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Cells are colour-coded from green (best) to red (worst). The Total Score reflects the weighted sum of all categories. A ★ marks the best tyre in each test.
| # | Tyre | Total Score | Dry | Wet | Snow | ||||||
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| Braking M | Handling Km/H | % | Braking M | Handling Km/H | % | Braking M | Handling Km/H | % | |||
| 1 | Continental WinterContact TS 850 P | 98.8% | 46 | 119 | 97.4% | 35.9 3 | 73.8 ★ | 99.7% | 30.3 3 | 56 2 | 98.6% |
| 2 ▼1 | Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen 1 | 98.7% | 45.4 3 | 118.6 | 97.9% | 35.8 2 | 73.7 3 | 99.8% | 30.6 | 55.7 | 97.9% |
| 3 | Michelin Pilot Alpin 4 | 98.6% | 46.6 | 118.9 | 96.7% | 35.7 ★ | 73.8 ★ | 100% | 30.8 | 56.5 ★ | 98.4% |
| 4 ▲1 | Yokohama W drive V905 | 98.1% | 45.9 | 117.6 | 96.9% | 36.7 | 73.1 | 98.2% | 30.1 2 | 55.8 3 | 98.7% |
| 5 ▲1 | Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3 | 97.1% | 46 | 118.1 | 97% | 36.7 | 73.5 | 98.4% | 32 | 55.4 | 95.6% |
| 6 ▲2 | Cooper Weather Master SA2 Plus | 96.2% | 45.9 | 116.2 | 96.3% | 36.4 | 73.3 | 98.7% | 31.5 | 52 | 93.1% |
| 7 ▼3 | Hankook Winter i cept evo2 | 96.1% | 47.1 | 119.5 ★ | 96.5% | 39.5 | 70.8 | 93.2% | 29.7 ★ | 55.6 | 99.1% |
| 8 ▼1 | Nokian WR A4 | 95.4% | 44.5 2 | 119.1 2 | 99.1% | 38.6 | 70.3 | 93.9% | 30.5 | 52.2 | 94.7% |
| 9 | Nankang SV2 | 93% | 43.8 ★ | 117.4 | 99.1% | 39.6 | 70.1 | 92.6% | 33.9 | 51.2 | 89.2% |
| 10 ▼1 | Toyo Snowprox S954 | 92.7% | 45.4 3 | 119.1 2 | 98.1% | 40.7 | 68.9 | 90.5% | 33.8 | 53.5 | 91.6% |
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Dry
97%
Wet
100%
Snow
99%
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Dry
Dry Braking
46 M
Dry Handling
119 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking
35.9 M
3
Wet Handling
73.8 Km/H
★
Snow
Snow Braking
30.3 M
3
Snow Handling
56 Km/H
2
Dry
98%
Wet
100%
Snow
98%
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Dry
Dry Braking
45.4 M
3
Dry Handling
118.6 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking
35.8 M
2
Wet Handling
73.7 Km/H
3
Snow
Snow Braking
30.6 M
Snow Handling
55.7 Km/H
Dry
97%
Wet
100%
Snow
98%
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Dry
Dry Braking
46.6 M
Dry Handling
118.9 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking
35.7 M
★
Wet Handling
73.8 Km/H
★
Snow
Snow Braking
30.8 M
Snow Handling
56.5 Km/H
★
Dry
97%
Wet
98%
Snow
99%
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Dry
Dry Braking
45.9 M
Dry Handling
117.6 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking
36.7 M
Wet Handling
73.1 Km/H
Snow
Snow Braking
30.1 M
2
Snow Handling
55.8 Km/H
3
Dry
97%
Wet
98%
Snow
96%
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Dry
Dry Braking
46 M
Dry Handling
118.1 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking
36.7 M
Wet Handling
73.5 Km/H
Snow
Snow Braking
32 M
Snow Handling
55.4 Km/H
Dry
96%
Wet
99%
Snow
93%
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Dry
Dry Braking
45.9 M
Dry Handling
116.2 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking
36.4 M
Wet Handling
73.3 Km/H
Snow
Snow Braking
31.5 M
Snow Handling
52 Km/H
Dry
97%
Wet
93%
Snow
99%
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Dry
Dry Braking
47.1 M
Dry Handling
119.5 Km/H
★
Wet
Wet Braking
39.5 M
Wet Handling
70.8 Km/H
Snow
Snow Braking
29.7 M
★
Snow Handling
55.6 Km/H
Dry
