Hankook Winter i cept evo3 vs Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus
This comparison is especially useful because both tires appear together in three 2025 professional tests, including a high-performance 275/35 R19 evaluation and two 225/40 R18 winter tests. Across those results, the Hankook wins all three overall rankings and is particularly strong in braking and snow dynamics. The Vredestein counters with good wet cornering behaviour and some aquaplaning strengths, but its weaker dry braking, higher rolling resistance and poorer wear numbers affect its overall case.
Test Results
Independent comparison tire tests are the best source of data to get tire information from, and the good news is there have been three tests which compare both tires directly!
| Tire | Test Wins | Performance |
|---|---|---|
| Hankook Winter i cept evo3 | three |
While it might look like the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 is better than the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus purely based on the higher number of test wins, tires are very complicated objects which means where one tire is better than the other can be more important in real world use.
Let's look at how the two tires compare across multiple tire test categories.
Key Strengths
- Consistently shorter wet, dry and snow braking distances across the shared tests
- Stronger overall snow performance, especially handling and slalom control
- Better efficiency, with lower rolling resistance in both measured comparisons
- Superior wear and value results, including 51,940 km projected wear versus 37,630 km for the Vredestein in AutoBild
- Strong wet lateral grip, winning both wet circle comparisons
- Good wet handling balance, including a narrow wet handling win in the AutoBild test
- Competitive aquaplaning resistance in the 275/35 R19 high-performance test
- Respectable snow traction in some conditions, including a traction win in the Sportauto-style high-performance test
Dry Braking
Looking at data from two tire tests, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was better during two dry braking tests. On average the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 stopped the vehicle in 3.09% less distance than the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
Best In Dry Braking: Hankook Winter i cept evo3
See how the Dry Braking winner was calculated >>
Dry Handling [Km/H]
Looking at data from two tire tests, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was better during two dry handling [km/h] tests. On average the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was 0.68% faster around a lap than the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
Best In Dry Handling [Km/H]: Hankook Winter i cept evo3
See how the Dry Handling winner was calculated >>
Wet Braking
Looking at data from three tire tests, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was better during three wet braking tests. On average the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 stopped the vehicle in 2% less distance than the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
Best In Wet Braking: Hankook Winter i cept evo3
See how the Wet Braking winner was calculated >>
Wet Handling [Km/H]
Looking at data from two tire tests, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 and Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus performed equally well in wet handling [km/h] tests.
Best In Wet Handling [Km/H]: Both tires performed equally well
See how the Wet Handling winner was calculated >>
Wet Circle
Looking at data from one tire tests, the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus was better during one wet circle tests. On average the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus had 1.81% higher lateral wet grip than the Hankook Winter i cept evo3.
Best In Wet Circle: Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus
See how the Wet Circle winner was calculated >>
Straight Aqua
Looking at data from two tire tests, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was better during one straight aqua tests. On average the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 floated at a 1.31% higher speed than the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
Best In Straight Aqua: Hankook Winter i cept evo3
See how the Straight Aqua winner was calculated >>
Curved Aquaplaning
Looking at data from two tire tests, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was better during one curved aquaplaning tests. On average the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 slipped out at a 12.89% higher speed than the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
Best In Curved Aquaplaning: Hankook Winter i cept evo3
See how the Curved Aquaplaning winner was calculated >>
Snow Braking
Looking at data from three tire tests, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was better during three snow braking tests. On average the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 stopped the vehicle in 1.68% less distance than the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
Best In Snow Braking: Hankook Winter i cept evo3
See how the Snow Braking winner was calculated >>
Snow Traction
Looking at data from two tire tests, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was better during one snow traction tests. On average the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 had 2.83% better snow traction than the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
Best In Snow Traction: Hankook Winter i cept evo3
See how the Snow Traction winner was calculated >>
Snow Handling [Km/H]
Looking at data from two tire tests, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was better during two snow handling [km/h] tests. On average the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was 2.37% faster around a lap than the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
Best In Snow Handling [Km/H]: Hankook Winter i cept evo3
See how the Snow Handling winner was calculated >>
Snow Slalom
Looking at data from two tire tests, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was better during two snow slalom tests. On average the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was 4.94% faster through a slalom than the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
Best In Snow Slalom: Hankook Winter i cept evo3
See how the Snow Slalom winner was calculated >>
Subj. Comfort
Looking at data from one tire tests, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was better during one subj. comfort tests. On average the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 scored 8.22% more points than the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
Best In Subj. Comfort: Hankook Winter i cept evo3
See how the Subj. Comfort winner was calculated >>
Noise
Looking at data from two tire tests, the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus was better during one noise tests. On average the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus measured 0.9% quieter than the Hankook Winter i cept evo3.
