Winter tyre test 215/65 R17 - Autozurnal 2025

Winter The test took place in Arvidsjaur, Swedish Lapland, a renowned automotive industry winter testing hub offering stable, optimal conditions for snow, ice, and subzero temperature testing.

2025

Year

7

Tyres

The tyres were tested on compact SUVs analogous to Volkswagen Tiguan, Škoda Karoq, Hyundai Tucson, and Kia Sportage; exact vehicle unspecified, but test context implies a current mainstream compact SUV platform.

Winner

Michelin Alpin 7

καλύτερη σχέση ποιότητας-τιμής

Barum Polaris 6

Test vehicle

VW Tiguan

ελαστικά που δοκιμάστηκαν

7

Results

Agenda:

Best value in test

Better than average value

Worse than average value

Worst value in test

1

Michelin Alpin 7

βαθμολογία: πολύ καλό

188 €

99 H

elastika-online.gr

+1 More sizes →

103H · 188 €

Wet103.6

Dry102.2

Snow97.6

Wet

Aquaplaning longitudinal#1/7

Wet braking#1/7

Wet circle cornering#1/7

Wet handling#1/7

Aquaplaning cross#2/7

Dry

Dry braking#1/7

Dry handling#2/7

Comfort

Noise exterior#3/7

Economy

Rolling resistance#1/7

Snow

Snow handling#1/7

Snow braking#4/7

Snow traction#5/7

2

Barum Polaris 6

βαθμολογία: καλό

127 €

99 H

elastika-online.gr

+2 More sizes →

99V · 149 €103H · 127 €

Wet100.0

Dry100.0

Snow100.0

Wet

Wet circle cornering#2/7

Wet handling#2/7

Aquaplaning cross#4/7

Aquaplaning longitudinal#4/7

Wet braking#4/7

Dry

Dry braking#2/7

Dry handling#6/7

Comfort

Noise exterior#1/7

Economy

Rolling resistance#2/7

Snow

Snow braking#1/7

Snow traction#1/7

Snow handling#2/7

3

Ceat WinterDrive SUV

βαθμολογία: καλό

Wet100.1

Dry99.2

Snow98.0

Wet

Aquaplaning longitudinal#2/7

Aquaplaning cross#3/7

Wet braking#3/7

Wet handling#4/7

Wet circle cornering#7/7

Dry

Dry braking#4/7

Dry handling#4/7

Comfort

Noise exterior#2/7

Economy

Rolling resistance#4/7

Snow

Snow traction#2/7

Snow braking#3/7

Snow handling#3/7

4

Lassa Competus Winter 2+

βαθμολογία: Weak

Wet100.7

Dry97.4

Snow96.1

Wet

Aquaplaning cross#1/7

Wet braking#2/7

Aquaplaning longitudinal#3/7

Wet circle cornering#3/7

Wet handling#3/7

Dry

Dry handling#3/7

Dry braking#5/7

Comfort

Noise exterior#7/7

Economy

Rolling resistance#7/7

Snow

Snow braking#6/7

Snow handling#6/7

Snow traction#7/7

5

Kormoran SUV Snow

βαθμολογία: Weak

Wet94.6

Dry96.2

Snow98.8

Wet

Wet circle cornering#4/7

Aquaplaning cross#5/7

Wet braking#5/7

Wet handling#5/7

Aquaplaning longitudinal#6/7

Dry

Dry braking#7/7

Dry handling#7/7

Comfort

Noise exterior#5/7

Economy

Rolling resistance#6/7

Snow

Snow braking#2/7

Snow handling#3/7

Snow traction#3/7

6

Riken SUV Snow

βαθμολογία: Weak

Wet94.5

Dry96.4

Snow97.0

Wet

Wet circle cornering#4/7

Aquaplaning longitudinal#5/7

Wet handling#5/7

Aquaplaning cross#6/7

Wet braking#6/7

Dry

Dry handling#5/7

Dry braking#6/7

Comfort

Noise exterior#6/7

Economy

Rolling resistance#5/7

Snow

Snow handling#3/7

Snow braking#5/7

Snow traction#6/7

7

Tomket Snowroad SUV 3

βαθμολογία: Poor

Wet87.2

Dry99.9

Snow94.9

Wet

Wet circle cornering#6/7

Aquaplaning cross#7/7

Aquaplaning longitudinal#7/7

Wet braking#7/7

Wet handling#7/7

Dry

Dry handling#1/7

Dry braking#3/7

Comfort

Noise exterior#4/7

Economy

Rolling resistance#2/7

Snow

Snow traction#4/7

Snow braking#7/7

Snow handling#7/7

Same size tyres not featured in the test

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 SUV Gen-1 95%	95%	Premium
2	Premium Michelin PILOT ALPIN 5 94%	94%	Premium	197 € 99 H
3	Premium Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV 91%	91%	Premium	139 € 99 V
4	Goodyear Ultragrip Performance+ Suv 90%	90%		183 € 99 V +2 More
5	Premium Pirelli SCORPION WINTER 90%	90%	Premium	195 € 99 H +3 More
6	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-005 90%	90%	Premium	185 € 103 H +1 More
7	Premium Continental WinterContact TS 850P SUV 90%	90%	Premium	176 € 99 T +5 More
8	Upper-middle Nokian WR SUV 4 89%	89%	Upper-middle	189 € 103 H

9	Premium Michelin ALPIN 5 89%	89%	Premium	226 € 99 H +2 More
10	Upper-middle Kleber KRISALP HP3 89%	89%	Upper-middle	169 € 99 T +1 More
11	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%	87%	Upper-middle	171 € 99 T +1 More
12	Premium Pirelli WINTER SOTTOZERO Serie III 86%	86%	Premium	217 € 99 H
13	Premium Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 84%	84%	Premium	201 € 99 H +4 More
14	Upper-middle Firestone Winterhawk 4 84%	84%	Upper-middle	144 € 103 H
15	Budget Semperit Speed-Grip 5 81%	81%	Budget	142 € 99 H +3 More
16	Upper-middle Nokian WR SUV 3 81%	81%	Upper-middle

17	Upper-middle Falken EUROWINTER HS01 SUV 79%	79%	Upper-middle
18	Upper-middle Toyo Observe S944 79%	79%	Upper-middle	176 € 103 V
19	Upper-middle Toyo Snowprox S954 78%	78%	Upper-middle
20	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo3 X W330A 76%	76%	Upper-middle	164 € 99 V +2 More
21	Upper-middle Kumho WinterCraft WS71 75%	75%	Upper-middle	141 € 99 T +2 More
22	Upper-middle Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 SUV W320 75%	75%	Upper-middle	134 € 99 H +1 More
23	Upper-middle BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 SUV 75%	75%	Upper-middle	159 € 99 H +1 More
24	Upper-middle Uniroyal WinterExpert 65%	65%	Upper-middle	144 € 99 V

25	Upper-middle Yokohama Bluearth Winter V905 62%	62%	Upper-middle	195 € 99 Q +1 More
26	Budget Matador MP93 Nordicca 56%	56%	Budget
27	GT Radial WinterPro2 Sport 51%	51%
28	Budget Apollo Aspire XP Winter 49%	49%	Budget
29	Budget Linglong Sport Master Winter 48%	48%	Budget
30	Budget Fortune FSR901 40%	40%	Budget
31	Budget Platin RP70 Winter 34%	34%	Budget
32	Budget Imperial SnowDragon UHP 25%	25%	Budget

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