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Where's the best UHP winter tyre (the Pilot Alpin 4)?
strange they did not test the newer Continental TS850P, which is a more performance oriented tyre and also available in this size.
There is logic here. The P version of the tyre is an asymmetric tyre designed for better driving feel in the dry and wet. As such, it sacrifices a little snow performance over the non-P version of the tyre, and as these tests weight snow performance as the most important criteria, Continental were correct to submit the 850 rather than the 850P.
Conti TS850P they should test, I wanted to say exactly the same, given the competing higher performance models like Goodyear Ultragrip Gen-1, not UG9, Dunlop Wintersport 5, not Winter Response 2, Pirelli Sottozerro 3, not Snowcontrol III, and Bridgestone Blizzak 32S, not 32 or newer but usually in smaller size used LM001, on a car Mercedes C-Class with 17 inches wheels, so higher serie than a standard for VW Golf class.
Plus not sure why they missed Michelin & Hankook from the big 6. Pity, wett & dry have had also important weights, especially for real users, not only for this test drive.
Longevity missing completely? Again a pity for consumers.
Looking fwd to first spring test of summer tyres, coming...in March...
Hmm, where is the Continental tire? You just said it was on the fourth place, but in this top Nokian is on this position...
Hi Dorin,
Excellent point! We've updated the article to include the missing tyre, thank you for pointing it out.