I've ran Nokian several times and have always found to be decent. I see them as a "winter tire" that is usable in the summer months which works well for Canadian climate where I live.
I have a RWD car and run Nokian WRGs in the winter (I swap to some regular all-season tires in the summer).
Overall, the Nokians are a great tire. The only problem I've had is the entrances to the Bonnie Doon traffic circle where the ice gets polished to a mirror finish and makes it near impossible to get started. This is literally the only place in the city where I've had this problem though.
The All Weather Nokia tires are awesome. I bought them for a Ford Fusion as I wanted something for winter but didn't want to do the swapping of two sets of tires and rims, and those worked great for the 4 years I drove the Fusion in Edmonton. They handled great in winter and held up in summer.
I drive with WRGs on my Lancer. They're amazing, but don't expect ice grip that's comparable to a true winter tire.
Having said that, the great thing about WRGs is that they're \*absolutely amazing\* at preventing hydroplaning during the summer months.
Highly recommended.
I live in New England and run Nokians for my winter tires on both my wife's and my cars. On hers, we run the WRG4 which is a super winter biased all season tire, really good cold-dry performance, 9/10 in the snow.
I run some Nokian Hakkapollita R2's on some 17x7.5\" wheels for winter and all I can say is the 17's make you feel like you're riding on a cloud.
But lately I've been going with the Nokian Hackapillita's for extra grip in the snow. The Nokians wear better in back road snow drifts.
Id be looking at either the nokian wrg3 if you get an actual good amount of snow or michelin defender if you have a wimpy southern winter
I have the 215-65-16 on the Eurovan with the Nokian Rotiiva AT has got to be the best tire I have ever put on it. Summer, winter, ice snow and it works great. If they can work on that 4800lb 2wd monster in a foot of snow, I can't imagine what they would do for the AT. Even going down trails and in mud, it goes through it without a problem.
I can echo the feelings of the dry pavement handling, coming around a corner with a bit of enthusiasm you can feel the car start to slide around. I'm sure once the snow and ice come the trade-off will be justified, but fairly unnerving in the dry to say the least.
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