As in every year, ADAC is carefully testing a large number of winter tires in two sizes this year—205/55 R16 and 215/55 R17. ADAC's methodology slightly differs from other organizations, leading to a somewhat different final ranking.
read more about this tire: ADAC published it’s winter tyre tests for 2024, Continental and Goodyear are the winnersAgenda: Best value in test Better than average value Worse than average value Worst value in test
# | Name | Rating | Price | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Continental WinterContact TS 870 | Good |
1.6
|
1.9
|
2.0
|
2.3
|
2.9
|
1.8
|
2.1
| £85 91 T + 3 | |
2. | Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 | Good |
2.0
|
2.2
|
2.0
|
2.3
|
3.2
|
1.7
|
2.0
| £84 91 T + 3 | |
3. | Michelin Alpin 6 | Good |
2.7
|
2.5
|
2.2
|
2.6
|
3.4
|
2.2
|
2.1
| £169 91 T + 3 | |
4. | Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 | Satisfactory |
2.9
|
2.8
|
2.8
|
2.6
|
3.0
|
2.4
|
2.5
| £98 0 + 7 | |
5. | Dunlop Winter Sport 5 | Satisfactory |
2.7
|
2.3
|
2.8
|
2.5
|
3.1
|
2.2
|
2.3
| £116 91 T + 6 | |
6. | Nokian Snowproof 2 | Satisfactory |
2.1
|
2.4
|
2.7
|
3.0
|
3.1
|
2.2
|
2.7
| £92 91 T + 1 | |
7. | Falken Eurowinter HS02 | Satisfactory |
2.7
|
2.5
|
2.9
|
3.3
|
3.4
|
2.6
|
2.9
| £81 91 H + 1 | |
8. | Zeetex WH 1000 | Sufficient |
3.4
|
3.7
|
3.7
|
3.7
|
3.2
|
3.1
|
3.5
| ||
9. | GT Radial Winter Pro 2 evo | Sufficient |
2.9
|
3.7
|
3.7
|
4.3
|
3.1
|
3.3
|
3.6
| ||
10. | Vredestein Wintrac | Sufficient |
2.6
|
3.2
|
3.8
|
3.9
|
3.5
|
3.3
|
3.3
| £113 0 + 3 | |
11. | Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 | Sufficient |
2.5
|
2.5
|
3.9
|
3.5
|
3.0
|
2.5
|
2.7
| £118 91 T + 2 | |
12. | Winrun Winter-max A1 WR22 | Poor |
5.5
|
5.5
|
5.5
|
4.6
|
5.5
|
4.5
|
4.2
| ||
# | Name | - | Rating | Winter | Wet | Dry | Enviromental impact | Noise | Wear | Fuel consumption | Price |
Above you can see the results of the ADAC 2024 205/55 R16 test performed by ADAC on a VW Golf in 2024. This test was performed in 205/55 R16, but is applicable to other similar sizes, especially in the same tyre width (205). Continental WinterContact TS 870 is the best of 12 tested tyres according to tested properties (Rating, Winter, Wet, Dry, Enviromental impact, ). Other featured tyres include Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3, Michelin Alpin 6, Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3; Some tyres weren't included in the test, such as Michelin ALPIN 5, Kleber KRISALP HP3, BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2.
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