Winter tyre test 225/45 R17 - Autoexpress 2025

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 Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 90%	90%	Premium	144 € 91 H +2 More
2	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860 90%	90%	Premium
3	Premium GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ 90%	90%	Premium
4	Premium Michelin ALPIN 6 89%	89%	Premium
5	Premium Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 89%	89%	Premium	175 € 91 H +1 More
6	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium
7	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	132 € 91 H +3 More
8	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium
9	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	126 € 91 H +2 More
10	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	111 € 91 H +4 More
11	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	191 € 91 H +6 More
12	Upper-middle Nokian WR D4 86%	86%	Upper-middle
13	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 85%	85%	Upper-middle
14	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle
15	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	185 € 91 H +2 More
16	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	105 € 91 H +1 More
17	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	90 € 0 V
18	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
19	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	115 € 91 H +1 More
20	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	120 € 91 H +1 More
21	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle	165 € 91 H +4 More
22	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof P 79%	79%	Upper-middle
23	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	143 € 94 V +2 More
24	Upper-middle Nokian WR Snowproof 79%	79%	Upper-middle
25	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
26	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 860S 76%	76%	Premium	178 € 91 H +1 More
27	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
28	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget	110 € 91 H +2 More
29	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 EVO 75%	75%	Premium
30	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
31	Budget Giti GitiWinter W1 74%	74%	Budget
32	Upper-middle Yokohama Bluearth Winter V906 72%	72%	Upper-middle	124 € 91 H +1 More
33	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 2 WU7 69%	69%	Budget	102 € 94 H +2 More
34	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	103 € 91 H +3 More
35	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
36	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
37	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	119 € 91 H +1 More
38	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget
39	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
40	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
41	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	110 € 91 H +9 More
42	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
43	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
44	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
45	GT Radial WinterPro2 Sport 51%	51%
46	Budget Sportiva Snow Win 3 49%	49%	Budget	157 € 94 V
47	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
48	Budget Fortune Fsr901 40%	40%	Budget
49	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
50	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
51	Sailun Iceblazer Alpine Evo 1 29%	29%
52	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
53	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
54	Premium Dunlop Winter Sport 5 1%	1%	Premium	149 € 91 H +8 More
55	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget
56	Budget Kormoran SNOWPRO B2 1%	1%	Budget