alpin 7, Nokian Snowpr...
Auto Bild has opened its 2026 winter tyre test with its usual braking qualifier. Fifty winter tyres in 245/45 R19, a size fitted to cars such as the BMW 5 Series, Mercedes E-Class and Audi A6, were braked on a wet surfac...
Auto Bild has tested ten winter tyres in 225/55 R18, a size fitted as standard or as an option to many compact and mid-size SUVs and crossovers, using a pair of BMW X1s. The snow tests were run at Hankook's Technotrac wi...
Three of the biggest names in winter tyres, the Michelin Alpin 7, the Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3 and the Nokian Snowproof 3P, are tyres I get asked about all the time and had never tested. I have put them up against Cont...
sport auto has published its 2026 winter tyre test, running nine winter tyres in 205/45 R 17 on a Mazda MX-5. The car is the point of the exercise. A light, neutral, rear-wheel-drive roadster shows up differences in bala...
The Automobilclub von Deutschland (AvD) has tested 15 winter tyres in 225/45 R17, the size fitted to compact cars such as the Audi A3, VW Golf and Skoda Octavia, working with the test company TEMPOTIRE and an Audi A3 as...
Swedish magazine Teknikens Värld has published its 2026 winter tyre test, with 18 tyres in size 235/45 R18 covering all three types of winter tyre sold in the Nordic countries: seven studded, five Nordic friction (studle...
Vi Bilagare has published its 2026 studded tyre test, an eight-tyre comparison in 215/65 R17 measured over 13 separate tests. The ice and snow work was carried out on tracks outside Alvsbyn in northern Sweden in late Feb...
ADAC has tested 16 winter tyres in 225/50 R17, a size fitted to mid-size cars such as the Audi A4, BMW 3 Series and Mercedes C-Class. Each tyre was scored for safety on dry, wet and winter roads, and for tread life, wear...
ADAC has tested 16 winter tyres in 185/65 R15, a common size for small cars such as the Skoda Fabia, VW Polo and Renault Clio. Each tyre was graded for safety on dry, wet and wintry roads and for its environmental record...
Auto Express has returned to 205/55 R16 for its 2026 winter tyre test, the size it last used for winter tyres in 2024 and still the biggest seller in the UK. Eleven tyres were bought on the open market through an indepen...
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