ADAC has tested 31 winter tyres in size 225\/40 R18, covering budget, mid-price and premium brands. The programme included braking and handling on wet, dry, snow and ice, plus an environmental block (predicted wear, abrasion, efficiency, exterior noise, and a sustainability check). The overall score weights safety at 70% (dry 30%, wet 40%, winter 30%) and the environmental balance at 30%. Test sets were bought in retail channels and evaluated on independent proving grounds (incl. winter testing in Ivalo, Finland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Results show a clear spread. Six premium models achieved a \u201cgood\u201d overall rating: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 (overall 2.0), Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 (2.1), Bridgestone Blizzak 6 (2.2), Dunlop Winter Sport 5 (2.4), Hankook Winter i*cept evo\u00b3 W330 (2.4) and Continental WinterContact TS 870 P (2.5). Goodyear\u2019s win is supported by strong wet performance and a high predicted mileage (approx. 76,000 km) with low abrasion. Michelin performs particularly well on wintry surfaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mid-price \u201cquality\u201d group mostly lands on \u201csatisfactory\u201d. Several models are usable choices if their specific strengths align with the driver\u2019s usage pattern; a few are marked down for imbalances (e.g., stability on dry roads or weaker wet results).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The weakest results are concentrated in the budget segment. Fifteen tyres are not recommended overall, including eleven with a \u201cpoor\u201d rating. Typical issues are limited grip on snow\/ice and long wet-braking distances. ADAC notes a >15 m spread in wet braking from 80 km\/h between the best and worst; at the point the best-equipped car has stopped, the worst still carries meaningful residual speed. There are exceptions: Matador MP93 Nordicca and Momo W-20 North Pole<\/strong> reached \u201csatisfactory\u201d and can be considered by low-mileage users who accept compromises elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Among the best performers, Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3<\/strong> is the clear highlight: shortest wet braking and top wet handling\/aquaplaning results, combined with very high projected mileage, very low abrasion, and low weight\/consumption (only a mild tendency to oversteer in a dry emergency). Michelin Pilot Alpin 5<\/strong> is equally rounded\u2014best dry braking, strong and precise on snow\/ice and wet (minor dip in cross-aquaplaning). Bridgestone Blizzak 6<\/strong> steers precisely and brakes well on dry\/wet with solid winter traction (slight weakness in cross-aquaplaning\/snow-handling). Dunlop Winter Sport 5<\/strong> is good across dry, wet and winter with dependable braking and handling (aquaplaning margins just shy, and louder). Hankook Winter i*cept evo3 W330<\/strong> delivers good dry\/wet safety and class-leading longevity\/low abrasion (only mid on cross-aquaplaning and winter). Continental WinterContact TS 870 P<\/strong> is secure and precise on dry\/wet with good efficiency and wear (cross-aquaplaning and ice braking are the softer spots).<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the bottom, most failures are driven by wet-safety deficits<\/strong>\u2014long braking, early under\/oversteer, and low grip\u2014sometimes compounded by weak winter behavior. Syron Everest 2<\/strong> is the most extreme split: excellent on snow (best in test there) but poor<\/em> on dry\/wet with very low limits. Goodride SW608<\/strong> and Star Performer Stratos UHP<\/strong> both fall down on wet handling (low grip\/low reserve), while Evergreen EW66<\/strong> is downgraded on dry\/wet\/ice despite good snow. Nankang Winter Activa 4<\/strong> adds the lowest projected mileage<\/strong> and higher abrasion\/weight to weak dry\/winter results. Petlas SnowMaster 2 Sport<\/strong> and Imperial Snowdragon UHP<\/strong> are imprecise with early under\/oversteer (wet handling again the culprit). Landsail Winter Lander<\/strong> brakes well in the wet but is only adequate on dry and poor on snow<\/strong>. Radar Dimax Winter<\/strong> lasts long and is frugal, yet its heavy construction and weak wet handling keep overall safety down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ADAC has tested 31 winter tyres in size 225\/40 R18, covering budget, mid-price and premium brands. The programme included braking and handling on wet, dry, snow and ice, plus an environmental block (predicted wear, abrasion, efficiency, exterior noise, and a sustainability check). The overall score weights safety at 70% (dry 30%, wet 40%, winter 30%) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testpnevmatik.si\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testpnevmatik.si\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testpnevmatik.si\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testpnevmatik.si\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testpnevmatik.si\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5357"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/testpnevmatik.si\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5398,"href":"https:\/\/testpnevmatik.si\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5357\/revisions\/5398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testpnevmatik.si\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testpnevmatik.si\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testpnevmatik.si\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testpnevmatik.si\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}