Winter tires, 24 models compared

Into The comparison between tires for the cars, climb on the podium, in order, the Continental ContiWinterContact TS800 judged good overall in all respects, the Michelin Alpin A4 and the Dunlop SP Winter Response. A step below the other: from 8 to Goodyear UltraGrip Vredestein Snowtrac 3 to Pirelli Winter 190 Snowcontrol 3 Series, which took home an "average".
Negative vote, the only one for another, was attributed to the Falken HS439 Eurowinter that, despite its low price (from 46 to 76 euro), does not behave satisfactorily snowy roads.
's verdict ADAC recurs in almost photocopy for tires "size" 195/65. Here, too, no good end, but some "good" in most, 5 in all, followed by as many "average".
The winning time is also the Continental ContiWinterContact TS830, followed by Goodyear Dunlop Sp Winter UltraGrip and Sport 4D. Gradually, as shown in the tables published in these pages, all others, from the Dutch Finnish Nokian Vredestein Kumho to the South Korean and the Japanese Bridgestone all suffer from the wet asphalt. Poor finally once again the product of the Falken, beaten only by Trayal Arctica considered low despite the very low price (from 50 to 89 euro).

Brand	Model									Giudizio
Continental ContiWinter	Contact TS800	53 97	++	++	++	++	+	+++	++	7,5 ++
Michelin	Alpin A4	55 112	++	++	++	++	-	++	+++	7,0 ++
Dunlop	SP Winter Response	56 90	++	++	++	++	+	++	++	6,8 ++
Goodyear	UltraGrip 8	49 120	++	++	+	++	+	++	+++	5,9 +
Semperit	Master-Grip	47 83	+	++	++	++	+	++	++	5,7 +
Esa-Tecar	Super Grip 7	69	+	+	++	++	+	++	++	5,4 +
Vredestein	Snowtrac 3	48 117	++	+	+	++	+	++	+++	5,2 +
Uniroyal	MS plus 6	45 84	+	++	+	++	+	++	++	5,0 +
Firestone Winterhawk	2 Evo	47 102	++	+	++	+	+	++	++	4,8 +
Pirelli	Winter 190 Snowcontrol Serie 3	51 83	+	++	++	++	-	++	+	4,6 +
Ceat	Formula Winter	45 73	+	+	+	+	+	++	++	4,0 +
Falken	Eurowinter HS439	46 76	++	+	-	++	+	++	+	3,5 -