Winter tyre test 215/55 R17 - Die Reifentester 2025

Winter

2025

Year

7

Tyres

Winner

Continental WinterContact TS 870 P

Best Value

Vredestein Wintrac Pro+

Test Vehicle

VW Passat Variant

Tested tyres

7

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Die Reifentester published the first winter tyre test of the season – 215/55 R17

The latest winter tire test from Die Reifentester is a good reminder of how much the game has changed. They picked the popular size 215/55 R17, bolted them onto a VW Passat and a Skoda Superb, and set off to see what today’s winter tires can really do. Seven dedicated winter models lined up, plus one all-season outsider – the Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen3 – just to check how much trouble an all-weather tire can cause in a field of specialists.

#	Name	Our rating	Segment	Price
1	Premium Continental ContiWinterContact TS 850P 91%	91%	Premium
2	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 90%	90%	Premium	£153 98 H +1 More
3	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance+ 90%	90%	Premium
4	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium
5	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	£147 94 H +4 More
6	Premium Dunlop Winter Sport 5 89%	89%	Premium	£111 98 V +1 More
7	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	£119 94 H +2 More
8	Premium Michelin ALPIN 6 89%	89%	Premium

9	Premium Bridgestone Turanza T005 88%	88%	Premium	£113 94 V +7 More
10	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£122 94 H +2 More
11	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	£106 98 V +2 More
12	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	£164 94 H +3 More
13	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle
14	Upper-middle Cooper Discoverer Winter 85%	85%	Upper-middle	£115 98 V
15	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle
16	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	£150 94 V +2 More

17	Hankook W320 Winter I*Cept Evo2 84%	84%		£148 98 V
18	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO WINTER 84%	84%	Premium	£119 +1 More
19	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	£102 98 V
20	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	£79 98 V
21	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	£111 94 H +2 More
22	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
23	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	£104 98 V
24	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle

25	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£138 98 H +1 More
26	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof P 79%	79%	Upper-middle
27	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	£128 98 V +1 More
28	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
29	Premium Hankook Iw01a Ion Icept Suv 77%	77%	Premium	£177 98 V
30	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget	£94 98 V
31	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
32	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget

33	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
34	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	£86 98 V +1 More
35	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 66%	66%	Budget
36	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	£92 98 V
37	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	£111 94 H +1 More
38	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget	£95 98 V
39	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
40	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	£134 94 H +3 More

41	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
42	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
43	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
44	Budget Linglong Sport Master Winter 48%	48%	Budget
45	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
46	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
47	Budget GT Radial Champiro WinterPro HP 39%	39%	Budget
48	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget

49	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
50	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget
51	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget

Winter tyre test 215/55 R17 - Die Reifentester 2025

Die Reifentester published the first winter tyre test of the season &#8211; 215/55 R17

Price vs Quality

Results

Continental WinterContact TS 870 P

Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3

Bridgestone Blizzak 6

Vredestein Wintrac Pro+

Michelin Alpin 7

Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2

Nokian Snowproof 2

Same size tyres not featured in the test

Cars with 215/55 R17 tyres

Die Reifentester published the first winter tyre test of the season – 215/55 R17