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Sava Eskimo S3

Sava Tires Touring Winter

The Sava Eskimo S3 is a Touring Winter tire designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.

6.9
Tire Reviews Score Based on User Reviews
Limited Confidence View Breakdown
Dry Grip
74%
Wet Grip
65%
Road Feedback
68%
Handling
70%
Wear
75%
Comfort
71%
Buy again
75%
Snow Grip
91%
Ice Grip
87%
34 Reviews
75% Average
548,500 miles driven
2 Tests (avg: 6th)
Sava Eskimo S3

Sava Eskimo S3

Winter Economy
BETA
6.9 / 10
Based on User Reviews · Limited Confidence · Updated 23 Feb 2026

The Tire Reviews Score is the most comprehensive tire scoring system available. It aggregates professional test data from multiple independent publications, user reviews, and consistency analysis using Bayesian statistical methods, weighted normalisation, and recency-adjusted scoring to produce a single, reliable performance rating.

Learn more about our methodology
Score Components
Professional Tests
Weight: 80%
Tests: 2
Publications: 2
Period: 2010 - 2012
User Reviews
Weight: 15%
Reviews: 34
Avg Rating: 75.2%
Min Required: 5
Consistency
Weight: 5%
Score Std Dev: 2.08
History Points: 10
Methodology & Configuration
Scoring Process
  1. Collect Test Data: Gather results from professional tire tests across multiple publications. Minimum 1 test(s) required.
  2. Normalize Positions: Convert test positions to percentile scores using exponential weighting (factor: 1.2).
  3. Apply Recency Weighting: More recent tests are weighted higher with a decay rate of 0.95.
  4. Incorporate User Reviews: Factor in user review data (minimum 5 reviews). Weight: 15%.
  5. Bayesian Smoothing: Apply Bayesian prior (score: 7, weight: 1.5) to prevent extreme scores with limited data.
  6. Calculate Final Score: Combine all components using normalization factor of 1.1. Max score with limited data: 9.5.
Component Weights
Test Data
80%
User Reviews
15%
Consistency
5%
All Configuration Parameters
ParameterValueDescription
safety_weight 0.7 Weight multiplier for safety-related metrics
performance_weight 0.55 Weight multiplier for performance metrics
comfort_weight 0.4 Weight multiplier for comfort metrics
value_weight 0.45 Weight multiplier for value-for-money metrics
user_reviews_weight 0.15 How much user reviews contribute to the final score
test_data_weight 0.8 How much professional test data contributes to the final score
consistency_weight 0.05 How much score consistency contributes to the final score
recency_decay_rate 0.95 Rate at which older test results lose influence (higher = slower decay)
min_test_count 1 Minimum number of professional tests required
min_review_count 5 Minimum number of user reviews required
score_version 1.9 Current version of the scoring algorithm
score_normalization_factor 1.1 Factor used to normalize raw scores to the 0-10 scale
confidence_factor_weight 0.2 How much data confidence affects the final score
position_penalty_weight 0.2 Penalty applied for poor test positions
gap_penalty_threshold 12 Score gap (%) that triggers additional penalties
min_metrics_count 2 Minimum number of test metrics needed per test
limited_data_threshold 2 Number of tests below which data is considered limited
single_test_penalty 0.75 Score multiplier when only one test is available
critical_metric_penalty 0.7 Penalty for poor performance on critical safety metrics
critical_metric_threshold 70 Score below which a critical metric penalty applies
position_exponential_factor 1.2 Exponent used to amplify position-based scoring
position_exponential_threshold 0.9 Position percentile below which exponential scoring applies
gap_multiplier_critical 3 Multiplier for critical gap penalties
max_category_weight 2 Maximum weight any single category can have
max_score_limited_data 9.5 Score cap when data is limited
bayesian_prior_weight 1.5 Weight of the Bayesian prior in smoothing
bayesian_prior_score 7 Prior score used for Bayesian smoothing
evidence_test_multiplier 1.9 Multiplier for test evidence in confidence calculation
evidence_metric_divisor 3 Divisor for metric count in evidence calculation
evidence_review_divisor 10 Divisor for review count in evidence calculation
combined_penalty_floor 0.2
Data Sources
TestPublicationDateSizePositionMetrics
2012 European Tire Test - 165/70 R14 ADAC 2012 165/70 R14 5/13 0 metrics
2010 Auto Bild Winter Tire Test Auto Bild 2010 195/65 r15 7/12 0 metrics
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Latest Tire Test Results
2012 European Tire Test - 165/70 R14
165/70 R14 • 2012
5th/13
2010 Auto Bild Winter Tire Test
195/65 r15 • 2010
7th/12
Snow specialist with harmonious safe handling and stable cornering in the snow, pleasant comfort, low rolling resistance.
Extended braking distances on dry roads.
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Top 3 Sava Eskimo S3 Reviews

Given 70% while driving a Volkswagen Golf (205/55 R16) on a combination of roads for 43,500 spirited miles
I have used 205/55/16 on Golf 5 for 4.5 years and 70.000km all seasons! Never changed them in those 4.5yars

