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Winter Tire Tests


Total Tests: 511

Most Tested Brand: Michelin (488 tests)

Most Tested Tire: Dunlop Winter Sport 5 (63 tests)

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Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3

Winter tires can be a problem in the UK. Mainland Europe are very good at putting smaller wheels and tires on, but in the UK where even the most modest town hatchback is being fitted with 17 or 18 inch wheels as standard, and performance car now being fitted with 19 or even 20 inch wheels, finding a test covering larger winter wheel sizes can be difficult.

Fortunately Auto Bild Sportscars is there to offer us some guidance for the 2014 season, and have tested 235/35 R19 winter tires on a BMW M135i. Sadly, they only managed to find six patterns to test, compared to fifty in their 205/55 R16 tests, but it gives us a good indication of what winter tires are like in larger sizes.


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Continental WinterContact TS 850

 In 2014 Auto Zeitung have tested eleven 205/55 R16 premium winter tires. 


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Continental WinterContact TS 850

The 2014 Auto Motor Und Sport tire test was carried out in Sweden and Germany, and covered ten winter tires in 205/55 R16. 


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Dunlop SP WinterSport 4D

The 2014 Auto Bild winter tire test tested sixteen 225/50 R17 winter tires across fifteen disciplines, covering snow grip, wet grip, dry grip, rolling resistance and comfort. 

Starting with fifty different tire models, Auto Bild put every tire through a winter tires toughest test - wet braking. Auto Bild then took the top twenty winter tires from wet braking through to snow braking, and once it had combined the wet and snow braking distances for the top twenty, it chose the top sixteen tires  for this more thorough "full" test. 


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Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3

It's the test we look forward to all year, the Auto Bild winter tire shootout. 

2014 sees Auto Bild testing fifty different winter tires in 225/50 R17. As usual, they test all fifty tires in wet braking from 50 mph, then take the top twenty through to a snow braking test from 31mph. The top fifteen from this test then go on to the full winter tire test, where Auto Bild crown the best winter tire of 2014. 


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Michelin Alpin A4 After testing 50 different winter tires in wet and snow braking tests, Auto Bild have taken the top 15 performers through to a final shootout. In this super test, they've examined 16 aspects of the tires performance, including all aspects of their snow performance, wet and dry capabilities and various other tests, such as wear and rolling resistance in 195/65 R15 on a VW Golf.

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Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3 Nine different performance winter tires on an F10 3 Series in 225/50 R17 have been put through their paces by Auto Bild magazine.
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Continental WinterContact TS 850 225/50 R17, a BMW 3 Series and 8 sets of the latest winter tires summarise the 2013 Auto Motor Und Sport winter tire test.


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Just because your car runs wide, low profile wheels and tires, it doesn't mean it shouldn't work in the snow. Modern winter tires are now made in extremely wide sizes, and can totally transform RWD cars such as a BMW 3 Series from an unusable drive way ordainment, to king of the roads in poor conditions.
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Continental WinterContact TS 850 Continuing on from the 42 tire winter tires shootout, Auto Bild carried the top 15 tires across to the more in-depth group tests. Qualifying for this ultimate winter shoot out were tires from each of the six premium manufacturers, along with eight midrange brands and one brand we consider a high end budget (Maxxis).
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