Best In Noise: Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus
See how the Noise winner was calculated >>
Wear
Looking at data from one tire tests, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was better during one wear tests. On average the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 is predicted to cover 27.55% miles before reaching 1.6mm than the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
Best In Wear: Hankook Winter i cept evo3
See how the Wear winner was calculated >>
Value
Looking at data from one tire tests, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was better during one value tests. On average the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 proved to have a 30.47% better value based on price/1000km than the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
Best In Value: Hankook Winter i cept evo3
See how the Value winner was calculated >>
Rolling Resistance
Looking at data from two tire tests, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 was better during two rolling resistance tests. On average the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 had a 9.52% lower rolling resistance than the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
Best In Rolling Resistance: Hankook Winter i cept evo3
See how the Rolling Resistance winner was calculated >>
Real World Driver Reviews
Tire Reviews also collects real world driver reviews for the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 and Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
In total the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 has been reviewed 22 times and drivers have given the tire 86% overall.
The Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus has been reviewed 1 times and drivers have given the tire 96% overall.
This means in real world driving, people prefer the Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus.
Conclusion
The Vredestein Wintrac Pro plus is not without merit. It shows a real strength in wet lateral grip, winning both wet circle comparisons, and in the 275/35 R19 test it also performed well in aquaplaning resistance and snow traction. However, those positives are offset by weaker braking, poorer snow handling consistency, higher rolling resistance, and a notably worse wear/value result in the AutoBild data, where Hankook was projected at 51,940 km versus 37,630 km for the Vredestein.
For most buyers, the Hankook is the more convincing choice because it combines stronger objective safety performance with better efficiency, comfort, wear and value. The Vredestein may still suit drivers in wet, milder winter regions who value cornering grip and aquaplaning stability, but the Hankook's broader competence makes it the safer and smarter default pick.
Key Differences
- Hankook won all three shared overall test rankings, finishing ahead of the Vredestein in 4th vs 6th, 6th vs 13th, and 14th vs 17th positions.
- Braking performance consistently favours the Hankook: it won every shared wet braking and snow braking comparison, plus both dry braking comparisons.
- On snow, the Hankook is the more rounded tire, with stronger snow braking, snow handling and snow slalom results; the Vredestein only matched or beat it in isolated traction measurements.
- The Vredestein's best area is wet lateral grip, winning both wet circle tests and narrowly taking wet handling in the AutoBild test, making it feel confident in wet cornering.
- Aquaplaning results are mixed: the Vredestein was better in the 275/35 R19 high-performance test, but the Hankook was much stronger in the 225/40 R18 AutoBild test, especially curved aquaplaning at 2.72 vs 2.09 m/sec².
- Hankook has a clear ownership-cost advantage in the available data, with lower rolling resistance in both tests, better projected wear by 38%, and a stronger value score in the AutoBild comparison.
Overall Winner: Hankook Winter i cept evo3
Based on the tire test data and user reviews we have in our database, the Hankook Winter i cept evo3 has demonstrated better overall performance in this comparison. However, as you can see from the spider diagram above, each tire has its own strengths which should be considered in your final tire buying choice.Similar Comparisons
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Footnote
This page has been developed using tire industry testing best practices. This means we are only comparing tests which have had both tires in the same test.
Why is this important? Tire testing is heavily affected by things like surface grip levels and surface temperature, which means you can only compare values from the same day. During a tire test external condition changes are calculated into the overall results, but it is not possible to calculate this between tire tests performed on different days or at different locations.
As a result you will see other tests on Tire Reviews which feature both the %s and %s, but as they weren't conducted on the same day, the results are not comparable.
Lots of other websites do this sort of tire comparison, Tire Reviews doesn't.
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