Tires are good up till this day and I'm about to replace them with the same type!
Helpful 791
June 11, 2024
Given 54% while driving a Citroën Saxo VTR (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 15,000 average miles
Great on snow and ice, never got stuck with these plus the tread was kinda gone. On water tho, the braking was terrible and the car never stopped, would recommend only for snow, mud and ice but never on wet.
Helpful 886
October 9, 2020
Given 78% while driving a Honda Accord iVtec Type S saloon (205/55 R16 H) on a combination of roads for 10,000 average miles
I have been driving these tires on my Honda Accord 2.4 iVtec (2004) for two winters. They proved to be very good on wet and dry asphalt on low temperature. I haven't really got a chance to test them on roads properly covered with snow, but few inches of snow on the road will not be a problem for this tire both when breaking and accelerating. I have driven them for around 10k miles, and cannot really give realistic mark for wear.
Helpful 729
December 8, 2020

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Given 74% while driving a Volkswagen Golf 6 2.0 TDI 140bhp (205/55 R16) on a combination of roads for 15,000 average miles
On dry they are just about average, good on wet, but on snow and ice they are excellent. Long lasting.
Verry good tyer for the money.

Helpful 919
February 17, 2019
Given 72% while driving a Volkswagen Polo 1.4 TDI (185/60 R14 T) on a combination of roads for 15,000 average miles
Came with car when I bought it, average dry, very poor wet grip, but on a snow and ice excellent. What is temperature lower, these tires performance are better. On higher speeds are noisy, and for normal driving handling is good, you can feel when they start to loose grip. Wear is also very good. For the price overall, good tires, especially if you are looking for snow and ice performance.
Helpful 811
January 21, 2019
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Given 83% while driving a Hyundai Getz (175/65 R14 T) on a combination of roads for 30,000 average miles
Excellent tire for the price. Very long lasting with fine comfort. Good grip on snow, and very good in wet and dry. At the end of life after six winter and two summer seasons considerable loss of performance on wet.
Helpful 923
April 20, 2018
Given 74% while driving a Opel astra h 1.6 (195/65 R15 H) on a combination of roads for 10,000 spirited miles
Drove all winter with these fantastic tires for about 10000kms. Wet grip is very firm, traction is precise and they are really good on wet surfaces. Dry is also ok, just some ocasional slids when starting fast. Overall very good winter tire for the money. People also are driving them on snow and they are satisfied too.
Helpful 564
April 6, 2018
Given 39% while driving a Citroën c2 (175/60 R14 T) on mostly country roads for 20,000 average miles
These tires should have written on them, "keep from the wet"! Wet grip is almost zero, or really close to. Especially if they are 2 or 3 years old, but with plenty of profile on them. Dry grip is ok. but far from good.
Helpful 577
November 3, 2017
Given 70% while driving a BMW 1 series (205/55 R16 T) on a combination of roads for 4,000 spirited miles
Got the tires with the car and was pleasently surprised of the quality.
I'm used to have top brand's and models (SC5, TS860, RE050 RFT) but i now can see why they are sold in such a volume and are hard to get by in some towns.

I tested the tire from winter to spring, gave them a run for their money when cornering hard in a closed corner with 100+ km/h, and it didn't slip (the BFGforce-Winter sliped in that same roner).

Really worth the money.
The only thing is that they are not RFT and the whole car can be a handfull when driving hard (the summer one's are RFT).
Helpful 557
October 28, 2017
Given 31% while driving a (185/60 R14) on for 0 miles
Very bad tire!
Good only for snow and nothing more, noisy, hard and very bad on the wet road.
Helpful 602
May 10, 2017
Given 76% while driving a Kia Motors ceed (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 30,000 average miles
good tire , good ratio what you get / what you give. However much more better (quieter) if compared with MIchelin Energy regarding the noise, in spite the fact that the last ones are for summer!.
Helpful 572
October 4, 2016
Given 74% while driving a Skoda Octavia estate (195/65 R15 T) on a combination of roads for 60,000 average miles
For reasons unknown, this review site doesn't include snow grip. And these really are somewhere at the top. Fantastic driving in the snow. They are average in the dry and subpar on wet. Wear is crazy good, but the thread is not everything and this tire gets much worse with seasons on wet. If you don't do at least 40k km a year I would not recommend them as they get worse well before you use your thread to about 4mm
Helpful 530
March 15, 2016
Given 76% while driving a Ford Focus mk2 (225/45 R17) on a combination of roads for 6,000 easy going miles
On the snow excellent behavior, while a dry slightly worse especially if the temperature exceeds 10C completely lose grip. For 2 years driving only from octobar to march and 10000km wering is 2mm, so 7mm left on them. I am more than pleased with this tires when taking into account it is budget tires it is good choice.
Helpful 545
February 29, 2016
Given 83% while driving a Honda Civic (175/65 R14 T) on a combination of roads for 40,000 average miles
This is winter tires so my point for wet grip is for snow not rain, on rain this tire is just average. It´s very good winter tires for snow and mood, I always use for my car in winter period (3 month, average 5000 km per that 3 month) and buy 2 new every 5 to 10 years. Yes you read well, you can drive this year almost 10 years of average drive but after 7 year even if you have enough tire wear for winter tire (over 4mm) this is not same tire, think that after 5 year use only on winter period is loos some handling possibilities for winter. So, if you want cheep, good tires for only winter period of next 5 years this is best choice.
Helpful 574
November 7, 2015
Given 80% while driving a Renault Scenic (205/55 R16 H) on a combination of roads for 32,000 average miles
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Helpful 713
August 24, 2015
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