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2012 Auto Bild 42 Winter Tyre Braking Test

Jonathan Benson
Data analyzed and reviewed by Jonathan Benson
18 min read Updated

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Discussion

7 comments
  1. Heech Kass archived

    Excellent job with the testing of numerous brands and compiling the data. Don't listen to haters, trolls, laptop gangstas and complainers; they're all bums!

    #1292
  2. smarty archived

    If this is supposed to be a test of winter tyres why did they test the Vredestein Snowtrac 3 and not the Wintrac Xtreme?

    #941
    1. TyreReviews smarty archived

      The Wintrac Xtreme is Vredesteins winter tyre in the larger sizes. The snowtrac covers the smaller sizes, which includes the 205/55 R16 in this test.

      #942
  3. neilboy1975 archived

    Why have you only picked one test within the Auto Bild winter tyre test? Nokian Tyres were the overall winners of the Auto Bild , Auto Motor Sport and AUTOStraßenverkeh winter tyre test 2012. They were declared the "Best Winter Tyre" by Auto Bild. Nokian tyres had over 20 test wins in the winter tyre tests in car magazines in Germany and Europe last winter. They came first in over half of the tests. Nokian winter tyres were also test winners in the 2011 winter tyre tests. In 97 test reports from autumn 2011 to spring 2013, Nokian tyres were test winners 54 times.
    See another article http://www.tiretechnologyin...

    #918
  4. Basic archived

    The selection of tyre manufacturers is not really good actually..

    #754
    1. TyreReviews Basic archived

      We were quite impressed with 42 manufacturers subjected to a single test! Have you seen better?

      #755