The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.
I've now done around 16.000 km / 10.000 miles across all possible conditions, from hot summer to a very snowy winter and can say that it is a fantastic product for normal daily driving. My impressions:
- In summer it feels like a comfort oriented touring tyre, which is absolutely fine for an all-season. The grip it there if you push it, it will flex a lot, but it will hold traction very well,
- In the wet it's very impressive, even in cold. The comparison to my previous Michelin Cross Climate 2 is like night and day,
- In snow it fells like an OK/average winter tire, which I think is very good for an all-season. I did try it in all kinds of snow, ice and mud, even on a completely white road in the mountains and didn't any problems with setting off, stopping or turning.
You have to keep in mind that this is not a sports tire, it will not give you any sporty feel, but it's not designed to do so. However, for normal, daily driving, it's very, very good, the first one in my life I could really call an all-season, because it's performing well in all conditions. The previous generation of all-season tires (like the Cross Climate 2 I had) always had a weak spot, but this one doesn't really have one. I am yet to measure the wear, but an eyeball test tells me it's not bad.
Tyres will last about 50k km's wich is OK for my driving style, although not exceptional. They give a very stable feel and good steering precision, I love the way they handle roundabouts and corners. The tyres combined with the excellent suspension on the car makes it feel like a much smaller, agile car. They feel very stable on the highway. In the wet, they give a bit less confidence but would still classify as good performers. Overall a nice, more sporty tyre than the name suggests. They are a bit on the firm side but still acceptable, same story with the noise. A little step up in comfort would be welcome for the next tires.
As a new tire, the Kormoran UHP 235/55R17 is really good, but after just one year and 15,000 km with a remaining tread depth of 6 mm, the tire is a disaster and very dangerous to drive on in the rain. Buy cheap, buy twice.
Less than 10K done and the tyres are nearly worn. Won't buy again for that money
55%
Avon ZV7
235-45-18- Ford S Max Titanium X Sport
2,000 miles December 11, 2024
Ridiculous wear rate on my ford smax.
Quickest wearing tyres I've ever bought.
Handling and grip is good when they are fresh but rapidly drops off. Wet grip is non existent. With half life tyres atm
I work in a tyre shop and sell a few Pirelli tyres, bought some for my s max and they are phenomenal, had them on 3 month so far and can’t fault them, wet grip is almost as good as Bridgestones road noise has reduced a lot, will buy again
Had these on my car last year after doing some research I didn't want to spend £200 on winter tyres so bought these... let me tell you you will never look back, we had some snow and a few cars was stuck but not me!! These are amazing in the snow will stick with these every year.. my only advice is change all 4 not just your front as you find you have that good of grip on your front your back end just spins out, this will happen trust me.
70%
Avon ZV7
235-45-18- Ford S Max Titanium X Sport
10,000 miles September 28, 2022
Purchased 12 months ago and to be honest they are nice to drive with good grip in all conditions.. However, I just went to have new rears fitted to find my front two tyres have worn to 2MM in 12 months. The S-SMAX is a bit heavy on tyre use but I expected better than this as I have had Avons before and they have lasted a lot longer than this.
(6K miles/year, mainly urban)
Grip was excellent as to be expected based on the recommendation from the garage. However, the fronts lasted six months! Yes, we barley got six months and the tread was gone completely. The rear tyres had minimal wear. The rears were swapped to the front and lasted another six months. These tyres are not suited for heavy load vehicles such as the S-Max. Also be aware, both sets of tyres caused a very worrying vibration over 40mph which disappeared at 60mph and above. Replaced with Hankook S1 EVO2 94w tyres. The fronts lasted one year. Best tyres to date have been a set of General Altimax 98W XL. These are slightly noisier tyres but lasted 1.5 yrs.
Good tyre. Awful value for money!
They're not bad. But they're not great. At all.
Hugely expensive and therefore very disappointing. Impression that they are melting onto the road in got weather.
Wear is the same as a budget tyre.
Handling good, but not progressive enough at the limit. Heavy steering feel and only good in wet. Nothing like the old conti 2's back in the day. If you drive or park on loose gravel, you'll be spending more time picking out pieces of gravel from the tyres than driving due to groove sizes.
More than half worn after 20,000 Km Mostly smooth French motorways with some very spirited A road driving thrown in.
