Winter tyre test 205/55 R16 - AutoMotorSport 2018

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	118 € 91 T +4 More
2	Premium GoodYear UltraGrip Performance+ 90%	90%	Premium
3	Premium Michelin ALPIN 6 89%	89%	Premium
4	Premium Dunlop Winter Sport 5 89%	89%	Premium	112 € 91 T +7 More
5	Premium Pirelli Cinturato Winter 2 89%	89%	Premium	140 € 91 T +2 More
6	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	99 € 91 T +3 More
7	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	135 € 91 T +7 More
8	Premium Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 89%	89%	Premium
9	Upper-middle Hankook W462 Winter i*cept RS3 87%	87%	Upper-middle	87 € 91 T +11 More
10	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	106 € 91 T +3 More
11	Premium Michelin ALPIN A4 86%	86%	Premium
12	Premium GoodYear UltraGrip 9+ 86%	86%	Premium
13	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium
14	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 2 86%	86%	Budget
15	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 84%	84%	Upper-middle	148 € 91 H +2 More
16	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	131 € 91 H +5 More
17	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	93 € 91 T +3 More
18	Budget Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%	82%	Budget	78 € 0 H +1 More
19	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 3 81%	81%	Budget
20	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	96 € 91 T +3 More
21	Upper-middle Falken EuroWinter HS01 80%	80%	Upper-middle
22	Budget Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%	80%	Budget	87 € 91 H +1 More
23	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	105 € 91 H +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	137 € 91 H +1 More
27	Budget Debica Frigo 2 75%	75%	Budget	77 € 91 T +1 More
28	Budget Sava Eskimo HP2 75%	75%	Budget	89 € 91 H +2 More
29	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WP71 75%	75%	Upper-middle
30	Upper-middle Uniroyal MS Plus 77 74%	74%	Upper-middle
31	Budget Sava ESKIMO S3+ 73%	73%	Budget	83 € 91 T +2 More
32	Upper-middle Yokohama Bluearth Winter V906 72%	72%	Upper-middle	97 € 91 T +3 More
33	Budget Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 67%	67%	Budget	79 € 91 T +3 More
34	Budget Debica Frigo HP2 66%	66%	Budget	89 € 91 H +1 More
35	Budget Nexen WinGuard Sport 66%	66%	Budget
36	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-32 66%	66%	Premium
37	Upper-middle Nokian WR D3 66%	66%	Upper-middle
38	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	87 € 91 T +3 More
39	Budget Barum Polaris 5 64%	64%	Budget
40	Upper-middle Nokian WR A4 63%	63%	Upper-middle
41	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS449 63%	63%	Upper-middle
42	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	142 € 91 T +9 More
43	Budget Fulda KRISTALL MONTERO 3 62%	62%	Budget
44	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 3 61%	61%	Upper-middle
45	Apollo Alnac 4G Winter 60%	60%
46	Budget Giti Gitiwinter W2 59%	59%	Budget
47	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
48	Budget Sportiva Snow Win 3 49%	49%	Budget
49	Budget Linglong Sport Master Winter 48%	48%	Budget
50	Budget Kormoran SNOW 40%	40%	Budget
51	Upper-middle Yokohama BluEarth-Winter V906 40%	40%	Upper-middle	96 € 91 H +1 More
52	Budget Matador MP92 Sibir Snow 36%	36%	Budget
53	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
54	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget
55	Budget Radar Dimax Winter 9%	9%	Budget
56	Budget Infinity Ecozen 7%	7%	Budget
57	Budget Imperial SnowDragon 3 1%	1%	Budget
58	Budget Syron Everest 1 plus 1%	1%	Budget
59	Budget Duraturn Mozzo Winter 1%	1%	Budget