2020 ADAC Winter Tire Test - 235/55 R17

ADAC tire tests are some of the most influential in the world, and for the 2020 winter season ADAC have chosen to test thirteen 235/55 R17 winter tires for SUV / 4x4 and fifteen 205/55 R16 of the best winter tires for cars.

In this SUV test, only the Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 was given the "highly recommended" award, with the last place Semperit Speed Grip 3 SUV not recommended.

The rest of the tires on test were considered to be good enough to be recommended, however they fell into three groups.

The first group, Goodyear, Kleber and Bridgestone were all well rounded tires, with a slight weakness on dry roads.

The second group, Dunlop and Vredestein, were both strong in the dry and wet, but a little limited on snow, while the remaining tires showed a slight weakness in at least two categories.

For this test, ADAC hasn't provided any data, just a scoring per category and a few comments about the tires performance.

Results

The overall results were weighted 15% dry, 30% wet, 20% snow, 10% ice, 5% noise, 10% fuel consumption and 10% rolling resistance.

1^st

Michelin Pilot Alpin 5

235/55 R17

All discipline results (8)

Test	Result
Dry	8.2
Wet	7.4
Snow	8.4
Ice	7.2
Comfort	6
Rolling Resistance	7.8
Wear	9
Overall	7.8

Total: 61.8

2^nd

ESA Tecar Supergrip Pro

235/55 R17

All discipline results (8)

Test	Result
Dry	6.6
Wet	6.8
Snow	7.6
Ice	7.4
Comfort	5
Rolling Resistance	7.4
Wear	10
Overall	6.6

Total: 57.4

3^rd

Goodyear UltraGrip Performance+

235/55 R17

All discipline results (8)

Test	Result
Dry	6.6
Wet	7.6
Snow	7.4
Ice	7.2
Comfort	6.2
Rolling Resistance	8.4
Wear	9
Overall	6.6

Total: 59

4^th

Dunlop Winter Sport 5 SUV

235/55 R17

All discipline results (8)

Test	Result
Dry	7.6
Wet	7
Snow	6.4
Ice	7
Comfort	5.4
Rolling Resistance	7.6
Wear	9
Overall	6.4

Total: 56.4

5^th

Vredestein Wintrac Pro

235/55 R17

All discipline results (8)

Test	Result
Dry	7.6
Wet	7.4
Snow	6.4
Ice	7.2
Comfort	5.6
Rolling Resistance	7.8
Wear	8
Overall	6.4

Total: 56.4

6^th

Nokian WR Snowproof

235/55 R17

All discipline results (8)

Test	Result
Dry	7
Wet	6.2
Snow	7
Ice	6.6
Comfort	6.6
Rolling Resistance	7.8
Wear	8
Overall	6.2

Total: 55.4

7^th

Bridgestone Blizzak LM005

235/55 R17

All discipline results (8)

Test	Result
Dry	6
Wet	9
Snow	7.6
Ice	7.2
Comfort	6
Rolling Resistance	8.4
Wear	8
Overall	6

Total: 58.2

8^th

Kleber Krisalp HP3

235/55 R17

All discipline results (8)

Test	Result
Dry	6
Wet	7.2
Snow	8
Ice	7.2
Comfort	6.2
Rolling Resistance	8
Wear	7
Overall	6

Total: 55.6

9^th

Pirelli Winter Sottozero 3

235/55 R17

All discipline results (8)

Test	Result
Dry	6
Wet	7.4
Snow	6.8
Ice	6.6
Comfort	5.2
Rolling Resistance	7.4
Wear	7
Overall	6

Total: 52.4

10^th

Cooper Discoverer Winter

235/55 R17

All discipline results (8)

Test	Result
Dry	5.8
Wet	5.8
Snow	7.6
Ice	7.2
Comfort	6
Rolling Resistance	8.2
Wear	7
Overall	5.8

Total: 53.4

11^th

Fulda Kristall Control SUV

235/55 R17

All discipline results (8)

Test	Result
Dry	5.8
Wet	5.8
Snow	6.8
Ice	7.2
Comfort	6.8
Rolling Resistance	8
Wear	8
Overall	5.8

Total: 54.2

12^th

Continental WinterContact TS 850 P

235/55 R17

All discipline results (8)

Test	Result
Dry	5.2
Wet	8.2
Snow	6.6
Ice	7
Comfort	5.8
Rolling Resistance	7.8
Wear	9
Overall	5.2

Total: 54.8

13^th

Semperit Speed Grip 3 SUV

235/55 R17

All discipline results (8)

Test	Result
Dry	4.2
Wet	6.6
Snow	6.8
Ice	7.4
Comfort	5.8
Rolling Resistance	8.2
Wear	10
Overall	4.2

Total: 53.2