2016 ADAC Winter Tyre Test 225/45 R17 - Tyre reviews and ratings

Test Summary
Wet Braking	Bridgestone Blizzak LM001
Dry Braking	Uniroyal MS Plus 77
Wet Handling	Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen 1
Rolling Resistance	Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen 1
Noise	Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Firestone Winterhawk 3
Straight Aqua	Firestone Winterhawk 3 Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen 1
Snow Braking	BFGoodrich gForce Winter

This year the German motoring orginisation ADAC have tested winter tyres in 225/45 R17 and 185/65 R15, and all season tyres in 205/55 R16.

Below are the results of the 225/45 R17 winter tyre test.

Other ADAC 2016 tests:

Results

The dry results are weighted 15% overall, wet 30%, snow 20%, ice 10%, noise/comfort 5%, fuel consumption 10% and wear 10%.

Click here to view Results as a single table and adjust the score weighting based on your own driving needs!

1st: Dunlop Winter Sport 5
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 53.4 Dry: 7.2 Wet: 7.2 Snow: 8.2 Ice: 7.6 Comfort: 6.4 Rolling Resistance: 8.8 Wear: 8 Very balanced, especially good on wet and snow, good on dry and icy roads, low fuel consumption Read Reviews Buy from £114.58
2nd: Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 46.6 Dry: 6.2 Wet: 6.6 Snow: 6.6 Ice: 6.8 Comfort: 5.8 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Wear: 7 Good all-rounder with only slight weaknesses Read Reviews
3rd: Firestone Winterhawk 3
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 49.4 Dry: 6.2 Wet: 6 Snow: 7.2 Ice: 8 Comfort: 6.4 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Wear: 8 Top marks on ice, relatively quiet Slightly weaker on dry and especially wet surfaces Read Reviews
4th: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen 1
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 51.8 Dry: 6 Wet: 6.6 Snow: 8.6 Ice: 8 Comfort: 5.6 Rolling Resistance: 9 Wear: 8 Top ratings on snow and ice as well as in fuel consumption Slight weaknesses on dry roads Read Reviews
5th: Hankook Winter i cept evo2
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 47.2 Dry: 7.6 Wet: 6 Snow: 7 Ice: 7.2 Comfort: 5 Rolling Resistance: 7.4 Wear: 7 Especially good on dry roads, strong in the snow Relatively weak in the wet Read Reviews
6th: Nokian WR D4
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 49.2 Dry: 7.2 Wet: 6.8 Snow: 7.6 Ice: 7.8 Comfort: 5.8 Rolling Resistance: 8 Wear: 6 Relatively good on snow and ice, good on dry roads Somewhat weaker in the wet, poor wear Read Reviews
7th: Uniroyal MS+ 77
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 47.8 Dry: 5.6 Wet: 7.4 Snow: 7 Ice: 6.8 Comfort: 5.8 Rolling Resistance: 8.2 Wear: 7 Top marks in the wet Relatively weak on dry roads and on ice Read Reviews
8th: Bridgestone Blizzak LM001
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 47.8 Dry: 7.8 Wet: 7 Snow: 5.4 Ice: 7.2 Comfort: 4.6 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Wear: 8 Top marks in the dry, good in the wet Weak on snow Read Reviews
9th: Viking Snow Tech II
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 43.6 Dry: 5.6 Wet: 5.2 Snow: 7.2 Ice: 6.6 Comfort: 3.8 Rolling Resistance: 7.2 Wear: 8 Good in the snow Relatively weak on dry and wet, high fuel consumption Read Reviews
10th: Vredestein Wintrac xtreme S
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 45.8 Dry: 7.2 Wet: 7.2 Snow: 5.2 Ice: 7 Comfort: 6 Rolling Resistance: 7.2 Wear: 6 Especially good in the wet, good on dry roads Weak on snow, high fuel consumption and wear Read Reviews
11th: Yokohama W drive V905
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 42.6 Dry: 7 Wet: 5.4 Snow: 7.8 Ice: 6.2 Comfort: 4 Rolling Resistance: 7.2 Wear: 5 Good on dry roads and on Snow Weak on wet and ice, higher fuel consumption and wear Read Reviews
12th: Matador MP 92 Sibir Snow
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 47.8 Dry: 6.8 Wet: 4.6 Snow: 7.6 Ice: 7 Comfort: 5.6 Rolling Resistance: 8.2 Wear: 8 Good on snow, relatively low fuel consumption Weak in the wet Read Reviews
13th: BFGoodrich gForce Winter
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 48.4 Dry: 6.8 Wet: 4.2 Snow: 7.6 Ice: 7.6 Comfort: 4.8 Rolling Resistance: 8.4 Wear: 9 Top grade in wear, good on snow and ice, low fuel consumption Weak in the wet Read Reviews