Dunlop Dunlop Winter Sport 5

The best price-per-performance in the "gut" bracket, with two label figures that need weighing.

ADAC / ÖAMTC / TCS 2023 placed it fourth of sixteen in 225/45 R17 with 2.4 "gut", scoring 2.6 for safety and an excellent 1.8 for environment — the second-best environmental result in that field. Sub-grades were D dry, C wet and B snow. It also finished fourth of 31 at ADAC 2025, though in 225/40 R18, a different size.

At €111.64 against a €192 list price it is €32 below the Continental, which is the largest gap between a recommended tyre and the winner in this ranking.

The two weaknesses are visible on the label and in the sub-grades.

First, rolling resistance is class D — the only tyre here besides the Falken to score below C. Each class step is worth roughly 0.1 l/100 km, so D against the Nokian's B is about 0.2 l/100 km over the tyre's life. Over 30,000 winter kilometres that is roughly 60 litres of fuel, which erodes a good part of the €32 saving.

Second, the wet sub-grade of C was the weakest of the ADAC 2023 top four, and its dry grade of D was equal-worst. This is a tyre that earned its 2.4 on snow and on efficiency rather than on tarmac.

The label reads C for wet grip and 72 dB class B with EPREL registration 610454 — one of the five verified registration numbers here.

Buy it if your winter driving involves genuine snow and you want to spend less. If most of your winter kilometres are wet motorway, the wet sub-grade and the D rolling resistance both argue against it.