Across 154 reviews, the Pirelli P Zero earns mixed feedback: drivers most often praise its strong dry grip, sharp cornering ability, and confident high-speed performance when temperatures are warm. However, many report fast/uneven wear for the price, along with frequent complaints of weak or unpredictable wet/cold traction that can undermine confidence. Noise/harshness and occasional tramlining or vibration/balance issues also come up regularly, making the P Zero feel best suited to warm-weather performance use rather than year-round driving in wet, cold climates.
What owners mention most counted across 150 reviews
My three of my cars have come with PZeros fitted.
Jaguar S-Type R - followed lorry ruts like tram lines, noisy, replaced immediately with Continentals which fixed everything.
XJR (1) - replaced all four due to pot hole damage and of the new ones two were not round leading to a shaking at 70 that nobody could eliminate. Dealer very unhelpful about getting them replaced after a place with a Hunter machine proved the tyres were defective. Near useless in the cold or 'lightly wet', wore down to 60% in 4500 miles and stopped gripping.
XJR (2) - only just got this one, tyres are all down to about 3.5mm, traction and grip are terrible to the point of being unsafe. Will be replacing them with something else.
Summary - repeatedly unimpressed, on expansion joints the car will actually skip at normal everyday speeds. Very prone to damage from pot holes, good in the dry but poor in the cold and useful grip runs out long before you reach the legal limit. Obvious QC issues if I'm able to get two bad ones in a set of four - since front/rear wheel sizes are different on these cars and I had a bad one of each it can't be written off as a batch problem. Rim protection is above average on the upside. Newer PZ4 might be better but be warned unless you SPECIFICALLY tell them otherwise JLR dealers will fit these older types by default.
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The pirelli p-zero is a very good tyre for performance in the Corners.
I was extremely disappointed at the wear rate as the front tyres only lasted 12,000 miles before being replaced.
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I have a set of these on my 2015 Skoda Octavia vRS and I regret getting them. I will be getting Michelin next time for sure. These are the noisiest tires I've heard in any road car. The noise at 110kmh on the highway is unbelievable and gets worse the faster you cruise. They grip well but I can't wait to get rid of these and every time I drive my car I wish I had another brand on.
Good tyres if you live in warm places with little rainfall.
Wear is always uneven and happens very quickly.
Had the on 3 vehicles now and doesn't change with weight and sizes.
Swapped from Conti to save £20/tyre. Bad move. My Merc C220 sport was fun to drive wet or dry. Wet is now frightening, car just lets go in unpredictable ways. I'm a life long biker used to the feel of the bike under my arse and adjusting as needed. The P Zero just has no feedback on a wet road. I've done 10k Miles on these tyres so plenty of time to learn to live with them. They are horrid on my Merc.
I love those tyres. They get warm very fast , very nice handling, very good for wet roads in the highway or in town.
Ideal for roads with low grip. They wear fast!!!
Previous tyres: Bridgestone RE050A, not satisfied at all especially on wet roads.
P Zero Rosso, average, better than Bridgestone
These are the worst "performance tyres" I've ever had the misfortune of using.
Poor grip in the wet. Enough grip in the dry. Poor feedback and not progressive at the limit.
I saw another review on these tyres by an Audi S6 owner and couldn't agree more. On a less powerful lighter car these tyres might be fine but they are useless on an S7. I also have changed to Michelin PS4 for a more conformable ride and better wear with far more stickability especially in the wet. These are expensive overpriced tyres.
Note car ios S7 but the tick down box only offers S6 then S8.
The Pirelli P Zero HN were fitted on my Hyundai i30N Perfomance Hatchback when I bought it new. I haven't read too much good stuff about these tyres but that they'll perform this bad is out of my imagination. The home of the i30N are curves and county roads, it's not the fastest on the straight line, but for sure the fast motorway trips (I live in Germany, so 200+ km/h is nothing new to me ;) ) are not the crucial parts for such a bad wear.
I've fitted them about 4500km ago and already lost 4mm tire tread. 4mm front, 3mm in the rear. I've never driven a tire that uses this extensive. My old Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 lasted over 45.000km with a car weighed over 1.8tons. Same driving style. The dry grip is good but decents fast if the tire gets stressed a lot. Wet grip is creepy. You can't even take of normally after a stop without wheelspin. Even in 3rd to 4th gear - no grip while accelerating. Aquaplaning IS A THING! Feedback is average to good. I don't like the handling. Sometimes you got grip and out of a sudden loose it whithout it being predictable - SCARY. I can't recommend this tire at all. Maybe it's the special design that they made for Hynundai but my next tyre will be Michelin PS4S or Goodyear Eagle F1 SuperSport.
I purchased Volvo V90 with these tyre and this it's my second review of these tyres. I had them on A8 LWB and I thought maybe I am not lucky with the batch. P zero are the worst tyres on market. They are made from chocolate and wear extremely quickly. They are not that special with driving experience and you pay extra for premium brand. Dont waste your time and money.
