Winter tyre test 205/55 R16 - AUTOBILD 2024

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 Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 90%	90%	Premium	117 € 91 T +4 More
3	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%	90%	Premium	252 € 91 T +5 More
4	Premium GoodYear UltraGrip 9 89%	89%	Premium
5	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium
6	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	133 € 91 T +7 More
7	Premium Michelin ALPIN A4 86%	86%	Premium
8	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 2 86%	86%	Budget
9	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium
10	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle
11	Premium GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 86%	86%	Premium
12	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 85%	85%	Upper-middle	174 € 91 T +7 More
13	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle	146 € 91 H +2 More
14	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	130 € 91 H +5 More
15	Premium Pirelli CINTURATO WINTER 84%	84%	Premium	127 € +5 More
16	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
17	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle
18	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	99 € 91 H +2 More
19	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle
20	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
21	Premium Vredestein Snowtrac 5 77%	77%	Premium	104 € 91 T +4 More
22	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium	149 € 91 H +1 More
23	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO 75%	75%	Premium
24	Budget Debica Frigo 2 75%	75%	Budget	72 € 91 T +1 More
25	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
26	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
27	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
28	Budget Sava ESKIMO S3+ 73%	73%	Budget	83 € 91 T +2 More
29	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP51 68%	68%	Upper-middle
30	Budget Nexen Winguard Snow G WH2 67%	67%	Budget	116 € 91 T +2 More
31	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 66%	66%	Budget
32	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
33	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	83 € 91 H +1 More
34	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
35	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
36	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
37	Budget Fulda KRISTALL MONTERO 3 62%	62%	Budget
38	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	140 € 91 T +9 More
39	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
40	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
41	Budget Sportiva Snow Win 3 49%	49%	Budget
42	Budget Linglong Sport Master Winter 48%	48%	Budget
43	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth-Winter V906 40%	40%	Upper-middle	99 € 91 H +1 More
44	Upper-middle Toyo SnowProx S943 38%	38%	Upper-middle
45	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
46	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
47	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
48	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
49	Budget Syron Everest 1 plus 1%	1%	Budget
50	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget