The Vredestein Wintrac Pro is a sporty, confidence-inspiring UHP winter tire that feels unusually precise for the category, especially on cold wet roads. It stands out for secure wet handling and strong traction in snow and slush, giving drivers a stable, predictable steering response that many describe as almost summer-like. Overall it's a high-value, well-rounded winter option, though it trades some efficiency and, in some conditions, ultimate wet stopping and aquaplaning margins.
The quick answer
Owners say87%from 30 owner reviews93% would buy againRead the reviews
Strengths & weaknessesWet, IceComfort, ValueRelative to its rivals across every test we hold
Built from every independent test result and vetted owner review we hold for this tire - the evidence is all further down the page. Data updated April 2026.
In 255/40 R19, the Vredestein Wintrac Pro is projected to cost £46.94 per 1,000 miles to buy and run - about £1,173 over 25,000 miles - based on the price, wear and rolling resistance measured in the 2023/24 Tire Reviews UHP Winter Tire Test.
Tire purchase + fittingExtra fuel vs the most efficient tirecost per 1,000 miles
Assumes a typical car doing 29 mpg (rolling resistance causing 20% of fuel use), fuel at £5.49 per gallon and £60 fitting per set of four. Purchase prices are from the time of the 2023 test; financing costs are excluded.
Rim Protection
Small
A modest lip. Enough for a slow scrape against a kerb, but it will not save a wheel from a real hit.
Assessed by eye on the tires we tested, in the sizes listed. No manufacturer publishes rim protection as a specification, so treat this as a guide rather than a measurement.
How good is the Vredestein Wintrac Pro in the wet?
Across the 32 wet-braking tests it has featured in, the Vredestein Wintrac Pro stops 0.9% longer than premium rivals, 4% shorter than mid-range rivals and 8.6% shorter than budget rivals. It has a Tire Reviews wet score of 86/100, and owners rate it 9/10 in the wet from 30 reviews.
How good is the Vredestein Wintrac Pro in the dry?
Across the 28 dry-braking tests it has featured in, the Vredestein Wintrac Pro stops 0.2% longer than premium rivals, 1.2% shorter than mid-range rivals and 3.6% longer than budget rivals. It has a Tire Reviews dry score of 67/100, and owners rate it 8.9/10 in the dry from 30 reviews.
How good is the Vredestein Wintrac Pro in the snow?
Across the 32 snow-braking tests it has featured in, the Vredestein Wintrac Pro stops 0.6% longer than premium rivals, 1.1% shorter than mid-range rivals and 23.3% shorter than budget rivals. Across the 24 snow-traction tests, it is 0.6% worse than premium rivals, 2% better than mid-range rivals and 53.4% better than budget rivals. It has a Tire Reviews snow score of 58/100, and owners rate it 8.8/10 in the snow from 30 reviews.
How good is the Vredestein Wintrac Pro on ice?
Across the 2 ice-braking tests it has featured in, the Vredestein Wintrac Pro stops 2.5% shorter than premium rivals, 5% shorter than mid-range rivals and 9.2% shorter than budget rivals. It has a Tire Reviews ice score of 67/100, and owners rate it 8.1/10 on ice from 30 reviews.
How fuel efficient is the Vredestein Wintrac Pro?
Across the 26 tests measuring rolling resistance, the Vredestein Wintrac Pro's rolling resistance is 7.8% higher than premium rivals, 2.1% higher than mid-range rivals and 9.8% higher than budget rivals.
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How many miles does the Vredestein Wintrac Pro last?
Based on test and owner data, the Vredestein Wintrac Pro is expected to last around 22,369 miles (35,999 km).
What do owners say about the Vredestein Wintrac Pro?
Across 30 owner ratings the Vredestein Wintrac Pro averages 87%. Owners rate Wet Grip highest at 9 out of 10 and Ice Grip lowest at 8.1. 9 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 93% of owners score it 70% or better.
How much does the Vredestein Wintrac Pro cost to run?
In 255/40 R19, the Vredestein Wintrac Pro is projected to cost £46.94 per 1,000 miles to buy and run - about £1,173 over 25,000 miles - based on the price, wear and rolling resistance measured in the 2023/24 Tire Reviews UHP Winter Tire Test. Of the tires compared in that test, that makes it the cheapest to run.
What is the Vredestein Wintrac Pro's EU tire label rating?
Across its range, the Vredestein Wintrac Pro most commonly carries EU label ratings of D for fuel efficiency, B for wet grip and 72 dB for noise.
