Winter tyre test 225/50 R17 - ADAC 2021

225/50 R17 - 2021

Winner

Dunlop

Dunlop Winter Sport 5

Best Value

kleber

Kleber KRISALP HP3

Test Vehicle

audi Audi A4

Tested tyres

18

1

1

Dunlop Winter Sport 5

Rating: Good

£211
94 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

94H · £21198H98H+2

Wet2,5

Dry2,4

Snow1,5

Ice2,5

Noise3,4

Wear2,5

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#3/18

Wet Circle Cornering#6/18

Wet Braking#7/18

Wet Handling#7/18

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/18

Dry

Dry Safety#4/18

Dry Braking#16/18

Comfort

Noise Interior#9/18

Noise Exterior#11/18

Snow

Snow Braking#1/18

Snow Traction#1/18

Snow Handling#2/18

2

2

Michelin Alpin 6

Rating: Good

Wet2,3

Dry2,1

Snow2,4

Ice2,2

Noise3,1

Wear1,5

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/18

Wet Braking#4/18

Wet Handling#5/18

Wet Circle Cornering#6/18

Aquaplaning Cross#7/18

Dry

Dry Braking#1/18

Dry Safety#2/18

Comfort

Noise Interior#3/18

Noise Exterior#8/18

Snow

Snow Traction#3/18

Snow Handling#7/18

Snow Braking#15/18

3

3

GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+

Rating: Good

Wet2,5

Dry2,5

Snow2,2

Ice2,5

Noise3,0

Wear2,5

4

4

Kleber KRISALP HP3

Rating: Satisfactory

£120
94 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

98H · £12198V · £133

Wet2,7

Dry2,4

Snow1,7

Ice2,2

Noise2,8

Wear2,5

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/18

Aquaplaning Cross#7/18

Wet Handling#10/18

Wet Circle Cornering#12/18

Wet Braking#13/18

Dry

Dry Braking#7/18

Dry Safety#7/18

Comfort

Noise Interior#1/18

Noise Exterior#3/18

Snow

Snow Braking#1/18

Snow Traction#1/18

Snow Handling#4/18

5

5

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: Satisfactory

£143
98 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

98H · £16598V · £143

Wet1,6

Dry1,9

Snow2,8

Ice2,4

Noise3,3

Wear3,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/18

Wet Braking#1/18

Wet Circle Cornering#1/18

Aquaplaning Cross#2/18

Wet Handling#2/18

Dry

Dry Braking#1/18

Dry Safety#1/18

Comfort

Noise Exterior#9/18

Noise Interior#9/18

Snow

Snow Braking#12/18

Snow Traction#13/18

Snow Handling#15/18

6

6

Continental WinterContact TS 860

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet1,9

Dry3,0

Snow2,1

Ice2,2

Noise3,0

Wear2,5

7

7

Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7

Rating: Satisfactory

£91
98 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

98V · £91

Wet2,8

Dry2,8

Snow2,6

Ice2,1

Noise2,7

Wear3,0

8

8

Vredestein Wintrac Pro

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet2,3

Dry2,3

Snow2,2

Ice2,5

Noise3,4

Wear3,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/18

Wet Circle Cornering#4/18

Wet Handling#4/18

Aquaplaning Cross#5/18

Wet Braking#7/18

Dry

Dry Braking#1/18

Dry Safety#5/18

Comfort

Noise Interior#3/18

Noise Exterior#15/18

Snow

Snow Braking#3/18

Snow Traction#6/18

Snow Handling#7/18

9

9

ESA+TECAR SUPERGRIP PRO

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet2,8

Dry3,1

Snow2,1

Ice2,3

Noise3,1

Wear2,5

Wet

Wet Circle Cornering#6/18

Wet Braking#7/18

Wet Handling#11/18

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#12/18

Aquaplaning Cross#13/18

Dry

Dry Braking#7/18

Dry Safety#13/18

Comfort

Noise Interior#3/18

Noise Exterior#9/18

Snow

Snow Braking#3/18

Snow Traction#3/18

Snow Handling#5/18

10

10

Sava Eskimo HP2

Rating: Satisfactory

