Taurus Winter 601

The Taurus Winter 601 is a Touring Winter tire designed to be fitted to Passenger Cars.

Dry Grip 61%
Wet Grip 49%
Road Feedback 47%
Handling 56%
Wear 66%
Comfort 66%
Buy again 51%
Snow Grip 93%
Ice Grip 90%

Tire review data from 7 tire reviews averaging 64% over 168,000 miles driven.

The Winter 601 is ranked 75th of 96 Winter Touring tires.

Latest Tire Test Results

2018 51 Winter Tire Shootout - 46th of 52 tires

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2017 50 Winter Tire Shoot Out - 43rd of 45 tires

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2015 Winter Tire Market Overview - 38th of 51 tires

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2018 Tire Tests

  • 46th: 2018 51 Winter Tire Shootout (195/65 R15)
  • 2017 Tire Tests

  • 43rd: 2017 50 Winter Tire Shoot Out (225/50 R17)
  • 2015 Tire Tests

  • 38th: 2015 Winter Tire Market Overview (185/60 R14)
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    Top 3 Taurus Winter 601 Reviews

    Given 37% while driving a Volkswagen (205/55 R16 T) on a combination of roads for 10,000 spirited miles
    I bought the tires two weeks after production. Brand new. I can not imagine how such piece of rubbish can be on the market at all. For it's money you can buy Kormoran which is great.
    Helpful 104 - tire reviewed on February 11, 2018
    Given 43% while driving a Skoda Octavia vRS (225/40 R18 V) on a combination of roads for 100,000 spirited miles
    Dear all, I am from Serbia, place where this tire are actually made. They are absolutely the same compound, thread,whall.ext as Tigar, Orum,Riken and Kormoran. These tires are made in Michelin factory in the city of Pirot. I wouldnt reccomand it for heavier cars and for cars with engines with 100+ hp. I have them on Octavia vrs tfsi. These tires are not for racing if you drive normally they are ok. Wet grip is horible, on snow grip is sufficient. wear is ok.
    Helpful 69 - tire reviewed on November 19, 2018
    Given 78% while driving a Opel insignia (225/45 R17) on mostly country roads for 10,000 easy going miles
    Nowdays i have 4 pieces of 4 years old tires which is suitable for this car, although on the first axis will wear out and i will change to a 4 seasons tires etc rotalla Setula 4 Season RA03 and i will replace fro 1st axis to rear axis. On the rear axis i never felt that this tires slipped even winding roads in a snowy enviroment .
    Helpful 21 - tire reviewed on April 26, 2022
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    Latest Taurus Winter 601 Reviews

    Given 67% while driving a BMW 323i 1997 (195/65 R15) on a combination of roads for 5,000 average miles
    This tires came with car as winter setup (seller was mehanic and he just replaced it so DOT was fresh when car was bought). I was very sceptical but on wet you can't go sideways with this tire, that's how much grip it has. :) Dry grip is ok but you don't have any feeling on steering wheel with them, also you can drive with confidence, especially RWD cars. Also never had problem with grip in snow (bare in mind that it's on RWD car). Negative side is noise, the faster you drive the noiser they get, so I wouldn't recommend them if you are mainly on motorways. Also, the wear is very high, so after two seasons they have about 5 mm tread depth (less than 10 000 km). If you mainly drive in city and country roads this is ideal. For the price, and everything else considering, I would recommend them, just depends what are you expecting from them (they are not premium and they are not perfect...).
    Helpful 1 - tire reviewed on February 23, 2024
    Given 82% while driving a Opel (175/70 R14) on a combination of roads for 30,000 spirited miles
    Served good on road in a family car, and the grip offroad is very good, same in the snow.
    There are better tires but if u know ur car and drive normal, they are excellent
    Helpful 6 - tire reviewed on December 24, 2023
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    Given 34% while driving a Audi A4 Avant (225/45 R17) on mostly town for 3,000 average miles
    Awful tires. The car was skidding even at the lowest speeds when wet. Very rigid, really bad tires. I can’t imagine how someone would pay anything for this quality. I wouldn’t accept these tires for free.
    Helpful 43 - tire reviewed on March 8, 2018