How comfortable and quiet are the Vredestein Wintrac Pro?
Owners rate the Vredestein Wintrac Pro 8.7 out of 10 for comfort and noise across 28 reviews.
How well do the Vredestein Wintrac Pro wear, according to owners?
Owners rate the Vredestein Wintrac Pro 8.7 out of 10 for wear across 28 reviews. 9 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles, and the typical review covers 4,500 miles.
Would owners buy the Vredestein Wintrac Pro again?
93% of owners say they would buy the Vredestein Wintrac Pro again, based on the 30 owner reviews that answered the question. 67% of them gave it the highest possible answer.
What do owners say about the Vredestein Wintrac Pro's snow traction?
Of the 28 owner reviews analyzed for the Vredestein Wintrac Pro, 16 mention snow traction: 16 praise it (strong snow traction) and 0 criticise it (weak snow traction). Read those reviews
What do owners say about the Vredestein Wintrac Pro's dry grip?
Of the 28 owner reviews analyzed for the Vredestein Wintrac Pro, 14 mention dry grip: 14 praise it (strong dry grip) and 0 criticise it (limited dry grip). One owner wrote: "On the dry they feel better compared to my factory fitted Continental Eco Contact 6 summer tires". Read those reviews
What do owners say about the Vredestein Wintrac Pro's wet grip?
Of the 28 owner reviews analyzed for the Vredestein Wintrac Pro, 14 mention wet grip: 12 praise it (confident wet grip) and 2 criticise it (weak wet grip). One owner wrote: "especially impressive in the wet. I’ve never had a winter tire with such strong wet grip". Read those reviews
Does the Vredestein Wintrac Pro have a rim protector?
Yes. Rim protection on the Vredestein Wintrac Pro is small, measured in 225/45 R18. No manufacturer publishes rim protection as a specification; this is assessed by eye when the tires are mounted for our own testing. 2023 Tire Reviews Winter Tire Test
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Drivers report the Vredestein Wintrac Pro is a highly confidence-inspiring winter tire with standout wet-road grip and surprisingly sporty, summer-like steering feel and stability in cold dry conditions. Most users also praise strong traction and braking in snow/slush, along with good comfort, low noise for the category, and impressive tread life/value over multiple seasons. A smaller subset note higher fuel consumption/rolling resistance and that the tire can need some warm-up or a short bedding-in period to deliver its best grip.
What owners mention most counted across 28 reviews
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Owner ratings averaged from 30 ratings
Owner score87%
Wet Grip90%
Dry Grip89%
Snow Grip88%
Comfort87%
Wear87%
Road Feedback85%
Handling82%
Ice Grip81%
Featured reviews
Most helpful 60%
“I drove this tire on an Alpina D3 F31 Bi-Turbo Touring Allrad. It's a good tire in dry conditions, and especially impressive in the wet. I’ve never had a winter tire with such strong wet grip — it even rivals some...”
“225/50 R17 XL Tires wear on the out sides long before the middle. Even with them blown up to max pressure. Tires so hard it affects the cornering of the van. Fitted to 2018 Vito medium wheelbase weighing 2.8 ton”
“I mostly use the car for long jouneys, so I was looking for a winter tire that provides safety not only on snow and ice, but also on dry and damp roads. Snow became a rare appearance in the last years, so dry and wet...”
Very good tires for winter. Used in upstate New York from November to April. Great grip even in -15 F. Started to get a little vague when it was dry around 65F.
I drove this tire on an Alpina D3 F31 Bi-Turbo Touring Allrad. It's a good tire in dry conditions, and especially impressive in the wet. I’ve never had a winter tire with such strong wet grip — it even rivals some summer tires. However, I was disappointed with its lateral grip on snow and ice. Everything else was good. Wear was acceptable, but due to the camber of my car, the tires wore down excessively on the inside — to the point where they tore and the internal reinforcement material became visible on the rear tires. I won’t be buying them again, mainly because of that issue and the lack of lateral grip.
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I mostly use the car for long jouneys, so I was looking for a winter tire that provides safety not only on snow and ice, but also on dry and damp roads. Snow became a rare appearance in the last years, so dry and wet performance is really important in winter tires. I have to say the reviews I read here helped my decision, and also I found the Vredestein tires at a really good price. They have an amazing amount of grip on snowy and icy roads, they really inspire confidence. On the dry they feel better compared to my factory fitted Continental Eco Contact 6 summer tires. Maybe on wet roads things could be better, but still it's a safe tire. Wear seems to be extremely good, this is my 3rd winter, approximately 30.000 kms and they still have a lot of tread. So very good value for money, I definitely reccomend the Wintrac Pro.
