Volvo 850 Saloon Tyres

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Tyre Reviewed Dry Grip Wet Grip Feedback Handling Wear Comfort
Goodyear UltraGrip 9 (39) 82% 89% 81% 83% 84% 90%
Neuton NT5000 (66) 88% 77% 81% 76% 84% 83%

Volvo 850 Saloon Tyre Review Highlights

Writing about the Michelin CrossClimate 3 given 92% (205-55-16)
Driving on a combination of roads for 200 average miles
Excellent comfort; low noise, assured handling. I’m a car enthusiast and I always buy premium tyres. I follow the various online video tests for tyres. Must be a middle-aged thing! Across a range cars I currently own I have various full sets of summer and winter tyres (Michelin ecos, Michelin primacys, original crossclimates, continental winter contacts, Goddyear Eagle asymmetric, Dunlop sports, mid-range Falkens……..the list goes on). I’ve just put the crossclimate 3 onto my daily driver and I’m hugely impressed. Firstly these tyres felt great as soon as I left the tyre fitters. I usually find tyres require some bedding-in time, but these felt sharp from the go. Secondly, the comfort levels are very high. Thirdly, they are much quieter than expected: essentially no different to the Michelin summer tyres I had on previously, perhaps even quieter at lower speeds, which surprised me. Very quiet on SMA motorway surfaces. A tad noisier on asphalt higher speed roads but again comparable to other tyres I use. I normally run separate summer and winter tyres but if these perform well in winter (only time will tell, but crossclimates historically are renowned for having top snow performance), then I may well be swapping all my cars over to CrossClimate 3's in due course. Handling in the current hot summer period is very assured: a tad softer than my Michelin and Goodyear eagle asymetric summer tyres that I use cross my other cars, but turn-in remains very precise and grip when powering through bends is high. They are just a tad firmer than my continental winter tyres. Overall I am exceptionally pleased as these latest CrossClimates offer a really lovely balance between handling and comfort, with winter performance benefits yet little-to-no trade-off. Michelin are clearly putting a lot of engineer time into Crossclimates now, and it shows. Yes, they are slightly comfort biased, but dry handling remains really sharp and I'll take that comfort bias any day on UK roads. If you don't run summer and winter tyres then these are an absolute no brainer. To be honest, they are a bit of a no-brainer regardless. Hope this helps any decision making.
tyre reviewed on 2025-07-26 08:55:18
Writing about the Goodyear UltraGrip 9 given 86% (225-45-17-)
Driving on mostly country roads for 3000 average miles
Best wintertyre i have ever used. Previous tyres were nokian dr4, pirelli sottozero and michelin a3.
The ultragrip9 is not quite sporty, but so isn´t the car. But grip on snow and ice is beyond belief. A real revelation for me. Was quite good prieced as well.
tyre reviewed on 2016-01-19 03:52:06
Writing about the Neuton NT5000 given 73% (205-50-16-)
Driving on a combination of roads for 21700 average miles
I've been using on my Volvo 850 for almost 2 years. Good road holding, comfortable, less noise. I really love it except the shoulder part worn off so fast even the center part still around 5mm. Recently I changed to Falken ZE522 made in Indonesia. Just to try...
tyre reviewed on 2013-05-24 23:12:45
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