Michelin X Ice Snow Test Results - Tire Reviews And Ratings

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2024 Nordic Friction Winter Tire Test

2024
Winner: Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3

The Michelin X-Ice Snow finished fourth, standing out with excellent braking performance across all conditions despite being one of the harder tires in the test and the only Nordic winter tire rate...

Strong:
Ice Braking, Ice Traction

Weak:
Noise

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The Best Studded / Friction Winter Tires for 2024

2024
Winner: Pirelli Ice Zero 2

The Michelin X-Ice Snow, a Nordic non-studded tire, disappointed in this test. Its ice grip was significantly lower than expected for its category, and it showed the worst wet braking performance i...

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2023 Studless Friction Winter Tire Test

2023
Winner: Continental VikingContact 7

The French friction tire has impressive longitudinal winter grip – that is, acceleration and braking. It has the best stopping distance on ice in the test, and the braking performance on snow als...

Strong:
Ice Braking, Ice Traction, Snow Braking, Straight Aqua, Wet Braking

Weak:
Noise, Dry Braking, Fuel Consumption

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2023 Studless vs Studded Snow Tire Test

2023
Winner: Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3

Ice and Snow: Safe driving behavior on snow, very good steering on snow, general grip level on ice is good; Wet Conditions: Excellent extreme situation behavior, good steering on dry surfaces, und...

Weak:
Ice Traction, Wet Braking, Wet Handling

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2022/23 Tire Reviews Studless Winter Tire Test

2022

The Michelin couldn't quite match the Continental in the dry, but was essentially the same in the wet and had the best hydroplaning resistance of all the tires on test. It was a few percent behind ...

Strong:
Ice Braking, Ice Handling, Subj. Ice Handling, Subj. Snow Handling, Rolling Resistance, Curved Aquaplaning, Straight Aqua, Subj. Wet Handling

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Michelin Pilot Sport 4S vs Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 vs Michelin X-Ice Snow

2021

Unsurprisingly, the Michelin X-Ice Snow extreme winter tire dominated the snow testing. The most impressive quality of the tire was just how rounded the performance was on snow, with a near flawles...

Strong:
Snow Braking, Snow Handling, Snow Traction

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