Winter tire Updated October 2026

Kumho WinterCraft Ice Wi51 review

Relative score from road tests only

Road tests 69 · 1 test

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Kumho WinterCraft Ice Wi51

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.

By road tests

69/100

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

Dry
70.5
Wet
69.4
Snow
64.5
Noise
71.9

Kumho WinterCraft Ice Wi51 specs & sizes

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1 published test appearance

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

2021 Studless and Studded Winter tire Test · 205/55 R16

12th of 16
Best: Price · 4th Weakest: Snow Traction · 15th
DisciplinePlacementField position
Wet Braking7th of 16
Wet Handling13th of 16
Dry Braking10th of 16
Snow Braking12th of 16
Snow Traction15th of 16
Snow Handling10th of 16
Ice Braking13th of 16
Ice Handling15th of 16
Ice Traction13th of 16
Subj. Noise7th of 16
Price4th of 16

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