Winter tire Updated October 2026

Maxxis Arctic Trekker WP-05 review

Relative score from road tests only

Road tests 68 · 7 tests

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Maxxis Arctic Trekker WP-05

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

68/100

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

Dry
70
Wet
65.7
Snow
69.1
Noise
70
By discipline (% of best in test)
Wet Braking
50.9%
Snow Braking
73.6%

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7 published test appearances

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

2019 Winter tire Test Market Overview · 225/45 R17

22nd of 45
Best: Snow Braking · 16th Weakest: Wet Braking · 28th
DisciplinePlacementField position
Wet Braking28th of 45
Snow Braking16th of 45

Source: Auto Bild

2019 Auto Zeitung Winter Tire Test R17 · 225/55R17

10th of 11

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

Source: Auto Zeitung

2018 51 Winter tire Shootout · 195/65 R15

27th of 51

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

2017 Auto Bild SUV Winter tire Test · 225/55 R17

9th of 10
Best: Dry Handling · 3rd Weakest: Snow Braking · 10th
DisciplinePlacementField position
Wet Braking9th of 10
Wet Handling9th of 10
Dry Braking8th of 10
Dry Handling3rd of 10
Snow Braking10th of 10
Snow Handling9th of 10
Rolling Resistance10th of 10
Straight Aqua4th of 10
Noise4th of 10

Source: Auto Bild

2017 50 Winter tire Shoot Out · 225/50 R17

36th of 45

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

2016 Winter tire Market Overview · 205/55 R16

25th of 43

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

2015 Auto Bild SUV Winter tire Test · 215/65 R16

8th of 8

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

Source: Auto Bild

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