2012 Auto Bild 42 Winter Tyre Braking Test
Developing a tyre to perform well in snow conditions is actually relative easy for the tyre manufacturers. Lots of edges, a nice wide tread pattern and you have a reasonable snow performance.
It's the balance between snow and wet performance which is extremely important to a lot of European countries, where the cold wet conditions far out weigh the snowy or icy driving conditions, and where a lot of cheaper winter tyres fail.
To highlight this, Auto Bild have taken 42 sets of winter tyres, from premium to budget, and put them through a wet and snow braking "shoot out", to see which 15 tyres go through to their group tests.
Also included in the test is a summer and all season tyre to give a balance to the market overview.
As you'd expect the summer tyre stops the shortest in the wet from 80kph, taking just 39.2 meters to stop. The best winter tyre, the Semperit, is less than a meter behind in 40.1. While the gap between braking in the wet is extremely close, the results are somewhat different on snow. Where the Semperit takes 34 meters to stop from 50kph on snow, the summer tyre which enjoyed a 0.9 meters advantage in the wet, skids up in 69.5 meters - a huge 35.5 meters longer than the winter tyre!
Позитивно изненадуваат Семперит кој се во третата класа или т.н Economy Brand Tyres, и Falken кој се во втората класа или т.н Mid Range Brand Tyres.
Аналогно на нив негативно изненадуваат премиум брендовите Мишелин и Данлоп.
