2021 ADAC 15 Inch Winter Tire Test

Test Summary
Wet Braking	Michelin Alpin 6
Dry Braking	Continental WinterContact TS 860
Wet Handling	Dunlop Winter Response 2
Wear	Dunlop Winter Response 2 Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Plus
Rolling Resistance	General Altimax Winter 3 Vredestein Wintrac BFGoodrich gForce Winter 2
Straight Aqua	Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Plus Michelin Alpin 6 Vredestein Wintrac Barum Polaris 5 Laufenn I Fit Plus
Snow Braking	General Altimax Winter 3 Michelin Alpin 6 Vredestein Wintrac BFGoodrich gForce Winter 2
Snow Handling	Falken Eurowinter HS01

ADAC tire tests are some of the most influential in the world, and for the 2021 winter season ADAC have chosen to test eighteen 225/50 R17 tires and sixteen 195/65 R15 winter tires, across two tests. This article covers the 15" test, to see the 17" test please click here.

In this 15" winter tire test, the Goodyear Dunlop pairing performed impeccably in the snow, ice and on wet roads to tie for first place overall.

Michelin and Vredestein were the best of the rest. The Michelin Alpin 6 was the strongest tire across the dry tests and had the lowest wear of all tires, and the new Vredestein performed well in all tests.

Sadly, ADAC doesn't share any actual data with the public, but their scoring and testing notes can be found below.

Results

The overall results were weighted 15% dry, 30% wet, 20% snow, 10% ice, 5% noise, 10% fuel consumption and 10% rolling resistance.

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

1st: Dunlop Winter Response 2
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 64 Dry: 8 Wet: 7.8 Snow: 12 Ice: 7.2 Rolling Resistance: 8.4 Noise: 6 Wear: 7 Overall: 7.6 Very balanced, good on all surfaces, especially good on dry roads, low fuel consumption. None mentioned. Read Reviews Buy from £70.48
1st: Goodyear UltraGrip 9+
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 60.2 Dry: 7.4 Wet: 8.4 Snow: 8 Ice: 8 Rolling Resistance: 7.4 Noise: 6.4 Wear: 7 Overall: 7.6 Very balanced, good on all surfaces, especially good on wet roads, best on test on ice. None mentioned. Read Reviews
3rd: Michelin Alpin 6
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 60 Dry: 8.2 Wet: 7 Snow: 7.6 Ice: 8 Rolling Resistance: 8 Noise: 5.8 Wear: 8 Overall: 7.4 Very balanced, good on all surfaces, top marks in dry and ice, best wear on test. None mentioned. Read Reviews
3rd: Vredestein Wintrac
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 61 Dry: 7 Wet: 8 Snow: 7.6 Ice: 8 Rolling Resistance: 8.6 Noise: 6.4 Wear: 8 Overall: 7.4 Very balanced, good on all surfaces, top marks on ice, top marks for wear and fuel consumption. None mentioned. Read Reviews
5th: BFGoodrich gForce Winter 2
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 58.4 Dry: 7.6 Wet: 6.8 Snow: 8.2 Ice: 7 Rolling Resistance: 8.6 Noise: 5.4 Wear: 8 Overall: 6.8 Good on dry roads, top grade on snow, top marks for wear and fuel consumption. Slightly weak in the wet. Read Reviews
6th: Continental WinterContact TS 860
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 57.6 Dry: 6.6 Wet: 8.8 Snow: 8.2 Ice: 7 Rolling Resistance: 7.2 Noise: 6.2 Wear: 7 Overall: 6.6 Top marks in wet and on snow. Slight weakness in the dry. Read Reviews
7th: Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 55.2 Dry: 7.6 Wet: 7.4 Snow: 6.8 Ice: 7.2 Rolling Resistance: 7.4 Noise: 6.8 Wear: 6 Overall: 6 Good in the dry, wet and ice, low fuel consumption. Slightly weak on snow, very high wear. Read Reviews
7th: Laufenn I Fit+
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 56.4 Dry: 6.8 Wet: 7.6 Snow: 8.2 Ice: 8 Rolling Resistance: 7.6 Noise: 6.2 Wear: 6 Overall: 6 Top marks on snow and ice, good in the wet, low fuel consumption. Weakness in the dry, high wear. Read Reviews
7th: Falken Eurowinter HS01
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 56.2 Dry: 7.4 Wet: 6.6 Snow: 7.2 Ice: 7.2 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Noise: 8 Wear: 6 Overall: 6 Good in the dry, wet and on ice, low fuel consumption. Weak in the wet and high wear. Read Reviews Buy from £82.96
7th: Bridgestone Blizzak LM005
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 54.8 Dry: 7 Wet: 8.6 Snow: 6.4 Ice: 7.4 Rolling Resistance: 8 Noise: 5.4 Wear: 6 Overall: 6 Good in the dry, wet and on ice, low fuel consumption. High wear. Read Reviews Buy from £82.15
11th: Yokohama BluEarth Winter V906
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 53.8 Dry: 7.8 Wet: 5.8 Snow: 7.6 Ice: 7.2 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Noise: 5.8 Wear: 6 Overall: 5.8 Good in the dry, snow and ice, low fuel consumption. Very weak in the wet, very high wear. Read Reviews Buy from £78.85
12th: Barum Polaris 5
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 54.8 Dry: 6 Wet: 5.6 Snow: 8 Ice: 8 Rolling Resistance: 8.2 Noise: 6.4 Wear: 7 Overall: 5.6 Good in the snow and ice, low fuel consumption. Very weak in the dry and wet. Read Reviews
13th: Nokian WR Snowproof
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 54.4 Dry: 7 Wet: 5.4 Snow: 7.4 Ice: 7.6 Rolling Resistance: 8.4 Noise: 6.2 Wear: 7 Overall: 5.4 Good in the dry, snow and on ice, low fuel consumption. Very weak in the wet. Read Reviews
14th: General Altimax Winter 3
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 54.4 Dry: 5.2 Wet: 5 Snow: 8.2 Ice: 7.8 Rolling Resistance: 8.6 Noise: 6.6 Wear: 8 Overall: 5 Good in the snow, low fuel use, low wear, good on ice. Very weak in dry and wet. Read Reviews
15th: GT Radial WinterPro2
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 49.8 Dry: 5 Wet: 5 Snow: 7.2 Ice: 7.2 Rolling Resistance: 7.8 Noise: 6.6 Wear: 6 Overall: 5 Good in the snow, low fuel use, good on ice. Significant weakness in the dry and wet, high wear. Read Reviews
16th: Kumho Winter Craft WP51
195/65 R15 3PMSF: no	Total: 49.4 Dry: 4.8 Wet: 6 Snow: 7 Ice: 7.2 Rolling Resistance: 7 Noise: 5.6 Wear: 7 Overall: 4.8 Good on snow and ice. Significant weakness in the dry and wet. Read Reviews