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Very good deal, performance is really good in the dry and wet, clear feel of road feedback. In fresh snow, 10-15cm deep, they tend to struggle a bit when starting from a complete stop or on a hill, but as soon they are rolling the snow traction is really good.
Very nice tires from Vredestein! Got them as partially worn with 7.0mm front and 7.7mm back. Installed them a little late (end of November in The Netherlands, average temp. was 5°C), and there was a noticeable difference compared to the factory Conti's. First, the rolling resistance is very high on these, went from 23km per liter to no higher than 18km per liter. The grip in the cold wet is very nice, never had a doubt. Dry is OK for a Winter tire, they like to squeal in hard dry corners between 7° and 15°c. Took them off end of April, and the wear is very good, about 0.9mm front worn off and 0.4 back, in about 4000 miles with occasionally testing the limits in the corners. Sound is noticeable, but not annoying. No snow or ice as we had a very mild winter. Recommended as a slightly cheaper option in expensive sizes.
An amazingly comfortable tire, great cushioning for a car weighing 2,000 kg and incredibly quiet. Road properties in winter are fully satisfactory, the car sticks to the road and does not lose traction.
Excellent value for money, especially for luxury sedans like the Bmw G30. Check the tire tests and after 5 years of its presentation it is at the very top... I am thinking of buying it again.
Was originally going for Pilot Alpin 5 SUV, but there were some delays when ordering so got these instead in 275/45/21 and 315/40/21 on a 2850kg car. There has been ice, snow, slush, dry and wet weather since I put these on and I must say I am impressed over how these perform. For a heavy SUV these tires feel very well, cant really compare it to anything else as this is the first winter with this car, but we have a EV SUV that weighs 2650kg with Nokian R3 and I feel the Vredesteins suit a heavier car better the Nokians. Braking and grip on snow felt pretty much the same, although I had an impression of more control with the Vredesteins when braking and trying to provoke sliding. They aren’t remarkable on ice, but rarely non studded tires are. Consumption is a bit higher than the sportcontact 6 summer tires and road noise is pretty much the same.
Will probably try the Pilot Alpin 5 due to lower rolling resistance next time.
Purchased in sizes 225/40 r19y front and 255/35 r19y rear for Jaguar xe awd.
Excellent on dry and wet, very good on fresh snow, on ice I don't know.
They are silent and with a soft compound.
They may not excel in one category, but they are very homogeneous and suitable for all weather conditions.
Very stable at high speeds.
Honestly I would buy them again.
The Vredestein Wintrac Pro replaced a set of Continental TS830P on my Toyota GT86.
For a sporty car they offer a lot of steering feedback, both in the dry and the wet. They are closer in handling to a summer tire than any winter tire I've used so far. Aquaplaning hasn't been an issue for me so far. On snow they offer decent traction from a standstill without being impressive. Cornering on snow on the other hand is really confidence inspiring. I can't tell about the wear on these as I don't run them on my main commuter car - so tires usually get replaced bacause of age, not because of wear. In summary I would recommend these for sporty cars in mild winter conditions.
Life cycle end review of the Wintrac Pro.
4th season, about 35000km, maybe a bit more, various countries, road conditions and driving styles, mostly smooth, relaxed touring.
High speed stability is great. Only tested it once, during the 3rd season. Speed rating W, so up to 270km/h(168mph), got it up to 262km/h without any problems.
Handling is good, not great, but it's predictable and you feel, when it starts to wash out. Strange rubbing noise, when they do though. Rubber got noticably harder over the 4 years. Stones quickly break parts of the thread out or squishes them down permanently, leaving holes in the otherwise prestine rubber blocks. Smaller stones get stuck easily and cause for quite some noise, especially in corners.
Dry grip is great, once the tires are warm. When cold, grip levels are mediocre, fine for city driving. Sporty driving is not recommended until they have at least some warmth in them. Curvy b roads make for a good place to warm them up.
Wet grip is similar to dry grip. Slightly difficult, when greasy. The tires will grip after washing out a bit, making the turn in a bit jerky at slightly higher speeds or when still cold.
Aquaplaning is hardly an issue, once the tires have warmed up, at least at speeds, that are common on roads. 120km/h in pouring rain is doable. There are enough grip reserves, but any higher than that is not recommended, except for short amounts of time to overtake the truck, that sprays your wind screen.
