Best Tyres for the Volkswagen Passat B7 2.0 TDI 140hp Estate

Not good in rainy conditions, adequate in normal conditions, a little louder than I am used to. No issues with wear after 15k km. Good for normal everyday driving, nothing else

This February I felt the need to replace my old summer tires, they were some semi-decent noname tires that I came with the car when I bought it but, I thought I should treat her with the tyres she deserves. I bought this tyres about a month ago and have probably driven around 1000km. In this period, although short and insufficient to make a statement, I found the Pirelli Cinturato P7 C2s to be some extremely good tyres. I must admit, I haven't really had the chance to drive around in premium tyres but these simply feel different, they are phenomenal in all conditions, the dry performance and braking are amazing, the wet performance and braking are also wonderful and to top it all off, the comfort and rolling resistance are incredible ( I have a relatively heavy car and still managed a meer 4.8l/100km with them; also, when driven in a more spirited way for about 120km I got somewhere around 5.6 average consumption...all this was extraurban driving of course, urban wise, they sit at around 6.5 in my case, which is still very impressive). Wear wise it's simply too soon to tell how they are doing but I m hoping around 40-45k km out of them, should they offer more, I'm going to be very impressed.
In conclusion, I genuinely recomand this tyres so far and shall I encounter any problems, I will come back with another comment.

I'm pretty disappointed in the end mainly because the tires only lasted 27.000 km all in all, but the performance drop was huge after say 20.000 km. The tires have very little grip both in the dry and the wet, the wheels spin easily even in 2nd gear, even in the dry and we are talking about a 1.5 ton 140 bhp car. I don't use the car much in the winter, but last winter convinced me, that it's time for new tires, the car was all over the place, it didn't feel safe anymore. I found them pretty noisy as well, but the handling was very good. I will replace them with the new Michelin Cross climate 2, let's see how they'll perform.

Very good tires for summer. I was really satisfied with them. Really good grip on wet, no problems at all. They were silent. I can fully recommend them.