Nordic non-studded winter tyre

BD Testing winter tyre test 2026

Name: BD Testing winter tyre test 2026
Creator: BD Testing

BD Testing, 2026

Test winnerNokian TyresHakkapeliitta R5100

Published: June 5, 2026
Tyre size: 205/55 R16
Tyres: 5
Test car: VW Golf 1.5 TSI
Conditions: sile jää; õhk +3,0 °C, jää −7,5 °C, testrehvid ainult esiteljel; testiseeria 25S11, kuupäev 05/06, 17–5 km/h, pidurdusmaa meetrites, 5–17 km/h, aeg sekundites, Lempäälä Ice Rink (Soome), siseruum

Results heatmap

Best15%+ behind the best

Each cell is a measured result. The colour shows how far it is from the best result in the same test category.

Tester's rank	Tyre	Braking on ice, m	Acceleration on ice, s	TyreRanker score
1.	Nokian Tyres Hakkapeliitta R5Nordic non-studded winter tyre	10.3	4.4	100
2.	Atlander LanderWinter ATL75Central European winter tyre	10.8	4.7	84
3.	Triangle SnowLink PL01Nordic non-studded winter tyre	11.3	5	72
4.	Neolin NeoWinterCentral European winter tyre	12	5.2	59
5.	Sonix WinterXPro 888Central European winter tyre	12.7	5.9	39

Test rank = the ranking published by the test organiser (if the test included more tyres than are listed here, the rank is among all tyres in the full test). Score = the TyreRanker score from this test's measurements; in the rankings, TyreRanker orders tyres by its own score.

TyreRanker summary

In its 2026 test, BD Testing compared 5 winter tyres in size 205/55 R16 (test car: VW Golf 1.5 TSI). Measured parameters from this test used by TyreRanker: 2.

In the tester's ranking, the best was the Nokian Tyres Hakkapeliitta R5, followed by Atlander LanderWinter ATL75 and Triangle SnowLink PL01. On measured results alone, the Nokian Tyres Hakkapeliitta R5 was also the best in this test (100 points).

Braking on ice: best Nokian Tyres Hakkapeliitta R5 (10.3 m), weakest Sonix WinterXPro 888 (12.7 m) – a difference of 2.5 m, or 24%.

The Nokian Tyres Hakkapeliitta R5 won the most test categories (2: braking on ice and acceleration on ice). The largest percentage gap was in “acceleration on ice” (35%). The Sonix WinterXPro 888 finished last in the tester's ranking.

The tester's winner, the Nokian Tyres Hakkapeliitta R5, is No. 5 out of 14 tyres in the combined ranking of all tests.

2.5 mBraking on ice: gap between best and weakest