| Test Summary | |
| Wet Braking |
Kleber Krisalp HP3 |
| Dry Braking |
Continental WinterContact TS 860 |
| Wet Handling |
Dunlop Winter Response 2 |
| Wear |
Dunlop Winter Response 2 |
| Rolling Resistance |
Dunlop Winter Response 2 Davanti Wintoura |
| Straight Aqua |
Davanti Wintoura |
| Snow Braking |
Michelin Alpin A4 |
| Snow Handling |
Pirelli Cinturato Winter Continental WinterContact TS 860 Gislaved Euro Frost 6 Toyo Snowprox S943 |
While ADAC don't provide data for their results, just an overall score, they are one of the few publications who properly test wear.
Unlike last year where Continental dominated the ADAC winter tyre test, this year Dunlop take the test win with a strong snow performance, low fuel consumption and excellent wet grip.
Pirelli jump up from fourteenth place last year to a joint second this year with a well balanced performance, and the Michelin sub brand Kleber outperforms its parent brand, joining Pirelli in second place overall.
Results
The dry results are weighted 15% overall, wet 30%, snow 20%, ice 10%, noise/comfort 5%, fuel consumption 10% and wear 10%.
Great results in the snow, Low fuel consumption, Very good results on wet pavement, Good results on dry pavement
None mentioned
Test Winner
Total: 64.4
Dry
7.4
Wet
8.2
Snow
11.6
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
8.8
Noise
6.6
Wear
7
Overall
7.8
Excellent results on dry pavement
None mentioned
Excellent
Total: 58.6
Dry
7.8
Wet
7.4
Snow
7
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
7.6
Noise
6.4
Wear
8
Overall
7.4
Good balance of characteristics, Good results on snow, dry and wet roads
None mentioned
Excellent
Total: 57.8
Dry
7.2
Wet
8
Snow
7.2
Ice
7.2
Rolling Resistance
7
Noise
6.8
Wear
7
Overall
7.4
Excellent results on wet roads, Good results on dry roads and snow
Relatively weak grip on ice
Excellent
Total: 58.6
Dry
7
Wet
8.4
Snow
7.6
Ice
6.8
Rolling Resistance
8.2
Noise
6.8
Wear
7
Overall
6.8
Good results on snow, dry and wet roads
Relatively weak grip on ice, Increased fuel consumption
Excellent
Total: 56.4
Dry
7
Wet
7.8
Snow
7
Ice
6.8
Rolling Resistance
6.8
Noise
6.2
Wear
8
Overall
6.8
Very low wear, excellent results on dry roads and on ice
Relatively weak grip in the snow, Increased fuel consumption
Good
Total: 57.2
Dry
7.6
Wet
7.8
Snow
6.4
Ice
7.4
Rolling Resistance
6.6
Noise
6
Wear
9
Overall
6.4
Good results in the wet
Weak grip in the snow and ice
Good
Total: 53.4
Dry
6.6
Wet
7
Snow
6.2
Ice
6.2
Rolling Resistance
8
Noise
6.2
Wear
7
Overall
6.2
Low fuel consumption
Relatively poor dry grip, high noise
Good
Total: 53.4
Dry
6
Wet
6.4
Snow
6.6
Ice
7.2
Rolling Resistance
8.4
Noise
5.8
Wear
7
Overall
6
Excellent in the wet, good in the dry
Weak in snow
Good
Total: 55
Dry
7
Wet
8.2
Snow
5.8
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
7.6
Noise
6.6
Wear
7
Overall
5.8
Excellent in snow and ice, low fuel consumption
Relatively poor dry grip, high wear
Good
Total: 54
Dry
5.8
Wet
6.2
Snow
8
Ice
7.4
Rolling Resistance
8.6
Noise
6.2
Wear
6
Overall
5.8
Low fuel consumption
Relatively poor wet grip
Good
Total: 53.6
Dry
6.4
Wet
5.6
Snow
6.6
Ice
7.4
Rolling Resistance
8.2
Noise
6.8
Wear
7
Overall
5.6
None mentioned
Relatively wear grip in snow, high wear.
