Touring Tire Tests

Wybór Kierowców has published a test of 6 all-season tires in size 215/55 R17. The test included two budget segment tires, three mid-range tires, and one premium tire. 

For the 2025/2026 winter season, Autožurnál TV has conducted a comparative test of seven winter tires in the 215/65 R17 size, using a Volkswagen Tiguan as the test vehicle.

The test included two new models for the season: the Michelin Alpin 7 and the Barum Polaris 6. These were tested against the Tomket Snowroad SUV 3, Lassa Competus Winter 2+, and Ceat WinterDrive SUV. The lineup also featured the Kormoran SUV Snow and Riken SUV Snow, two tires from the Michelin group with identical tread patterns, both produced in Serbia.

Finnish magazine Moottori have recently compared eight 205/55 R16 tire patterns that sit in the midrange price category!

While midrange tires are cheaper than their premium rivals, they're not the cheapest tires available on market, so in theory should still provide a reasonable level of performance, just offering better value.

In what might be a first for a main publication, ADAC have tested sixteen 215/65 R16 C cargo / commercial tires designed for vans, people carriers and vehicles such as the popular VW Transporter.

Sadly, ADACs findings aren't overly positive, with no tire pleasing the testers overall due to a general lack of wet performance.

The first summer tire test of 2016 is a curious one. ACE, the Automobile Club Europa, are often first to publish their regular summer tire tests, but this year their first tire test exclusively features midrange tires.

Testing ten 195/65 R15 tires on a VW Golf, ACE argue that the most important consideration for 90% of motorists is price, which is why they've chosen to tests tires as cheap as 35/euros per tire.

This is part 2 of the 2010 European Summer Tire Test - 185/65 r15. To read the reaction, and see the results of tires sized 225/45 R17 please read Part 1
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