The answer is negative, even though this model did fall one breath short of victory. This became main intrigue of the season - will Michelin X–Ice North 4, which hitherto was held up by the manufacturer, become the best spiked tires of the season 2019/2020? The French tire maker mostly placed its bets on the aggressive advertising and marketing, opting out of providing its tires to Auto Review and Za Rulem magazines for their tests, which ultimately did a bad turn to X–Ice North 4 that stood every chance of becoming the best model by the results of the independent tests. Had this model participated in the tests, this might bring about a very interesting battle with just as « toothy» Michelin X–Ice North 4 and the new model Continental IceContact 3 with its rubber-coated studs.Ī similar situation formed last year around the already-mentioned French model Michelin XIN4. Getting ahead of our story, we will note here that none of these seasonal tests involved Pirelli Ice Zero 2, presented in the beginning of 2019 and already available retail - these tires got 190 spikes in the size of 205/55 R16 (as opposed to 130 in the previous-generation tires). The limited number of spiked tires made detecting the best ones a lot easier. Totally, these tests involved 17 models from 16 brands. In the season 2019/2020, five tests of spiked winter tires were conducted: In view of the specifics of the climatic conditions, in which spiked tires are most likely to be used, the number of publications conducting such tests is very limited, these publications mostly coming from the Central Europe. In this article, we will name the best spiked winter tires 2019/2020 according to the results of the independent tests. And this means that we can make the first conclusions and single out the most successful models. All the independent testing organizations and publications that wanted to announce the results of comparative tests of spiked winter tires did that well before the first frosts set in.
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