99%
Wet
94%
Snow
95%
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Dry
Dry Braking
44.5 M
2
Dry Handling
119.1 Km/H
2
Wet
Wet Braking
38.6 M
Wet Handling
70.3 Km/H
Snow
Snow Braking
30.5 M
Snow Handling
52.2 Km/H
Dry
99%
Wet
93%
Snow
89%
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Dry
Dry Braking
43.8 M
★
Dry Handling
117.4 Km/H
Wet
Wet Braking
39.6 M
Wet Handling
70.1 Km/H
Snow
Snow Braking
33.9 M
Snow Handling
51.2 Km/H
Dry
98%
Wet
91%
Snow
92%
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Dry
Dry Braking
45.4 M
3
Dry Handling
119.1 Km/H
2
Wet
Wet Braking
40.7 M
Wet Handling
68.9 Km/H
Snow
Snow Braking
33.8 M
Snow Handling
53.5 Km/H
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I feel an utter disappointment with Nokian WR4!!
Both the "2017 Sport Auto Winter Tyre Test" & "AMS Performance 18 inch Winter Tyre Test" were right on the spot with the scores.
The WR4 are horrible on the wet surfaces!! I have a TT Mk3 and driving it on a highway at any levels of rain is utter horror show. I constantly get the feeling that the car is "floating" (aquaplaning). Overtaking anyone on a wet road is like driving on ice. Even on the dry surfaces, the tyres seem to force the car to "wander". You have to constantly make small steering wheel adjustments in order to have the car go straight. At first I thought that this was due to possible road imperfections" but now I know better.
VERDICT: "Not recommended"
Since people rarely drive fast & crazy during the winter, I recommend any other tyre. They might be good on dry, however in most places winter is mostly wet and icy than just being outright cold and dry. Get a tyre with good wet & snow stats.
There's a mistake. This is the Michelin Pilot Alpin PA4, not the Alpin 4. These are two entirely different tyres.
Thanks for letting me know, I'll get that updated now.
Edit - we had the PA4 listed all along!
I have the Toyo in its second (winter)year now (done approx 25k km), and can't really say they're -that- bad in the wet, but they aren't great either. Dry is pretty good.
In snow I think they lose grip too quickly. A couple of weeks ago we finally had some deep snow and these certainly can't beat Goodyear and Vredestein. The little snow I had when I placed the review was nothing compared to a couple of weeks ago. In deep snow and sludge these tyres are simply disappointing.
The abysmal result in the wet here, should be for snow (in my opinion). Since I have never felt like I lacked grip in the wet, while I have had that feeling in snow, that I simply couldn't follow others because of understeer.
(Fwd 205 wide)
Worth keeping in mind snow performance drops off quite a lot with wear, and after 25k on a set of winters the driven wheel tyres must be getting rather tired! But you are right, they're no match for the best premium tyres available.
I have swapped them from front to rear. Those which were at the front in 2016-2017 winter, are at the back in this 2017-2018 winter. So the wear should become pretty even now.
But I see I in my logs ll mad a mistake with the amount of kms.. I thought I had swapped at 202k, but that was a service interval..
Winter 2016-2017 started at 27-10-2016 at 183k and ended at 193k at 28-2-2017.
Winter 2017-2018 started at 29-11-2017 at 211.500 and I'm at 218k now.. so 16,500km.
Also just checked the wear. Wear is 6.4mm left at the front, 6.1 at the rear. Which isn't too bad..