Originally Posted By: stuffinder
Originally Posted By: edyvw
Originally Posted By: krzyss
WR G3 sports snowflake/mountain logo on its sidewall unlike DWS.
It is meant to be better in winter.
Krzys
Nokian WR G3 is DEDICATED winter tire! Comparing DWS with WR G3 is like comparing apples and oranges, maybe even worse.
Apples to Oranges?
Nokian refers to the WRG3 as an "All Weather" tire
http://www.nokiantires.com/summer-tires/nokian-wrg3/
Continental refers to the DWS06 as "All Season" In North America when I think All-Season that includes SNOW/ICE!
http://www.continentaltire.com/product/extremecontact-dws06-19550zr16-84w
It's clear that Nokian is the over achiever Snow/Ice wise having that little snowflake applied means something I guess.
Nokian makes 4 other tires for Snow/Ice duty Hakkapelitta R2 & studded or studdable Hakka 7 & 8. also the "economy" Nordman 5. BTW the Hakka 7 is available unstudded for those not wanting or allowed studs. They're cheaper than the R2. I've talked to long time Nokian dealers & Nokian tech support who have all told me that the R2 is superior to the unstudded Hakka 7 in almost all conditions except perhaps deep snow.
My guess is the DWS06 will give slightly better handling than WRG3 in dry/rain conditions but fall way short in Snow/Ice!
For handling the best handling snow tire out there is Vredestein Extreme Contact but not even close to Hakka R2 in slippery stuff. BTW I've run all sorts of AS/Snows in 45 yrs 40-45K annually in snow belt & nothing comes close to Nokians in the area of hydro-planing resistance which ,to me, is one of the most critical areas of tire performance! Rant Off! YMMV
Nokian can claim whatever they want, their tire has snow flake on the sidewall, which indicates dedicated snow tire.
This is typical [censored] by manufacturers. The tread design clearly indicates that tire is made first of all for winter driving. Of course, you can use them on 140 degrees weather. Question is with what kind of performance and how long they would last.
My brother had them on 525xd (E60). Nothing special, there are much better winter tires. They cannot go against best Continental winter tires such as TS 850, which is unfortunately not available on NA market.