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Winter tyre reviews 2025: results by category

At-a-glance guide to how each tyre performed

The budget Triangle performed decently in the snow and was okay in the dry, but was bottom of the table in all the wet tests. 

The Falken (seventh) has useful wet and dry handling, plus is refined, while the Vredestein (sixth) showed no specific strengths but scored okay overall. Fifth place on its debut was a fine result for the LingLong, which claimed the fastest lap in the dry, but was the least economical tyre. The fourth-placed Michelin had a slight bias to snow, but drove well in the wet and was the second most economical. 

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The Bridgestone (third) performed well in all disciplines, but especially in the cold wet and dry. Goodyear (second) topped five tests, but was beaten by the superb Continental, which also won five tests to finish top overall for the third time in a row.

Winner

Continental WinterContact TS 870

Auto Express winter tyre test 2025 - Continental WinterContact TS870

Once again winning in the snow, wet and dry, the WinterContact TS 870 is also great to drive, refined and reasonably economical too. The Continental is an exceptional winter tyre that has now triumphed in this test three times.

Buy the Continental WinterContact TS870 from Blackcircles.com…

Results

Overall

1stContinental 100%
2ndGoodyear99.4%
3rdBridgestone98.9%
4thMichelin98.5%
5thLingLong96.5%
6thVredestein96.4%
7thFalken96.1%
8thTriangle93.7%
ASPirelliN/A
SUMVredesteinN/A

Price

1stTriangle£77
2ndLingLong£90
3rdVredestein£122
4thFalken£130
5thGoodyear£145
6thBridgestone£150
7thContinental£154
8thMichelin£170
ASPirelli£124
SUMVredestein£110

Snow braking

1stGoodyear100%
2ndVredestein98.3%
3rdTriangle97.8%
4thLingLong97.7%
5thFalken97.3%
6thMichelin96.9%
7thBridgestone93.9%
8thContinental90.9%
ASPirelli96.4%
SUMVredestein46.9%

Snow traction

1stGoodyear100%
2ndFalken98.1%
3rdMichelin98.0%
4thBridgestone97.2%
5thContinental96.8%
6thVredestein94.8%
7thTriangle91.0%
8thLingLong90.6%
ASPirelli95.3%
SUMVredestein33.4%

Snow handling

1stContinental100%
2ndMichelin97.7%
3rdGoodyear96.0%
4thBridgestone95.7%
5thLingLong93.8%
6thTriangle92.3%
7thFalken91.7%
8thVredestein91.6%
ASPirelli92.5%
SUMVredestein42.3%

Wet braking 

1stGoodyear100%
2ndContinental98.8%
3rdBridgestone98.4%
4thLingLong96.3%
5thMichelin94.6%
6thFalken93.7%
7thVredestein92.6%
8thTriangle86.7%
ASPirelli92.6%
SUMVredestein91.4%

Wet handling

1stContinental100%
2ndGoodyear99.6%
3rdBridgestone99.0%
4thFalken98.6%
5thVredestein98.6%
6thMichelin98.4%
7thLingLong97.5%
8thTriangle92.8%
ASPirelli95.7%
SUMVredestein102.1%

Wet cornering

1stContinental100% 
2ndVredestein99.9%
3rdGoodyear99.7%
4thBridgestone98.3%
5thLingLong98.2%
6thFalken97.5%
7thMichelin96.6%
8thTriangle94.4%
ASPirelli95.8%
SUMVredestein102.3%

Straight aquaplaning

1stGoodyear100%
2ndContinental98.6%
3rdBridgestone94.6%
4thMichelin94.5%
5thVredestein91.6%
6thFalken89.6%
7thLingLong88.6%
8thTriangle87.4%
ASPirelli92.7%
SUMVredestein94.6%

Curved aquaplaning

1stGoodyear100%
2ndContinental99.0%
3rdBridgestone84.2%
4thMichelin83.6%
5thFalken74.0%
6thVredestein73.6%
7thLingLong71.9%
8thTriangle66.1%
ASPirelli85.6%
SUMVredestein105.0%

Dry braking

1stContinental 100%
2ndMichelin97.7%
3rdGoodyear96.0%
4thBridgestone95.7%
5thLingLong93.8%
6thTriangle92.3%
7thFalken91.7%
8thVredestein91.6%
ASPirelli92.5%
SUMVredestein118.2%

Dry handling

1stLingLong100%
2ndBridgestone99.1%
3rdTriangle98.3%
4thFalken98.0%
5thContinental97.8%
6thGoodyear97.4%
7thMichelin97.3%
8thVredestein97.1%
ASPirelli97.5%
SUMVredestein101.0%

Cabin noise

1stContinental100%
2ndFalken99.7%
=3rdTriangle99.6%
=3rdVredestein99.6%
5thGoodyear99.4%
6thMichelin98.9%
7thLingLong98.8%
8thBridgestone98.0%
ASPirelli100%
SUMVredestein106.5%

Rolling resistance

1stBridgestone100%
2ndMichelin98.5%
3rdContinental93.0%
4thVredestein90.2%
5thGoodyear86.9%
6thFalken82.1%
7thTriangle81.4%
8thLingLong74.8%
ASPirelli101.6%
SUMVredestein100.6%
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