2011 EVO Winter Tire Test

Full results and write up due soon.

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1st: Continental WinterContact TS 830 P
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 456.3 Dry: 94.1 Wet: 96.6 Snow: 98 Subjective: 77.1 Overall: 90.5 Dry:Soft and friendly, tidy when hustled. 3rd fasted dry lap time. Wet:Smooth and flowing, very predictable in its responses. 3rd fastest lap time. Snow:Mid pack snow performance but stable. The Continental is objectively the best overall, which it combined with solid results to win the test. Read Reviews
2nd: Michelin Alpin A4
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 456.8 Dry: 92.1 Wet: 95.6 Snow: 95.2 Subjective: 83.5 Overall: 90.4 Dry:Subjectively the best winter tire in the dry. 9th fastest lap time. Wet:A winter tire that feels truly precise in the wet. Fastest wet lap time. Snow:Slightly better than the Conti in the snow, still trails the Goodyear and Dunlop winters. Best on-road feel and consistently good in the tests gives the Michelin Alpin A4 a strong second. Read Reviews
3rd: Pirelli SNOWCONTROL Serie II
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 453.2 Dry: 92.1 Wet: 96.9 Snow: 94.2 Subjective: 79.9 Overall: 90.1 Dry:Soft and lazy feel. Slowest dry lap time. Wet:Best subjective score in the wet, 2nd fastest lap time. Snow:Strong performance finishing 3rd in the snow lap. Best in the wet. Read Reviews
4th: Goodyear Ultra Grip Performance 2
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 451.4 Dry: 92.3 Wet: 94.3 Snow: 99.6 Subjective: 75.7 Overall: 89.5 Dry:Decent front end feel, lacks bite on the brakes. 7th Fastest dry lap time. Wet:Benign nature and good low speed agility, 5th fastest wet lap time. Snow:Best winter tire in the snow. Read Reviews
5th: Vredestein Quatrac 3
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 447.6 Dry: 94.3 Wet: 91.6 Snow: 92 Subjective: 80.7 Overall: 89 Dry:Most positive front end after the summer tire. 2nd fastest dry lap time. Wet:A little tail happy but strong front end and lots of steering feel. 7th fastest wet lap. Snow:Surprisingly strong in the snow with the quickest lap time! 6th in the slalom. Read Reviews
6th: Dunlop SP WinterSport 4D
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 443.1 Dry: 93 Wet: 94.3 Snow: 96.3 Subjective: 71.6 Overall: 87.9 Dry:Good time but soft turn in. 5th fastest dry lap time. Wet:Soft and friendly feel, happy turning. 6th fastest laptime. Snow:Best in snow slalom. Extremely strong in the dry and snow (pre-production tire used) Read Reviews
7th: Hankook Optimo 4S
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 442 Dry: 93.2 Wet: 94.5 Snow: 92.4 Subjective: 74.1 Overall: 87.8 Dry:Strong on the brakes, stable direction change. 6th fastest dry lap time. Wet:Strong wet grip, 4th fastest wet lap. Snow:7th in both the snow slalom and laptimes, above the dedicated winter SV2. Read Reviews
8th: Nankang SV2
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 413.3 Dry: 92.6 Wet: 86.9 Snow: 85.5 Subjective: 65.4 Overall: 82.9 Dry:Surprisingly good in the dry, 6th fastest lap time. Wet:Oily, vaque, loads of lock needed, hard to tell when the wheels are locked. 9th fastest wet lap time. Snow:Worst winter tire on test, 3 seconds a lap slower than the all season Hankook. Read Reviews
9th: Kumho Solus Vier KH21
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 405.5 Dry: 92.6 Wet: 88.5 Snow: 73.8 Subjective: 69.8 Overall: 80.8 Dry:Strong on the brakes, stable direction change. 4th fastest dry lap time. Wet:Reluctant to turn in, little traction, jumps sideways under power, sloppy. Slowest wet lap time. Snow:Extremely poor snow performance, nearly 9 seconds slower than the next best tire. Read Reviews
10th: Continental Sport Contact 3
225/45 R17 3PMSF: no	Total: 311.1 Dry: 100 Wet: 90.9 Snow: -36.1 Subjective: 94.8 Overall: 61.5 Dry:Clear leader in the dry by over 3 seconds a (115 second) lap. Different league subjectively. Extremely precise compared to winter tires. Wet:Marginally preferred the feel to the winter version, only 8th fastest wet lap time. Snow:Couldn't even get to the start line for the snow handling! Read Reviews