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Nexen Winguard Sport Owner Reviews

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What owners say summarised from 18 reviews

Most drivers rate the Nexen Winguard Sport highly for winter value, with strong snow/slush traction, confident wet and acceptable dry grip in cold conditions, and notably low noise and good comfort. High-scoring reviews emphasize excellent winter transformation and stability, often comparing favorably to pricier brands. A minority report understeer and weaker wet/dry grip in milder temps, plus some tramlining, especially as tires age. Overall, the Winguard Sport delivers strong cold-weather performance for the price with minor handling caveats.

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Owner ratings averaged from 21 ratings

  • Owner score 77%
  • Snow Grip 90%
  • Wear 85%
  • Dry Grip 82%
  • Comfort 81%
  • Wet Grip 79%
  • Road Feedback 78%
  • Handling 65%
  • Ice Grip 50%

Nexen Winguard Sport Reviews - Page 2

Score spread across 16 written reviews
78%
Member
Good price at £62.00 each, plus fitting. Very good in the wet and current cold, icy morning drives. Can't complain for the money but preferred the previous Kleber Quadraxxer tires but they are £110.00 each. Overall provides confident driving in normal driving style, but not a sports tire by any means.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 7
Helpful 688
81%
Member
These tires were a bargain price, and one of the few available below the £100 mark per tire for my wheel size. I spent a lot of time researching them as was nervous about buying an important piece of kit for driving on snowy roads at such a lower price point than the rest.

I live in the French ski resort of Courchevel so snowy roads are a regular occurrence.

Overall I have been impressed by the tires, I have been able to maintain 30 to 40 mph speeds on roads with 2 cm of compacted snow with out any skidding or loss in breaking performance.(tested on an empty straight road) They have held up pretty well in the corners too, although as always with driving on snow everything needs to be planned and done in slow motion.

Would I recommend these tires? In a word yes they are a good all round compromise. My biggest piece of advice for any one driving in the snow a lot is choose your car well.

The little 1 liter eco boost engine and turbo in my car make it very hard to get any low range torque but as soon as the turbo comes in you do get a lot of wheel spin.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 7
  • Wear 7
  • Comfort 7
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 737
80%
Member
  • Audi
  • 225/40 R18 W
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Average
Fitted to my 2012 A3 2.0 tsi s line. Transforms the car into almost 4 x4 capability. Without these tires the 2 wheel drive A3 is an embarrassment at the slightest sniff of slush or snow. For the money i cannot complement them enough. Fit them in Nov remove them in March for last 3 yeArs with no appreciable wear at 4000 miles
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 8
  • Handling 5
  • Wear 8
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 712

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67%
Member
On dry grip they are not enough safer (under steering), compared to previous one which was Nokian WRG2. But for the price they are probably the best decision.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 7
  • Wet Grip 7
  • Road Feedback 6
  • Handling 5
  • Wear 7
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 7
Helpful 541
89%
Member
  • Audi A3
  • 225/40 R18 W
  • 8,000 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Spirited
This tire is the best option i ever seen for the performace, they can deliver for a price, that is real low. On slippery icy roads, was here a fenomenal traction and superb road feedback.The car was really quiet and wery good to controll with there tires.On the track i was surprised, how easy packs this tire snow and ice especially in corners, excelent stability. I can only say-for this price,much better then some wery expensive HP winter tires, they I drived.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 10
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 8
Helpful 582
90%
Member
Fitted to 2010 A3 sportback S Line, which although great handling little car is useless at the first sign of snow. These tires provide excellent grip on ice,snow and slush. They have done two German winters and about 6,000 miles, including Autobahn speeds, with no handling issues and visible tread wear.Slightly increased road noise over the standard 18" continentals, but not as much as crunching into the car in front. You can't go wrong with these as entry priced winter tires. I have not rated progressiveness and you dont fit winter tires to drive "at the limit".
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 546
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