Nexen Winguard Ice+ WH43 review
Relative score 60% tests + 40% owners
Better than 26% of the winter tires we score.
Owners 63 · 1 review analysed Road tests 61 · 2 tests
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Nexen Winguard Ice+ WH43 has a Relative Score of 63 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. Testers rate it best for noise (76) and weakest for dry (54). 1 owner reviews rate it 63 out of 100. 100% would buy it again.
- Weak point: Dry 54 — 7th of 8 (2020 Vi Bilagare Nordic Friction Winter tire Test), 17th of 20 (2020 Nordic and Studded Winter tire Test)
Two scoring systems, side by side
Owner scores come from reviews found online; road-test scores come from instrumented tests. Where they disagree, it is usually a discipline owners rarely push to the limit.
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.
By owner reviews
63/100From 1 owner review analysed, scaled like the road tests: the average tested tire gets 70.
By road tests
61/100Scaled across every tested tire: the average gets 70, the best 100.
3 published test appearances (2 in the score)
Placement within each field. Open a test for the discipline-by-discipline result.
2020 Consumer Reports North America Winter tire Test · 215/60 R16
8th of 17
Only the final ranking was published for this test, not the results per discipline.
Source: Consumer Reports
2020 Vi Bilagare Nordic Friction Winter tire Test · 205/60 R16
5th of 8
| Discipline | Placement | Field position |
|---|---|---|
| Wet Handling | 7th of 8 | |
| Snow Handling | 7th of 8 | |
| Ice Handling | 4th of 8 | |
| Rolling Resistance | 7th of 8 | |
| Straight Aquaplaning | 5th of 8 | |
| Dry Handling (tester's mark) | 7th of 8 | |
| Noise (tester's mark) | 4th of 8 | |
| Price | 2nd of 8 |
Source: Vi Bilägare
2020 Nordic and Studded Winter tire Test · 205/55 R16
17th of 20
| Discipline | Placement | Field position |
|---|---|---|
| Wet Braking | 18th of 20 | |
| Wet Handling | 18th of 20 | |
| Dry Braking | 17th of 20 | |
| Snow Braking | 15th of 20 | |
| Snow Traction | 15th of 20 | |
| Snow Handling | 17th of 20 | |
| Ice Braking | 16th of 20 | |
| Ice Handling | 17th of 20 | |
| Ice Traction | 20th of 20 | |
| Noise (tester's mark) | 9th of 20 |
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