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HT vs AT vs MT vs Winter Tires on Snow
- Tested size
- 265/70 R17
- Tires tested
- 5
- Disciplines
- 7
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| ft ↓ | s ↓ | s ↓ | Points ↑ | ft ↓ | Points ↑ | Points ↑ | |||||||
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| 1 | 1 | 99.30 | 60 | 6.5 | 84.96 | 10.0 | 100.0 | 47 | 100.0 | 10 | 9 | 95.0 | |
StrengthsWon every objective snow and ice test, with balanced, confidence-inspiring handling, and the most comfortable. ConsiderationsSlightly noisier than the HTS60. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Snow100 × 72% = 72 Ice100 × 14% = 14 Comfort95 × 14% = 13.3 | |||||||||||||
| 2= | 2 | 89.62 | 66 | 7.6 | 89.52 | 8.0 | 89.6 | 50 | 94.1 | 9 | 8 | 85.0 | |
StrengthsSecond for ice braking and joint second for snow traction. ConsiderationsLimited braking and turning grip on the snow handling lap, and fourth for snow braking. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Snow89.64 × 72% = 64.54 Ice94.12 × 14% = 13.18 Comfort85 × 14% = 11.9 | |||||||||||||
| 2= | 3 | 89.52 | 65 | 8.0 | 89.48 | 8.5 | 89.4 | 56 | 84.7 | 9 | 10 | 95.0 | |
StrengthsSecond for snow braking and snow handling, balanced and usable on snow, and the quietest. ConsiderationsFourth for snow traction and third for ice braking, with less grip and confidence than the winter tire. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Snow89.39 × 72% = 64.36 Ice84.71 × 14% = 11.86 Comfort95 × 14% = 13.3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 85.32 | 66 | 7.6 | 90.84 | 7.0 | 88.4 | 59 | 79.6 | 8 | 7 | 75.0 | |
StrengthsJoint second for snow traction and third for snow braking. ConsiderationsLast for ice braking, and fourth for snow handling, comfort and noise. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Snow88.44 × 72% = 63.68 Ice79.56 × 14% = 11.14 Comfort75 × 14% = 10.5 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 74.93 | 75 | 10.7 | 95.43 | 6.0 | 75.6 | 58 | 81.4 | 7 | 6 | 65.0 | |
StrengthsFourth for ice braking, ahead of the aggressive all-terrain. ConsiderationsLast for snow braking, traction and handling, and the noisiest and least comfortable. Score contributionCategory score × of overall score Snow75.61 × 72% = 54.44 Ice81.36 × 14% = 11.39 Comfort65 × 14% = 9.1 | |||||||||||||
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These are calculated scenarios, not new test awards. The published verdict may reflect judgement, close results and factors outside this calculation.
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Weighting vs real impact
What decides this ranking
The weighting is how much each category counts. The real impact is how much of the difference between the tires it creates: a discipline in which every tire performed about the same barely changes the order, however much it counts.
No weighting is recorded for this test, so the weighting here starts from Tire Reviews’ season defaults, not from the test’s own scoring.
- Snow Weighting 72% Real impact 39%
- Ice Weighting 14% Real impact 28%
- Comfort Weighting 14% Real impact 33%
- Subj. Noise counts for 7% of the score but creates 22% of the difference between the tires, because their results in it were far apart.
- Snow Braking counts for 23% of the score but creates only 5% of the difference, because most tires performed about the same in it.
Every discipline 7
| Discipline | Weighting | Real impact |
|---|---|---|
| Snow Braking | 23% | 5% |
| Snow Traction | 19.4% | 13% |
| Snow Handling | 23% | 5% |
| Subj. Snow Handling | 6.5% | 15% |
| Ice Braking | 14% | 28% |
| Subj. Comfort | 7% | 11% |
| Subj. Noise | 7% | 22% |
How it is worked out: each discipline’s weighting is multiplied by the spread of its results (the gap across the middle half of the tires, as a percentage of the best result), then shared out so that all the disciplines add up to 100%. It estimates what separates the tires; it is not a second set of weights, and it follows the weights you set.
How your ranking is calculated
Each discipline is scored against the best non-reference tire in the full test field: best ÷ result × 100 when lower is better, or result ÷ best × 100 when higher is better. Discipline scores are rounded to two decimal places, then combined using your weights.
Within-category weights divide that category’s share of the overall score. A 50% wet category and 40% wet-braking share give wet braking 20% of the total. A weight is a scoring priority, not a measure of its actual effect on the ranking: the performance gaps matter too. What decides this ranking ↑
Published joint positions are preserved separately. Calculated positions tie only when their underlying scores match; two displayed scores can look equal after rounding.
A zero weight excludes that category or discipline. At least one active discipline is required, and the disciplines in every active category must have a positive total.
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