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Dry 20% · Wet 35% · Snow 30% · Comfort 5% · Value 10%

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#	Tyre	Total Score	Dry			Wet				Snow			Comfort		Value
#	Tyre	Total Score	Braking M	Handling Km/H	%	Braking M	Handling Km/H	Straight Aqua Km/H	%	Braking M	Handling Km/H	%	Noise dB	%	Price	Rolling Resistance kg / t	%
1	Continental WinterContact TS 860	96.4%	41.8 ★	117.1 3	99.7%	31.4 ★	74.5 ★	80	99.5%	27.2	55.9	95.6%	71.9	99%	110	8.2 3	83.5%
2 ▲2	Hankook Winter i cept RS2	94.8%	44.9	117.1 3	96.3%	32.8	72	83.7 ★	96.6%	26.9	57.3 ★	97.4%	71.7	99.3%	91	9.5	78.9%
3 ▼1	Goodyear UltraGrip 9	94.7%	44.8	116.1	96%	31.9 2	74 2	80.5 3	98.6%	27.2	54.6	94.4%	71.9	99%	108	8.6	80.9%
4 ▼1	Nokian WR D4	94.2%	43.8 3	115.3	96.7%	36.4	70	76.2	90.2%	25.6 2	56.6 3	99%	72.1	98.8%	95	7.8 ★	89.9%
5	Pirelli Cinturato Winter	93.8%	44.9	113	94.6%	32.5	72	80.8 2	96.6%	26.5	55.6	96.5%	71.5 3	99.6%	106	9.6	75%
6 ▲3	Giti GitiWinterW1	93.7%	45.3	116	95.4%	36.9	68.7	69.1	88%	25.4 ★	57.3 ★	100%	72.7	97.9%	66 ★	8.8	92.4%
7 ▲1	Nexen Winguard Snow G WH2	93.6%	44.3	116.2	96.5%	32.8	71.2	70.4	94.4%	27.1	54.6	94.6%	71.9	99%	73 3	9.8	83.2%
8 ▼2	Bridgestone Blizzak LM001 EVO	93.5%	44.7	117.7 ★	96.8%	32 3	72.9 3	77.8	97.4%	28.5	51.9	89.9%	71.3 2	99.9%	97	8.4	84.7%
9 ▼2	Vredestein Snowtrac 5	92.4%	42.9 2	116.2	98.1%	36.9	70.8	72.8	89.7%	27.2	54.9	94.7%	73.4	97%	100	8.3	84.7%
10	Toyo Snowprox S953	90.9%	43.8 3	117.3 2	97.5%	37.8	67	71	86.3%	28.8	53.8	91.3%	73.3	97.1%	79	8 2	92.9%
11	Kumho Winter Craft WP51	90.9%	45.9	114.1	94%	39	66.8	76	85.7%	26.3 3	55.8	97%	71.2 ★	100%	72 2	9.99	82.6%

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Dry 100% Wet 100% Snow 96% Comfort 99% Value 84%

