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Nexen Tyres Touring Winter

The Nexen Winguard Ice Plus WH43 is a Touring Winter tyre designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.

1.0
Tyre Reviews Score Based on Professional Tests
Medium Confidence View Breakdown
Dry Grip
70%
Wet Grip
60%
Road Feedback
50%
Handling
70%
Wear
90%
Comfort
80%
Buy again
100%
Snow Grip
80%
Ice Grip
50%
1 Reviews
72% Average
19,000 miles driven
3 Tests (avg: 10th)
Nexen Winguard Ice Plus WH43

Nexen Winguard Ice Plus WH43

Winter Mid-Range
BETA
1 / 10
Based on Professional Tests · Medium Confidence · Updated 30 Jan 2026

The Tyre Reviews Score is the most comprehensive tyre scoring system available. It aggregates professional test data from multiple independent publications, user reviews, and consistency analysis using Bayesian statistical methods, weighted normalisation, and recency-adjusted scoring to produce a single, reliable performance rating.

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Category Scores
Snow
80.5
1.5x / 6 tests
Comfort
80
0.29x / 2 tests
Ice
71
1.26x / 6 tests
Value
55.6
0.38x / 3 tests
Dry
52.1
1.2x / 4 tests
Wet
52
2x / 6 tests
Cross-Category Performance

Cross-category scores are derived metrics that combine data from multiple test disciplines to evaluate real-world performance characteristics.

Braking
69.3
8 tests
Handling
64.7
11 tests
Traction
58.6
2 tests
Score Components
Professional Tests
Weight: 80%
Tests: 3
Publications: 3
Period: 2020
User Reviews
Weight: 15%
Reviews: 1
Avg Rating: 72.2%
Min Required: 5
Consistency
Weight: 5%
Score Std Dev: 0.59
History Points: 6
Methodology & Configuration
Scoring Process
  1. Collect Test Data: Gather results from professional tyre tests across multiple publications. Minimum 1 test(s) required.
  2. Normalize Positions: Convert test positions to percentile scores using exponential weighting (factor: 1.2).
  3. Apply Recency Weighting: More recent tests are weighted higher with a decay rate of 0.95.
  4. Incorporate User Reviews: Factor in user review data (minimum 5 reviews). Weight: 15%.
  5. Bayesian Smoothing: Apply Bayesian prior (score: 7, weight: 1.5) to prevent extreme scores with limited data.
  6. Calculate Final Score: Combine all components using normalization factor of 1.1. Max score with limited data: 9.5.
Component Weights
Test Data
80%
User Reviews
15%
Consistency
5%
All Configuration Parameters
ParameterValueDescription
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 1.8 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 8 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 0.1 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
Data Sources
TestPublicationDateSizePositionMetrics
2020 Consumer Reports North America Winter Tyre Test Consumer Reports 2020 215/60 R16 8/17 0 metrics
2020 Vi Bilagare Nordic Friction Winter Tyre Test Vi Bilagare 2020 205/60 R16 5/8 12 metrics
2020 Nordic and Studded Winter Tyre Test Test World 2020 205/55 R16 18/20 15 metrics
All Tests
View Test Results
3
Tests
10th
Average
5th
Best
18th
Worst
Latest Tyre Test Results
2020 Nordic and Studded Winter Tyre Test
205/55 R16 • 2020
18th/20
Poor grip on ice and snow, long braking distances and poor controllability in the dry and wet, high rolling resistance.
2020 Vi Bilagare Nordic Friction Winter Tyre Test
205/60 R16 • 2020
5th/8
God snow and ice grip with the best snow and ice braking distances, low noise, well priced.
Poor performance in the dry and wet, high rolling resistance.
2020 Consumer Reports North America Winter Tyre Test
215/60 R16 • 2020
8th/17
Winter/snow tires in general have weaker handling and wet- and dry-braking performance but Excellent ratings for winter traction and braking. Still, this Nexen earns a Poor rating for handling, fairing worse than the segment as a whole, even while it earns Excellent ratings for ride comfort and low noise, as well as for snow/ice handling.

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Given 72% while driving a BMW 318d M Sport Touring (E91) (225/45 R17) on mostly country roads for 19,000 average miles
Honestly surprised how great the car hooked to the ground, how stable it was even sliding the car trough snow. 3rd season coming in, 30 000km done on the tires more to go for sure because even the compound is still soft as it was the first day I bought. Saw the ICE 3 came out might upgrade to them.
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