Winter tyre test 185/65 R14 for 2025
Test results
Overall performance ranking
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870

90%
2.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2

84%
3.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

82%
4.
GoodYear UltraGrip 9+

79%
5.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3

72%
6.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

71%
7.
Kleber KRISALP HP3

71%
8.
Falken EuroWinter HS01

60%
9.
Uniroyal WinterExpert

58%
10.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02

57%
11.
Barum Polaris 5

56%
12.
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2

55%
13.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21

50%
14.
Viking WinTech

41%
Dry
Weight in overall score:
20%
1.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02

92%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870

81%
3.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

77%
4.
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2

67%
5.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3

65%
6.
Falken EuroWinter HS01

61%
7.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2

61%
8.
Barum Polaris 5

57%
9.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21

57%
10.
Kleber Krisalp HP3

51%
11.
GoodYear UltraGrip 9+

50%
12.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

46%
13.
Viking WinTech

42%
14.
Uniroyal WinterExpert

36%
Dry braking
50%
1.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
93%
2.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
87%
3.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21
78%
4.
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2
73%
5.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
71%
6.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
68%
7.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
65%
8.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
59%
9.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
50%
10.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
51%
11.
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
47%
12.
Barum Polaris 5
42%
13.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
34%
14.
Viking WinTech
33%
Dry handling
50%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
90%
2.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
85%
3.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
80%
4.
Barum Polaris 5
72%
5.
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2
60%
6.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
57%
7.
GoodYear UltraGrip 9+
53%
8.
Viking WinTech
51%
9.
Kleber KRISALP HP3
44%
10.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
41%
11.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
37%
12.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21
36%
13.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
Not enough data
14.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
Not enough data
Dry driving behavior
0%
1.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
85%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
79%
3.
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
71%
4.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
70%
5.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
52%
6.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
52%
7.
Barum Polaris 5
30%
8.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
Not enough data
9.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
Not enough data
10.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
Not enough data
Safety
0%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
88%
2.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
88%
3.
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
74%
4.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
66%
5.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
51%
6.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
49%
7.
Barum Polaris 5
30%
8.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
Not enough data
9.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
Not enough data
10.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
Not enough data
Wet
Weight in overall score:
40%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870

88%
2.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

87%
3.
GoodYear UltraGrip 9+

85%
4.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2

84%
5.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3

72%
6.
Falken Eurowinter HS01

64%
7.
Kleber Krisalp HP3

63%
8.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

60%
9.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02

55%
10.
Uniroyal WinterExpert

52%
11.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21

44%
12.
Barum Polaris 5

41%
13.
Viking WinTech

32%
Wet braking
20%
1.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
96%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
80%
3.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
80%
4.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21
71%
5.
GoodYear UltraGrip 9+
70%
6.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
66%
7.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
60%
8.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
61%
9.
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2
55%
10.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
54%
11.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
50%
12.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
48%
13.
Barum Polaris 5
39%
14.
Viking WinTech
36%
Wet handling
20%
1.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
91%
2.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
89%
3.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
86%
4.
GoodYear UltraGrip 9+
86%
5.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
70%
6.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21
53%
7.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
54%
8.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
52%
9.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
53%
10.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
44%
11.
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2
35%
12.
Barum Polaris 5
35%
13.
Viking WinTech
30%
14.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
Not enough data
Aquaplaning - longitudal
20%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
93%
2.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
90%
3.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
86%
4.
GoodYear UltraGrip 9+
86%
5.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
84%
6.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
80%
7.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
78%
8.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
74%
9.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
57%
10.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
44%
11.
Barum Polaris 5
37%
12.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21
37%
13.
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2
32%
14.
Viking WinTech
27%
Aquaplaning - cross
20%
1.
GoodYear UltraGrip 9+
92%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
90%
3.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
89%
4.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
84%
5.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
80%
6.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
72%
7.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
67%
8.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
66%
9.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
65%
10.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
47%
11.
Barum Polaris 5
43%
12.
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2
35%
13.
Viking WinTech
24%
14.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21
22%
Wet circle cornering
20%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
93%
2.
GoodYear UltraGrip 9+
92%
3.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
91%
4.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
90%
5.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
59%
6.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
57%
7.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
59%
8.
Barum Polaris 5
50%
9.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
45%
10.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
45%
11.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21
40%
12.
Viking WinTech
41%
13.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
Not enough data
Snow
Weight in overall score:
30%
1.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