Good
Total: 50.4
Dry
6.6
Wet
6.4
Snow
5.6
Ice
7.2
Rolling Resistance
7.4
Noise
5.6
Wear
6
Overall
5.6
None mentioned
Relatively poor wet grip
Good
Total: 54
Dry
7
Wet
5.6
Snow
7
Ice
7.4
Rolling Resistance
7.8
Noise
6.6
Wear
7
Overall
5.6
Great results in the snow
Weak dry performance
Average
Total: 54.2
Dry
4.8
Wet
6.4
Snow
8.2
Ice
7.4
Rolling Resistance
8
Noise
6.6
Wear
8
Overall
4.8
None mentioned
Very poor in the snow, weak dry performance
Poor
Total: 46
Dry
6
Wet
6.8
Snow
1.8
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
7.8
Noise
6.8
Wear
8
Overall
1.8
Low fuel consumption, excellent on ice
Very poor in the wet, weak in the dry and on snow.
Poor
Total: 42.4
Dry
5.2
Wet
1
Snow
4.4
Ice
7.6
Rolling Resistance
8.8
Noise
6.4
Wear
8
Overall
1
@TyreReviews : I got a question : considering the fact that full electric vehicles are already the next thing, (Zoe, Fiat e-500, Honda BMW i3 & i4, VW new e-Golf, iD3 & iD4, Kona, Soul ev, e-Niro, e-Corsa, e-Mokka, e-2008, Mustang Mach-e, EL-Born, Skoda Enyaq iV, Polestar C2, XPeng P7 Performance, Nissan Leaf, Lucid, Porsche, Audi e-Trons, Mercedes EQC, Jaguar i-Pace, Rivian.. etc) and because these cars are much heavier than ice siblings cars do you guys recommend winter tires with side-walls reinforced or just normal winter tires will be fine ?
Without testing I'm afraid I'm going to have to default to go with what the car manufacturer recommends
@TyreReviews:disqus will you be testing the new Goodyear Ultragrip 9+ before the winter? I've bought a set for my winter wheels on a whim and want to be reassured I've done the right thing for use in the rural south-west of the UK this winter!
Asking here as I don't see any 2020 winter tyre test articles yet.
Sadly no winter test for me this year, however rest assured they're great winter tyres!
Based on ADAC reviews I bought Kleber Krisalp HP3 and I regret every single day for doing it. The tyre is terrible! It never actually left me somewhere, but I'm really happy that this year we didn't had a "real" winter in my country, so I could drive my car. It's slides when it's even a little bit of snow, breaking with this tyres is like breaking with summer tyres. Three year old Goodyear is way better than this s*it.
ADAC, stop recommending such a crap tyres, someone is gonna get killed because Kleber has paid you to recommended their s*it.
ADAC are simply retards testing from Michelin model Alpin A4 an model that is out for like 7 years and not testing latest model from Michelin A6 that is out from 2018. Or their testing are simply payd by others to simply win ho is puting more money on the table. Continental TS860 is id far better than Dunlop Winter Response 2. I used both tyres on my old Opel Astra G. Dunlop are loosing grip More faster in the wet, in the mornings when the asphalt in the cold autumn days. In snow and ice both are at same level. On dry Continental is way better. I was waiting for an fair test with Michelin Alpin A6... i must wait for others to test them against the rest
PS: Dear ADAC how much money did you take from Kleber ?! Cmon we are not all stupid
At this test http://www.tyrereviews.co.u...
it gets the best performance in snow braking. So maybe it worths.
At ADAC's website it's possible to see the test results item by item and not just the overall score, but one would have to click on the tyre icon (one by one) to see them. Maybe an overview of this article should be done.
https://www.adac.de/rund-um...