Snow grip is astonishingly good, only a few problems there. Up to 100km/h, the tires are predictable in a straight line, and safe to change lanes, when there is slush and snow between lanes. Braking is good, especially at lower speeds. Rear wheels might break out in corners, easy to do lift of oversteer in a FWD car. Snow grip didn't get much worse over the 4 seasons, than it was in the beginning. Tires prefer deep, fresh snow, rather than flattened one from other drivers.
Ice grip is not good. Even thin layers of ice on the road can quickly lead to the front washing out, even in low speeds. Definitely not recommended. If the ice is rough, the rubber grips a bit better, but still makes for an unpleasent ride.
Ice driving requires very gentle stearing input and thinking at least 100m ahead.
Comfort and tire noise is good, gets splightly worse over time, but not unbearibly so. Mostly due to the rubber becoming harder and the thread blocks developing holes from stones, that squished and deformed them permanently.
Thread wear is absolutely fantastic. 35000km and still 6mm of thread left on all 4 tires. Mostly gentle, economic driving, very few hard accelerations or braking.
Greasy, none road surfaces are astonishingly hardly a problem. Went on a ferry to Sweden, where other tires struggled for grip, the Wintrac Pro made it up the damp ramps easily. Sweden's rough road surface didn't inpact the thread wear at all, as it seems. Measured the thread depth before and after the 2500km trip, no difference measurable.
Noise levels rose a bit, naturally. Steering was not impacted though.
22° decline on wet cobble stone was also no problem. Very little slip, if any.
For middle European winter conditions, I'd give them an 8/10. Best for climates with little ice and either lots of fresh snow or hardly any snow. Winter climates with lots of rain are absolutely no problem whatsoever. Sporty driving is also no problem, but you have to be aware of understeer and sudden gains of grip. Excelent for long road trips.
Great winter tires, needed a short period of bedding in but great in snow/ice plus good wet and dry performance, in a tire that you can still drive relatively hard with if you want. This is my winter tire so I accept that it's going to compromise performance for snow/ice grip so you have to decide whether you want to swap every year between summers and winters, if not I wouldn't run these all year round, they would wear out too quickly as they're seriously sticky for snow and ice. If you do need winters, look no further, for the price (they were almost the cheapest quality winter tires @ £91 each) they're quite a bit less than the competition and performed so well on snow/ice I can't recommend enough.
Bedding in period is around 50 miles or so where the wet grip was quite bad, I was starting to regret buying them, but after this they're great that's quite important to remember. Also they are quite a soft tire with a soft sidewall so I've found I can't use all the power (340bhp in my m140i because the rear of the car sqirms around and is quite unnerving. It will roll left to right until you back off. Its not the speed that is the problem, they're V rated to 150 mph so no problem they're, it's just the power or torque flexing the sidewalls I guess. If you don't have a powerful car like the m140i you'd probably never notice it, I can still accelerate quite fast, just not full throttle. At a guess I'd say up to about 260bhp you probably won't notice it and certainly not a reason to avoid buying these tires. If you're using winter tires you have to expect some loss in total performance, and I paid nearly half what something like a Michelin Alpin is, and around £30 per tire less than Bridgestone and Goodyear alternatives.
I was genuinely shocked at how good they were in the snow/ice. The road was Kirkstone Pass, it snowed over night and we went over the pass to see the snow and test out the tires. So many cars were getting stuck, turning around, and 1 even crashed and was waiting to get recovered. I watched for about 20 minutes while I decided if these snow tires were actually good enough as I didn't want to crash my new (to me) m140i! Didnt need to worry at all, going down first I was doing lots of brake tests to make sure I wasn't just sliding on ice and it stopped very well, no slipping. Then coming back up the steep hill it didn't even slip, I then slowed right down and accelerated gently to see if I wasn't just on the edge of the grip or something, still no slip. I had to really give push the throttle to get any slip, I definitely couldn't have made it slip without going over the top on purpose with the throttle, so impressed.
Using these from now on as Winter tires on my m140i which has Michelin Super Sports fitted in the summer.
One more thing specific to my car, it comes standard with 225 50 18 front and 245 35 18 rear (something like that), but for winter tires it's perfectly safe to fit 225 40 18 92Y all round, it even says that tire size on the sticker beside the drivers door, I was trying to figure this out for ages so for anyk e else wanted to know winter tire sizes for an m140i on standard 18's it's 225 40 18 92Y all round. 88Y load rating isn't good enough so don't buy those (I also read that somewhere).
