The Tire Rack team drives on as many of the winter / snow tires we offer as possible. This testing allows us to better understand a tire's ride and noise qualities on the road, and its performance capabilities on the track.

Winter tests are completed three different ways.

We begin our testing at a local hockey rink. The ice rink is used to provide the ultimate simulation of the icy road conditions that we'll face later in winter. Then, our dry road tests compare three vehicles; one equipped with four all-season tires vs. another with four winter / snow tires vs. yet another with two winter / snow tires on the drive axle and two all-season tires on the other axle. Finally, we compare various all-season and winter / snow tires back-to-back, in the middle of winter, on our 5-1/2 acre test track.

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The combined results of all of these tests will help you select the correct tire to meet your winter driving needs.

Testing the Newest Crop of Studless Ice and Snow Winter Tires
Comparing the performance of the Bridgestone Blizzak LM60, Blizzak WS60, Continental ExtremeWinterContact and Dunlop Graspic DS-3 both on the track and at the local ice rink.

Winter Testing at the Arctic Circle: Studless Ice & Snow
Comparing the Bridgestone Blizzak WS60, Continental ExtremeWinterContact, and Michelin X-Ice Xi2 Studless Ice and Snow tires in Northern Sweden.

Winter Testing at the Arctic Circle: Studdable Winter / Snow
Comparing the General Altimax Arctic, General Altimax Arctic Studded, Firestone Winterforce, and Pirelli Winter Carving Edge Studdable Winter / Snow tires in Northern Sweden.

Testing on Ice: Winter / Snow vs. All-Season vs. Summer Tires
Comparing the performance of the Bridgestone's Blizzak WS-60, Turanza EL400-02 and Potenza RE050A Pole Position on the ice.

Michelin X-Ice Xi2 Introductory Drive
Comparing the Studless Ice and Snow Bridgestone Blizzak WS-60, Goodyear Ultra Grip Ice, Michelin X-Ice Xi2, and Nokian Hakkapilitta RHi.

All Season vs. Winter (Passenger Vehicle): The Difference Between Wintertime Gripping and White Knuckle Snow Slipping
Comparing the performance of winter tires, all-season tires, and a combination of both on rear-wheel drive vehicles.

All Season vs. Winter (SUV/Light Truck): The Difference Between Wintertime Gripping and White Knuckle Snow Slipping
Comparing the performance of winter tires and all-season tires on all-wheel drive vehicles.

Mixed vs. Matched (Passenger Vehicle): The Difference Between Wintertime Gripping and White Knuckle Snow Slipping
Comparing the performance of mixed winter/all-season tires and all matching winter tires on rear-wheel drive vehicles.

Technological or Traditional Traction For Ice and Packed Snow?
Comparing the Studless Ice and Snow Bridgestone Blizzak WS60, Dunlop Graspic DS-2, and Michelin X-Ice, with the Studdable WinterForce M+S.

It's Always Best to Match Tires in the Worst Conditions
Comparing the Bridgestone Turanza EL400-02 Standard Touring All-Season tires and Bridgestone Blizzak WS-60 Studless Ice & Snow tires at the Bridgestone Winter Driving School in Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Bridgestone Blizzak WS-60 Introductory Drive
Comparing the Bridgestone Turanza EL400-02 Standard Touring All-Season tires, Bridgestone Blizzak WS-60 Studless Ice & Snow tires, and Michelin X-Ice Studless Ice and Snow tires at the Bridgestone Winter Driving School in Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Do You Want Your All-wheel Drive Light Truck to be an Ice and Snow Mobile?
Comparing the performance of the Bridgestone's Turanza ER30, Turanza EL42 and Blizzak DM-Z3 on the ice

All- vs. Rear-Wheel Drive on Ice
Comparing the Bridgestone Blizzak LM-25 and Blizzak LM-25 4x4 on ice