The Dunlop complete test, as an example:
https://www.adac.de/rund-um...
The snow score you gave to the Dunlop (11.6) was too high compared to the Sava or the Nokian, which are just slightly worst.
We're mindful we're summarising their data, not copying it line for line, I'll have the article updated so it links through to this :)
Here's one I haven't seen addressed ref winter tyres....
Many UK drivers who swap to winters and may not cover more than 2,500 miles over the three months or so they have them on, what's your view as to how many seasons or specifically how many years is it safe to keep and use them?
If they are stored well, do the usual rules over tyre deg and UV aging apply?
My Hankooks are just 4 years old and about to go on their 5th winter with perhaps 10,000 miles and little wear on them (as you drive well within limits in the winter) but your advice appreciated on how many more winters I should safely continue to use them.
Advice appreciated
Cheers
Even with proper storage, 5 years is probably the limit. Some tyre manufacturers recommend a little less, some say 6 years is ok, but I'd be working to 5 years.
Once a winter tyre is below 3mm the snow and ice performance drop off sharply, however their dry and wet performance improves (apart from aquaplaning), so you can run them into the spring to wear them a little lower if you want to get more value from them
I actually wrote to Michelin about winter tyre tread depth (change by 2mm in UK) and in addition to answering this they also gave general advice that winter tyres often need changing prior to this due to low usage and the impact of age. Their advice was they should be professionally inspected annually after 5 years from manufacture date with an end life not past 10 years.
As answered on the other page -
Even with proper storage, 5 years is probably the limit. Some tyre manufacturers recommend a little less, some say 6 years is ok, but I'd be working to 5 years.
Once a winter tyre is below 3mm the snow and ice performance drop off sharply, however their dry and wet performance improves (apart from aquaplaning), so you can run them into the spring to wear them a little lower if you want to get more value from them.
Cheers, advice appreciated
Their tread is still 6mm plus so I'll fit them to my E class this winter and probably next as they are well cleaned and stored.
There are a number (majority?) of car users who think only tread and I have seen tyres on cars 8 years plus....
Wonder if you could do a test on the age impact on performance but also just plain safety of old vs new tyres. Test the advice and demonstrate the impact to the casual viewer
I've been trying to do that test for a while now, but finding 5 year old tyres that are still made in the same spec today is super difficult
At
Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - Autobild 2019 the Kleber gets a 15/20. Is it because of the different tyre size? The perfomance is chaotic.
I found the outcome of ADAC satisfactory and looking to fit them in my C4 Picasso 205/60/16 but then i read the test in Autobild.
Size will be a big part, it might be the smaller size has had a midlife update, where the bigger hasn't yet
When they update a tyre, do they change a code in order to verify it? I guess not but it Will be useful. 205/60/16 is in the middle of the 2 tested dimensions, so for me will it be heads and tails for an updated one?!! ?
Thank you for.
They change the IPC / EAN, but also IPCs can be changed when they change something that's not related to performance, so it's not a great tell.
Thought so. I will wait for another winter tyre test in order to see the performanve of the Kleber and i think i will stick with them. Very good performance in snow and wet and very good price,
it is perfect for me in Central Greece where snow is rare but winter tyre is a must for going skiing.
Thank you again for your response.
Testresult of Auto Bild 2019 - Kleber 15/53!!! Not 15/20! And Kleber have the best braking result on snow!
https://www.autobild.de/art...
The same dunlop tyre is on 9th place on the 2016 tests....<
blockquote>Tyre companies silently update their product ranges all the time, it's silly it's not announced, but it explains why some products can suddenly come good years after being bad.
What about the goodyear ug9, the test says its weak on snow. Obviously the snow performance depends on the tyre tread which haven't been changed.
Compounding can effect snow performance, but also the type of snow tested on. Some tyres will score better with harder, colder snow, others will score better with softer warmer snow.