£97
98 Vmytyres.co.uk

Wet3,1

Dry3,0

Snow2,2

Ice2,4

Noise4,0

Wear2,5

11

11

Fulda Kristall Control HP2

Rating: Satisfactory

£100
94 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

98H · £10098V · £101

Wet3,0

Dry3,2

Snow2,4

Ice2,5

Noise3,7

Wear2,5

12

12

Firestone Winterhawk 4

Rating: Satisfactory

£93
98 Hmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

98V · £93

Wet2,1

Dry3,3

Snow1,9

Ice2,1

Noise2,9

Wear2,5

Wet

Wet Braking#2/18

Wet Handling#3/18

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#4/18

Wet Circle Cornering#6/18

Aquaplaning Cross#7/18

Dry

Dry Braking#7/18

Dry Safety#15/18

Comfort

Noise Exterior#3/18

Noise Interior#3/18

Snow

Snow Braking#3/18

Snow Handling#3/18

Snow Traction#6/18

13

13

Nokian WR Snowproof P

Rating: Satisfactory

Wet3,3

Dry2,2

Snow2,7

Ice2,1

Noise2,8

Wear2,5

14

14

Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3

Rating: Satisfactory

£132
98 Hmytyres.co.uk

Wet2,9

Dry3,3

Snow1,6

Ice3,0

Noise3,6

Wear2,5

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#7/18

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#9/18

Wet Circle Cornering#12/18

Wet Handling#12/18

Wet Braking#13/18

Dry

Dry Braking#1/18

Dry Safety#15/18

Comfort

Noise Exterior#14/18

Noise Interior#15/18

Snow

Snow Handling#1/18

Snow Braking#3/18

Snow Traction#6/18

15

15

Toyo Observe S944

Rating: Satisfactory

£102
98 Vmytyres.co.uk

Other indexes:

98V

Wet3,3

Dry2,5

Snow2,9

Ice2,1

Noise3,4

Wear3,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#12/18

Aquaplaning Cross#13/18

Wet Braking#15/18

Wet Circle Cornering#16/18

Wet Handling#17/18

Dry

Dry Braking#7/18

Dry Safety#7/18

Comfort

Noise Interior#9/18

Noise Exterior#11/18

Snow

Snow Braking#12/18

Snow Traction#13/18

Snow Handling#16/18

16

16

Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6

Rating: Satisfactory

£125
0 Vmytyres.co.uk

Wet2,3

Dry2,1

Snow3,4

Ice2,8

Noise3,4

Wear3,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#2/18

Wet Circle Cornering#3/18

Aquaplaning Cross#5/18

Wet Braking#5/18

Wet Handling#6/18

Dry

Dry Safety#2/18

Dry Braking#7/18

Comfort

Noise Interior#9/18

Noise Exterior#11/18

Snow

Snow Braking#15/18

Snow Handling#17/18

Snow Traction#17/18

17

17

Goodride Z507

Rating: Poor

Wet3,3

Dry3,8

Snow5,5

Ice3,1

Noise3,8

Wear3,5

18

18

Linglong Green-Max Winter UHP

Rating: Poor

Wet5,5

Dry3,5

Snow2,2

Ice2,4

Noise3,3

Wear2,5

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#18/18

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#18/18

Wet Braking#18/18

Wet Circle Cornering#18/18

Wet Handling#18/18

Dry

Dry Braking#7/18

Dry Safety#17/18

Comfort

Noise Exterior#6/18

Noise Interior#15/18

Snow

Snow Braking#3/18

Snow Traction#6/18

Snow Handling#7/18

Above you can see the results of the ADAC 2021 225/50 R17 test performed by ADAC on a Audi A4 in 2021. This test was performed in 225/50 R17, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (225). Dunlop Winter Sport 5 is the best of 18 tested tyres according to tested properties (Rating, Wet, Dry, Snow, Ice, ). Other featured tyres include Michelin Alpin 6, GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+, Kleber KRISALP HP3; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2, Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3, BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2.

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