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Bridgestone Blizzak DM V3

Name: Bridgestone Blizzak DM V3
Brand: Bridgestone
Rating: 3.2 (1 reviews)

Bridgestone Tyres Premium Touring Winter

The Bridgestone Blizzak DM V3 is a Premium Touring Winter tyre designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.

7.3

Tyre Reviews Score Based on Professional Tests

Medium Confidence View Breakdown

Dry Grip

60%

Wet Grip

60%

Road Feedback

60%

Handling

60%

Wear

80%

Comfort

50%

Buy again

10%

Snow Grip

100%

Ice Grip

100%

1 Reviews

64% Average

10,000 miles driven

1 Tests (avg: 6^th)

Parameter	Value	Description
`safety_weight`	0.7	Weight multiplier for safety-related metrics
`performance_weight`	0.55	Weight multiplier for performance metrics
`comfort_weight`	0.4	Weight multiplier for comfort metrics
`value_weight`	0.45	Weight multiplier for value-for-money metrics
`user_reviews_weight`	0.15	How much user reviews contribute to the final score
`test_data_weight`	0.8	How much professional test data contributes to the final score
`consistency_weight`	0.05	How much score consistency contributes to the final score
`recency_decay_rate`	0.95	Rate at which older test results lose influence (higher = slower decay)
`min_test_count`	1	Minimum number of professional tests required
`min_review_count`	5	Minimum number of user reviews required
`score_version`	1.9	Current version of the scoring algorithm
`score_normalization_factor`	1.1	Factor used to normalize raw scores to the 0-10 scale
`confidence_factor_weight`	0.2	How much data confidence affects the final score
`position_penalty_weight`	0.2	Penalty applied for poor test positions
`gap_penalty_threshold`	12	Score gap (%) that triggers additional penalties
`min_metrics_count`	2	Minimum number of test metrics needed per test
`limited_data_threshold`	2	Number of tests below which data is considered limited
`single_test_penalty`	0.75	Score multiplier when only one test is available
`critical_metric_penalty`	0.7	Penalty for poor performance on critical safety metrics
`critical_metric_threshold`	70	Score below which a critical metric penalty applies
`position_exponential_factor`	1.2	Exponent used to amplify position-based scoring
`position_exponential_threshold`	0.9	Position percentile below which exponential scoring applies
`gap_multiplier_critical`	3	Multiplier for critical gap penalties
`max_category_weight`	2	Maximum weight any single category can have
`max_score_limited_data`	9.5	Score cap when data is limited
`bayesian_prior_weight`	1.5	Weight of the Bayesian prior in smoothing
`bayesian_prior_score`	7	Prior score used for Bayesian smoothing
`evidence_test_multiplier`	1.9	Multiplier for test evidence in confidence calculation
`evidence_metric_divisor`	3	Divisor for metric count in evidence calculation
`evidence_review_divisor`	10	Divisor for review count in evidence calculation
`combined_penalty_floor`	0.2

Test	Publication	Date	Size	Position	Metrics
2022 ViBilagare Nordic SUV Winter Tyre Test	Vi Bilagare	2022	235/55 R18	6/8	14 metrics

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Tests

6^th

Average

6^th

Best

6^th

Worst

Latest Tyre Test Results

2022 ViBilagare Nordic SUV Winter Tyre Test

235/55 R18 • 2022

6^th/8

Braking distance dry road, cornering grip on snow, road noise.

Cornering grip wet road, hydroplaning, rolling resistance.

DM-V3 is the name of the SUV version of Bridgestone's classic friction tire Blizzak. In terms of results, the tire ends up in something of a no-man's land. It achieves few top results in the test rounds, but it does not fall through negatively in any round.
Its advantages are good sound comfort, short braking distance on dry roads and well-balanced driving characteristics with good cornering grip on snow.
Unfortunately, for a Nordic winter tyre, it has some grip problems on the ice where it falls behind the other well-known premium names.
Despite four longitudinal drainage channels, the aquaplaning ability does not impress either.
Without any real top scoring results, it’s a modest point harvest and a sixth place overall.

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Show All Winter Premium Touring tyres

Size	Fuel	Wet	Noise
16 inch
245/75 R16 111 R	E	E	71
245/75R16 111 R	E	E	72
215/70 R16 100 S	E	E	71
215/70R16 100 S	E	E	72
17 inch
265/65 R17 112 R	E	E	71
265/65R17 112 R	E	E	73
235/65 R17 108 S XL	E	E	71
235/65R17 108 S XL	E	E	72
225/60 R17 103 S XL	E	E	71
265/70 R17 115 R	E	E	73
18 inch
235/60 R18 107 S XL	E	E	72
20 inch
255/45 R20 101 T	E	E	73
275/55 R20 117 T XL	E	E	73
255/45 R20 105 T XL	E	E	73

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Latest Bridgestone Blizzak DM V3 Reviews

Given 64% while driving a Subaru Outback (225/60 R18) on mostly town for 10,000 average miles

I had this tyres on my outback 24’. I might say that they are amazingly safe and stable on snow, but have pure comfort on rainy days. Noticible noise on wet/dry road. Road feedback is also poor. You can even feel how soft they are. I would strongly reccomend them for Nordic counties, but for middle Europe not at all.