Winter tire Updated October 2026

Hankook Winter i cept IZ3 review

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Relative score from road tests only Provisional

Road tests 75 · 1 test

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Hankook Winter i cept IZ3 has a Relative Score of 73 out of 100 among winter tires.

Hankook Winter i cept IZ3

How it did in road tests

No owner reviews yet, so every score here comes from instrumented road tests.

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Relative score
0–100. Blends road tests (60%) and owner reviews (40%) category by category, the same way on every TireWheelGuide page. With only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from it, so the score stays closer to average. It needs at least one road test or five owner reviews.
Road tests
0–100 per score, from published tests, newer tests counting more. Each result is compared with every other tire in the same test, so a win against a strong field counts for more. The average tested tire gets 70, the best 100; with only one or two tests a tire stays nearer 70. The discipline rows show % of the best tire in that test.
Owner reviews
0–100 from the owner reviews we found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates and scaled like the road tests: the average tested tire gets 70. With only a few reviews a tire stays near the average.

Full methodology

By road tests

75/100

Scaled across every tested tire: the average gets 70, the best 100.

Dry
74
Noise
76

1 published test appearance

Placement within each field. Open a test for the discipline-by-discipline result.

2025 Friction and Studded Winter tire Test · 205/55 R16

4th of 14
Best: Wet Braking · 2nd Weakest: Snow Braking · 7th
DisciplinePlacementField position
Wet Braking2nd of 14
Wet Handling2nd of 14
Dry Braking3rd of 14
Snow Braking7th of 14
Snow Traction6th of 14
Ice Braking7th of 14
Dry Handling (tester's mark)4th of 14
Wet Handling (tester's mark)4th of 14
Ice Traction6th of 14
Noise (tester's mark)7th of 14

Source: Tekniikan Maailma

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