| Test Summary | |
| Wet Braking |
Michelin Alpin 6 |
| Dry Braking |
Continental WinterContact TS 860 |
| Wet Handling |
Dunlop Winter Response 2 |
| Wear |
Dunlop Winter Response 2 Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Plus |
| Rolling Resistance |
General Altimax Winter 3 Vredestein Wintrac BFGoodrich gForce Winter 2 |
| Straight Aqua |
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 Plus Michelin Alpin 6 Vredestein Wintrac Barum Polaris 5 Laufenn I Fit Plus |
| Snow Braking |
General Altimax Winter 3 Michelin Alpin 6 Vredestein Wintrac BFGoodrich gForce Winter 2 |
| Snow Handling |
Falken Eurowinter HS01 |
In this 15" winter tire test, the Goodyear Dunlop pairing performed impeccably in the snow, ice and on wet roads to tie for first place overall.
Michelin and Vredestein were the best of the rest. The Michelin Alpin 6 was the strongest tire across the dry tests and had the lowest wear of all tires, and the new Vredestein performed well in all tests.
Sadly, ADAC doesn't share any actual data with the public, but their scoring and testing notes can be found below.
Results
The overall results were weighted 15% dry, 30% wet, 20% snow, 10% ice, 5% noise, 10% fuel consumption and 10% rolling resistance.
- 3PMSF: no
Very balanced, good on all surfaces, especially good on dry roads, low fuel consumption.
None mentioned.
Total: 64
Dry
8
Wet
7.8
Snow
12
Ice
7.2
Rolling Resistance
8.4
Noise
6
Wear
7
Overall
7.6
- 3PMSF: no
Very balanced, good on all surfaces, especially good on wet roads, best on test on ice.
None mentioned.
Total: 60.2
Dry
7.4
Wet
8.4
Snow
8
Ice
8
Rolling Resistance
7.4
Noise
6.4
Wear
7
Overall
7.6
- 3PMSF: no
Very balanced, good on all surfaces, top marks in dry and ice, best wear on test.
None mentioned.
Total: 60
Dry
8.2
Wet
7
Snow
7.6
Ice
8
Rolling Resistance
8
Noise
5.8
Wear
8
Overall
7.4
- 3PMSF: no
Very balanced, good on all surfaces, top marks on ice, top marks for wear and fuel consumption.
None mentioned.
Total: 61
Dry
7
Wet
8
Snow
7.6
Ice
8
Rolling Resistance
8.6
Noise
6.4
Wear
8
Overall
7.4
- 3PMSF: no
Good on dry roads, top grade on snow, top marks for wear and fuel consumption.
Slightly weak in the wet.
Total: 58.4
Dry
7.6
Wet
6.8
Snow
8.2
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
8.6
Noise
5.4
Wear
8
Overall
6.8
- 3PMSF: no
Top marks in wet and on snow.
Slight weakness in the dry.
Total: 57.6
Dry
6.6
Wet
8.8
Snow
8.2
Ice
7
Rolling Resistance
7.2
Noise
6.2
Wear
7
Overall
6.6
- 3PMSF: no
Good in the dry, wet and on ice, low fuel consumption.
High wear.
Total: 54.8
Dry
7
Wet
8.6
Snow
6.4
Ice
7.4
Rolling Resistance
8
Noise
5.4
Wear
6
Overall
6
- 3PMSF: no
Good in the dry, wet and on ice, low fuel consumption.
Weak in the wet and high wear.
Total: 56.2
Dry
7.4
Wet
6.6
Snow
7.2
Ice
7.2
Rolling Resistance
7.8
Noise
8
Wear
6
Overall
6
- 3PMSF: no
Top marks on snow and ice, good in the wet, low fuel consumption.
Weakness in the dry, high wear.
Total: 56.4
Dry
6.8
Wet
7.6
Snow
8.2
Ice
8
Rolling Resistance
7.6
Noise
6.2
Wear
6
Overall
6
- 3PMSF: no
Good in the dry, wet and ice, low fuel consumption.
Slightly weak on snow, very high wear.
Total: 55.2
Dry
7.6
Wet
7.4
Snow
6.8
Ice
7.2
Rolling Resistance
7.4
Noise
6.8
Wear
6
Overall
6
- 3PMSF: no
Good in the dry, snow and ice, low fuel consumption.
Very weak in the wet, very high wear.
Total: 53.8
Dry
7.8
Wet
5.8
Snow
7.6
Ice
7.2
Rolling Resistance
7.8
Noise
5.8
Wear
6
Overall
5.8
- 3PMSF: no
Good in the snow and ice, low fuel consumption.
Very weak in the dry and wet.
Total: 54.8
Dry
6
Wet
5.6
Snow
8
Ice
8
Rolling Resistance
8.2
Noise
6.4
Wear
7
Overall
5.6
- 3PMSF: no
Good in the dry, snow and on ice, low fuel consumption.
Very weak in the wet.
Total: 54.4
Dry
7
Wet
5.4
Snow
7.4
Ice
7.6
Rolling Resistance
8.4
Noise
6.2
Wear
7
Overall
5.4
- 3PMSF: no
Good in the snow, low fuel use, low wear, good on ice.
Very weak in dry and wet.
Total: 54.4
Dry
5.2
Wet
5
Snow
8.2
Ice
7.8
Rolling Resistance
8.6
Noise
6.6
Wear
8
Overall
5
- 3PMSF: no
Good in the snow, low fuel use, good on ice.
Significant weakness in the dry and wet, high wear.
Total: 49.8
Dry
5
Wet
5
Snow
7.2
Ice
7.2
Rolling Resistance
7.8
Noise
6.6
Wear
6
Overall
5
- 3PMSF: no
Good on snow and ice.
Significant weakness in the dry and wet.
Total: 49.4
Dry
4.8
Wet
6
Snow
7
Ice
7.2
Rolling Resistance
7
Noise
5.6
Wear
7
Overall
4.8