Nordic non-studded winter tyre

UTAC winter tyre test 2025

Name: UTAC winter tyre test 2025
Creator: UTAC

UTAC, 2025

Test winner by TyreRanker scorePirelliIce Friction98

Published: March 1, 2025
Tyre size: 235/60 R18
Tyres: 5
Test car: Audi Q5 TDI 2.0 Quattro
Conditions: UTAC Indoor 5 märgpidurdusrada (Soome), veebruar 2025, Arctic Falls siserada (Rootsi), jaanuar 2025

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	Braking on snow, m	Acceleration on snow, s	Braking in the wet, m	TyreRanker score
–	Pirelli Ice FrictionNordic non-studded winter tyre	4.9	1.6	11.9	1.8	34.9	98
–	Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3Nordic non-studded winter tyre	4.8	1.6	11.9	1.9	38.8	90
–	Nokian Tyres Hakkapeliitta R5Nordic non-studded winter tyre	5.1	1.7	11.9	1.9	37.2	88
–	Michelin X-Ice SnowNordic non-studded winter tyre	5.1	1.6	11.9	1.9	40.9	84
–	Continental VikingContact 7Nordic non-studded winter tyre	5.3	1.7	12.3	1.9	37.1	82

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 2025 test, UTAC compared 5 Nordic non-studded winter tyres in size 235/60 R18 (test car: Audi Q5 TDI 2.0 Quattro). Measured parameters from this test used by TyreRanker: 5.

On measured results, the best tyre in this test was the Pirelli Ice Friction (98 points), with the Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3 second and the Nokian Tyres Hakkapeliitta R5 third.

Braking on ice: best Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3 (4.8 m), weakest Continental VikingContact 7 (5.3 m) – a difference of 0.520 m, or 11%. Braking on snow: best Pirelli Ice Friction (11.9 m), weakest Continental VikingContact 7 (12.3 m) – a difference of 0.480 m, or 4%. Braking in the wet: best Pirelli Ice Friction (34.9 m), weakest Michelin X-Ice Snow (40.9 m) – a difference of 6.0 m, or 17%.

The Pirelli Ice Friction won the most test categories (3: braking on snow, acceleration on snow and braking in the wet).

0.5 mBraking on ice: gap between best and weakest

6 mBraking in the wet: gap between best and weakest