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205/50 R16 Kumho WinterCraft WP51 variants
Kumho WinterCraft WP51 is a winter tyre made in total of 66 sizes, ranging from R13 to R13 - this particular dimension is R16, which means it fits to a 16 inch/406.4mm diameter wheel. 205/50 R16 is 60mm wider than the narrowest dimension (145) and 20mm narrower than the widest one (225). This tyre profile of 50 means the sidewall height of the tyre is 50% of the tyre width (205mm), which results in 102.5mm sidewall height. In 205/50 R16, there is only one possible speed index for Kumho WinterCraft WP51 - "H", which is good for speeds up to 210 km/h.
Kumho WinterCraft WP51 is made in 66 sizes, starting from 145/80 R13 up to 225/60 R17.
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Kumho WinterCraft WP51 in tyre tests
Relevant tyre tests in same or similiar dimension (205/50 R16)
| Name | Stopping distance on wet | Stopping distance on snow | |||||
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| Best values in test | 32,1 | 27,3 | |||||
| Kumho WinterCraft WP51 | 37,8 | 29,8 | |||||
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| Name | Points total | ||||||
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| Best values in test | 9,1 | ||||||
| Kumho WinterCraft WP51 | 6,4 | ||||||
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| Name | Wet | Dry | Snow | Ice | Noise | Wear | Fuel consumption |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best values in test | 2,1 | 2,0 | 1,8 | 2,3 | 3,0 | 1,0 | 1,7 |
| Kumho WinterCraft WP51 | 3,3 | 3,2 | 2,2 | 2,5 | 3,4 | 2,0 | 2,6 |
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| Name | Stopping distance on wet | ||||||
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| Best values in test | 34,2 | ||||||
| Kumho WinterCraft WP51 | 41,0 | ||||||
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205/50 R16 - Best winter tyres (according to tests)
| # | Name | Our rating | Tested in this dimension | Tested in same width dimension | Segment | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Continental WinterContact TS 860! Newer model available: Continental WinterContact TS 870 | Premium | ||||
| 2. | Michelin ALPIN 5! Newer model available: Michelin Alpin 6 | Premium | ||||
| 3. | Michelin ALPIN 6 | Premium | ||||
| 4. | Nokian WR D4 | Upper-middle | ||||
| 5. | Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452! Newer model available: Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 | Upper-middle | £112 87 H + 1 | |||
| 6. | Falken EuroWinter HS01! Newer model available: Falken EuroWinter HS02 | Upper-middle | £118 91 H | |||
| 7. | Toyo Snowprox S954 | Upper-middle | £110 91 H | |||
| 8. | Uniroyal MS Plus 77! Newer model available: Uniroyal WinterExpert | Upper-middle | ||||
| 9. | Kumho WinterCraft WP51! Newer model available: Kumho WinterCraft WP52 | Upper-middle | £103 87 H | |||
| 10. | Falken EUROWINTER HS449 | Upper-middle | ||||
| 11. | Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 | Upper-middle | ||||
| 12. | BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER | Upper-middle | ||||
| 13. | Kleber KRISALP HP2 | Upper-middle | ||||
| 14. | Imperial SnowDragon 3 | Lowcost |
