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Winter Tire test by ACE (225/50R17; 09.2015)
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ACE 
, 09.2015
The German ACE (Automobil Club Europa), GTÜ (Gesellschaft für Technische Überwachung mbH) and ARBÖ (Auto-, Motor- und Radfahrerbund Österreich) have published their Winter Tire Test 2015. The tested tire size was 225/50 R17 H/V , test vehicle was a BMW 320i.
The test was conducted by ACE in Ulrichen (CH) (snow tests) and at the Contidrom, Jeversen, Germany (wet and dry tests).
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Test results.
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| Continental Winter Contact TS850 | Goodyear UltraGrip Performance Gen-1 | Dunlop Winter Sport 5 | Nokian WR D4 | Michelin Alpin 5 | Pirelli Sottozero 3 | Semperit Speed-Grip 2 | Vredestein Wintrac Xtreme S | ||||||||||||
| Unit | Importance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
| Snow | |||||||||||||||||||
| Grip | points | 20 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
| Braking Features | points | 30 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 22 | |||||||||
| Steering Response (average speed on track) | points | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||
| Steering Response (subj.) | points | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
| Winter road (max 80 points) | points | 31% | 63 | 64 | 62 | 63 | 61 | 56 | 60 | 55 | |||||||||
| Wet road | |||||||||||||||||||
| Braking | points | 30 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 16 | |||||||||
| Handling | points | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Steering Response (subj.) | points | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Max speed (circle) | points | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Aquaplaning longitudinally | points | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
| Aquaplaning in corners | points | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Wet road (max 80 points) | points | 31% | 70 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 67 | 63 | 48 | 46 | |||||||||
| Dry road | |||||||||||||||||||
| Braking | points | 30 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 22 | |||||||||
| Handling | points | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | |||||||||
| Handling Safety | points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dry road (max 60 points) | pionts | 23% | 46 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 41 | 45 | 41 | 45 | |||||||||
| Economy and comfort | |||||||||||||||||||
| Exterior noise level | points | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||
| Rolling Resistance | points | 20 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | |||||||||
| Price/Quality | points | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
| Economy and comfort (max 40 points) | points | 15% | 26 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 32 | 30 | |||||||||
| Overall score | points | 260 | 205 | 203 | 197 | 195 | 193 | 188 | 181 | 176 | |||||||||
| Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Recomendations |  | |  | | | | |  | |||||||||||
SIA LANEKS, 2015.
More information on site of ACE, GTÜ or ARBÖ.
Author: Gunnar Beer, Photo: Tschovikov
