The Bridgestone DriveGuard Winter is a Premium Touring Winter studless RunFlat tyre, with directional tread, designed for pasenger cars.
Contents
Key performance
Dry performance
100 %
Dry braking
100 %
Dry handling
100 %
Wet performance
99.47 %
Wet braking
98.83 %
Wet handling
99.57 %
Wet lateral handling
100 %
Aquaplaning
86.43 %
Straight aqua
96.12 %
Lateral aqua
76.74 %
Snow performance
95.41 %
Snow braking
96.04 %
Snow handling
96.39 %
Snow traction
93.81 %
Rolling resistance
90.62 %
Noise
100 %
Comfort
92.86 %
Bridgestone DriveGuard Winter Tests
2017 Motor (185/65 R15)
In 2017/2018 experts of the Polish magazine Motor have tested the Bridgestone DriveGuard Winter at size 185/65 R15 and compared to 5 similar budget, mid-range and premium winter tyres.
Overall Bridgestone DriveGuard Winter Review
According to the test results the Bridgestone took 2nd place.
Main cocnlusions:
- Good on the wet, one of the best result.
- The best on the dry: Bridgestone dominated in all tests.
- The worst snow performance. The tyre lost even the budget brands like Debica and Wanli.
- Poor rolling resistance and average comfort (might be caused by Runflat technology).
- The best noise level.
Similar tyres from the test:
- Vredestein Snowtrac 5
- Wanli SW611 Winter-Max U1
- Goodyear UltraGrip 9
- Uniroyal MS plus 77
- Debica Frigo 2