Personenkraftwagen Winter Ultra High Performance Tyres

First of all I would like to mention that I have switched cars and tyres too. I went from an Audi A4 B8.5 Quattro on Continental Wintercontact 870Ps to a Ford Focus ST mk4 and I was a bit worried going from awd to fwd during the winter, but Pirelli have made a great tyre. Dry, wet and snow grip are excellent, the only circumstance where I have found the tyres to not overachieve my expectations are conditions when the roads are soaking wet and the ambient temperatures are above 3 degrees Celsius and that is only in longitudinal grip when accelerating. Braking is amazing, lateral grip is astonishing for a winter tire and ice and performance is very good and wear seems also good. I would definitely recommend this tyre to anyone.

If you own a BMW and are tired of run-flat tires, and you want to switch to regular tires without losing steering feel and driving dynamics while gaining comfort, you can buy this tire with peace of mind. It’s neither as soft and comfort-oriented with loose steering like a touring tire, nor as stiff and sharp as a run-flat. This is the BMW OEM tire for 17-inch wheels.

In the rain and heavy but a lot of heavy rain, even with chunks of snow in highway, at 120km/h, these tyres fitted in a bmw F11 perform wonderfully. <br />
I did used them a lot in the rain, but yesterday had unexpected encounter with snow and they handled perfect! Really great stuff!

The grip is great, i like it on my EV. <br />
But: its clearly lauder than my summer tyres, i hope after a while it gets better

Installed on a Touareg 4.2 V8 on november 2025 and already 7.000 km on them. Dry and performances are really similar to dedicated summer tires , and the acquaplaning even better than before. No any particular issue found . Confort is identical to the Hankkok Ventus S1 evo 3 EV installed on summer. <br />
Coming to snow performances...they are incredible. Ok, a Touraeg is a car designed also for off road and snow conditions, but believe me, the traction is simply incredible and the car weight is 2.4 ton. 30 cm of fresh snow on the road and never felt any slip. Drove it on mountain roads and feels like you are in a dry road. Only experienced a minor slip in a iced roundabout. <br />
Wear at the moment is concentrated on the front wheels, but not bad. <br />
Definetly worth the money

A wonderful tire, initially I bought two pieces for the front axle because on the back I had hankook and cept evo 3 that still had life in them, after two days of driving I couldn't resist and bought two more :)), magnificent in 300 km I had the chance to test them only at temperatures below 0 in all conditions: wet, dry, icy, snowy. It is the most complete tire I have put on my car so far and it is clear to me that from now on I will only buy pa5 for the winter. It's surprising to me because from the reviews I saw that the tires would actually be narrower, for me it's the other way around and I don't have rim protection on them, it's surprising how a 245 tire is wider than an 8.5 j rim, and one more thing is surprising, how this tire at the same time is extremely comfortable but has an extremely stiff sidewall, in turns the car holds itself and it seems to me that the roll has decreased when switching from Hankook to Michelin for winter including the summer Pilot Sport 5 ones have a slightly softer sidewall.<br />
In conclusion, a wonderful tire in all road conditions, it remains to be seen with wear.<br />
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I RECOMMEND

Excellent on snow, 30cm fresh powder is not a problem, 15 cm icy snow uphill also like a dream, but 4x4 helps. Had Alpine 5 last year and didn't notice any difference on traction. Didnt have any problems with gravel and mud in autmn. They go trough rain like butter. A bit jelly, soft ride above 20 deg cels, but that's expected. I am not a sporty driver, so cant say they are made for high speeds, but for mountain snow driving and skiing trips, i am impressed. Economy is fine.

I got these to replace Dunlop winter sport 5's as they had started cracking due to age. <br />
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These have been brilliant since installation on 3.0i rwd car. Really impressed me on very slippery Scottish side streets at -7C that hardly seen much traffic.<br />
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Very comfortable compared to the runflats.<br />
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Gives me great confidence manoeuvring in the winter. <br />
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Would recommend them to anyone looking for winter tyres.

Initial impressions these are great tyres, will be see as to how long they last and how they handle snow/ice as will be taking them on a euro trip to Latvia shortly. Passengers have commented on how much comfier they feel over the summer tyres I had on, noise hasn't been an issue for me as I drive with music fairly loud so is drowned out by that. Tyre does feel like the sidewall flex's a little when pushing on but I suppose its not made for lap times