Passenger Car Winter Premium Touring Tires

Bought these for northeast winter and 2025/26 was a bear (2023 CX-5). I travel over High Point mountain NJ up and down and Wurtsboro mountain NY up in morn down at end of day daily over 40 miles one way (look them up, not fun). NJ does a great job clearing the roads NY O boy not so much. These were bullet proof unplowed NY roads no problem up the mountains and down I drank my coffee calmly. Held the track on one lane each way country road unplowed while crazy trailer driver flying in from the other way (had me checking my life ins. in my head) but no problem the Hakka's and CX-5 just did their thing despite his stupidity. Never a slip never a slit slide never a wheel spin. My buddies and I refer to them as the beasts, loud in the dry yea couples miles less MPH (2) yup , who cares!<br />
Bought a set of sharp alloy rims for them to boot no tire changes, bad for your tires.My one friend going to take them for 400 USD (a gift after one season) and I am going for the Hakka 01 with new retractable stud tech, we shall see........yes I am a rubber head I have tire problem!

I have driven over 10 000km on them in 2 full winter seasons. <br />
I was positively surprised by great traction and handling on all types <br />
of snow and icy roads. High above average on wet too. <br />
On wet, ABS activates only at very hard braking. <br />
Possible to drive on snow without ABS to interfere during <br />
normal braking in city traffic which is great. <br />
Wear is also reasonable for the fact they were used in spring season <br />
on dry roads for a month or more in 2 seasons total. <br />
They are not providing much feedback at all perhaps very comfortable, <br />
safe tires. I highly recommend them.

So far driven 2 winters on them - bit above 10 000km in total and wear is reasonable <br />
for the fact they were driven or dry roads in the early spring too... <br />
I was positively surprised by the traction on the all kinds of snow and icy roads. <br />
Water braking distances and grip was also really good. <br />
Comfortable, grippy at any condition. ABS was active only on snow <br />
and ice during harder brakings, on wet I could do quite hard braking <br />
without feeling ABS to activate. <br />
I would recommend these as very safe winter tire you can rely on.

I have to buy a new tire because Hankook Winter i*recept rs3 had the quality issues.. Hankook generates vibration and radial runout.. After very positive reviews and test results I decide to buy Kumho Wintercraft WP52+ in the size 225 45 r17.<br />
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I made one season on this tires and had opportunity to test this tires in each conditions, because this year winter in Poland was very snowy and cold. The tires are very quiet. Quieter than my Sommer Falken Fk520... <br />
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The grip on the dry and wet I great, the tires are very comfortable. And the quaility of the tire is great. Because of the bad experience with falken and Hankook. I decided to check the tire on Hunter road force test. And the results were impressing. 25N,10N,5N!. One tire was worse because have rubber rissees form production and has 85 N... But I got information that this rubber rissees will go out after the driving and it was true.<br />
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I am very satisfied with this tires. I forgot to mention about snow and ice grip and it was very good. On the ice usually only the studs help, but during this winter I don't have any issues with grip and handling. Well done Kumho.<br />
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I didn't evaluate the grip because it is the first season and I didn't make as many km as usually. <br />
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I had to buy new tires because the Hankook Winter i*cept RS3 had quality issues. The Hankooks generated vibrations and had radial runout problems. After reading many positive reviews and test results, I decided to buy the Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ in size 225/45 R17.<br />
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I used these tires for one season and had the opportunity to test them in all conditions, because this winter in Poland was very snowy and cold. The tires are very quiet - even quieter than my summer Falken FK520 tires.<br />
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The grip on dry and wet roads is great, and the tires are very comfortable. The build quality is also excellent. Because of my bad experiences with Falken and Hankook, I decided to check the tires using a Hunter Road Force test, and the results were impressive: 25 N, 10 N, and 5 N. One tire performed worse because it had rubber residues from production and showed 85 N, but I was informed that the issue would disappear after some driving - and it did.<br />
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I am very satisfied with these tires. I almost forgot to mention the snow and ice performance, which was also very good. On ice, usually only studded tires provide perfect grip, but during this winter I had no issues with traction or handling. Well done, Kumho.<br />
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I didn’t evaluate tread wear yet because this was only the first season and I haven’t driven as many kilometres as usual.

I usually drove the car with these tires in snow, the snow performance was excellent. The tires were quiet, very comfortable nad low rolling resistance every time. I highly recommend LM005 for your car in the winter conditions.

Vs the Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 2024, Nokian has much better ice grip.<br />
On snow its, ice, dry, wet. I think it's a good overall quality tire.<br />
Tempratures is rising around + degrees, still a solid tire.<br />
Comfort of the Goodyear is excellent.<br />
I have around 3 mm left on the front and barley 5 mm on the back tires. (Top speed we have in this area is 62mph)<br />
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Competitive price my area.<br />
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It's a good overall nordic winter tire!

Honestly, these tires are a complete disaster. The Blizzak LM005 turned out to be one of the worst purchases I’ve made. After a relatively short period of use, they wore down ridiculously fast — like they’re made of soap instead of rubber.<br />
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And the worst part: the tread became visibly deformed, almost warped. Because of that, the car started vibrating and feels unstable, especially at higher speeds. The driving feel? Like you’re riding on something that barely has proper contact with the road.<br />
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For a ‘premium’ product, this is a joke. Quality control is clearly nonexistent or they simply don’t care. I paid serious money for these and ended up with tires that feel ready for the trash after one season. Completely unacceptable.<br />
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I’m not someone who usually leaves reviews — in fact, this is the first time I’ve ever felt the need to write one. The only reason I’m posting this is to warn anyone considering these tires: think twice. I’m genuinely frustrated that I spent money on something this bad.<br />
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I wouldn’t recommend them to my worst enemy

Had this tire on two small cars both 14 inches radius, but different widths, mostly for driving around town in central/southeast Europe with quite some rainy days, there were also some highway stints with no observed drawbacks. Decent dry and wet grip for winter tires at lower speeds. Snow grip was better than expected and you can feel confident in the grip for everyday driving. Did not notice a lot of difference between summer and this tire regarding noise in the cabin.

Got these tires on a used car about 1 year old some wear but not too much. Did quite some highway driving in central/southeast Europe with decent amount of rain during autumn and winter and occasional snowfall. If the rain was not pouring at 150 kph I had full confidence in the tire. Snow grip is quite good, had a lot of confidence both on highway at around 80-90 kph and in town driving around the streets. Did some spirited driving on the backroads here and there just for fun, not pushing it to the limit, didn't feel sporty, but there was enough grip to have a bit of fun. I would say that wear affected the tire's performance quite gradually. As for comfort and noise levels, the tire is little bit noisy but it is certainly not severe. Wear seems to be quite good, this was their fourth "winter" season during which the temperatures are mostly higher than 7 degrees celsius and it's still few millimeters above the snowflake wear indicator.

Perfect winter tires with very low wear. Perfect on snow and ice. Perfect on summer as well

I have used this tire on my Mazda 3 in the German winter. In my opinion this is the best budget winter tire you can buy. I have driven this tire for one season covering 4000miles. The tire is very noisy in general and washy over 75mph. My review is based on driving this tire in a semi worn, 3 year old state, only!<br />
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Hankook winter I cept RS 3<br />
Size: 205/60R16 92H, DOT23<br />
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+ cheap<br />
+ good enough for average drivers<br />
+ acceptable wear and snow performance<br />
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- noisy<br />
- bad handling at high speeds (Autobahn)