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Dry

Dry Braking 41.8 M ★

Dry Handling 117.1 Km/H 3

Wet

Wet Braking 31.4 M ★

Wet Handling 74.5 Km/H ★

Straight Aqua 80 Km/H

Snow

Snow Braking 27.2 M

Snow Handling 55.9 Km/H

Comfort

Noise 71.9 dB

Value

Price 110

Rolling Resistance 8.2 kg / t 3

Dry 96% Wet 97% Snow 97% Comfort 99% Value 79%

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Dry

Dry Braking 44.9 M

Dry Handling 117.1 Km/H 3

Wet

Wet Braking 32.8 M

Wet Handling 72 Km/H

Straight Aqua 83.7 Km/H ★

Snow

Snow Braking 26.9 M

Snow Handling 57.3 Km/H ★

Comfort

Noise 71.7 dB

Value

Price 91

Rolling Resistance 9.5 kg / t

Dry 96% Wet 99% Snow 94% Comfort 99% Value 81%

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Dry

Dry Braking 44.8 M

Dry Handling 116.1 Km/H

Wet

Wet Braking 31.9 M 2

Wet Handling 74 Km/H 2

Straight Aqua 80.5 Km/H 3

Snow

Snow Braking 27.2 M

Snow Handling 54.6 Km/H

Comfort

Noise 71.9 dB

Value

Price 108

Rolling Resistance 8.6 kg / t

Dry 97% Wet 90% Snow 99% Comfort 99% Value 90%

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Dry

Dry Braking 43.8 M 3

Dry Handling 115.3 Km/H

Wet

Wet Braking 36.4 M

Wet Handling 70 Km/H

Straight Aqua 76.2 Km/H

Snow

Snow Braking 25.6 M 2

Snow Handling 56.6 Km/H 3

Comfort

Noise 72.1 dB

Value

Price 95

Rolling Resistance 7.8 kg / t ★

Dry 95% Wet 97% Snow 97% Comfort 100% Value 75%

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Dry

Dry Braking 44.9 M

Dry Handling 113 Km/H

Wet

Wet Braking 32.5 M

Wet Handling 72 Km/H

Straight Aqua 80.8 Km/H 2

Snow

Snow Braking 26.5 M

Snow Handling 55.6 Km/H

Comfort

Noise 71.5 dB 3

Value

Price 106

Rolling Resistance 9.6 kg / t

Dry 95% Wet 88% Snow 100% Comfort 98% Value 92%

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Dry

Dry Braking 45.3 M

Dry Handling 116 Km/H

Wet

Wet Braking 36.9 M

Wet Handling 68.7 Km/H

Straight Aqua 69.1 Km/H

Snow

Snow Braking 25.4 M ★

Snow Handling 57.3 Km/H ★

Comfort

Noise 72.7 dB

Value

Price 66 ★

Rolling Resistance 8.8 kg / t

Dry 97% Wet 94% Snow 95% Comfort 99% Value 83%

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Dry

Dry Braking 44.3 M

Dry Handling 116.2 Km/H

Wet

Wet Braking 32.8 M

Wet Handling 71.2 Km/H

Straight Aqua 70.4 Km/H

Snow

Snow Braking 27.1 M

Snow Handling 54.6 Km/H

Comfort

Noise 71.9 dB

Value

Price 73 3

Rolling Resistance 9.8 kg / t

Dry 97% Wet 97% Snow 90% Comfort 100% Value 85%

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Dry

Dry Braking 44.7 M

Dry Handling 117.7 Km/H ★

Wet

Wet Braking 32 M 3

Wet Handling 72.9 Km/H 3

Straight Aqua 77.8 Km/H

Snow

Snow Braking 28.5 M

Snow Handling 51.9 Km/H

Comfort

Noise 71.3 dB 2

Value

Price 97

Rolling Resistance 8.4 kg / t

Dry 98% Wet 90% Snow 95% Comfort 97% Value 85%

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Dry

Dry Braking 42.9 M 2

Dry Handling 116.2 Km/H

Wet

Wet Braking 36.9 M

Wet Handling 70.8 Km/H

Straight Aqua 72.8 Km/H

Snow

Snow Braking 27.2 M

Snow Handling 54.9 Km/H

Comfort

Noise 73.4 dB

Value

Price 100

Rolling Resistance 8.3 kg / t

Dry 98% Wet 86% Snow 91% Comfort 97% Value 93%

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Dry

Dry Braking 43.8 M 3

Dry Handling 117.3 Km/H 2

Wet

Wet Braking 37.8 M

Wet Handling 67 Km/H

Straight Aqua 71 Km/H

Snow

Snow Braking 28.8 M

Snow Handling 53.8 Km/H

Comfort

Noise 73.3 dB

Value

Price 79

Rolling Resistance 8 kg / t 2

Dry 94% Wet 86% Snow 97% Comfort 100% Value 83%

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Dry

Dry Braking 45.9 M

Dry Handling 114.1 Km/H

Wet

Wet Braking 39 M

Wet Handling 66.8 Km/H

Straight Aqua 76 Km/H

Snow

Snow Braking 26.3 M 3

Snow Handling 55.8 Km/H

Comfort

Noise 71.2 dB ★

Value

Price 72 2

Rolling Resistance 9.99 kg / t

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Discussion

8 comments

Stoyan Dec 13, 2018 archived

You rated Bridgestone 6th place as "recommended" and tagged "highly recommended" Nokian with 6.2 on wet (when in winter most of the time we drive on wet) Why is this?
Also the overall points for Bridgestone are 8.6, which is 2-nd place...

#4140
1. TyreReviews Stoyan Dec 13, 2018 archived
  
  AMS scored the test, we just covered the test. I would guess it was marked down for the snow performance, which the Germans put a higher weighting on.
  
  #4141
J Nov 23, 2018 archived

There are other weird choices..
Why the Toyo S953, while the S954 has been available since 2016..

#4079
1. TyreReviews J Nov 23, 2018 archived
  
  Strange choices are often down to availability in the size at time of testing, but you're right, this is very odd!
  
  #4080
Nick Nov 14, 2018 archived

Where is Michelin?

#4054
1. TyreReviews Nick Nov 14, 2018 archived
  
  At a guess this would have been tested just before the alpin 6 became available so they slipped this test
  
  #4055
  1. Nick TyreReviews Nov 15, 2018 archived
    
    It would be interesting to see it against the new gen of winter tyres
    
    #4057
    1. TyreReviews Nick Nov 15, 2018 archived
      
      Agreed, it'll be next season now sadly.
      
      #4060

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