90%
2.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2

87%
3.
Kleber Krisalp HP3

84%
4.
Continental WinterContact TS 870

82%
5.
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+

77%
6.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3

67%
7.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

66%
8.
Uniroyal WinterExpert

64%
9.
Barum Polaris 5

61%
10.
Falken Eurowinter HS01

48%
11.
Viking WinTech

46%
12.
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2

44%
13.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21

38%
14.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02

24%
Snow traction
33%
1.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
90%
2.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
86%
3.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
81%
4.
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
80%
5.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
76%
6.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
67%
7.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
68%
8.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
65%
9.
Barum Polaris 5
58%
10.
Viking WinTech
53%
11.
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2
50%
12.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
39%
13.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21
38%
14.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
32%
Snow braking
33%
1.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
94%
2.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
93%
3.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
87%
4.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
85%
5.
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
83%
6.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
71%
7.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
65%
8.
Barum Polaris 5
63%
9.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
63%
10.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
59%
11.
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2
56%
12.
Viking WinTech
50%
13.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21
36%
14.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
25%
Snow handling
33%
1.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
89%
2.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
86%
3.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
83%
4.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
79%
5.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
71%
6.
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
67%
7.
Barum Polaris 5
63%
8.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
62%
9.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
59%
10.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
48%
11.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21
41%
12.
Viking WinTech
36%
13.
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2
26%
14.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
Not enough data
Snow cornering
0%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
92%
2.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
89%
3.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
86%
4.
Kleber KRISALP HP3
81%
5.
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
76%
6.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
62%
7.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
56%
8.
Barum Polaris 5
56%
9.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
41%
10.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
Not enough data
11.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
Not enough data
Comfort
Weight in overall score:
5%
1.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

84%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870

82%
3.
Kleber Krisalp HP3

78%
4.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02

69%
5.
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+

62%
6.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

61%
7.
Falken Eurowinter HS01

57%
8.
Barum Polaris 5

55%
9.
Uniroyal WinterExpert

52%
10.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3

48%
11.
Viking WinTech

40%
Exterior noise
100%
1.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21
94%
2.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
84%
3.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
82%
4.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
78%
5.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
69%
6.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
61%
7.
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2
56%
8.
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
62%
9.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
65%
10.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
57%
11.
Barum Polaris 5
55%
12.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
52%
13.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
48%
14.
Viking WinTech
40%
Interior noise
0%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
85%
2.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
78%
3.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
75%
4.
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
72%
5.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
63%
6.
Viking WinTech
64%
7.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
55%
8.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
51%
9.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
Not enough data
10.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
Not enough data
Comfort
0%
1.
Kleber KRISALP HP3
90%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
82%
3.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
78%
4.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
73%
5.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
70%
6.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
62%
7.
Barum Polaris 5
40%
8.
Viking WinTech
26%
9.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
Not enough data
10.
GoodYear UltraGrip 9+
Not enough data
11.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
Not enough data
Economy
1.
Uniroyal WinterExpert

91%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870

88%
3.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005

85%
4.
Barum Polaris 5

77%
5.
Firestone Winterhawk 4

63%
6.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3

58%
7.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

57%
8.
Kleber KRISALP HP3

47%
9.
Falken EuroWinter HS01

23%
Rolling resistance
100%
1.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
91%
2.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
88%
3.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
85%
4.
Barum Polaris 5
77%
5.
GoodYear UltraGrip 9+
75%
6.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
58%
7.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
57%
8.
Kleber KRISALP HP3
47%
9.
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21
37%
10.
GT Radial Champiro WinterPro 2
40%
11.
Falken EuroWinter HS01
23%
12.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
Not enough data
13.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
Not enough data
Mileage
0%
1.
Continental WinterContact TS 870
81%
2.
Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3
71%
3.
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2
68%
4.
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
66%
5.
Falken Eurowinter HS01
62%
6.
Barum Polaris 5
61%
7.
Dunlop SP Winter Response 2
60%
8.
Kleber Krisalp HP3
58%
9.
Viking WinTech
59%
10.
Uniroyal WinterExpert
55%
11.
FALKEN EUROWINTER HS02
56%
12.
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005
40%