Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - ADAC 2023

Winter

2023

Year

16

Tyres

Winner

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Best Value

Semperit Speed-Grip 5

Test Vehicle

VW Golf

Tested tyres

16

article

ADAC published it’s winter tyre test for 2023, Continental won, Michelin was second

ADAC has published its annual winter tyre test, which has changed its methodology since last year and focuses much more on the environment and sustainability, which makes up 30% of the overall score now, which is a lot. Due to the different criteria, the results tend to be different compared to other tests and this year is no different in the 225/45 R17 size.

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Price vs Quality

See how tyre price relates to test performance at a glance

Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

1

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Rating: Good

£128

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94H · £128 94V · £128

Enviromental impact2,0

Driving safety2,0

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

2

Michelin ALPIN 6

Rating: Good

Enviromental impact1,8

Driving safety2,3

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

3

GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+

Rating: Good

Enviromental impact2,1

Driving safety2,3

4

Dunlop Winter Sport 5

Rating: Good

£115

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+5 More sizes →

91H · £115 94H · £159 94H · £129 +2

Enviromental impact1,8

Driving safety2,6

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

5

Vredestein Wintrac Pro

Rating: Satisfactory

Enviromental impact2,3

Driving safety2,7

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

6

Semperit Speed-Grip 5

Rating: Satisfactory

£89

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £97

Enviromental impact2,1

Driving safety2,8

7

Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3

Rating: Satisfactory

£90

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94H · £113 94V · £94

Enviromental impact2,4

Driving safety2,7

8

Giti Gitiwinter W2

Rating: Satisfactory

Enviromental impact2,9

Driving safety2,6

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

9

Kumho WinterCraft WP52

Rating: Satisfactory

£100

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+4 More sizes →

91H 94V · £120 94V · £145 +1

Enviromental impact2,8

Driving safety2,7

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

10

Apollo Aspire XP Winter

Rating: Satisfactory

Enviromental impact2,6

Driving safety2,9

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

11

Nokian WR Snowproof

Rating: Satisfactory

Enviromental impact2,4

Driving safety3,2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

12

Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2

Rating: Satisfactory

£126

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £145

Enviromental impact2,2

Driving safety3,3

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

13

Yokohama BluEarth-Winter V906

Rating: Satisfactory

£91

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

91H · £91

Enviromental impact2,9

Driving safety3,0

14

Sava Eskimo HP2

Rating: Satisfactory

£77

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+1 More sizes →

94V · £82

Enviromental impact2,2

Driving safety3,4

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

15

Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

Rating: Satisfactory

£187

91 H

mytyres.co.uk

+2 More sizes →

94H 94V

Enviromental impact3,1

Driving safety3,2

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

16

Kormoran SNOW

Rating: Poor

Enviromental impact5,4

Driving safety5,4

Wet

Aquaplaning Cross#1/15

Aquaplaning Longitudinal#1/15

Wet Braking#1/15

Dry

Dry Braking#1/15

Economy

Mileage#1/15

Snow

Snow Braking#1/15

Snow Traction#1/15

Same size tyres not featured in the test

Tests usually don't cover the whole market - here is our selection what not to miss when shopping for tyres in this size.

#	Name	Our rating	Segment	Price
1	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%	90%	Premium
2	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£95 91 H +3 More
3	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	£202 91 H +3 More
4	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium	£130 91 H +3 More
5	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£117 94 H +1 More
6	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle
7	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£151 91 H +6 More
8	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 85%	85%	Upper-middle

9	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle
10	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£76 91 H +1 More
11	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£152 91 H +1 More
12	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£87 0 V
13	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
14	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	£90 91 H +1 More
15	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle	£122 91 H +4 More
16	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof P 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£102 91 H +1 More

17	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£120 94 V +2 More
18	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
19	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium	£169 91 H
20	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
21	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO 75%	75%	Premium
22	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
23	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
24	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	£86 94 H +2 More

25	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
26	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
27	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	£79 91 H +1 More
28	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£89 91 H +1 More
29	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget	£134 91 H +1 More
30	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
31	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
32	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£96 91 H +10 More

33	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
34	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
35	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
36	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
37	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
38	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget
39	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget