2015 ADAC Winter Tire Test 165/70 R14 - Tire reviews and ratings

2015 ADAC Winter Tire Test - 165/70 R14

16 Premium Touring Winter tires tested in 165/70 R14 | Published September 25th, 2015 by Jonathan Benson

Test Summary
Wet Braking	Continental WinterContact TS 850 Michelin Alpin A4
Dry Braking	Goodyear UltraGrip 9
Wet Handling	Dunlop Winter Response 2 Bridgestone Blizzak LM001 Continental WinterContact TS 850
Wear	Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Michelin Alpin A4
Rolling Resistance	Dunlop Winter Response 2
Straight Aqua	Pirelli Winter Snow Control Series 3 Dunlop Winter Response 2 Falken Eurowinter HS449
Snow Braking	Mentor M200 Michelin Alpin A4 Firestone Winterhawk 3
Snow Handling	Semperit Master Grip 2

The European standard ADAC tire test has this year tested 205/55 R16 and 165/70 R14.

Here are the results from the 165/70 R14 test, you can read the results from the 205/55 R16 test here.

Result

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

1st: Goodyear UltraGrip 9
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 60 Dry: 7 Wet: 8.4 Snow: 7.6 Ice: 7 Rolling Resistance: 8.2 Noise: 6.2 Wear: 8 Overall: 7.6 Read Reviews
2nd: Michelin Alpin A4
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 60.2 Dry: 8 Wet: 7 Snow: 7.8 Ice: 7 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Noise: 5.2 Wear: 10 Overall: 7.6 Read Reviews
3rd: Dunlop Winter Response 2
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 59.2 Dry: 7.2 Wet: 7 Snow: 8.2 Ice: 7.4 Rolling Resistance: 8.8 Noise: 6.2 Wear: 7 Overall: 7.4 Read Reviews Buy from £88.78
4th: Fulda Kristall Montero 3
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 58 Dry: 7.6 Wet: 6.8 Snow: 8 Ice: 7 Rolling Resistance: 8 Noise: 5.8 Wear: 8 Overall: 6.8 Read Reviews
5th: Bridgestone Blizzak LM001
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 58 Dry: 7.8 Wet: 6.6 Snow: 8.2 Ice: 6.6 Rolling Resistance: 8 Noise: 5.2 Wear: 9 Overall: 6.6 Read Reviews
6th: Continental WinterContact TS 850
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 60.6 Dry: 8 Wet: 8.2 Snow: 8.2 Ice: 6.6 Rolling Resistance: 8.2 Noise: 5.8 Wear: 9 Overall: 6.6 Read Reviews
7th: Falken Eurowinter HS449
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 56 Dry: 7.8 Wet: 6.6 Snow: 6.6 Ice: 7.4 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Noise: 6.2 Wear: 7 Overall: 6.6 Read Reviews
8th: Uniroyal MS+ 77
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 55.2 Dry: 6.4 Wet: 7 Snow: 7.8 Ice: 6.2 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Noise: 6 Wear: 8 Overall: 6.2 Read Reviews
9th: Pirelli Winter Snow Control Series 3
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 53 Dry: 6 Wet: 7.4 Snow: 6.6 Ice: 7.4 Rolling Resistance: 7.4 Noise: 5.2 Wear: 7 Overall: 6 Read Reviews
10th: Semperit Master Grip 2
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 54.6 Dry: 7 Wet: 6.6 Snow: 7.8 Ice: 6 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Noise: 6.6 Wear: 7 Overall: 6 Read Reviews
11th: Barum Polaris 3
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 53.6 Dry: 7.4 Wet: 5.8 Snow: 7 Ice: 6.6 Rolling Resistance: 7.4 Noise: 5.6 Wear: 8 Overall: 5.8 Read Reviews
12th: Firestone Winterhawk 3
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 55.2 Dry: 7.6 Wet: 5 Snow: 7.4 Ice: 6.4 Rolling Resistance: 8.4 Noise: 5.4 Wear: 10 Overall: 5 Read Reviews
13th: Matador MP 54 Sibir Snow
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 50.8 Dry: 6.8 Wet: 4.8 Snow: 7 Ice: 6.6 Rolling Resistance: 7.4 Noise: 5.4 Wear: 8 Overall: 4.8 Read Reviews
14th: Aeolus SNOWACE AW02
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 41.6 Dry: 5 Wet: 1 Snow: 7.4 Ice: 6.4 Rolling Resistance: 8.2 Noise: 4.6 Wear: 8 Overall: 1 Read Reviews
15th: Linglong Greenmax Winter HP
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 42 Dry: 5.4 Wet: 1 Snow: 6 Ice: 7 Rolling Resistance: 8.2 Noise: 5.4 Wear: 8 Overall: 1 Read Reviews
16th: Mentor M200
165/70 R14 3PMSF: no	Total: 40.4 Dry: 6.6 Wet: 1 Snow: 5 Ice: 6 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Noise: 3 Wear: 10 Overall: 1 Read Reviews