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here is an issue, accoding to their websites, and several dealers I have now called, your first 2 place contenders are useless to me.
I drive a 2013 Genesis coupe R-spec, although I am running stock OEM 2012 18" rims for the winter.
I need 225/45 18' Front, 245/45 18" Rear.
According to both these brands, they don't make tires that fit my car. What use is a great tire if it doesn't fit anyone with decent tire/rim sizes ? You might want to consider that in your evaluation.
From memory, the Continental TS830P is made in both those sizes, and is an excellent winter tire, might be worth checking out.
As for test sizes, unfortunately the magazines have to go for the most popular sizes. 225/40 R18 is the biggest selling 18" size by a long margin, 225/45 R18 is a relatively small volume tire even in summer sizes, the winter tire market must be tiny!
Interesting how the driven axle changes the performance of a tire, if you compare the Auto Bild performance test against this one.
The Nokian generally scores about the same but the Dunlop & Pirelli fair a lot worse.
Different size and vehicle type are obviously a factor but it's a bit surprising how the first and second place tires in the FWD performance test suddenly become very average in the RWD sports test.
Tire size is another factor, there's 3 auto bild tests now in the 3 major sizes and everyone is slightly different!