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BFGoodrich Winter Slalom looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.

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BFGoodrich Winter Slalom vs Bridgestone Blizzak Ice — Compared

Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews. Based on 0 + 5 road tests and 3 + 3 owner reviews. How we score

Winter Slalom is ahead, 70–61

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Bridgestone Blizzak Ice
Tire BBridgestone

Blizzak Ice

Winter

Tests 60 · 5 tests Owners 62 · 3 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 17 in 2023 UTAC Large Winter Tire Test R16 (exterior noise)

Category by category

Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.

  1. 68

    Dry

    Winter Slalom +4
    64
    Why this score
    SourceWinter SlalomBlizzak Ice
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 5 tests≈ 68 (est.)64
    Reviews found online6864

    Winter Slalom: 60% × 68 (est.) + 40% × 68.3 = 68

    Blizzak Ice: 60% × 63.8 + 40% × 64.3 = 64

    No road tests of dry for Winter Slalom. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.40).

  2. 74

    Wet

    Winter Slalom +21
    53
    Why this score
    SourceWinter SlalomBlizzak Ice
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 5 tests≈ 73 (est.)42
    Reviews found online7568

    Winter Slalom: 60% × 72.8 (est.) + 40% × 75.1 = 74

    Blizzak Ice: 60% × 42.5 + 40% × 67.7 = 53

    No road tests of wet for Winter Slalom. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.56).

  3. –

    Snow

    No comparison
    58
    Why this score
    SourceWinter SlalomBlizzak Ice
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 5 tests–63
    Reviews found online–52

    Blizzak Ice: 60% × 62.5 + 40% × 51.8 = 58

  4. 70

    Comfort

    Winter Slalom +2
    68
    Why this score
    SourceWinter SlalomBlizzak Ice
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 69 (est.)70
    Reviews found online7164

    Winter Slalom: 60% × 69.5 (est.) + 40% × 71.1 = 70

    Blizzak Ice: 60% × 70 + 40% × 64 = 68

    No road tests of comfort for Winter Slalom. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.

  5. –

    Noise

    No comparison
    77
    Why this score
    SourceWinter SlalomBlizzak Ice
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 4 tests–83
    Reviews found online–≈ 67 (est.)

    Blizzak Ice: 60% × 83.3 + 40% × 67.3 (est.) = 77

    No owner ratings of noise for Blizzak Ice. The owner half is the owners’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.

  6. 66

    Treadwear

    Winter Slalom +1
    65
    Why this score
    SourceWinter SlalomBlizzak Ice
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 66 (est.)≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online6765

    Winter Slalom: 60% × 66 (est.) + 40% × 66.8 = 66

    Blizzak Ice: 60% × 65.5 (est.) + 40% × 65.3 = 65

    No road tests of treadwear for Winter Slalom. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.31).

    No road tests of treadwear for Blizzak Ice. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.31).

  7. 67

    Handling (owners)

    Winter Slalom +4
    63
    Why this score
    SourceWinter SlalomBlizzak Ice
    Reviews found online6763
Scores at a glance
CategoryBFGoodrich Winter SlalomBridgestone Blizzak Ice
Relative Score 70 61
Dry 68 64
Wet 74 53
Snow – 58
Comfort 70 68
Noise – 77
Treadwear 66 65
Handling (owners) 67 63

Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.

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Headline score

Winter Slalom

Blizzak Ice

Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.

Pros, cons & observations

Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.

Tire A Winter Slalom

Pros

  • Strong traction in snow and wet conditions
  • Aggressive tread profile
  • Low road noise

Cons

  • Significant loss of grip as the tire ages
  • Performance degradation on wet surfaces after several years of use
All owner themes in the Winter Slalom review

Tire B Blizzak Ice

Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.

Specs side by side

Attribute A · BFGoodrich Winter Slalom B · Bridgestone Blizzak Ice
CategoryWinter Touring tiresWinter
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available—60
Rim diameters—13″ – 19″

Which one should you actually buy?

BFGoodrich Winter Slalom

Bridgestone Blizzak Ice

Winner: BFGoodrich Winter Slalom — better wet and dry. It leads or ties in every category we score. BFGoodrich Winter Slalom rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 3 reviews), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire A Your priority is wet-weather safety

BFGoodrich Winter Slalom scores 74 vs 53 on wet.

Pick tire A You want the most grip on dry roads

BFGoodrich Winter Slalom scores 68 vs 64 on dry.

Tire A · BFGoodrich Winter Slalom
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Tire B · Bridgestone Blizzak Ice
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Winter Slalom or Blizzak Ice?

Which is better in the wet, Winter Slalom or Blizzak Ice?

BFGoodrich Winter Slalom, 74 vs 53 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, Winter Slalom or Blizzak Ice?

BFGoodrich Winter Slalom, 68 vs 64 on our dry score.

Which is more comfortable, Winter Slalom or Blizzak Ice?

Neither, by our numbers: 70 vs 68 on the comfort score, within 3 points.

Which lasts longer, Winter Slalom or Blizzak Ice?

Neither, by our numbers: 66 vs 65 on the treadwear score, within 3 points.

How do we compare tires?

Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.

Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.

Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology