Winter tire Updated October 2026

Nankang Ice Activa 2 review

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± 12

Relative score from road tests only Provisional

Road tests 65 · 1 test

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Nankang Ice Activa 2 has a Relative Score of 66 out of 100 among winter tires. In 2 road tests with an overall ranking it finished first 0 times and in the top three 0 times.

Nankang Ice Activa 2

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

65/100

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

Dry
55
Wet
67
Snow
70
Noise
75
By discipline (% of best in test)
Dry Braking
14%
Subj. Dry Handling
19%
Wet Braking
48%
Subj. Wet Handling
62%
Wet Handling
76%
Snow Braking
29%
Snow Handling
81%
Subj. Snow Handling
67%
Snow Traction
86%
Ice Braking
24%
Ice Handling
57%
Subj. Ice Handling
67%
Ice Traction
24%
Inside Noise level
100%
Rolling Resistance
76%

2 published test appearances (1 in the score)

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

2020 Nordic and Studded Winter tire Test · 205/55 R16

16th of 20
Best: Noise (tester's mark) · 4th Weakest: Dry Braking · 19th
DisciplinePlacementField position
Wet Braking12th of 20
Wet Handling7th of 20
Dry Braking19th of 20
Snow Braking16th of 20
Snow Traction5th of 20
Snow Handling5th of 20
Ice Braking17th of 20
Ice Handling10th of 20
Ice Traction17th of 20
Noise (tester's mark)4th of 20

2020 Test World Winter Tire Test R16 · 205/55R16

17th of 19

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

Source: Test World

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