Auto Zeitung winter tyre test (205/55R16; 09.2016)

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Auto Zeitung, (09.2016)

The test was made with VW Golf in cooperation with GTÜ (Gesellschaft für Technische Überwachung) on folowing proving grounds:

- snow performance: Älvsbyn, Sweden,
- wet and dry performace: Contidrom, Jeversen, Germany.

◄ Previous page Test results. Next page ►
				Continental Winter Contact TS860		Nokian WR D4		Pirelli Cinturato Winter		Goodyear UltraGrip 9		Michelin Alpin 5		Michelin Cross Climate		Dunlop WinterSport 5		Hankook Winter i*cept RS2		Bridgestone Blizzak LM001		Nexen WinGuard Snow-G WH2		Kumho WinterCraft WP 71		Vredestein Wintrac Xtreme S		GT Radial Champiro WinterPro HP		Westlake SW 618
	Unit	Importance
Snow
Braking	points	40		40		39		39		38		39		35		40		40		39		39		40		36		36		34
Handling Safety	points	30		30		28		27		23		26		15		25		25		15		22		15		16		13		10
Steering Response	points	15		15		15		14		13		14		12		14		14		13		13		13		12		11		11
Grip	points	40		36		38		36		39		39		35		35		39		38		40		35		33		27		22
Transversal Stability	points	25		22		22		23		19		22		16		22		23		22		22		22		17		15		21
Score in snow	points	150		143		142		139		132		140		113		136		141		127		136		125		114		102		98
Wet road
Aquaplaning longitudinally	points	25		21		24		24		22		22		16		19		25		25		12		14		12		12		12
Aquaplaning in corners	points	10		6		10		7		8		6		1		10		10		6		1		4		2		3		2
Braking	points	40		40		35		36		34		32		40		30		22		28		28		21		19		29		17
Handling Safety	points	45		45		30		43		36		40		38		28		23		18		21		15		17		26		5
Max speed (circle)	points	20		20		16		19		18		19		18		16		15		14		15		14		14		16		9
Transversal Stability	points	10		10		9		9		9		9		9		9		9		9		9		8		9		9		7
Score on wet road	points	150		142		124		138		127		128		122		112		104		100		86		76		73		95		52
Dry road
Braking	points	40		28		30		24		24		24		40		27		26		22		27		27		25		23		29
Handling Safety	points	30		23		20		16		21		19		30		20		26		24		24		17		25		22		14
Steering Response (average speed on track)	points	20		19		19		18		19		18		20		19		19		19		19		18		19		19		18
Driving comfort	points	10		9		9		7		8		8		6		9		7		7		7		7		9		6		7
Rolling Resistance	points	25		25		21		15		22		18		21		22		16		19		20		16		18		14		10
Changing the direction line on dry asphalt	points	15		14		14		12		14		13		15		14		14		15		14		14		15		14		13
Exterior noise level	points	10		9		8		9		9		8		9		8		10		8		8		9		9		10		8
Score on dry road	points	150		127		121		101		117		108		141		119		118		114		119		108		120		108		99
Overall score	points	450		412		387		378		376		376		376		367		363		341		341		309		307		305		249
Place				1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14

SIA LANEKS, 2016

More information on the sites of AZ and GTÜ. Photo: Auto Zeitung.