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2021 Auto Bild Winter Tire Test

Jonathan Benson
Data analyzed and reviewed by Jonathan Benson
12 min read Updated
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  1. cenuijmu archived

    I fail to see how the Kleber can be put higher than the Bridgestone given the performance of the Bridgestone in wet and snow, the most important two aspects for a winter tire that is likely to be used Autumn to Spring.

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    1. TireReviews cenuijmu archived

      This is a guess, auto bild run a devaluation system, if a tire has a major flaw it can't finish ahead of others that don't. The Kleber doesn't have any major flaws, but the Bridgestone does.

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  2. Pedro Neves archived

    Is it me or the Kleber Krisalp HP3 (Nº 3) and the BFGoodrich GForce Winter2 (Nº 11) have the exact same tread pattern? They even seem to have the same performance in almost all categories, except in the dry.

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    1. Aspon Pedro Neves archived

      yes, both tires are identical, so it is really weird to see this differences in the tests.
      Also interesting is to compare results for BFGoodrich with actual ADAC test, for dry absolutely different results.

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      1. TireReviews Aspon archived

        There's potentially some compounding tweaks between the two if they're going out at different prices, it's cheaper to use the same mould and tweak the ingredients.

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        1. Dušan Nedeljković TireReviews archived

          I would say that the key is in importance of series (DOT, eg). Somewhere »Kleber« have advance, on other test »BF Goodrich«.
          This said, there's a pub story that »Klebers« have bigger QC tolerances.

          Also, I didn't saw this particular winter »Laufenn« in vivo, but on pictures looks very similar - if not the same - as »Hankook«. In light of fact that »Hankook« has informed us that some older models will be rebranded as »Laufenn« (starting officially with »Laufenn Z Fit EQ LK03« instead »Hankook Ventus S1 K107«) and information about new Alp-type winter »Hankook« from yesterday, could this already be the case with tested winter's?

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  3. Dušan Nedeljković archived

    »Fulda Kristall Control HP2« was on the test, not »Fulda EcoControl HP2«.

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    1. TireReviews Dušan Nedeljković archived

      Good spot, that had actually been updated but the website had an old copy with the error cached :(

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