Test Summary | |
Wet Braking | Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV Nokian WR A4 |
Dry Braking | Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV |
Wet Handling | Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV |
Snow Handling | Goodyear UltraGrip Performance SUV Gen 1 Nokian WR A4 |
Ice Braking | Nokian WR A4 |
With Continental yet to update their SUV pattern to the most recent TS860, Dunlop takes an excellent test win. The Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV proved to be the best on test in the snow, on wet roads, and a joint winner in the dry.
The second and third placed Goodyear and Continental tires both came highly recommended thanks to a balanced performance of qualities, and Pirelli have improved their wet performance to take fourth overall.
Nokian narrowly beat Kumho to fifth place, and is the first of the "cheaper" sets of tires. While the Nokian couldn't quite manage the best in wet running, it did prove to be the best in the dry, so perhaps a winter tire more suited to year round running.
Seventh placed Hankook was strong in the snow, but like the Nokian struggled a little bit in the dry, and last placed Cooper was the only tire to be "conditionally recommended" due to a weak dry performance.
Full results below.
Results
1st: Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV | |
| Cost:770 euros per set. Test winner. Read Reviews Buy from £163.61 |
2nd: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance SUV Gen 1 | |
| Cost:768 euros per set. Recommended. Read Reviews |
3rd: Continental Winter Contact TS 850 P SUV | |
| Cost:790 euros per set. Recommended. Read Reviews |
4th: Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3 | |
| Cost:762 euros per set. Recommended. Read Reviews |
5th: Nokian WR A4 | |
| Cost:610 euros per set. Recommended. Read Reviews |
6th: Kumho WinterCraft WP71 | |
| Cost:526 euros per set. Recommended. Read Reviews |
7th: Hankook Winter i cept evo2 SUV | |
| Cost:630 euros per set. Recommended. Read Reviews |
8th: Cooper Weather Master SA2+ | |
| Cost:496 euros per set. Conditionally recommended. Read Reviews |