Winter tyre test 205/55 R16 - Autobild 2021

See how tyre price relates to test performance at a glance

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

#	ονομασία	Our rating	Segment	Price
1	Premium GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ 90%	90%	Premium
2	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%	90%	Premium	255 € 91 T +5 More
3	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium
4	Premium Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 89%	89%	Premium	140 € 91 T +2 More
5	Premium GoodYear UltraGrip 9 89%	89%	Premium
6	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	135 € 91 T +7 More
7	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	90 € 91 T +11 More
8	Premium Michelin ALPIN A4 86%	86%	Premium
9	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 2 86%	86%	Budget
10	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle
11	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium
12	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO WINTER 84%	84%	Premium	135 € +5 More
13	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	130 € 91 H +5 More
14	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle	148 € 91 H +2 More
15	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	78 € 0 H +1 More
16	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	96 € 91 T +3 More
17	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	105 € 91 H +2 More
18	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
19	Premium Vredestein Snowtrac 5 77%	77%	Premium	104 € 91 T +4 More
20	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium	137 € 91 H +1 More
21	Budget Debica Frigo 2 75%	75%	Budget	77 € 91 T +1 More
22	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO 75%	75%	Premium
23	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
24	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
25	Budget Sava ESKIMO S3+ 73%	73%	Budget	83 € 91 T +2 More
26	Upper-middle Yokohama Bluearth Winter V906 72%	72%	Upper-middle	97 € 91 T +3 More
27	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP51 68%	68%	Upper-middle
28	Budget Nexen Winguard Snow G WH2 67%	67%	Budget	117 € 91 T +2 More
29	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 66%	66%	Budget
30	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	85 € 91 H +1 More
31	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
32	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
33	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	89 € 91 T +3 More
34	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
35	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
36	Budget Fulda KRISTALL MONTERO 3 62%	62%	Budget
37	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	142 € 91 T +9 More
38	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
39	Apollo Alnac 4G Winter 60%	60%
40	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
41	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
42	Budget Sportiva Snow Win 3 49%	49%	Budget
43	Budget Linglong Sport Master Winter 48%	48%	Budget
44	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
45	Upper-middle Toyo SnowProx S943 38%	38%	Upper-middle
46	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
47	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
48	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
49	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
50	Budget Infinity Ecozen 7%	7%	Budget
51	Budget Duraturn Mozzo Winter 1%	1%	Budget
52	Budget Syron Everest 1 plus 1%	1%	Budget
53	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget