Best SUV Tires? Pirelli vs Bridgestone 

If you live somewhere that has all 4 seasons, it's hard to beat the Michelin Cross Climate 2's. Only tire I've found that inspires confidence in all conditions. A little more road noise at higher speeds is the tradeoff.

tread wear cannot be compared from brand to brand. A 500 A A tire from brand X may wear faster than a 460 A A tire from Brand Y despite the '500' rating. Tread wear can only be compared to other tires from the same brand as it is a rating of wear from the (brand's) control tire. Even though Tire rack explains this, a lot of ppl still compare treadwear ratings. I look at the rated mileage warranty and the traction (AA, A, B) and the temperature (AA, A, B) ratings more than treadwear numbers.... Oh, I also look at price. Toyo, General, or Michelin for my current garage....

Ms. Fadra, thanks, I enjoyed the video. I'm not writing this as an endorsement for Bridgestone, simply wanted to underline that I agree with your statement about factory mounted tires. I purchased a new Honda Accord sedan in Feb. of 2016 - it sported Michelin and while new they preformed well in all aspects; plus I had used Michelin in the past on other vehicles with satisfaction. However after nearly three years and approximately 20K miles, even though they still had sufficient tread, I noticed that they were beginning to lose grip when wet and especially in curves. During my research, I discovered, as you had, that brand named tires acquired in bulk by auto manufacturers are not identical to the same brand tires available for purchase by the general public. Like you, I too did quite a bit of comparison and found Bridgestone Turanza Quiettrack 'checked all the boxes' for my car and driving habits. The first thing I noticed was that the Bridgestones were much quieter/smoother than the Michelin which came with the car. Four years later, I'm still pleased with Turanza.

Here in Northern Europe our Winters are sub zero and long and dark, Continental , Nokian, Vredestein are the favourite ask anyone here , I don't see Bridgestone recommended anywhere, looking at these tires they look like they do not have enough Sipes to be flexible in deep snow, I am male I do not care about tread pattern I care about the traction and the Tire compound and what's best in a blizzard with my family onboard in a near 2000kg car, not saying they are bad tires but we go with what works for us, I know the compounds of Euro tires vs US tires are completely different with the same brands Euro tires having a softer stickier compound. I also know our tires are more expensive, so they are a huge investment for us. I could not see these All seasons tires being adequate for our needs.

Great review! Had a 22 of the same car and regarding the road noise, it does not help that the car does not have acoustic glass, a big miss by Volvo IMHO.

I just got out of a vehicle that gave me nothing but problem after problem, it was always something and I was good to the vehicle also. I was able to get some decent chrome rims and I had the pirelli p6000 tires installed and a little muffler nothing all loud I mean it don't even set off a car alarm but you can tell the engine is idling because you can hear it. I also was able to locate the factory air induction for the engine on the other vehicle I have now that is better than my old s10, I don't go totally crazy with performance mods on a practical vehicle. The problem with intakes why I don't like them is because the law took all the fun out of making just a little power by making it illegal to modify your vehicle the cheap way, if it needs an emissions test it is expensive to take that type of engine and make it right, when you change one thing the next component has to be changed and so on. My vehicle I have now has not been done beyond replacing the air induction system, thank god.

Tire Rack and Discount Tire both have better performing tires than those ultras. Like, Perelli Scorpion Weatheractive, Pirelli Scorpion AS Plus 3, Continental Cross Contact LX25, Michelin Cross Climate 2, Yokohama Geolander CV GO58 and even, Goodyear Assurance Weather Ready.

Bridgestone are horrible. I had them on my 2023 Escalade I swapped out for Michelin I'd put on General Tires before Bridgestone

there's a little bit of a difference from the pirellis to the Bridgestone of road noise but with me being an over-the-road driver we did what we call tire siping and that would give the tire a little bit better ride of cutting through all junk

Also keep in mind OEM tire warranties are much more limited than the warranty you'll get in an aftermarket purchase from the same mfg and tire brand!

Bridgestone was too soft, I had to pump them up more. I went back to the pirelli

From the video pirelli sounds better, less noise.

I have the Alenza A/S sport on my car such a sub par tire 8k miles loud don't like to stop as for the ride... Garbage ! If bought new tires and still that loud I'd be mad.

Bridgestone…. Very bad tyre… 35.000 km 😢😢. In this lifetime i will not buy anymore Bridgestone…

The worst tires have ever had, very, very, very noisy.

I have Alenza’s on my 09 XC90 and I love them! Excellent wet traction!

What are you all guys saying? Is this an antycommercial for Bridgestone or..? I live in central europe, half of a year its warm as hell, half o a year its dark and cold with frequent snow falls. Bridgestone is winning a lot of contents and offers one of the best breaking distances. No matter if the test is on wet, dry, slippery its always on one of first three positions. I own Blizzark tires as my winter and as my summer tires. It was always performing excellent, opposite to for example Michelin or Pirelli I got OEM in my vehicles. To be honest I dont care if I'll do 35 or 40k miles on a set of tires, the more important for me is to have a grip when it's needed.

The problem is the Pirelli Scorpion Verde tire. The overall better tire is the Pirelli AS plus 3. You should have gotten this instead of the Bridgestone.

This is just a paid commercial.

Any tire with 30k will be louder than even the same tire new!I change my tires every 30k,the rubber gets harder as the tire wears in most tires.

Great review and comparison. For me, i think the mic picked up a. It too much ambient noise for me to hear the fulsomeness of the difference, but i can hear the edges of it. Looking forward to checking out some more of your content!

Informative video ! thanks! :D My BMW came with this wheels and was wondering ig they were good or If I should change them

Very nice video. Tirerack is own by discount tire now.

Did you say they are good for about 80,000 miles???

You should be bitching about Volvo for putting those crap tires on your car.

My truck needs a new set of all-season tires, and I was on the fence as to which brand to go with, choice being Bridgestone or Pirelli. I was leaning towards Bridgestone, and this video has definitely helped in the final decision (Bridgestone - ALENZA AS ULTRA). Thank you. You actually settled a bit of a dispute between hubby and myself; I won, LOL.