Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 review
The Maxxis is a modest performer, and this is reflected in the price
The Maxxis is least expensive tyre in this test, and it delivered modest performance generally, with snow probably its strongest suit. It was lower mid-field in braking and acceleration, and around the snow circuit, bagging a trio of eighth places. Around the lap it delivered modest but predictable grip and responses.
It was a little less able in the wet, needing a further 3.7m than the best in the crucial straight-line braking test (but still nearly three metres better than the Minerva), while it felt tentative around the handling circuit. It had some useful adjustability but demanded very gentle throttle inputs to avoid scrabbly, side-slipping wheelspin, even when the steering lock was almost fully wound off. Its aquaplaning performance was only marginally better, earning it a couple more eighth places.
In the dry, its braking performance was as poor as it was in the wet, earning it a lowly 10th place again, taking 45.3m to stop – a full two metres more than the standard-setting Continental. It was a respectable mid-pack seventh in dry handling, but a lowly 10th in rolling resistance, making it one of the least economical tyres in the test.
Blackcircles.com says…
“With the Maxxis you definitely get what you pay for. It’s an inexpensive tyre that delivers modest performance at best.”
| Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 | ||
| Overall | 97% | |
| Price | £73 | |
| Snow braking | 97% | 8th |
| Snow traction | 94.3% | 8th |
| Snow handling | 97.7% | 8th |
| Straight aquaplaning | 91.2% | 8th |
| Curved aquaplaning | 91.4% | 8th |
| Wet braking | 89.9% | 10th |
| Wet handling | 96.2% | 10th |
| Wet circle | 95.6% | 9th |
| Dry braking | 95.6% | 10th |
| Dry handling | 99.3% | 7th |
| Cabin noise | 99.1% | 9th |
| Rolling resistance | 80.4% | 10th |
