Winter tire handling Updated October 2026

King Meiler Winter Tact WT81 review

Name: King Meiler Winter Tact WT81
Brand: King Meiler

This tire appears to be discontinued and may no longer be available.

± 12

Relative score from road tests only Provisional

Road tests 54 · 1 test

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King Meiler Winter Tact WT81 has a Relative Score of 58 out of 100 among winter tires. In 3 road tests with an overall ranking it finished first 0 times and in the top three 0 times.

Weak point: Wet 50 — 14th of 14 (2020 Auto Zeitung Winter tire Test), 14th of 14 (2020 Auto Zeitung Winter tire Test)
Weak point: Comfort 30 — 14th of 14 (2020 Auto Zeitung Winter tire Test)

How it did in road tests

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

How scores work

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

54/100

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

Dry

Wet

Snow

Comfort

Efficiency

By discipline (% of best in test)

Dry Braking

27%

Dry Handling

40%

Subj. Dry Handling

41%

Wet Braking

27%

Subj. Wet Handling

21%

Wet Handling

47%

Straight Aquaplaning

27%

Curved Aquaplaning

47%

Side G-Force on Wet surface

47%

Snow Braking

34%

Snow Handling

53%

Subj. Snow Handling

14%

Snow Traction

41%

Ice Braking

73%

Ice Handling

73%

Inside Noise level

60%

Outside Noise

60%

Subjective Comfort

Rolling Resistance

51%

Price

100%

Wear

100%

3 published test appearances (1 in the score)

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

2020 Auto Zeitung Winter tire Test · 205/55 R16

14th of 14

Best: Dry Handling (tester's mark) · 10th Weakest: Wet Braking · 14th

Discipline	Placement	Field position
Wet Braking	14th of 14
Dry Braking	14th of 14
Snow Braking	13th of 14
Snow Traction	11th of 14
Rolling Resistance	12th of 14
Straight Aquaplaning	14th of 14
Dry Handling (tester's mark)	10th of 14
Comfort (tester's mark)	14th of 14
Wet Handling (tester's mark)	14th of 14
Snow Handling (tester's mark)	14th of 14

Source: Auto Zeitung

2020 ADAC Winter tire Test - 205/55 R16 · 205/55 R16

14th of 15

Only the final ranking was published for this test, not the results per discipline.

Source: ADAC

2018 51 Winter tire Shootout · 195/65 R15

39th of 52

Only the final ranking was published for this test, not the results per discipline.

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