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General Altimax Winter 3

215/55 R17 General Altimax Winter 3 variants


General Altimax Winter 3 is a winter tyre made in total of 36 sizes, ranging from R13 to R13 - this particular dimension is R17, which means it fits to a 17 inch/431.8mm diameter wheel. 215/55 R17 is 60mm wider than the narrowest dimension (155) and 30mm narrower than the widest one (245). This tyre profile of 55 means the sidewall height of the tyre is 55% of the tyre width (215mm), which results in 118.25mm sidewall height. In 215/55 R17, there is only one possible speed index for General Altimax Winter 3 - "V", which is good for speeds up to 240 km/h. In 215/55 R17, Altimax Winter 3 usually competes against N blue HD Plus, which is a tyre from Nexen with a rating of 42%, compared to 43% of the General in question.

215/55 R17 98 V XL

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General Altimax Winter 3 is made in 36 sizes, starting from 155/70 R13 up to 245/45 R18.

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General Altimax Winter 3 in tyre tests

Relevant tyre tests in same or similiar dimension (215/55 R17)
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2022 215/55 R17

Ranked #35 of 56
Name Stopping distance on wet
Best values in test32,8
General Altimax Winter 338,1

215/55 R17 - Best winter tyres (according to tests)

#NameOur ratingTested in this dimensionTested in same width dimensionSegmentPrice
1. Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P! Newer model available: Continental WinterContact TS 870 P
83.2%
77.8%
82.7%
80.3%
Premium
2. GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+! Newer model available: GoodYear UltraGrip Performance 3
84.6%
92.6%
80.2%
85.4%
Premium
3. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005! Newer model available: Bridgestone Blizzak 6
92.2%
79.6%
84.4%
82.6%
Premium £244
98 H + 1
4. Michelin ALPIN 5! Newer model available: Michelin Alpin 6
81.2%
72.1%
85.8%
66.6%
Premium £189
94 H + 4
5. Michelin ALPIN 6! Newer model available: Michelin ALPIN 7
83.2%
83.9%
85.5%
82.5%
Premium
6. Kleber KRISALP HP3
77.3%
88.7%
74.5%
80.5%
Upper-middle £148
94 H + 2
7. Dunlop Winter Sport 5
81.7%
90.7%
81.6%
74.3%
Premium £155
98 V + 1
8. Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1! Newer model available: GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+
82.9%
92.2%
82.8%
75.3%
Premium
9. Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2
78.7%
81.3%
66.3%
81.3%
Premium £158
98 H + 1
10. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
72.5%
94.8%
73.9%
81.1%
Upper-middle £135
94 H + 2
11. Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III
Premium £174
94 H + 3
12. Nokian WR D4
73.4%
93.7%
81.9%
72.5%
Upper-middle
13. Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320! Newer model available: Hankook Winter i*cept evo3 W330
75.8%
90.5%
85.7%
67.4%
Upper-middle £141
98 V + 2
14. Pirelli CINTURATO WINTER! Newer model available: Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2
80.7%
87.6%
75.7%
80.5%
Premium
15. Firestone Winterhawk 4
Upper-middle £135
98 V
16. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001
80.6%
77.4%
83.7%
Premium £163
94 V + 2
17. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6
78.4%
70.3%
78.3%
71.2%
Lowcost £119
98 V
18. Semperit Speed-Grip 5
74.5%
77.6%
76%
68.8%
Lowcost £126
98 V
19. Semperit Speed-Grip 3! Newer model available: Semperit Speed-Grip 5
78.1%
77.2%
71.3%
79.7%
Lowcost
20. Falken EuroWinter HS01! Newer model available: Falken EuroWinter HS02
78.2%
74.2%
74.2%
77.1%
Upper-middle
21. Fulda Kristall Control HP2
70%
85.9%
74%
72.3%
Lowcost £108
98 V
22. Nokian WR Snowproof! Newer model available: Nokian Snowproof 2
68.7%
80.6%
82.5%
85.9%
Upper-middle
23. Nokian WR Snowproof P
66.1%
79.2%
92.3%
Upper-middle
24. Toyo Observe S944
67.9%
66.9%
85.1%
79.9%
Upper-middle
25. Toyo Snowprox S954
78.8%
70.6%
92.2%
82.7%
Upper-middle
26. Kumho WinterCraft WP71
81.9%
76.7%
78%
Upper-middle
27. Sava Eskimo HP2
65.3%
79.5%
72.3%
73.5%
Lowcost £116
98 V
28. Uniroyal MS Plus 77! Newer model available: Uniroyal WinterExpert
79.2%
83.3%
75.4%
74.1%
Upper-middle
29. Giti GitiWinter W1
65.8%
77.2%
72.4%
72.7%
Lowcost
30. Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7
Lowcost £115
98 V + 1
31. Nexen WinGuard Sport
Lowcost
32. Debica Frigo HP2
70%
86.5%
74.1%
71.9%
Lowcost £114
98 V
33. Uniroyal WinterExpert
65.6%
75.1%
72.4%
74.7%
Upper-middle £115
98 V
34. Barum Polaris 5! Newer model available: Barum Polaris 6
63.8%
78.1%
72%
74.8%
Lowcost £125
98 V
35. Nokian WR A4
Upper-middle
36. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905
81.6%
70.5%
85.4%
Upper-middle
37. Firestone Winterhawk 3! Newer model available: Firestone Winterhawk 4
66.5%
83.4%
77.3%
71.3%
Upper-middle
38. Matador MP93 Nordicca
Lowcost £81
98 V
39. Kormoran SNOW
Lowcost
40. Fortune Fsr901
Lowcost
41. Imperial SnowDragon UHP
62%
70.7%
88.8%
Lowcost
42. Kormoran SNOWPRO B2
Lowcost
43. Imperial SnowDragon 3
Lowcost